Looking for balance....

This is a journal page from January but works for me today. Been trying to put balance in my life, it's not been easy lately. My mom has stage 4 lung cancer and I feel awful about that. I picked up Life is a Verb--NO COINCIDENCES--Patty Digh's book is written in memory of her step father who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and lived only 37 days after diagnosis. This book is about living with intention and taking action. I started the 37 Challenge on Tuesday and committed to free writing for 10 minutes in a journal every day. That's it...just one thing...not 50...just one thing that is doable every day ;-)

Check it out.... http://www.37days.typepad.com/37days/ Post a comment if you want to take the challenge together.

Playing in my journal....

I've been lazy lately and way over due to post. I've been drawing angels....here is one of them. It says in the heart, "always be happy". Not always easy to do, but always a choice. I am experimenting and finding my style. This little angel is in progress. I drew her in pencil over the background page. Then I gessoed (is that a word?) over her. The pencil blends in with the gesso but I like the effect. I went over her face in ink last. Next to do is find the flesh tones, but I'm liking the way she looks now. What do you think?

March is almost here....How'd that happen?

Stephanie's Myspace picture in December.


Robert's Myspace picture taken on his phone...upside down

Jasper...our adopted Puggle @ three months old. He'll be 5 months tomorrow.

Where do the years go???? I swear it was just yesterday my twins were born and on Sunday they will turn 15! How did that happen? I make art everyday yet only post once a month...where do the days go????? I sat down at the desktop to check my email....that was two hours ago....where do the hours go????

Whispers...

I have been reading Kelly Rae Robert's book, Taking Flight, and have been inspired to make a Whispers Art Journal. Here is the cover....

Whispers...make art, take a painting class, start an art journal group, live, laugh and love more.

Thankful....

I am so thankful for many people I have been blessed to have in my life.  You make my world complete.  I'd like to give thanks to non-tangibles as well...things such a peace (inside), art and my job working as a special education teacher working with learning and reading disabled children.

Work in progress

Just a quick post to show a work in progress. This is where I make my art, currently working on Les Petites Angels.....this is the first one.

Today I commit....

Today I commit to blogging on a regular basis. Today I commit to art journal daily, to get back on track with my diet and exercise routine, to love more and live deeply. Today I commit to preserve my memories and scrapbook regularly. I went to an all day crop yesterday and got rejuvinated. Today I woke up and felt inspired.

Had some fun at http://wordle.net/ Here is my wordle "Today I commit". Check it out and have some fun. Will post my art journal page later....

I can't figure out how to get the picture of my wordle larger. Comment to me if you know how to enlarge images, thanks. Lyn