Day 6

I couldn't even try a self-portrait in my journal today because I could think only of our cat. Bart is the world's most perfect cat (you can read a whole blog post Sharon wrote about him here).
I wish my pages would look 'artistic' no matter what my subject is... but sometimes they don't. They look like a child made them. Not really what I wanted but I don't know how to fix it. Oh well....

Day 5. Being open.

This page has the kind of texture that I enjoy. I painted on top of light molding paste, and also stamped onto it while it was wet. The words on the stamp didn't show up (I should have guessed that before I tried) but I still liked the impression so I left them. BTW - I received the very cool stamp with my name from my bbff.

Day 4

I wish I could sleep like I did when I was a child.

That's my thought of the day. I left my alarm clock on by mistake and it screamed at 5:30 a.m. It's not fun getting up that early on a Sunday. I feel like I don't sleep as deep as when I was a kid. It's like swimming on the surface of the water... any little thing wakes me up. Why is it? I don't know. But I created this journal page in hopes that it will make me sleep deeper and dream something nice this night.

Texas in California part 2

Saturday and Sunday mornings always begin the same way in our home - making and drinking a vegetable juice. It is a ritual that I'm happy to say even my kids enjoy. At first they were not happy with the thought that they are drinking carrot/celery/broccoli/beet juice but after they tried it they realized that the taste is wonderful (because I also put apples, grapes, pomegranates in it). Anyway, that was what I offered Sharon the first morning she woke up in our home. You can see by her pretty smile that my beet juice was good. It gave us super powers for the day too.
But that was not all. On regular days I make green smoothies, because they are faster and easier to create and give super powers too. I just love to see the reaction people have when they hold a bright green drink in their hand. Of course, my dear guest was no exeption. I eased her into it, making the most delicious smoothie from bananas, peaches, spinach, and almond milk. I added a few dates to make it super sweet too.
Don't you love the how her eyes tell the story? At first she was unsure... but quickly her face lit up and we enjoyed green drinks every day. Of course, I didn't expect a different reaction. First because it is taste, second - because Sharon does not fear anything. Make her tell you how she caught a shark! She really did.
There are so many things I want to show... They will wait for some other post, because I have to go and pretend that I'm in pain. WHY?
I cut my finger while preparing juice this morning. My husband got a knife sharpener from Santa and he is on a mission to have the sharpest knives on the planet. Now I'll go and make sad faces showing my poor finger so that he will suffer and be extra cuddly today.

Day 3

Day 2

One of the things I saw our dear Norah do is - not waste any paint. If there is paint left on the paintbrush - she doesn't swirl it in the water - she paints it somewhere... Following what she does, I used the ink that was left when I finished yesterday's page. I took a little sponge and swiped it over the next page in the journal. Today I saw that the 'negative space' looked like a profile. And I allowed it to 'be'... tiny nose and all. That's why I wrote "I saw something where there was nothing and a face emerged".

Art journaling in January

Here is a treat for everyone - Misty Mawn is going to journal daily in January and post the pages on her blog. Click on the link to see her first page. Can you imagine creating art like that in a journal? What a wonderful way to start the year! Everyone is invited to join. I will try to do a page every day, even if I have to use shortcuts and make the simplest entries in my journal.HAPPY NEW YEAR!