aed-17 trying to catch up!

so i'm showing a ton today.... i hope you enjoy the show.....
above is an almost finished altered book cover that i'm alost working on... it just doesnt feel finished.... :)

this is an awsome journal with a handmade cover that i stayed up making last night... and below is one entry , half finished in the brand-spanking new journal.... i'm excited to finally start some projects that i've wanted to for awhile ... like my own handmade journals....this is my favorite so far.... the cover is made of chipboard with some handmade gorgwous red paper that i got at a german art supply store.... i cant remember the name of the stitch i used but its from a book called cover to cover... ugh sorry cant remember the name

aed-day16

so i know I'm way behind... probably didn't think i was still in it but i am... later today I can show the things i've been working on to show you i've still been in it.... so for now i will make you a little collage with powerpoint again and also talk to you about THANKSGIVING the forgotten holiday... now maybe i'm a little late in talking about this since its practically here! but this is my favorite holiday.... not because of the turkey and plethera of food ... but because its not a pagan holiday for one... and because its a holiday to celebrate giving thanx... not that i or those in my immediate family need a holiday put aside to celebrate giving thanx.... anyways.... it seems to me that america has forgotten this holiday and its become one more day to make all about somthing that its not about.... like its more about the macy parade.... and FOOTBALL.... and turkey.... not GIVING THANX..... anyways... i'll have more to say on this later.... so for now here's my powerpoint quickie.....

number9

Well this is my all time favorite painting ever... one because i did it for a good friend... and two because its an oil painting... which is truly my favorite medium... I've been enjoying this art every day for a month excercise... this new year of school has been so hectic i never think i'll have time to do anything... you know there's like a list.... a list of MUST DO'S.... read my Bible every morning, work-out at least three days but hopefully more, finish homeschooling for that day, have clean clothes/house/dishes etc, feed the family, spend quality down time mit mine Mann (little german for ya), and then there is art! you just hafta hafta hafta hafta have art in your life... you know? so see i'm a very challenged writer, i'm even to lazy to capitalize all the words that need to be capitalized... sheesh... but anyways.... here's the paiting

day 7 and 8

i know that's horrible to combine... but you wouldnt believe how unbelievably busy wednesdays get..... so I'm showing a little digital collage i did in powerpoint.... and another favorite artist on youtube.... I'm telling ya wednesdays just speed by with no time for anything!also you guys should check out the wonderful post written by my friend amanda over at http://hiddenart.wordpress.com/ its awsome! :)

aed-day6

ok i know you guys have heard of suzi blu but you should check out this chics video.... she inspired this journal entry of mine which I've already said is a painting in progress...

art every day and somthing new

well first i think this is kinda cool.... belinda over at crazy art girl's musings has this post about moi ... just go here and check it out..... then for my art every day challenge I have been working on some little goodies that are kinda different.... introducing Tag In A Bag! I have about 40 right now , but if i run out and you really really want some let me know please! My idea is, they are little art tags that you can attach to your christmas gifts (or any holiday, birthday, etc.) or you can just send/give the tag itself as a gift.... they are all different colors, with different papers , stickers, brads , etc in each little bag. they are about 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 and they are in my lil ole etsy shop so go check that out... those are what I worked on today...

aedm day 3&4

one of my favorite blogs creative everday , leah, is doing an ART EVERY DAY MONTH and I'm a couple days behind..... here are my creative endevors for today.... and yesterday... :) I finished my pages in the next Nature Journal RR that I've recieved.... :)

new journal page

sorry the scan is nicht so gut, but here is the last entry in the latest nature journal I have... first time realy goin to town with water color crayons.... it was fun... the scene is totally outta my head but reminds me of virginia where I'm from.... also just wanted to say I learned some more new things from the tips for new bloggers site I told you about last post.... you guys gotta check it if you really want somthing different for your blog...

made a little change...

so whaddya think? I know I keep changing the colors on yall... but I just had to change it again and found out that the blog http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/ had a tutorial on this http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/2007/03/background-image-for-blogger-template.htmlso if you want to do somthing like this to your blog and have been figuring out some things on your own like I've been having to do then check out both the links I gave you.... I loved the banner I got from susan tuttle and didnt want to change it but I just hated only getting to change the color of my background and none of the colors were really me.... so I found that link ... check it out....

sacred life and creatvitiy

well obviously I did this journal entry yesterday... this is in that really cool leather journal I was telling you about.... I just love that thing.... anyways wednesday are kinda crazy for us because we have homeschooling all morning then we gotta get ready for a 20 min drive to my sons tai kwon do class , then we have church on wednesday nights.... well yesterday I just KNEW I would have time in the car, waiting between class and church, to sketch... .and well here is my sharpie marker flower... this page is still not done... but I really like to make at least one nice big thing on a page and work on it more later.... :) so for my sacred life....... running around and waiting? hurry up and wait? busy busy busy? or is it taking the time to chill out and enjoy a break .......

some inchies for another swap... not gonna show them all... can you tell that I was in the mood for using my glitter gel pen? hahahaha......do you see a common theme? :)

some tags for a "what tag are you?" swap.... I'm a jack of all trades... not to say I'm master of none though.... I'm just saying that I'm a mom, artist, etc etc.....:)

pretty plain

This is a page in a new journal I'm making by hand... I just got a japanese screw punch.... and a bone folder and even a bind-it-all.... so we'll see.. I hanvent used the bind-it-all yet...so anyways this page I just played with.. I was working on another project and mixed too much of one color and ended up using this robins egg blue on my journal page, and some small little canvases and a big canvas and some little swap items.... hehe... I guess I mixed waaaaaaaaaay too much.... anyways I dabbled a little on the pages and then closed it up and to get prints on both sides.... then just started playing... I made those little tree inchies for a swap but didn't like how they turned out so I never sent them... but I had to keep them cause I did do a lot of little techniques on them! so here's my creativity for today... I also made a bunch more inchies and some coffee atc's but I'll have to post them later.... :)

my sacred life and creativity day 13

Well boy I really was sick last week... like I said I still sound like a frog but I can finally sleep at night without waking up the whole house with my coughing fits.... some things I did while actually resting a bit was to work in some journals.. my favorite one right now is my red one..... here are some pages that I added some new things too...

My sacred Life and creativity for a month challenges are still blending together for me.... I ordered this awsome book by Randi Feuerhelm-Watts and it just really makes you look at journaling in a whole new way! I'm excited to just really start playing and forgetting the rules... I mean I don't really follow them now but I mean I really just wanna take a journal and just make a big beautiful mess.... get this book if your interested in taking your journals to a new height... a better place.... to just have more fun....

my sacred life and creativity day9

Well I wish I could take an actual picture and not a scan of my favorite journal..... but anyways.... today for my sacred life and creativity day 9 I'm showing it to you.... its leather bound with a little string to wrap it up in .... ok ok so I do more drawing then writing because I'm just not the best at writing... But I'm working on it.... hence the ole blog.... the pages I'm showing are some of my favorite doodles and drawings so far... one you might recognize from my recent Illustration Friday post. I recently decided to get supplies for making my own journals and books... I can't wait till they arrive... all of this to say whats another part of my sacred life is journals , journalin, doodling, etc etc etc (sorry the kids really like The King and I)

my sacred life and creativity-day4

I don't know if its cool that I'm lumping the two together or not but they go together for me most days...I must have creativity everyday.... and you CAN have creativity and not actually paint or draw or sculpt.... in fact I just did a ladies devotion with my church group a few weeks ago and i choose the theme of creativity.... I made up a bunch of little baggies full of ephemera for the ladies to make their own tags, each bag having different colors and themes. I talked super quick because I hate talking in front of people, but I reminded them that are creative, that God created them that way! I don't think they really listened. anyways... I wanted to show my first attempts at ATC'S because I joined the monday artday atc group and watned to trade! and for my sacred life photo I'm showing where some of my creative things wait for me to take them and make somthing outta them. I also altered the little leg thing that holds up a photo frame... I have a few busted up frames and wanted to use up as much and I could! :)

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my sacred life and creativity day3

I don't know what day I'm on for this challenge... :) but I wanted to show you the view from my back porch ... this is my neighbers back porch... or what they call veranda... I know we also call it veranda but see I'm from Virginia and we call it back porch... I would have to say we live in such a beautiful country... its so green... but I guess our neighbors want to see everything green through the beautiful green glass windows. Also I've been working on some tags for a "what's your tag" swap... they're not completed yet , just one last thing that's goin on all of them.... I loved these papers I got in another swap and I just had enough coordinating colored fibers to go with each one... I'll show the finished product tommorrow. If you havent already check out the video I posted with the lady who makes lace! from our trip to brugge, belguim! My fingers twinge just watching her.......

creativity for a month , Blues

Well I just had a big wonderfull post for ya but somthing is up today with either the ole blogger or the ole computer so your getting the short and sweet version.... #1 We went on a trip to Brugge, Belgium yesterday. They are known for lace and chocolate and waffels and all that good stuff.... I'm showing one thing I got there... a little lace.... and I have a video we got to make of a lady we found in a little doorway making some lace! So cool! If i can figure out how to show ya I will. Also showing a journal page... from my favorite journal with an awsome cover titled The Blues Cure which i forgot to scan and will have to do later... This will be my day 1 and 2 for my creativity for a month because I havent been calculating it and I know I joined it much later than everyone else.... but it's been so awsome to be a part of it.... I needed it....** just realized all my photos have blue in them** ***got the lace video to work.. isn't that sooooo cool? see how fast she moves those little bobbin things? also wanted to say yes vin diesel is one of my favorite actors***