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Gratitude Journal – Week 46

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before :

it says: make today ridiculously amazing.

and here’s what the page looks like with all the gratitudes and celebrations:

Just another excuse to create art and remember the present that is my life.

Gratitude Journal is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.Gratitude Journal – Week 39

This is my seventh year doing a December Daily album. Over that time, I’ve developed some traditions for the album. For example, I finish each year with my OLW for the next year and I often put a photo of tulips on my last page.

Another tradition I have is for the first page. A few years ago, I begun my album with “and so it begins” and I decided that I liked it so much that it would be how I start each year. Some years I also add photos of us and some years I don’t. This year, I did not.

I’ve been a huge fan of gold lately and I am happy to see that it’s popular, though it doesn’t photograph so well. This page has the beautiful gold deer:

and here’s one more look so you can see the dimensional wood, too.

there we go. That’s day one. See you tomorrow.

December Daily 2013 – Before Pages

I know I am a bit late with this but I actually prepared my December Daily pre-pages months ago as they were a part of the Gossamer Blue December Memories class. I was lucky enough to receive the stunning kit and put my little book together like this:

And there we go. Tomorrow I’ll post the first page.

Weekly Diary – November 30 2013

Here are some photos from this week:

Early this week, we got to see a bird show.

The birds rode bikes and skates and pushed shopping carts, it was super fun!

then Nathaniel decided he needed a crown.

sometimes he gets very specific and purposeful. He knows exactly what he wants and just gets it done. That’s what he did with this crown.

on Thanksgiving Day, we decided to put up our tree before our meal.

the boys really helped out this time. it was so much fun doing it together.

they did a great job balancing the tree.

they each had their own buckets and they didn’t get bored one time. They just kept at it until we were done.

and here it is. not a fan of that lens but alas.

then the boys went to play football out front.

some good teaching moments.

and then it was time for dinner. not the best photo but still….

my crazy boys.

nathaniel wasn’t up for smiling this week.

he wouldn’t even join in on the “we love” statements.

until we picked his, of course.

and then it was tickle time!

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too. Happy Thanksgiving!

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

SixBySix – Week 48

Before this week’s art here’s the important reminder: Please remember, this is personal and hand-made and thus imperfect. If you want perfect art, do not buy mine. Also one more reminder that these are pretty small. 5.5inches by 5.5inches. That’s about 14×14 centimeters). You will just get the original piece of watercolor paper with my art and signature in the back. No mounting, no frame. I don’t want to misrepresent anything. I will put a paypal button under each (you can pay with credit card or paypal.) the button doesn’t update so you will have to click through to see if it’s sold out. I will try to update them as quickly as I can and remove the button if it’s gone, but just in case. Each piece will be $35. That’s US dollars. If you have questions please leave a comment and I will reply as fast as I can.

This is the very last of the six by sixes for 2013. Thank you for supporting my art 🙂

With that here’s this week’s art:

it reads: it is ok to take a break.

SixBySix is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and other details here.

The Savor Project 2013 – Week 41

Here’s this week’s page (still catching up.)

I love all of these photos so much.

See you next week!

The Savor Project is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and other details here.

A Book a Week – The Dinner

I decided to take a bunch of books recommended by Amazon and read them. They have a Book of the Month list each month, and I just picked a bunch. The Dinner was one of those.

The Dinner was quite an interesting read. I can’t say it was fun or uplifting. But it was interesting. The plot twisted and turned a bunch and the narrators were unreliable at best, unlikeable to boot.

But I still thought it was a worthwhile read. Not sure why. Especially since I don’t think I liked it. But there we are.

Sometimes it’s like that.

2013 Sketching – Week 39

My goal for 2013 is to make three sketches a week. If I make more, great. If I don’t, that’s ok. Trying to keep the pressure low while still encouraging myself to draw.

more faces for you:

These are the last of the 31 consecutive ones I made. Apologies for the quiet. It’s been a challenging few weeks here. Nathaniel was sick and then I got sick and then I got sick again and then David got strep. Let’s hope this is the end of it.a

Sketching is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my sketching journey here.

Gratitude Journal – Week 45

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before :

it says: choose to keep trying.

and here’s what the page looks like with all the gratitudes and celebrations:

Just another excuse to create art and remember the present that is my life.

Gratitude Journal is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.Gratitude Journal – Week 39

Weekly Diary – November 23 2013

Here are some photos from this week. Another week very low on photos. I am finally a bit better and now David has strep. It has been a challenging few weeks here. But, alas, that’s how it goes sometimes.:

Nathaniel making cards for his friend Emerson. I love watching how focused he is.