Sharing the Joy–In spite of it all…

It’s Thursday.

The coldest of the cold snap is over and today is a balmy 25 degrees (-3 C) today.

I haven’t been feeling very well physically this week.

Headache, body aches, maybe fighting some flu-ish thing.

Feeling quite a bit better today after sleeping most of the week away.

In the midst of the icks, I have still found things that made me feel joyful.

Like Black Cats in your lap…

or in a sunbeam.

Figuring out my inspirational phrase of the year…

and making a little rock with it for my Word of the Year Rock in a Box.

This phrase has saved me so many times when life gets a little too overwhelming or unsure.

Coming back to this moment reminds me that this is all we know for sure.

Be

Here

Now.

Ah…

Finishing up little projects like this silly felted and embroidered owl make me smile too.

That was about all the creative juices I had this week, feeling poorly as I was.

Until this morning when this strange but appropriate journal page emerged…

“Headache” – Art Journal Page,

watercolor journal, spray inks, old dictionary page, india ink pens, white gel pen, Twinkling H2Os

Here’s hoping the aches are over !

I know that this afternoon will be joy-filled as I am taking care of my little buddy Jayden for a few hours.

So glad to be feeling up to that kind of snuggling !

Happy Thursday, Beautiful Ones !

May your day be joy-filled too.

First Post of the New Year, 2014!

I have been neglecting my dear blog over the holidays !

That is maybe because I have been living life in the “real” world so fully.

We had an amazing Christmas in Montreal and La Conception.

Lots of love, laughter and good food.

And yesterday, David and I celebrated New Year’s Eve with my dear friend Suzanne.

We bundled up warmly, donned our silly party hats and grabbed our noise makers

and headed to Hampton Beach, NH to watch the fireworks show

under the stars and over the sea !

Cold, cold, cold (about 16 F) but fun anyway

and there was a great crowd of revelers there !

This morning, David and I did the annual dance in the snow in our bare feet,

inspired by my Mommy, who started this tradition when I was a little kid.

Kooky, cold but invigorating none the less !

My pal Suzy is here for the rest of the week.

Since they are announcing snow and cold for the next few days,

we have planned some fun arty stuff to do together.

Such a great way to launch the new year !

Maybe, as we play,

I will get the message from the Universe

about my Word of the Year.

I started to get a bit of impulses towards it today in fact…

If you would like to keep your Word of the Year in focus

in its very own Word of the Year Rock In a Box,

they are available in my Etsy shop until the end of the month.

I would like to wish all of us a 2014 full of present moment living, hearts full of gratitude and an abundance of love and kindness.

Happy New Year, Beautiful Ones !

Getting ready and thinking about The Word of The Year…

Monday and today have been bitterly cold in NH.

The sun was out yesterday though, and the light was spectacular.

Today’s high is only 13 degrees Fahrenheit.

The clouds have moved in as of noon today, and the snow has started again.

Another 4 to 8 inches.

It is really feeling wintery and Christmasy now.

I am surprisingly feeling quite at peace with it all.

I am cozy in my house, with twinkle lights and a gorgeous poinsettia serving as Christmas décor.

David is working from home and

tomorrow, we will be babysitting our 1 month old great nephew,

Baby Jayden, for the day !!!

Yay !

I am happily making some handmade Christmas gifties and

with a sweet reminder from my friend Laura Svencner,

I found some time to update and renew my Etsy listing for

The Word of the Year Rock in a Box.

For those of you who choose a Word of the Year to work with instead of resolutions that are never kept, I can custom paint a small beach stone with your chosen word and custom decorate your little white porcelain box in your favorite colors. You can have a sweet keepsake to keep your word in focus all year long !

These little boxes will be available for order in my Etsy shop through the end of January.

I am still waiting to come up with my Word of the Year 2014.

My word for 2013 was “Live”, as in “Live in the moment”, and I am working really hard on doing just that. The right word will be waiting for me when the new calendar year starts !

Off to enjoy a cup of chai tea with maple syrup and milk, and watch the snow fall.

Stay cozy, Beautiful Ones !

Haiku My Heart–Instead of Fear

Please don’t feed the fears.

Instead, nourish your spirit

With thanks, joy and love.

5 things I am grateful for :

1.My cozy house.

2.My Husband.

3.My family and friends.

4. My eyes, hands, heart, lungs, body that lets me travel this sweet journey.

5. The colors of this cold Fall day.

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This week has flown by !

I returned home from Quebec on Tuesday and the laundry, household tasks and time change adjustment seem to have stolen the days.

I was happy to take some creative time this morning and create a cool new doodle page on a piece of blotter paper, and a new, precious Rock Being.

Isn’t she lovely in the Fall light ?

She even has some luscious permanent gold ink detail on her done with gold India Ink and a dip pen.

She will be in the Etsy shop tomorrow if anyone needs her sweet Rock Being energy for themselves.

I have been enjoying reading many posts on Facebook and on some great blogs about gratitude.

T’is the month for it here in the US, right ?

I have been rediscovering how much gratitude helps in times of worry, uncertainty and chaos.

When the waves of scary stuff build, plunging into a list of what is right, what I am grateful for, what is truly okay right in this minute,

really does allow the wave to break over me but not knock me over completely.

I am able to keep swimming and even find lots to be joyous about !

So I’m working on keeping to that place of nourishing gratitude.

How about you, Beautiful Ones ?

Wishing you a Friday full of things to be grateful for !

Big Love !

 

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Share the Joy–Goodies to Share

From this week’s Joy List…

I’m not going to lie.

Last week’s eb immersion workshop was wonderful

but I have been extremely tired and wiped out since I got home.

Just enough energy to lie about with my furry babies and snuggle…

and reconnect with this sweet bundle of joy, My Cute Hubby Man.

Finally, after a really good night’s sleep last night,

I am feeling more like myself today!

I had the energy to photograph and list some goodies in the old Etsy shop.

You are my Sunshine Rock Being.

You are Magic pouch and journal

Pink Temple Treasure Tin

Map Your Way embroidered neck pouch and journals.

It feels so good to have this growing collection of art bits that I am really proud of and love, and am anxious to share.

And now that I have myself back a bit,

I can get back to creating more !

What joy !

Happy, happy Thursday, Beautiful Ones!

 

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Semi-Wordless Wednesday–What’s New ?

New Rock Beings in the Etsy shop.

Happy Wednesday !

Haiku My Heart–A New Song

 

I need to sing out

Said the Voice from deep Within.

Here is my new Song.

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While I have been creating a lot lately, I have not done anything in my art journal since the summer.

I have missed it!

It was a creative habit of mine several times a week for several years and it was definitely a form of therapy and self-discovery.

It was also a place for fearless play, where art was being created just for me, with no thought of an audience other than myself !

This morning, I took about an hour and played !

I used henna stencils I bought from Traci Bunkers along the way,

spray inks of all kinds,

stamps,

my own painted papers for collage,

and I made an easy two page spread that just flowed out of me.

I hope to listen to that art journal voice a little more often.

The resulting song feels so good to sing !

I have also begun adding some new Rock Beings to the Etsy shop.

These three are available now, in case you hear their voices singing to you !

Have a wonderful Friday, Beautiful Ones !

Big Love !

 

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