For a while there were some stencil books that were a big
hit – butterflies, flowers, and farm animals were among the choices. After receiving numerous tracings of the same
duck –horse-daffodil combo I decided to acknowledge really creative non-traced
drawings by taping them on my wall.
The desired effect was not achieved, so I made the books
“disappear”. (I think I’m a great parent in the making!) The quality of drawings improved dramatically
and the requests to have their drawing taped on the wall increased
exponentially. So now my house looks
like the daycare it feels like, but at least I’m never lonely!
Some may call it child labor, but I prefer to call it a
“reallocation of resources.” I’ve
launched an original line of notecards, handmade by actual children in
Panamá. Most of them feature drawings of
our town of Limón with the characteristic green zig-zag mountains at the top, a
tree, a house or two, and recent ones will include a rain cloud as we shift
back into the rainy season (yes, already).
Though a brave few do venture out – recently I got one with
a bicycle AND a machine gun!
We aren’t doing bulk orders at this point, but if you want
to receive a one-of-a-kind work of art, e-mail your address to yours truly and
I’ll hook you up!
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