I Am Consumed.....

   Hi Everyone....this week flew...and I really mean it.  Wow!  I have been so busy working on Willowing's course, I almost forgot that I was a mother. Wow.  
   Art, Heart and Healing has been-just that....healing.  We started out writing all our negative feelings and thoughts that our inner critic says about us (I had a whole page...and I could have kept going. Sad!) and gessoed over them and then we made our page "beautiful".  Tam is a miracle worker, I must say.  It felt good going over all of my crap with gesso...and then thinking about it and trying to turn around my negative statements into something positive.  I find that I think badly about myself unconsciously...but now that I am aware of it I am going to try and turn it around before I let it in.  
   How do you handle the mean voices in your head?  We all have them you know....

And I will add these words to the picture...

 This is my positive statement to myself.  What is your affirming statement for "yourself"?

   I am totally looking forward to week 2...we will be painting a board book.  How exciting!!! I can't wait  :) 

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy...we'd have a pretty good time."  Edith Wharton

Inspiring Walk...

Have you ever taken your "camera" for a walk?  

   On Sunday, that's exactly what we did.  I was extremely inspired by; http://www.createsticksandstones.com/ and we decided ("we"- as in my best friend, the poodle and I)  to go on our own nature hunt for very cool letters around our town and on our bike trails. Here are a few that we found...

So what do you think?  We realized that there are a whole lot of "O's" and "L's" and "I's" and finding "g's, q's, b's and w's" are going to be a challenge.  We got so carried away that we spent 4 hours doing this and poor Muffin (who usually enjoys her walks) was lagging behind us instead of pulling me around...we actually wore her out the poor thing.

   When we got home I made a journal page...using basic supplies... like; gesso, neocolors II, collage, stamps, bubble wrap, white gel pen and of course my trusty copic multiliner.

Sunday Night Journal Page

   Yesterday was Willowing's Week 1- Free Online course.  Check out the button on the side bar of this blog.  I have just downloaded the first two videos...but I am sooooo excited that I can hardly contain myself, her art work is amazing...she is so amazing, and to offer this for "free" is so incredibly kind and giving of her.  Check out her site...it's not too late to join.

   

Something to ponder...

"Change doesn't just happen.  What you do now affects what becomes of you in the future.  Make sure you always look after your future self."

Very first blog post...finally...

   After much procrastination ( I mean months)....here I am...actually "blogging".  I must say...this frightens me, I am learning that I must be insecure if I am this nervous...right?           
   What do I expect...that someone will actually read this?  Or that my words will reach the masses? Ya...sure.  That's probably what is stopping me dead in my tracks.  I will pretend that I am just talking to myself (which isn't too far off anyways) and then maybe I will be able to do this.
   I have to hand it to all of you "experienced bloggers" ...I tip my hat to you.  There is alot of work to this..I mean...just learning how to work "blogger" is a challenge, ha ha.  But I figure if I am nice and supportive to myself, it will all work out.  


   Not to have a pity party or anything but since last summer;

1. My oldest daughter graduated high school.
2. My Mother-In-Law passed away.
3. We inherited a toy poodle, named "Muffin" (that is pretty much self explanatory).
4. We left our home of 10 years and moved across town in less than a month.
5. My oldest moved out...(I am still in shock).
6. I started a new job.
7. My youngest turned 15...need I say more.

So I am adjusting or maybe still running in "survival mode" who knows.  But I have let my art dwindle and my studio is in shambles, I will show you and maybe the pure embarrassment will prompt me to not get overwhelmed and actually start unpacking and organizing.

 

   EeeK!  Isn't it awful?  It has been two months since we moved in.  I packed a "survival art kit" because I knew I wouldn't be able to find my stuff for a long time...and now I am missing my stuff so much.  I am tired of the basic art supplies in my kit.  But...I have learned to use basics for art which, for me is a good thing.  A person can get overwhelmed with "too" much, you know.  So I have learned alot from all my supplies being packed.  I haven't bought anything...which is good because I am a recovering art-supply junkie...ha ha.   
   So I will post my progress as I tackle this room.  This should get me moving lol.

   Next post I will put up some pictures of some of my art using my basic art kit.  Have a great day folks.

Successful people replace the words "wish", "should" and "try" with...."I Will."