A Little Bit More

Before I start my entry today, I just want to thank all of you for your lovely comments and to let you know I appreciate them all very much.

I thought I'd post about three of my favourite exercises I did last week from the "Crafter's Devotional"

The first one is "Purse Ephemera" 

We were to empty out our purses, suitcases, junk drawers, etc and pick out things that you would throw out and then use them as inspiration in our art work. I grabbed some of the store cards that I don't use anymore and thought they would make an interesting canvas.

old store cards

I picked out one of the cards and put a few coats of gesso on both sides,  let it dry and then started creating. I painted both sides with a few different colours of purple. Added some decorative scrap book paper. Then finished it off with an inspirational saying using the word "Empathy" and I do believe a little goes a long way. 

Revamped store card

completed exercise added to my journal

The next one was titled "Gravestone Symbolism".  

Ya, that's what I thought, "Ok what am I going to do with this. However, once I started reading through the exercise, it all became very clear.  There were many different ways one could be creative. I chose the symbol of a bird in flight, which means "Flight of the soul" in gravestone symbolism. Leaving one life and moving forward to another, just like mine is now.

 A little bird told me, "I heard you were leaving your day job to live the life you imagined". 

And I said "Yes!"

I loved doing this picture and I can't wait to start my " Contented Journey"

The third one is "Sensory Exploration: Vision"

We were to take a walk in our yard, neighbourhood or local park and observe the colors around us.
We could capture the colours in our journals or sketchbooks, using markers or paints. I chose to do a knitting project in the colours I thought represented winter. Here's my version of the colours of "Winter", a knitted neck warmer.

Poor Rosie, she really wasn't happy modeling, but there was no one else around!

Have a creative, contented and wonderful week and don't forget to show a little empathy now and then....xo

Days Off

I took two days off this week from my full time job leading into the long weekend. 5 days off in a row to stay home, prepare and to set in place the rebirth of my creative journey. Heavenly bliss.
Each of the first two days started off with coffee dates with two dear friends who support and inspire me. What a perfect way to start my day.
The first day I got my sewing room organized and up and running. Oh how I love all my material and special little collections of things. I haven't been down here for so long. I actually picked up some of my favourite fabrics and gave them all a hug. It's good to be back.
I do most of my knitting at night, so I will be down in my special room in the day. I've decided to add a few things to the craft fair inventory besides Toques. Some christmas decorations and pillows just to keep things balanced. I can only knit so much.
I did get a little distracted and had to do a little sketch for my journal. The subject matter is wearing one of the toques I knit so I thought it was ok to go off on a bit of a tangent.
Right now my windows really are all open and it feels amazing.
Back to my room to make my first christmas decoration demo for 2009.
ciao