It's All About The WHIMSY!

It's Spring!

Yes I have been away for a while....recovering from surgery has presented it's challenges.  I am a patient person by nature but 8 weeks of inactivity has stretched on and on... but enough of that!

 

A lovely patch of tulips blooming in the yard!  And finally my foot has healed enough that I can be out and about.  Thankfully!!

 

 

I found this cutie at my favorite garden nursery-The Farmers Daughter.  He reminds me so much of the artwork of Charles Van Sandwyk.  I suppose I should put him in the garden but I think he will stay indoors where I can see him everyday.

 

 

 

Spring has sprung in my NME journal too!

 

 

 

Binx enjoying the afternoon sun in an interesting spot...now this is a still life!

Keeping busy, a list of sorts...

Due to the need for foot surgery to correct a bad bunion (all the joys of advancing age)...I am grounded for a few weeks.  Unfortunately I cannot use the stairs to my studio so my Flora Bowley class canvases will just have to be patient.  

I miss them..do you think they miss me?

But there are things I can do while couch bound:

1. 2012 NME journaling each morning.

 

 

2. Working in my "NME under the influence" journal..

 

This month Marc Chagall, last month Louise Nevelson.

Loving this class!

 

3. Surf the web and discover an artist whose work I LOVE!

Joseph Broghammer- fabulous!!

4. Spend some cuddle time with the menagerie.

5.  Next on my list~ I think the creation of a collage of all the beautiful shoes I'd like to wear once this boot is off!

NME-under the influence...

 

Having a grand time being "Under the Influence" in my No More Excuses journal!

 And also maintaining a renewed version of NME daily journal..

Happy New Year!

 

Ending the year with a dreadful head cold that thankfully is now fading away....

no New Years Eve revelry for me...

 

A comfy chair, a cup of tea and a little art making to mark the closing of 2011.

 Confession....I was in bed asleep at 9PM!

Beginning 2012 on a much brighter note with TWO

new NME (no more excuses) journals:

This one a much larger format with loads of room to write and create!

And the beginnings of a grand adventure called

"No More Excuses Under the Influence"!

More journaling on a daily basis with an emphasis each month

on an individual artist!

First up is Hundertwasser

Check out this fabulous class on Gina Armfield's blog!

 

http://www.sweetsistergina.typepad.com/

Art Journaling

A few recent additions to my No More Excuses journal...

No More Excuses Journaling in November

My art journaling bag, thankfully reorganized after weeks of neglect!  This baby travels throughout the house and beyond with me on a daily basis..if left alone things magically appear inside!  If you would like to have your own, these canvas journal bags can be found at danielsmith.com.

Only a few weeks left in my "No More Excuses" journal and it is lovely and fat!

Journal work in NME in November..

No More Excuses Journaling in October

Just a peek at what's gone into my No More Excuses journal the past month...

 

 

 

 

 

I must admit I am quite proud of myself.  I've done it, each morning, over coffee, without fail, for almost a year! That is an accomplishment!

Monday morning play!

Goose neck gourd in my No More Excuses Journal, lovely Fall colors!

Homage to Edgar Allen Poe!

in my No More Excuses Journal..

Colors!

Color palettes inside my No More Excuses journal.  An embarrassing large collection of Daniel Smith watercolors, but I do love them!  There are worse things to collect. I will have add a page with washi tape for my Lukas colors.....yep, I have those too...All my friend Gina's fault!  Check out her No More Excuses workshop here:

sweetsistergina.typepad.com

 

 
A side view of the ever expanding journal I am using for daily work.  The first entry was made on January 1, 2011.  It is now at least three inches thick, lovely!  Amazingly the spine has held up quite well however it is now so large that carrying it while traveling is no longer practical...

 Solution~

separate pages travel with me and are added when I return home. Perfect!