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Trying something new...

February 17, 2018 Arlene Giddings

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.

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.

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

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

In 2018, embrace2018, whatcha doin' Tags alisa burke, painting, watercolors, sharpies, trying something new, tutorials, i love the internet
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friday i'm in love...

February 16, 2018 Arlene Giddings

♥  I haven't posted a photo of this little guy in a while

♥  ok...I don't think it would be a big surprise to anyone
to find out that I would totally support the idea of
"wednesday cake" ... (or Monday or Tuesday or...you get the picture)
just cake in general...♥ ♥

♥  this adorable website....i want one of everything.

♥  I don't know if I have ever written about my
little baby bullet journal.  I bought this at HMS Office
Supplies
on my birthday last year and I absolutely love it.
I use my big bullet journal for all the pretty stuff.  But this
baby bullet just gets the brainstorming, the quick notes,
the quotes pulled out of books and blogs I want to read.
I absolutely love it and want to buy all of the colors...
although...I am partial to orange.  And it's the perfect size!

♥  I love this story.  It resonates deeply with me even though
cooking is obviously not my thing & I suspect that is apparent to anyone
that knows me.  But I think because of his age...and because it gives me
hope that I can still find my way.  They say change is the only constant,
the only thing you can really rely on...and I can see the truth in that as
my kids get older, as I consider that things I still want to do.  It gives me
hope that it's not too late or inconceivable to think that I might write a
book someday...or go to Cabot Trail...or meet Billy Idol.

In 2018, friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, leuchtturm 1917, hms office supplies, pugsley, pug
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the best way to cure winterblues is...

February 15, 2018 Arlene Giddings

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.

In i might be losing my mind, she's so weird, embrace2018 Tags illustration, storystarters, doodles, childrens illustration, pei blogger, play-doh
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wordless wednesday...keeping with the winter theme...

February 14, 2018 Arlene Giddings
In embrace2018, wordless wednesday, 2018, i take pictures Tags peiblogger, pei, but it's pretty, heather moyce park, the park at the end of my street, winter wonderland, all the damn snow, summerside
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tuesday truths...winterblues

February 13, 2018 Arlene Giddings

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).

In tuesday truths, she's so weird, words, embrace2018, 2018 Tags sometimes i'm serious, winterblues, just keep swimming, winter
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