cards.

awhile ago someone had asked me for some Bible verses on index cards. in my search for creative inspiration in this project, I came across this amazing tutorial & challenge to alter a deck of playing cards… Inspirational Quotes Deck Tutorial

52 cards get very thick after glue, papers & paint are applied! they won’t be fitting back into their original box! =)


I punched holes into the top left corner to put them on a ring…


front of cards.


paper covered backs…


an eclectic, deck of cards.


I am now in love with altering playing cards! they make a special little gift for anyone! you can put poems, quotes, pictures, what you love about a person, etc. on them!
have an amazing week! <3

warmth.

today it snowed in the desert. cold, yet so beautiful! I love the gray sky, the tree branches, dark against it.

today has provided the perfect atmosphere for baking & cooking. we have baked…

nutella oreo cheesecake bars [& cooked a pot of stew].

on the art front, I have been very inspired by my girls, who leave their messy, watercolor crayons laying about.

& for those who don’t know, I recently got married [after being a widow for the past 2 years], to this incredible man, brian. he makes me laugh everyday, makes me think deep & encourages & supports me. we are so in love, it’s ridiculous!=)

I will leave you with my recent youtube, art journal video. may this coming week be filled with peace & love.

holding me down.

i am proud of myself. this past week, i tried some art techniques that i had been wanting to do. you know when fear sometimes just holds you down? yeah, well i'd been browsing through my art magazines, loving the colors & techniques, wondering how i could get something similar out, but afraid of even trying. pitiful, i know, but truthfully i was not feeling up to par. fear of failure... so when i finally took a few minutes & just started pulling supplies out & cutting & slathering paints in my art journal, it was a freeing moment. yesss! it was that easy to accomplish the look i had been wanting! and for a month, i was held down by fear. wow. and in 30 minutes, i was free!!!

tonight, i ponder what other things might be holding me down... and how i can be free of their hold on me.

art does this to me: causes me to think, reflect, and soothes the pain.