Doodly Affirmations and Messages from My Muse...

I can't believe it's been a whole week since I blogged - ack!  Where does the time go?  I'm trying to get my swirly life under control here, and little by little it's working, but I'm not quite there yet!I do have a Life Book update for you though!  I continue to LOVE this workshop!  I can't believe how much I am learning and broadening my horizons! ...

My version of the story of Goddess Maeve...

Hey there everyone!  In Moonshine, we are learning about the story of the Celtic Goddess Maeve. She is a goddess of love, and was known to have an intoxicating effect on men.  :0)Anyhoo, you can read more about Maeve here, but the part of the story that I chose to focus on was the ending. Maeve and her husband had an argument about who had the most possessions. ...

Life Book Update...

Hey there everybody!  I've been super busy with Life Book and I've got two projects to share with you tonight! The first one was called "Inky Antics," and was taught by Aimee Myers Dolich of Artsyville.  The lesson was about inking up some papers and using them to make a collaged list; but I had just received some new pan pastels the day I did this, so I just...

Book of Days Update...

Hi everyone!  I have a long-overdue Book of Days update for you today.  Here are three pages from April...April 23... This one evolved as I did it.  I was struggling with learning how to do Johnny's insulin shots at the time and was so frustrated with myself.  The first journaling I did was on the blue paint in the bottom right corner.  It says...

Moonshine and Every Day In May - a great combo...

Hey everyone!  I've got a story to tell about synchronicity today!  It goes like this...You may already know that I've gotten into sketching lately, after being inspired by Danny Gregory's sketchbooks.  Well, there is a group online called "Every Day Matters,"  which is named after one of Danny's books.  They are a big group of people who are also...

Lollapalooza One Journal...

Oh my goodness - I just finished making my Lollapalooza One Journal - it was so much fun!Here's how it turned out...The front cover is collaged with bits of paper that I used for the inside pages. I cut an album cover down to 9x12 inches and used the back side for the collage... so then, you can see the front of the album cover on the inside of the front cover!  I left...

Cascading Leaves Stencil Test Drive...

Hey there everybody!  It's time for another stencil test drive!This time I've been playing with Jessica's Cascading Leaves Stencil, which looks like this...   Such a versatile design!!!This stencil makes a great background, and works well for layering too.  For my project I chose to use it like this... The background is just a mish-mosh of acrylic paint...