Archive for the ‘Amigos y Familia’ Category

sweetly dreaming

Posted on May 31st, 2011 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

One more warm welcome to Madeline Rae, born May 29. We are so happy to have a new cousin! Congratulations to Mommy Rae and Daddy Matt on your sweet baby girl!



hello madeline

Posted on May 29th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Zia’s cousin Madeline has made her entrance! She was born this morning at 9:07. Her royal cuteness is 7 lbs. 13 oz with little dark curls, sweet pink lips and a tiny button nose. Of course, I have to hear all this from 2/3 of the way across the country, so I haven’t seen her […]



blog spotlight: life & oh-la-dee-da

Posted on May 24th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

I recently found out that my friend Jodi has a blog. But Jodi’s blog is not just any old blog. It’s one sweet, stylish DIY crafty mama come-on-in-my-house-and-have-a-cup-of-joe type of blog. Not to mention she blogs daily, which blows me away since she has 2 small (but very active) boys. I knew Jodi when we […]



arty girls day

Posted on May 20th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

I drew this strange bird and Zia colored it. I was really intrigued by the delicate way she used the colored pencils – so very different than her painting style, which is very heavy and dark – usually browns and blacks. She was very within the lines, as you can see. She did this painting […]



made for madeline

Posted on May 5th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

When I found out my sister was pregnant, I began creating a few things for our eensy-weensy cousin on the way…with Zia’s help, of course. This little pair of black and white hand puppets were knitted up from Susan B. Anderson’s book Itty Bitty Toys. Zia had a ball with them, and just to make sure […]