Tale of the Multi-Tasking, Craft-and-Design-Loving, Mother-of-Two, Singaporean-Living-in-US, Corporate-Working Mom Named Grace Hester

My Baby Turns 5 Today

From her birthday party this past weekend.

Blick Art Art Room Aid Twitter Party

I am looking forward to the partnership between Tales of the Multi-Tasking Mom and Blick Art as well as both my daughter’s art teachers to promote the Blick Art Art Room Aid initiative.  As most of you would have heard through the news or through personal experience at your kids’ schools, a lot of schools or arts programs catering to education program are struggling to keep their art programs alive.  This is where Blick Art’s Art Room Aid can help! It is a program that seeks to, and is helping teachers across the country enlist the aid of parents, families, friends, and other art advocates to fund their art projects and keep creative learning going.

Want to learn more? A group of bloggers and I are participating in a Twitter Party to share the word on how you can

• Support art education
• Make sure art continues to play a role in your children’s lives, and
• Spread the word about Art Room Aid in your community 

We'll be discussing projects you can do with your own kids, and sharing sources of inspiration.  I am also looking forward to sharing the two very different, but very relevant projects that both my daughter’s teachers have so graciously agreed to work on that in turn, takes the program to the next level by giving back to the community.

When: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2 p.m. ET

Where: We’ll be on Twitter – follow the #BlickARA hashtag to track the conversation. See this Twtvite for more info and to RSVP: http://twtvite.com/BlickARA

Hashtag: #BlickARA

Prizes: We will give away five total prizes - two $25 Blick gift coupons, two $50 Blick gift coupons, and one $75 Blick gift coupon.

Hosts: @theMotherhood, @CooperMunroe, @EmilyMcKhann

Check out Art Room Aid here: http://www.dickblick.com/ara

Blick Art Materials website: http://www.dickblick.com/

I really hope that you can join me at this event!

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So I have been in the process of curating ideas and palettes for her room on Pinterest,

and it's been fun!  It's really helping me compare different bedding/rug/fabric/accessories together visually.  Even in the case where the photos online are not exactly how I would like them, I can edit them and then upload them onto the board.

For example, we have a short expedit-like open-back shelving unit that I thought we could update with some fabric or paper backing so I digitally changed the colors and added it to the board.

Now I can see all the options on the design board and make a decision later!  Love it!

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Breakfast with Mom at School

Gianna is my crafter-kid.  I mean both of them like to do things with their hands but Gianna is an AVID crafter.  This was also confirmed by her teacher at school who says that she is her favourite kid [to do crafts with] because she has so much enthusiasm and puts so much care into her piece.

When she brought me the canvas art piece I am holding in my hands at Breakfast with Mom (an annual event the school hosts in celebration of Mother's Day), she was so proud and earnest, it just made the moment that much more sweet and heartwarming.

Happy Mother's Day to all fellow moms!