Ambrosia Creative

Mother’s Day is right around the corner! So this week, I thought it would be fun to interview some of my favorite bloggers, and have them share a few thoughts on being both a mother and a creative. I’ve had the chance to befriend these fellow moms via the internet, and am continually amazed by their creativity and savviness.

Make sure to scroll down, as I will be adding in a new interview each day this week. I hope you enjoy what they have to share, and are inspired by this talented group of ladies as much as I am!

Maybe I stayed up past — way past — my usual bedtime of midnight to hand-letter and design this. But my Staedtler illustration pens and a 9×13 pan of brownies kept me fine company while Ryan snored away on the couch.

So do you have a honey that can use a little direction in honoring you this mother’s day? Download this free greeting card, then check off your wants needs. Because our significant others can’t read our minds. What? You didn’t know? That’s okay. I forget all the time.

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Mother’s Day Card by Jennifer Kirk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Subversive Jewelry by Justin Giunta. Via Nylon magazine.

Blogged a tutorial at Tangled & True.

Also, a t-shirt stencil download.

It’s that time again for what’s becoming an annual church activity for our Relief Socity: speed friendshipping!

The concept is the same as speed dating. We spend a couple of minutes chatting with someone (we will have some questions prepared ahead of time, just to get the conversation going) until a timer goes off. Then, everyone switches partners to begin a dialogue with a new person.

The setup:
We held this in the Relief Society room to make the space feel more intimate. Long tables were placed in a U-shape with chairs on both sides. The tables were covered with a paper table cloth and we taped down paper arrows on one side of the table. This was to give the sisters sitting on that side of the table the direction to shift over to the seat on their right once the timer went off. The sisters sitting across from them remained stationary.

As for food, it was an after-dinner activity so we just had bowls of yummy snacks all along the table so everyone could snack and chat.

Some of our ice-breaker questions:
What do you consider to be your strongest character traits?
What traits or habits do you wish you didn’t have?
Do you believe people can change?
What do you consider to be the most important world events of your lifetime?
Do you think life now is harder or easier than when you were young?
What are you most proud of?
What are your hidden talents?
When was the last time you peed your pants?
At school, what were you like?
What were your hobbies as a kid?
How long did you date your husband before kissing him?
What TV show do you currently love?
How old were you when you moved out of your parents home?
Who makes you laugh the hardest and why?
A favorite movie or book?
What was the best trip you ever took?
If you could go somewhere you’ve never been, where would it be?
What are five things you couldn’t live without?
What’s the bravest thing you have ever done? The scariest? The dumbest?
What would I be surprised to learn about you?