...so this will be the perfect opportunity to put it to good use.
i'm off to buy a new fridge today! YAY! the tuckerbox freezer died on me two weeks ago and had to be replaced.....now, the fridge is barely hanging on. admittedly, it's been a bit of a pain for the eight years we've had it as it hasn't coped well with the heat of our summers at all. so, it's time for a replacement.
what are you doing today?
another award i received recently was the butterfly award which the very talented margaret bestowed upon me.
check out margaret's blog to see some of her amazing zen drawings. i am honoured that she chose me as one of the recipients for this award. i am supposed to nominate ten other bloggers and give a reason why i think they are deserving of this award also. this is where i become unstuck because i think you are all amazing and it would be way too hard for me to pick and choose among you...so...once again, i'm breaking the rules. consider yourself chosen for this award! if you choose to participate, link back to my blog and feel free to pass the award on to ten other bloggers. ENJOY!
and just because i'm on roll -
9/ in the eighties, for a very brief period of time....my sister and i had what we now refer to as a 'helmet' perm. all i can say is.....WHAT were we thinking???!!! it was all the trend though and we thought we were pretty darned cool....LOL don't ya love my little german shepherd puppy? his name was 'kai' and so cute! notice how i'm trying to change the subject...hehehe
(added dec. 15th) - my friend, maria, has posted a pic of her helmet perm on her blog. we could be sisters! are there any more of you willing to come forward???
and lastly,
10/ i do have a mean streak in me....when my kids were young, we were looking through old family pics and they came across this one -
.....and they were kinda freaked out by it, immediately wanting to know who the ugly people were. i couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a 'play/tease' with the kids so i said they were friends of mine who i hadn't seen in ages and, on seeing the photo, thought it might be nice to invite them over for dinner one night. they all resounded a unanimous NO!!!...then started begging me NOT to invite those ugly people over. in fact, the people in the pic were my brother and his then-girlfriend (later became his wife) dressed up for a new year's eve party. i remember those masks freaked out quite a lot of young kids that particular night so they couldn't keep the masks on for too long at all. thankfully, my own kids were just babies at the time.
i'm supposed to tag the same amount of people as random facts so, if you are reading this and would like to participate, consider yourself 'tagged'. there is absolutely no expectations for anyone to participate but, if you do, all you need to do is link back to this post and also post links to the bloggers you are passing the tag/award onto.
thanks to everyone who nominated me!
i'll continue the other tag/awards over to tomorrow.....see ya then ~
aaron had absolutely no help from me at all and i am so impressed with how his turned out. we are hanging it near his bed. i've pinned mine to a cork board that i painted turquoise-blue...love that colour!
P.S. - i've had to postpone tags and awards until tomorrow....stay tuned.
love, light and peace ~
i've added some swirls in gold metallic paint, then i did a couple of layers of washes for the wings using a warm white. after drying that off with the hair-dryer and allowing it to cool, i used some rub-ons of little white flowers and dots on the wings. i've always loved the joseph campbell saying - follow your bliss - so i chose that for my motivational words in this piece.
yesterday, another storm moved through and left in it's wake a beautiful rainbow! the pic is pretty crappy because, after the storm, the sun came out out giving a very bright, warm cast over everything which doesn't show in the pic.....however, my camera kept warning me that there was a problem with focusing, I presume because of the brightness...i took the pic anyways.
through november and this month, i've been tagged or have received a few awards but, due to other commitments, didn't manage time to post them so, tomorrow, will probably be a tag/award marathon. some were the same tags awards/tags by different people so i will tie those into just one to make it easier. i love simplicity.
i'm also thinking about making my dream board for the coming year. what fun! do you make dream/vision boards?
love, light and peace ~
i'm pretty much done with her hair after deepening and cooling the colour. to tie the girl and background together more, i added the matisse phthalo blue (used in her eyes and top) to the background, concentrating it around the edges. i also added some deeper jo sonja burnt umber tones. i love the jo sonja burnt umber and use it a lot in my work....it's a much deeper and cooler tone than the matisse burnt umber. i'm lovin' how parts of the cards still show through in areas.....YAY for mixed media layering!
i bought a couple of the abraham-hicks DVDs yesterday on the law of attraction (i'm currently reading the book) and am totally hooked now.
my daily meditation continues and, a couple of times, i didn't get a chance to meditate in the morning so meditated at night before going to bed. i found the night time meditation more difficult as, when i tried to focus on nothing, i was bombarded with thoughts from my experience throughout the day. i discovered that chanting 'om' as a mantra helped a great deal in keeping the thoughts at bay.
i need to get some housework done today but my studio is beckoning also....i'll see if i can work a compromise....hehehe
love, light and peace
i'm not good with camera settings so,if anyone can tell me how to get a good pic of our tree, lit up, i would greatly appreciate it. i think i should have used a tripod, right?
for my reference, i used a sketch of a female i had done from my imagination in my sketchbook last year. i quickly free-handed it onto the canvas using a charcoal pencil. there is still lots to do but i'm having so much fun with this.
i have started reading the book by esther and jerry hicks titled 'the law of attraction'. it's making a lot of sense to me and seems to emphasise the concepts of eckhart tolle and the laws behind 'the secret'. i read 'ask and it is given' by esther and jerry last year and i found it also offered a lot of great ideas...unfortunately, i don't think i was quite ready to incorporate the lessons into my daily life at that time but now, i believe i AM ready. i'm looking forward to seeing where it all leads. i've ordered my book for the book blog in january...see my sidebar under january happenings...i hope it will be as awesome an adventure as the 'soul coaching' book blog was.
it's getting very busy with the lead up to christmas. have you done your christmas shopping yet?
i'm very new to all this mixed media stuff but i've thoroughly enjoyed the process so far. at this point, i'm not really sure where i'm headed with it but i'm hoping something will come to me.
oh, and i just had to share a pic of cody, my dog, lying in among the throw blankets in my wardrobe....can you spot him?
CONGRATULATIONS, HELEN!
please email me with your home/snail address and i will mail off your prize.
i was so happy to give away this painting that i decided to pick a second winner.
this person will receive my 'I AM PRESENT' 6"x6" original painting.
and the second winner is....
if you enjoyed this giveaway, know that there will definitely be more in the future, so feel free to pop in for a cuppa and a chat. you are always welcome.
i have michelle and alex coming to stay for a few days so we are able to look after her while alex is at work. she is very sore with three separate suture sites, on top of still healing from the car accident injuries a year ago, poor thing. anyways, i hope to get back tonight to post a little more re. my soul coaching journey but, if time gets away...i will post tomorrow.
love, light and peace to all ~
