Printing Proof

I have just seen the printers proof of 'The Wonderful Place' and feel very EXCITED!!!! I am really happy with the result. I made the decision to print locally when I was researching layout and design.

I visited The Murwillumbah Print Spot to get some information on file formatting for print and left with a very reasonable quote for printng 'The Wonderful Place'. They are lovely helpful people and embraced my idea of 100% post consumer recycled paper even thought they had not used it before. Hopefully it will be the begining of eco friendly printing for them:)

They are ready to set the press up this afternoon and are just waiting for my paper to arrive.

On the home front my little loves are recovering well from being quite ill with Whooping Cough. JJ has been very creative and cheeky..... Bug ahs been helpful and gentle.

The Natural Bridge

We have been exploring and eating icecream with my cousin who is visiting from London. Honey and almond icecream at Cabarita with a walk and a swim. Pistacio icecream, swim and wlk to the lighthouse in Byron Bay. Macadamia nut icecream in Chillingham after a treck to The Natural Bridge

Motherhood and creativity

For Parenting by Heart, Pinky Mckay http://www.pinky-mychild.com/

Motherhood and Creativity

Chrissy Butler

Birth and mothering has been the catalyst in finding a place of harmony where my life and art are woven together. Guiding the energy of my life into creativity is wondrously rewarding and certainly challenging.

I like to notice things that I experience: birthing, breastfeeding, playing dolls, washing dishes…. Anything and bring it into my artwork and my writing. I like to notice what is there and take a journey with it, draw it, paint it, read about it or have a conversation around it.

Artistically being a Mama is a creative soup; the challenge is often finding the right moments to create something. Each day has a different beat, some days in our family we like to learn together and other times we prefer to follow our interests alone. Often too these distinctions can’t be made, we just find a harmony where we are learning together and inspiring each other with our projects.

Children are wonderful at reminding us how to learn and how to live. I try to make art and live my life the way children learn, by one thing leading naturally to the next without coercion. My pursuits are neither more nor less important than the pursuits of my children and I am always trying to honour this. By understanding that building their tower out of blocks is just as important as my latest painting. When I remember to honour my children’s endevaours they immediately do so with mine.

Reclaiming Sex After Childbirth

A wonderful new ebook by my friend Jodi Cleghorn..

"We want to dispell and defuse the deeply embedded belief that women should ‘Just get over themselves and get back on the job’ when it comes to sex - it is far more complex than that, as the personal stories in the eBook show. We want women to stop carrying the guilt that it is ‘their fault’ that a couple’s sex life is not like it once was. This is unfair and destructive to a relationship in the short and long term. It is our desire to show that many assumptions around initiating and maintaining a sex life after birth are wrong or simplistic. Our intention is to create a resource that is a beginning point in reclaiming sex after childbirth."

http://www.reclaimsexafterbirth.com/

http://reclaimsexafterbirth.com/blog/welcome

Prints

"My Mama's milk tastes like rainbows, sunshine and love"

I am now selling a selection of prints from my book, 'The Wonderful Place'. For A4 size printed onto 300gsm fine art paper they sell for $43 including postage. My printer does a lovely job and you can also have the print with matt board shrink wrapped for a little extra. These make a lovely gift. You can email your order to sales@chrissybutler.com

Unschooling Mama

Writing "The Wonderful Place" is now the catalyst for some serious learning for me, in true unschooling fashion. I knew very little about formatting a book for print, coverting things to PDF files, composing letters to prospective retailers.... untill I needed to use this information. In the past few days I have learned so much. I have called and spoken to professionals, friends and children. Although I have had the odd response such as 'I think you are naive to try t do this yourself' I have soldiered on. Writing this book is more about celebrating breastfeeding and gentle mothering than it is a business and I am looking forward to sharing it with others.



Yesterday my very clever friend Roxy and I finished the layout of the book and I am delighted to say that is even more special than I hoped.



It is amazing what we can learn if we don't allow ourselves to believe that we can't. It is also wonderful how things fall into place and the right people seem to come into your life at the right moment.



There is a great quote that springs to mind right now and I am off to find it :)

Website update

My web page has now been updated to take 'Wonderful Place' orders.
http://www.chrissybutler.com/