Sunday, September 13, 2009

What I do when Jack is asleep...

Eat Cookies.

Watch TV that doesn't contain overly exaggerated vocal intonations and extravagant use of suspension of disbelief for the sake of making the show colorful and full of unicorns.

Play Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook.

Check and re-check my Etsy sites way too often.

Scour for artistic inspiration.

And occasionally, when I am not supertired and superbraindead...


I don't know if the stars were aligned the day I did this, but I was so overjoyed and having immense fun when I was doing it...

As it turns out, I kept going and did about four of these. Some of them are in the Bumblejack shop. Some, not yet. But what began as just a little flower drawing ended up as something entirely different, with much more meaning to me than just a really good doodle...

These flowers I have been doing started as flowers and finished as portraits. I ended up doing one of my family, one of my in-laws. One for my anniversary, which is today btw, one for my son.

I think I found another fun avenue to explore...

Thursday, September 3, 2009

My Word: FAITH

My ETSY friend JanetD, who has this amazing dreamblog Lilac Cafe, did a post on an artist who paints words that people need to hear on their bodies. I am not doing this artist's work any justice with my description. I ought not write posts at 10 PM when my eyelids are drooping...
In any case, Lilac Cafe posted her words, her experience. And moved, I have decided to post mine. My hope is to open my heart a little more by sharing my word with you, and in turn continue what I hope will be a chain reaction of inspiration and heart.

FAITH
It runs so deep with me. Even when I don't realize it, I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. What I need to hear is FAITH. I keep wanting to see proof that my hopes, risks, and dreams will happen, that my business will flourish, that God hears me. But that's just it. The beauty in not knowing is having faith that however it turns out, whether we like it or not, things will be okay anyway.

I am just going to stop there....

What's your word?

I AM GRATEFUL FOR....


My cool neighbor who, just because, decided to share her amazing hydrangea with me! I love flowers...and I love surprises! Thanks Dolly!