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The Savor Project 2013 – Week 26

and here’s this week:

this week is tiburon, the little one being awesome and the movie i’d been waiting months to see!

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.

Gratitude PostCards – Week 26

Here’s this week’s card:

It says: stop and smell the roses today.

This card uses a template from The Crafter’s Workshop (as well as a few others.) and acrylic paint.

Gratitude PostCards is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and the postcards I use here.

A Book a Week – The Shadow of the Wind

I read The Shadow of the Wind for book club and I am so so so glad I did.

It’s a book I would have never picked up on my own and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading it. It reminded me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s 100 Years of Solitude. I read it just as voraciously I read that one. This book also has a mystery in it which just adds to the layered storytelling.

I have never heard of this author before but now I know that I want to read at least one more book by him. And I also am happy to see I can get satisfaction and joy from a non-young-adult novel. And that they can be meaningful and delicious without being full of horrifying tragedies. (I mean there are very sad parts but none feel contrived to me.)

Highly recommended.

Nathaniel’s Gratitude Pages – Week 12

this week’s gratitude is really a father’s day card.

there we go. more next time.

Nathaniel’s Gratitude Pages is a weekly project for 2013 with my almost four-year-old son. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.

SixBySix – Week 26

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.

With that here’s this week’s art:

it reads: be willing to accept help. look what the pinwheel can do with a little help from the wind.

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 25

and here’s this week:

this week is about the last days of school, playing in the backyard, and origami time!

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.

Gratitude PostCards – Week 25

Here’s this week’s card:

It says: sometimes a step in the right direction is to just take one.

This card uses a template from The Crafter’s Workshop (as well as a few others.) and acrylic paint.

Gratitude PostCards is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and the postcards I use here.

A Book a Week – All I Did Was Listen

I knew I wanted to reas All I Did Was Listen as soon as I saw it. I just felt a pull towards it. I ordered it and then was delighted when it made it here.

I took a long, nice bath and read the book at the same time (one of the advantages of not reading in digital form is that I don’t have to be worried about the water.) I loved loved loved this little book.

It’s full of profound wisdom, sweet thoughts, delights, and just so much kindness.

I really really recommend it.

2013 Sketching – Week 26

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.

Here are the ones for this week:

that’s it for this week.

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

Gratitude Journal – Week 25

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

it says: life is a collection of moments. do not get caught up on the destination. be here now. this is your moment.

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.

David’s Gratitude Postcards – Week 13

here’s this week’s card:

and the back:

this one was for his friend clayton.

there we go.

David’s Gratitude Postcards is a weekly project I am doing with my 8-year-old-son for 2013. You can see a detailed post on our goal other details here.