Trying something new...

So. 
I thought I would try something new.
I usually do robots and little girls...
I thought I would try flowers...
big flowers...
on a larger canvas than what I normally work on.

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I was inspired totally by alisa burke...
and by this specific tutorial

I am actually pretty happy with how it turned out
and, more importantly,
it was SO fun to do.

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Kind of like zentangling but on a larger scale...
with sharpies...
and watercolors.

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I think I might try this again.
It might actually be just a little addictive!
:)

the best way to cure winterblues is...

to put on your best googly eyed monster hat
so no one knows it's you
and go out to the play-doh garden
and pick some fresh lemondrop flowers.

Works like a charm for me EVERY friggin' time.

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wordless wednesday...keeping with the winter theme...

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tuesday truths...winterblues

I've been struggling a little this winter...
I haven't quite been myself.
Winter always wears me down but this year
I'm a little bit sadder, a little more uncertain...
my self confidence is a little worse for wear
and my heart feels a little bruised...
I feel like if I pretend hard enough
that everything is A-OK...then...
maybe I can fool myself too.

And for the most part...it works.

But I am starting to feel a shift.
The days are getting just a smidgen longer...
that tiny extra bit of brightness
has been enough to push me forward a couple of steps.
I can feel a little spark of energy...
and I want to turn it into a full blown fire.

I have been getting back out with my camera
and even went back to the gym...
made it to yoga...spent some time in the hot tub/sauna...
walked through snow filled woods...
and started some new art projects that I am excited about.
I'm reading books and joining book clubs
and writing groups...sometimes you just have to
force yourself to keep going...until you realize you
aren't forcing it anymore...

there IS a light at the end of the tunnel...
just keep swimming
(OK.  I might be getting my sayings confused
but you get my snowdrift).

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whatcha readin'? {2018::book 4 - goal 24}

I kind of love books
about books.

And I love when authors
talk about writing and reading
and what has inspired them.

I really enjoyed this peek into what makes Anna Quindlen's
synapses fire.  She talks of being a voracious reader as a child
and I totally get that.
When I was a kid, reading was my main choice of past-time
(except for Saturday mornings...that was totally reserved for smurfs and captain caveman).

And...there were reading lists...
I think we all know how I feel about lists!
(if you are new here...I LOVE THEM).

Totally worth checking out...lots of information
and insights around censorship as well as thoughts
on what makes for "good writing". 
I definitely enjoyed reading this.

4 ♥♥♥♥'s out of 5

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