A different way to think about creative genius – Elisabeth Gilbert

Brilliant woman! Definitely worth listening to!

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Missing my sister…

This journal I’m presently working on has only one theme – to work out my feelings.  Good or bad, I’m finding it very helpful. I began a background, not knowing what it would lead to. Suddenly, I found myself missing my sister.  What had started out to be a very pretty background, soon turned a [...]

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More Journaling

Like a lot of other people, I use my journaling and other art to release life’s problems and hopefully learn something from them.  The garbled text on this page was meant to be kept personal. It does slide so that I can read it when I need to.  Someday when the full healing or lesson [...]

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Journaling around…

Just a journal spread that has actually been completed. Instead of making resolutions – which I never have done – I have chosen a word for this year…Healing.  The art process if a very healing thing for me.  It’s one of the few things that can take me outside of myself and also help me [...]

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Gift Journal

We are doing a “Secret Santa” at work. You pull a name out of a bowl and give a holiday gift to that person. The girl that I chose loves to write stories and poetry. She also loves to draw.
Here’s a pic of one of the things she’ll be receiving tonight. I decided to [...]

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Another Digital Experiment – Final Piece

Commemorating a visit from my son. Due to the large distance,
we rarely get to spend time together.
I love you and I miss you, Colin!

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“Every Doll Needs a Home”

Weekdays you will find me working at a homeless shelter for women and children. Every year we have a super fun doll art benefit, “Every Doll Needs a Home”. This is the time of year that I send out a call for dolls. Doll makers/artists from all over donate their creations and we auction [...]

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Affirmation Collage Two

Here is number two. Which would be your favorite?
Mixed media collage. I dropped the black frames and decided to edge them with black paint.

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Affirmation Collage Addition

I originally considered this complete but then realized that the swap called for at least two affirmations per collage. Another has been added. Funny how the colors differ – the first was a digital photo – the second a scan. The digital photo is closest to the actual colors.
I’m asking for opinions on these. [...]

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Affirmation Collage

Affirmation collage completed as a possible swap piece.
Mixed media collage on canvas board set into a black wooden frame.

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