Spring Time Doodles

Merry Christmas from my family! I'm a little embarrassed to say I am repeating my Christmas printable from last year . I am finishing up something, but alas it is a Christmas present and so of course I can't show it on here yet. I promise I have great things in store to share, but not until AFTER Christmas.  Here is a Christmas printable coloring page of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. I changed this coloring page a little from last year. I read this quote a few weeks ago from the president of my church, and it has really stuck with me. "May we all make the journey to Bethlehem in spirit, taking with us  a tender, caring heart as our gift to the Savior."   -President Thomas S. Monson. Here is a version for your children to color.  (click on picture, save to computer and print) For some reason my computer is uploading the picture with a gray tint. Like always you are more than welcome to e-mail me directly (springmcdonald(at)gmail.com), and I will

This time of year is hard to post because even though I'm working my little fingers to the bone drawing I can't share most of the projects I'm working on because they are gifts for Christmas, or are still in the development stages.  But here are a couple hints, I finished a big project that well . . . I can't tell you much about, but it involved drawing a lot of beards. Oh how I loved it. I drew my first Australian family picture for the nicest lady. She said to draw one of the boys holding a football and I asked her if she meant "American football" you know, the kind you throw, or soccer, the kind you kick. She responded "We have football here too, you know, the kind you throw." :) ha ha. I learn so much doing this. I'm finishing up another big project that is going to be really special to a grandma's grandchildren. And I'm really hoping to have enough time before Christmas to make a nativity project I have bee

FACT: Chuck Norris doesn't cheat death. He wins fair and square.  I recently did a post about lunch box notes for little kids. But I started thinking "What about teenagers, or your spouse, what could you put in their lunches?"  What solves any question?  Chuck Norris! The inspiration came from my aunt & uncle and my teenage cousins, so here's to them.  Chuck Norris lunch box notes For your free printable click on picture, save to computer, make sure to scale to correct size before printing. Or click here for a download.  But wait! The more I thought about it, I realize, just like Chuck Norris, there are so many more uses for these.  How about  "RANDOM ACTS OF CHUCK NORRIS"  Leave these little notes on a vending machine,  Stranger's car door.  Attack someone's door and post  "You've been Chuck Norrised" Use this instead of "You've been Booed" at Hall

I love pregnancy announcements ! I was contacted by Adrienne to draw these two pictures for her and her husband Ryan. One for her side of the family, and one for his side of the family. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the family saw the baby in the picture and realized the surprise. This is the first grand baby in both families and I have a feeling he/she is going to be spoiled! Thank you for letting me be a part of this beautiful occasion. It really was an honor! Congratulations!  I loved all the little details Adrienne gave me to describe each person. I wish I could have drawn them all.

Last year I started writing little notes/jokes on my daughter's napkins for her lunch box.  Okay, this one was towards the end of the year and I was running out of ideas, this is what I came up with.  I took a little time and made some fancy ones for ya.  You have a weeks worth and then you'll have to make up your own. SIDE NOTE 1: Your kids don't take cold lunch? Sneak these notes in their backpack, or pants pocket, or on their pillow for when they come home.   SIDE NOTE 2: Is this extreme-over-the-top, spending hours making lunch notes? Um . . yes. Did I spend time doing this instead of cleaning my house and making nutritious dinners? Um . . yes.  Free Printable (click on picture and save to computer, or click here to download JPEG file)  What is black & white & red all over? A zebra with a sunburn  LOVE this joke! What did the pencil say to the other pencil? Wow, you're looking sharp! Isn't t

How's your summer going?  Have your kids said "I'm bored" yet? Don't lie, you know they have at least 5 times today already.  I saw this BORED checklist  here  (Becky at I Lift Heavy Things ) and loved the idea. I asked her if I could make my own doodle version and she so kindly agreed. So here is the idea. Before your little ones can say "I'm bored" they have to stop and think . .  Have I . . . Been creative? Outside play? Read a book? Exercised? Done something helpful? (Get it? It spells BORED!) If they answer yes to all the above then they can come to you and you can help them find something. Here is your free printable (Click on image, save to computer, & make sure to scale to correct size before printing) And when my little ones get stumped on what is something helpful they could do I found this awesome service chart here  (Lindsey at  The Pleated Poppy ) and asked her if I could made my

Break out your tea party set and Mary Poppins movie, my good friend moved to England. Her husband was just stationed there and this will be her new home for a while. Okay, okay, she has two little boys so maybe not a tea party.  My friend asked me to make her some postcards that she could mail to her family.  I'm so happy with how these turned out. It still means a lot when people ask me to draw their family, thank you! And I had to include a picture with the flowers my little girl picked for me, she is quite the flower arranger.  Best of luck to you Chadwick family!!  Wishing you lots of sunny days,  not getting stuck in too many roundabouts and perhaps seeing a royal person or two.  And hoping you all come home with fabulous British accents!

A while back I wrote a  post  about my older brothers, and made a brother printable. I was never super fond of the printable it but I loved the quote. I asked my good friend Dana from MyPoshDesign to help design the wording (subway art.) Isn't she great? Take a look at her work here .    This 8x10 / 16x20 poster print is available at my etsy shop (high resolution digital printable) Brothers are pretty awesome, and to prove that I have 3 examples of brothers. 1. This is my little boy & girl (they almost look like twins but my daughter is 2 years older). Is it embarrassing how proud I am to finally be a soccer mom? I'm sure I wont by the end of the summer.  When our son was two years old he would yell and grunt, like little toddlers do, and we would have no idea what he said or wanted. Our daughter would say, "he said he wants goldfish crackers" or "he said he wants his blocks." We have no idea how she could do it, but 9 out 10 times

UPDATE July 2014: check out my  PIRATE summer reading chart I can smell summer in the air, or maybe it's just the smell of sweaty little kids from playing outside all afternoon. When I think of my summers as a little girl I remember . . . eating watermelons and trying to spit the farthest watermelon seed, jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath, bike adventures in the near by field and . . .  going to the city library. I made a reading chart last year but I didn't love the sloppy look of the squares. So I redid it making the squares more sharp and look more like a board game.  (click on image and save to computer. Make sure to scale to correct size before printing) I added little prizes along the way like "go to park," "zoo," etc.  You can write in your own.   Towards the end of the summer this can be a count down reading chart to school starting.  There are 31 blocks, so one for each day of the

UPDATE: If you would like more teacher gift ideas check out this post ! Ya! Teacher appreciate week was this week, or maybe last week, whoops. But also the end of the school year is winding down. Here is a picture I put together last year for my daughter's teacher. Here is the original post .  (Click on image and save to your computer)   I found this original art work (the beautiful wording) at www.bitsycreations.com. I asked permission to add my little doodle to the bottom, but still kept her logo.  Here is her free  printable . Take a look at her  website  and  blog .  She has amazing work.  I put mine in a 5x7 frame.  Print this on regular computer paper or card stock and then trim down so you have two 5x7s. (Click on image and save to your computer) Can't thank my children's teachers enough. Their world is so small - mom, dad, grandmas, grandpas, cousins, a few friends . . . and then their teacher. My FAVORITE thing my daughter's teac