It's So Much More Friendly with Two

Happy National Winnie the Pooh Day! It's A. A. Milne's birthday today and he was born in 1882. I grew up in the 70s when Disney put out the The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the animated film. And I loved everything about it—how there was a narrator, how they showed the text of the book and Pooh interacting with the words, the story, the characters, the drawings. 

Pooh is so innocent and kind and not-too-bright and you want to protect him. Piglet is like many children, just a little afraid of being little. Eeyore has the best gloomy attitude...funny and sad and he has friends despite his gloominess. Tigger has all the excess energy of a toddler and the talent for knocking things over in his eagerness, just like kids. And Christopher Robin is the best friend who can make everything better. This movie made me feel happy and I watched it every time it aired on tv, and then I bought it for my daughter on VHS, which I still have! I also got the books and read them to my kids and Pooh stuck with them too.

I saw Christopher Robin when it came out this fall and asked for it for Christmas. My hubby got it for me and we all sat down to watch it. It's a story about how a grown Christopher Robin meets Pooh and friends again and it's delightful. The voice actor for Pooh and Tigger is the same from the 70s! Everyone in my family enjoyed the movie. 

I'm sharing a little card I made with Kindred Stamps and already put up on the blog, but it features the cutest Pooh stamps, so I had to share again. I used Prismacolor pencils and drew in the tree and grass.

I also have a non-Pooh-related project to share and that's this blackberry digi stamp card I made with Power Poppy Cherries and Berries set.

I colored it with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and then added the sentiment with a black Faber-Castell pen. It makes me think of berry picking in the woods, and I like to think Pooh and Piglet did their share of berry picking in the Hundred Acre Wood. Aha, it IS a Pooh-related project!

Happy Friday!

Chark