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Illustrating a children’s book • Part 1: Discovering of the project
Illustrating a children’s book may seem simple, but the reality is quite different. Several months ago, I began working on a “big” project: an illustrated children’s book titled The Adventures of the Teenies Weenies. Now that it’s finished, I am so pleased to present it to you. I want to create a series of posts to take you along with me on this long journey, sharing each step, my challenges, successes, and advice. Discovering of the project Like most of my projects, this one came to me through my network. Someone was looking for an illustrator to bring to life the texts his grandmother had written about forty years ago.…
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My Birth Story: Home Birth in France
To begin with, I would like to say that I was a perfect mother, an ideal mother before having a child! I hadn’t even thought about it; I would be a super mom with a top-notch stroller, bottles, and a little suitcase ready to take to the maternity ward as soon as the first contractions were felt. The mom you see in the movies. How did I come to this decision? But when my first child was announced, things happened differently. First, I imagined that the pregnant woman would be taken care of, that they would explain many things to me, be caring. Far, far from reality. A glimpse of…
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What if I don’t want to save time?
The last time, I was talking with my husband about a video he had seen on Instagram. He was explaining the content of the video, and as I listened (promise, attentively), I reflected that the video format worked better because it allowed people to move more quickly, to get to the end of the content faster, and then move on to something else. Indeed, if we look closely at the world around us, all products promise us to save time. But upon closer reflection, what does it mean to save time? And do we really want to save time? If you pay a certain amount, you will have more followers,…
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What if we could stop setting “good” resolutions for the New Year?
The beginning of the year often rhymes with “good” resolutions. I have always found it quite challenging to stick to promising to do or not do something because it often came with a heavy sense of guilt on the days when I couldn’t keep my promises. In The Four Agreements, there is this motto that says “Always do your best” with the nuance that the best is not the same as the better. The best, for me, is doing what we can with the energy of the moment. Some days, my best is finishing my projects, taking a walk, cooking with the children, doing gym… and then another day, my…
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Do you want to build a… Gingerbread character?
When I manage to stay connected to the present moment, I love the end of the year. Very easily, my mind can get caught up in the storm of festivities and gifts, and I gently remind myself to reconnect with my breath and the simple things. 💕 So, I felt like preparing a little Christmas coloring, very simple, and some small gingerbread characters to decorate. The nice touch was to print them on cardboard paper for a ‘biscuit’ look. I then glued it onto a cardboard to reinforce it and added a ribbon to hang it up. 🎄 I wish you a beautiful week.
