Lawrence and I have been very busy these past few weeks, dealing with his mother’s health issues, and moving into his childhood home and trying to make it our new home. It’s been kinda chaotic – and honestly, pretty stressful … Continue reading
Life’s finally settling down a bit around here…my mother in law is currently in a nursing home receiving the necessary help in recovering from her broken hip and the problems that resulted from it (including a heart attack). Lawrence went back to work on Monday and I opened up my Etsy shops again…
…and I decided to have a sale! In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m holding a week long 14% off sale in my Etsy art shop. Use coupon code “amor14” at checkout on ANYTHING in my shop!
’til next time…
14% off everything in shop!
I wanted to share my last art journal pages for 2014. I stated in an earlier blog post that I’ve art journaled even before the term ‘art journaling’ started being used…writing and drawing in notebooks has always been an outlet for me. I’ve always journaled – I think of them as visual diaries. Again, today the term most often used is art journaling…
I’ve been journaling more often recently, and it’s really helped me in several ways: by writing out thoughts on paper, it makes me focus on what I need to do. I’m also writing out my ideas and plans for my art business, which is what I really want to focus on in the new year…
So here are the last pages I created for 2014 – and I can’t wait to create my first pages for 2015!
’til next time…
last art journaling pages for 2014…
I’ve drawn, painted, and collaged in notebooks as long as I can remember. Now it’s called art journaling…whatever you call it – I still love it!
Last night I gathered my new not-yet-used Pam Carriker stamps, my beloved PITT artist pens, two of my own handmade stamps, gelli prints, paints, Mod Podge (Hard Coat is THE best!) and got to creating…
haven’t used my sketchbook in a while…
using my new Pam Carriker stamps for the first time…
used celery stalks to make these roses…
no scissors needed – I tore out roses I wanted to use…
added strips of gelli prints…
rediscovered this butterfly stamp I carved a while back…
I also carved this hearts stamp…
adding touches of silver to wings…
colored pencils over stamped paint adds color texture and contrast…
‘She’s finding her wings’…as yet unfinished…
’til next time…
signing and varnishing my mini ornaments before sending to their new homes…
ready to kick things up a notch! ordered Artful Blogging by Stampington & Company…
beautiful sky, November 2014.
“El Corazon” nicho ornament, $12 in my Etsy shop.
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doing some hand stitching while watching Gone With the Wind…
autumn in California: colorful leaves, 80 degree weather…
scent of blooming jasmine is here…
WIP: hand stitched skull fabric ornaments (thanks JoAnns for extra fabric!)
’til next time…
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