Winner Announcement: Anita (you'll need to contact me with your full name and email for me to pass on to Brave Girls. Thanks everyone for the comments! More to come! To the tired, the exhausted, the overstretched…here’s an invitation… Life can be simple. What if we celebrated the brave act of….taking a break? What if simplicity, comfort, and quiet were the goal? What if there really was a way to quiet the chatter in our minds and let us recharge our body & soul? And what if it was fun, too? Introducing a new eCourse . . . Soul Comfort is a fresh new concept using art and journaling as a means to relax and comfort yourself and to get grounded while dealing with the craziness of every-day living. This course if full of beautiful projects to fuel your creativity in very simple and easy ways that are meditational and relaxing , beautiful comforting things that will have your soul infused into them so that you want to keep them forever.
There is a peacefulness and calm about making lines, shapes, letters, and dots. Music in the background, a stream of thought, the texture of the paper, flow of the pen... and the joy of imagining. A piece of paper and a pen. Blissful simplicity.
Spending New Year's Day 2015 on making art and cooking was my objective this past week, and I wanted to do an art journal page on the word I've chosen to guide me through the next 12 months. This year I've chosen Warrior . I created a self portrait of myself with these words as the cover of one of my 2015 art journals. My mantra is to be a warrior of my life. A fearless protector of my happiness, health, wealth, art and time. This blog has inspired me: Janette Gregson's amazing Warrior Women Art Journals I've learned to take daily actions in choosing happiness, health and wealth every day. Those actions each day bring me task by task to the place where I am now and want to be most. I want every day to be focused on choosing wisely how I spend my time, and with whom I spend it. As Maya Angelou says, " When people show you who they are, believe them." As I intend to show the people I spend time with who I am, truly and deeply... A warr