Healing Space

To everything there is a season....
A time to rest....
I have been recovering this week and have not had the pleasure of creating art. I am dreaming of all I will do as soon as I have healed. It is amazing all the ideas that dance through my mind!
I leave you with this photo in place of where my Theme Thursday art would be. It is such a lovely heart and such a healing green color! Nature's Art.

Challenges

I do love doing the weekly challenges offered online! I find that I become inspired by the theme or prompt and also by seeing what other artists are making. I end up making something I would have not thought of before! Go look on the site at all the amazingly creative art that has been posted already.

This necklace idea just came to me as I was contemplating what I could make that is "round" which is today's "Mixed Media Mondays" theme. I look around my art room at all kinds of stuff until I happened upon this old rhinestone buckle. Then I chose the ribbon, and the vintage pearl drops. The hardest part was picking out what would go in the center, until I finally decided on the old topaz button. I really enjoyed making this. It is not quite finished as it has taken quite a bit of time today and I need a vintage clasp. I will post another photo when the back is properly done.

Buttons Twinchies

Here is a little book I made for Small World Of Inchies and Twinchies. This week's theme is "buttons". Each page is 2x2 inches. The book starts with "old button, new button, yellow button, blue....cute as a button.....(the little girl is from Paperwhimsy)

Theme Thursday

Vintage Ladies is this weeks Theme Thursday. I took a little time off from my big project to do this. I have always wanted to do something with this image. It is from Digital Collage Sheets to Go. I also have a Inchies and Twinchies entry waiting in the wings. Maybe I will get it out later. It was great fun too!

I don't always know if I aught to....

I am 50.
A halfway mark? Maybe.
Life can be very long, and its a good thing too, because it has taken me all these years to grow into who I really am. Someone who loves to make things, all kinds of things!

I am currently working on an art piece 12 x24 inches, by far the largest thing I have made in mixed media. At first I was scared of the size...and my lack of experience...and then I heard a little encouraging voice whisper...
"so what....do it anyways".
And I immediately thought, "yeah, so what, what's the worst thing that could happen?"

I realized that just doing it, just taking the steps to do it would teach me so much that I could never learn just thinking about doing it, or reading books or watching others do it....

So, I am doing it, this huge painting of "Marie". And I am learning so much! And I am feeling so good as I do it, I know I am in the right place.

I am posting this wonderful video about loving art, and having doubts about living the artist you are. I hope you enjoy it as well.

It is a good day!

Happy Monday Everyone. What a fab day it is too. There is the smell of autumn in the air. It is overcast here, but in a lovely way that the heavy clouds cushions all around... there is a cleansing wind as well. I suddenly want to take a walk in the woods and drink in the beauty and stillness. Today feels like a sacred day, a day of new fresh beginnings.

This is just what I needed today after a night of tossing thoughts around instead of sleeping. Today I choose to clean out my thoughts and embrace beauty. Let go of worries and concerns and focus on all the incredible possibilities and goodness that abounds in my life. I am thankful for the creativity that I am able to recognize and enjoy. I am thankful for the love that is all around me.

Theme Thursday.....I love it!

I love waking up Thursday morning knowing there is a new challenge a foot! How fun!
So today's challenge is a "halloween" ATC and here is my entry. I found this little girl on Etsy at Cassi's Creations.