Nina, What's Your Favorite Color?

March 26, 2009

"A rainbow."

(Smart girl!)

Hello! I'm Heather. Illustrator, photographer, and mom of five. I also love to plan a good party! Here I share what I'm doing, creating, and loving at the moment.

First video chat with Elder Tycksen! None of us could stop smiling it was so fun. He gave us the tour of his dorm, the view out his window, and we “met” his companion. He told us how he says, “Hello, my name is Elder Tycksen. I’m a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints” in Albanian (which ranks up there with Russian and Asian languages in difficulty).
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He told me a funny story about how he thought he was having a nightmare the first morning that he woke up at the MTC - not a dream, a NIGHTMARE - and we laughed pretty hard about that. “After the first four days it was fun,” he said.
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Each Sunday the missionaries are randomly called on to speak during sacrament meeting - the topic is given beforehand but nobody knows who will be called on, so everyone’s always getting a talk ready for Sunday. The thing is, the topic changes each week so they can’t just use the talk they wrote the week before. Ha! AND, after week four, missionaries are expected to give their talk in their mission language ... so Ben is expecting to be called on to give a talk in about two weeks, entirely in ALBANIAN. 😳😂👏🏻 Wish I could be there to listen!
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Follow along @elder.ben.tycksen for more as he prepares for the #adriaticsouthmission!

It may have snowed again last night but in my art studio it is SPRING! .
Guys, I have added so many new watercolor clip art sets to my shop this past month - I’ll start sharing them soon, but go take a peek. My favorite ways to use clip art are 1) printed as gift tags or note cards and 2) as wall art!! You can rearrange the elements in a way that you like, add some text if you want, print and pop into a frame. So cute and fun! .
I’d love to hear your ideas for a future clip art set you’d like me to create, and I’d also love to hear what’s your favorite set so far?? I think mine is the Paris one ... go see!
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Hannah took over Ben’s room the day after he left and she can’t wait to paint over his orange walls!
Nina wants to repaint her room (that she’s now sharing with Olivia) and while we are at it I think we will paint Will’s room too. Now to decide on colors ...
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I guess Ben takes a couch when he gets home in two years? 😆
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#musicalbedrooms

Phew! Thankful for a low-key day today after yesterday’s excitement and weirdness - can I tell you about it? .
First, we were shaken awake Friday at 5 am by TWO super loud earthquakes (3.2 and 3.7 mag). Super scary, I was shaking like a leaf for awhile. No damage at our place, but on the other side of the valley, some bricks toppled off my parents’ chimney. 😳
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Next, the elementary school sent a message that they were in “shelter in place” mode due to a mountain lion sighting in the area. Students were kept inside until animal services caught it. Later we found out that this very mountain lion had happened to run through Clayton’s uncle’s backyard that morning, not far from us!! It was caught on his security camera. 😱 @wtycksen .
Minutes after the school notification came in, the crazy awesome news about missionaries now having the opportunity to call home EVERY WEEK started to blow up my phone. Yay for some good news, and perfect timing for us with Ben having just left a week and a half ago. 👏🏻
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So yes, today was nice and lazy. Slept in because I don’t like getting up at 5:00. Then my hike was super pretty with all the fresh snow! Tonight Clayton and I ventured out to a new restaurant my cousin @kettle.and.vine recommended - the most amazing pizza! @oakwoodfirekitchen
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And because we are still like 5-year-olds ... we stopped at IKEA on the way home to fill a bag of candy. Because that’s what you do at furniture stores. You buy candy. 😆
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Today was so uneventful that I even had time to stitch together my “1 Second” videos from 2018 and it’s sooo fun! Have you heard of this? Do you do them too?
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Here’s to (hopefully) no earthquakes in the near future! Or mountain lion sightings. I’ll take the missionary calls though. 😉

Ready to spread love! She had the genius idea of making her Valentine’s box from an empty Kleenex box, then painted and decorated it herself. 🥰
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I’m not great at doing hair but she requested a heart braid ... and I gave it my best Pinterest effort. 😆💗
And of course she wanted the look topped off with pink hair chalk and LIPSTICK. 💋
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#oliviahoneybadger

It isn’t too late to download, print and deliver some Valentines! {What do you think of these printable camera tags?} 💕
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Receive 15% off EVERYTHING in my shop with code VALENTINES15, now through Feb. 18th.
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Got our first email from Elder Tycksen! It was like Christmas morning for me, seeing his name in my inbox. He’s so happy and he’s learning a lot! His dorm is pretty quiet - maybe because it’s right next to the missionaries who are learning sign language? 🤷🏼‍♀️😆
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If you are interested you can follow his weekly mission updates @elder.ben.tycksen ✨

“More than she was known for her accomplishments, she was known for the way she loved.” — Morgan Harper Nichols 💕
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This print is called ”Love is in the Air.” I hope you’re having a nice Valentine’s week! .
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I don’t stand a chance against this Wookiee.

Ben is about to receive his first package! Valentine cookie kit (complete with frosting, plastic knives, napkins and enough candy to share with other missionaries), topped with a pile of love notes! 💌
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Thank you UPS store for same day MTC delivery!
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{P.S. These printable watercolor Valentines are live in my shop! heathertycksen.com}

Yesterday was our annual Valentine’s cookie baking and another big snowstorm! 💕❄️

$I’m always last minute when it comes to Valentine’s Day - how about you? Printable Valentines to the rescue, now ready for download in my shop! Watercolor hearts of all colors, vintage cameras and fruity tags for attaching to a variety of gifts; just download, print, cut + sign your name on the back side (unless you prefer to be a secret admirer). 😏💗 Lots of new clip art is in the shop as well! Come see! {link in bio} . . #heathertycksenartshop #valentinesday #printables #printablevalentines #watercolor_daily$

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