DOODLING MY HEART OUT!!

Crayon resist....fun...above

I've joined a class called SEWN by the super creative Mary Ann Moss. She is at www.dispatchfromla.typepad.com if you want to join the class. I have loved taking her journal book building classes and cannot wait til this class starts.  We have a few hints, which is all I can give you....to paint patterns, lots of patterns, then get your scissors out!!! I'll show the end result at the end of summer, but you could be painting mindless ends and ends of patterns to cut up in joining her class that starts July 5th....with a bang!! I haven't done SERIOUS ART for a while, but have delighted myself with painting mindless colors, designs and shapes in bliss .... a friend talked about how she prays when she paints .... and WELL it is so true for me too, as it is a very intimate time with Him, thinking, discussing, solving and giving over! I guess that is why I am so desperate to paint with color!  I need the constant conversations with the Lord, like a garden chat with your DAD as you water the thirsty plants! I had those moments so often on my beautiful porch and in my garden in Round Top and am creating my wonderful spot here in my new smaller yard! AND in my cluttered full of stuff that delights my heart studio loft!! I think it will never be straightened .... not for long anyway!!  SOOOO .... here are some of the patterns I have been slapping onto paper to be cut up when class starts ... let your heart and imagination go with what Mary Ann Moss is going to share with us to do!! Have a BLESSED WEEK ....enjoy the color!

I LOVE these water soluable crayons above.....I'll add water to the color to make it look like watercolor....ONE THING....When you use watercolors, use GOOD watercolor paper or it ends up blotchy like these....but these will be cut up and I didn't want to waste my good paper....maybe I should have!!

The above picture was a stack of dvd movies, lean your head to the right to see it correctly!.....and what movies I like!

These are cheap paints, but when you use good brands you get prettier colors!!

WORKING ON A PROJECT ...

I know it has been a while since I have blogged....and I still love to go to other BLOGS ... still love it more than FACEBOOK. But will do both... since I am so inspired by all the creative people I encounter!!!  I have been doodling and journaling quite a bit....playing with color every chance I get.  I don't have photos downloaded, but do have a few pictures of a project I am working on.... manipulated photos at this point....but we'll see what comes of it..... still playing with ideas.  Just know, I appreciate you coming to my blog and I pray you are blessed by it in some way!!  Enjoy!!

HE IS NOT HERE ...

"He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said... Come see the place where he was lying..."  It is all written in

Matthew Chapter 28.  The children and I made a Grace Garden in a wide planter.... they picked plants, and gathered some stones for a path plus larger stones for the tomb where Jesus was laid after the Crucifixion. It also had a larger stone over the entrance which was then rolled away.... then the empty tomb with just the cloth ..... because He has RISEN!!  The children loved making this instead of all the Easter Egg stuff....it was so much more meaningful to them and they went to look at it everyday this week.... waiting.... Sorry my pictures aren't better, but it was dark when we took these....enjoy and have a BLESSED SUNDAY!!

FRIENDS.....

 It says, "Walk by faith, not by sight."

My thoughts are full this week with the word.... FRIEND.  I looked for a special scripture to go along with this post ..... and found some profound thoughts on friends in Proverbs and Job! Some were possibly a little confusing and slightly humorous ..... but I finally chose two because of what is on my heart about friends.  One, I thought a little funny...."A man with too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."... Proverbs 18:24 and the other is John 15:13.14 ...."Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you."  I don't know......,  there were many thoughts .... but one thing for sure, it is important to have a friend or two or three, especially a friend who sticks with you through thick and thin and one who cries with you and their heart may groan for you ..... knowing the circumstances of your pain ..... or sin that you are in.  I had a precious little friend come this last week to seek my time to help her think about her loved friend/sis .... and we ended up in long prayer for her friend who could be destroying her young life with wrong choices.  Her heart was heavy with sadness and you could feel it.  It was a priviledge to have those hours with her.  She is a real friend, appreciated or not ....taking a chance to try and do something to save her friend, even if it makes her friend mad ..... so instead she opted to come over and us just pray and pray .... asking God to take the reins and bring LIGHT into the situation.  And by her side was her young husband quietly supporting her ..... as their children played around us.  It was so dear ..... and for some reason it made me miss my Mother..... and my daughter.  I am posting some of the latest art ..... done lately,  a few with "FRIENDS" in mind ..... I hope you enjoy them!!  Sometimes friends come in a lifetime from the most unexpected places ....  I have two internet blogging friends that I cherish and we pour out to one another over the internet ....they both say it is healing to have someone to share with.  I have noticed that some people on face book have over a thousand friends.... I wonder about that and if they may indeed be lonely.   I understand when you have a business or large workplace you may indeed have that many friends!!  It is great!  But I see teens who seem to be desperately adding to their numbers ...friends.... who they don't even know!  Are we ignoring them too much?  Do they have someone who they trust that they can pour out to?  Do I?  Do you?  I know there is one friend you can trust that you can count on everyday, and of course He is not on the internet, or face book, or You tube, or blogging...... but HE is in tune to YOU if you ask Him..... talk to Him and see if He doesn't stir His love up in you..... He will, if you want.  And He will stir in us ... for you too .... and we will pray for those He puts in our hearts.  What a friend He is!!   I don't know if I am a good friend .... but I DO KNOW that God has put special people in my life that have become real friends ..... I just hope I can or have been the same for others ..... as I am not extremely social. AT THIS POINT ... I usually read this to Dick who is honest with me about it's content ...... and so.... We are sitting here, my hubby (and my friend!) and I discussing .... how many friends I have!!!  And he asked, "What do you consider a good friend?"   "Unconditional love .... I like it, but do I give it?"

A LOVE POSTCARD ....

 The shelves I  used are from THE ROUND TOP COLLECTION .... you can order them from The Apothecary in Round Top,  they are part of Jeff's garden collection....they fold flat and are goodlooking....I have them in my wash room as well.

 Here you can see the grand children's lockers all eight .... this is their room too!!

Wow, two posts in one month.... I hope that is a sign that things are getting back to normal after moving.  This is just a fun piece of torn paper, tissue paper with hearts, a "love" stamp from my friend Jenny's card, I also had torn away the lipstick kiss she had on the back of the card, but I lost the lips!! I thought they would have been a fun addition, so you'll have to add your own!!  Then cut out zinnia from my art, written words on tissue, blue dots from inside of an envelope etc.  All done on 8x8 gessoed cereal box cardboard.  Love that stuff!!  I also was unpacking and stacking my art supplies onto my new shelves and into the drawers I have saved for years from my Dad's garage!! Thanks Dad for your slight hoarding .... I have inherited it!!! The stuff AND the slight hoarding!! I love my loft room and this wall is under the loft by my table, or one of the tables.... Happy Valentine's Day and enjoy!!! BLESSINGS today in red!!!