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    T Tuesday: many things edition

    January 15, 2018 - By 

    Hello and welcome to T stands for Tuesday…thought I should introduce myself…LOL…just foolin’…

    I missed last week. The nasty cold/virus I had took me out of commission for anything outside of work and the most meager of household duties. Friday I wasn’t even able to work…I drove there walked into the building and realized that I just wasn’t going to be able to do it…turned around and went back home. Rest was what I needed….and a respite from the billions of germs that are on every surface at school. Blech.

    I do have an art journal page to share. It’s been a work in progress for quite a while. 

    I just love how it turned out. The image is from a circa 1970s calendar. So sweet.

    Layering of bits of papers has been on my list of favorite techniques lately.

    As well as staining and drippage using more liquid mediums.

    My photo challenge has definitely been going better than last month.

     

     1) I am here  2) Yellow  3) On the floor
    4) Plain 5) Stack  6) Happy Place

     

    7) Bright 8) Splendid 9) Everyday moments
    10) I like this  11) Me 12) Sweet

    Notice the Vikings logo for 10: I like this. Yepper…life long Vikings fan, that’s me! The Vikings miracle in the last seconds victory last night isn’t likely on that many peoples radar (especially to my overseas friends) but I must say that I am still pinching myself. It feels a bit like a dream. Hopefully the Vikings can BRING IT HOME for the Superbowl! That would be amazing…home field advantage and all. We heard that JT(Justin Timberlake) is going to be partying at Paisley Park next week…maybe I’ll have a celebrity sighting in the next couple of weeks. Who knows?!? Of course it will have to warm up a bit to be able to see anyone braving the frigid temps. Using the snow blower to move snow today was insanely cold. Made much quicker work of the chore though.

    T stands for Tuesday
    What re you doing today?
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    Live in your strength

    January 14, 2018 - By 

    I’m finally getting around to posting an art journal page I created last weekend.

    live in your strength

    I challenged myself to work outside my comfort zone, using colors and combos I seldom gravitate towards. It was a good challenge. It made my stretch my creativity while still working within my general style.

    live in your strength

    Recently I’ve noticed that when I go to peruse through a completed art journal or altered book from my collection, I tend to grab one that has something interesting peeking out from the pages. Bits of lace, fibers, buttons or beads…you can find them all on my bookshelf. To that end I decided this page needed a bit of movement. Besides, my handmade paper beads fit the color scheme

    live in your strength

    This tea tag quote spoke to me along with the butterfly pin.

    Think of the Monarch…so fragile yet has the amazing strength and endurance to migrate 2500 miles each year. If it worried about how fragile it was it would never go anywhere or do anything. It would not live.

    Be strong in your fragility.

    Linking up with Art Journal Journey for New Year, New Adventures

     

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    Joyful journal

    December 27, 2017 - By 

    I was battling the cold whilst creating this page. Usually when it’s cold in my basement art space, I tend to go for warm colors. This was not the case. I was embracing the cold with lovely cool tone colors and texture like snow.

    joyful journal page

    I felt the colors around the edge resembled a cold winter night with the moonlight reflecting off the snow.  I’ve always wished I was a landscape painter…which I am certainly not…but I do give it a whirl from time to time.

    I left a light space in the middle and pictured a grove of evergreen trees at the edge of a lake. The boughs heavy with new snow.

    joyful journal page

    My vision didn’t quite come to fruition but it’s not as bad as it could have gone. (glass half full) 

    The words weren’t what had originally thought I’d use. I had words of silence and peace…the sweet silence of freshly fallen snow. If you’ve ever experienced it, you know what I’m talking about.

    joyful journal page

    This thought made me feel joyful! It’s always good to celebrate even the most simple things in life. Fresh snow, a creative muse, birds in the trees, bunny tracks through the snow…

    Linking up today with Art Journal Journey for Let’s Celebrate

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