Week-at-a-Glance Calendar, Notes/Pictures and an Art Journal. Oh My! I've gotten The Documented Life project bug. It's catching! https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedocumentedlifeproject/ . Get started here: https://arttothe5th.squarespace.com/the-documented-life-project-details/ and see where it takes you this year with the weekly challenges. I'll be posting my handmade book tomorrow … [Read more...]
Winged Hope…
Taking the Leap It's been a little over a week since my weight-loss surgery. I'm proud to report that I've lost 31 pounds since I started this journey! I don't have any problems to report. I've kept everything down. Only a very mild feeling of nausea or heartburn (not sure which, actually). But I CAN see a difference in my ankles and hands - and my husband says he … [Read more...]
Art Journal: What Will I Remember Most?
Today, I embarked upon making a new art journal, specifically for the purpose of dealing with the recent loss of my sister, Carole. Because I know that finished works often seem overwhelming, I took some pictures as I went along. I started by making a mold of the wings of a little glass angel I bought for a remembrance, found at an antiques store yesterday. I also worked … [Read more...]
Art Journal 09/19/11
Take a day where I rail at my lack of import to a situation most important to me. Add in a stroke of invention. Mix liberally with Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and Elizabeth - The Golden Age. Get an appointment. Add a pinch of a favorite quote, "Don't make someone a priority if to them you are only an option." And you, my friend would be just as ripe … [Read more...]
Mixed-Media Art Journaling Page
Recent events have me looking for answers and trying to wrap my head, heart and hands around human nature. No, I'm not throttling it -- but I would love a No Drama Zone posted over my house for the next, oh say, decade? This morning I started to write, and this came out: "Allow others to deeply know you.Take off the mask.Be real. Wear your battle scars proudly. But remember that they don't … [Read more...]
