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Gratitude Journal – Week 3

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

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

There we go. 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 2

here’s this week’s card:

and the back:

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.

Weekly Diary – January 19 2013

Another week low on photos, just how things go sometimes. Here are some snapshots from our week:

While I was gone for the weekend, Jake’s parents were here and they went exploring with the kids, collecting pine scones and leaves, etc.

And then built time machines.

Nathaniel’s comes with food, too, just in case.

David’s been doing homework.

accommodating me as i interrupt to snap photos.

and the little one’s been playing quietly so david can focus.

david was star of the week this week, so we went to his classroom on Friday morning.

I snapped some shots while I was there.

all the kids initialed a star for david.

he shared his packet, some stories and then we all sat to listen things his friends wrote about him. it was incredibly touching.

the light’s still been terrible but I love family photos anyway.

the boys kept making funny faces.

so there was much tickling.

and laughter.

and more laughter.

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

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

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: aim high. use your wings to soar.

sold – thank you!

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

The Savor Project 2013 – Week 2

and here’s this week:

I talk about Nathaniel goofing around, playing Blokus with the kids, going to the Palo Alto Jr. Museum, origami yoda, and being published in the art journaling magazine.

I have to admit I am loving the 8.5×11 size and single page format. love love love. I still haven’t found a way to fit my art but still thinking on it.

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 3

Here’s this week’s card:

It says: take time to stop and smell the flowers. you deserve it.

This card uses the Flower Garden template by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer for The Crafter’s Workshop (as well as a few others.).

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 Selection

I picked up The Selection because…actually I have no idea why.

I think I picked it cause I heard about it and the premise sounded interesting. I liked the cover, too. But it was mostly one of those “why not” situations.

And I am glad I did.

I enjoyed reading this book and swallowed it in one take.

The only bad part was the ending. I assume it’s cause the author knew there was more coming, but the story doesn’t really end. It sort of is like a “wait for the next part to see what happens” ending. Even if a book is a trilogy or 5-part or whatever, I like each part to be able to stand on its own. And I didn’t think this one did.

But I still liked it.

2013 Sketching – Week 3

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 2

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

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

There we go. 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.

Nathaniel’s Gratitude Pages – Intro and Week 1

Since I am doing a gratitude project with David, I wanted to do one with Nathaniel, too. I took an old sketchbook I had and we’re altering each page, using whatever supplies he wishes. He doesn’t fully understand the concept of gratitude yet but I know that practice will help. And, worst case, we get to do some art together.

These pages might look great, funny, weird. He’s only 3.5 after all.

With that, here’s his first page. He used a spray with my help on this one. The next one is a bit less pretty. Gaby is his 3rd grade buddy at school.