Angry - I Blew It

DLP Week 4 had a quote from Georgia O'Keefe

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way."

 

how true for me when I read the challenge bc I was a little frustrated. OK I was angry at a situation in my house.

so I took out my liquitex inks, a straw and I blew until I almost passed out.

I was angry, can you tell by looking at this closeup.

and here is the two page spread with the quote on one side.  thanks DLP Art2the5th gals

I intentionally used the reds and burgundys to reflect my feelings. great quote!

 

Glory 39

 

 

 

 

 

this is a closeup of my Glory 39 for HKC TMD wk3 - love the angel kitty. the pleasure of using scraps up - snippet of ribbon, burlap printed 39, a handmade pompom

 

 

 

and here is Glory 39 in full fabric page.  realize I should have put a black border under the muslin spheres fabric. learning/playing without condemnation is so freeing.

Take Me Deeper has allowed me to get back into my daily Bible reading and for that I am grateful.  so much goodness in God's Word.  reading book by Creflo Dollar - Holy Spirit Your Financial Advisor. almost finished it in two days, but need to chew on some of the great nuggets in there.

Possible

Life Book Wk 3 - Joanne Sharpe's class - the dylusions journal paper is not good for tombow markers spreading smoothly with water either.  must use good quality watercolor paper as Joanne mentioned. working on this page i was almost totally in the dark, very little light. i didn't want to move bc i figured if i did my grand-dog would attack me for affection again.  he just won't leave my hands alone unless they are on him. lol  Art truly does feed my soul and having a very active dog in the house has hampered my arting.

New Year Classes/Projects

signed up for a few fun year-long classes - HKC-Take Me Deeper

Week 1 - Transformation - Willingly

our bodies living sacrifice

fabric page with muslin painted using Caran d'arche crayons, stamps, word stamps, swatches of fabrics for houses and heart, ribbon

 

DLP wk1 - Blank Page - book text

my book text is envy received in mail + cutup map of area and "live" phrases

my hubby has decided its time to continue with his flight training. i am so happy for him. he is like a different person with a set goal.  my goal for this year if there is one - to live - live life unabandoned one day at a time. Art 2 the 5th.

                              Life Book 2015 with Tam LaPorte

                      
my One Word for this Year - "Trained" Gen 14:14
Robin-Marie Smith shared her tag tutorial using your one word for the second week.

and        HKC - TMD 2nd week is Transformation - Vulnerable

 

 i love whimsical. so my  heart features the letter "C" for 'cat' and 'choose'
and  to me our pets are such vulnerable creatures.  they trust us, rely on us to take care of them.  they say cats have nine lives but i just want to live my one life open and vulnerable to what God has for me. my heart has been closed off to the Lord in some areas. So my prayer for this week - i am willing Lord for you to soften my heart and humble me.

 

Happy New Year

health-wise i had a rough start into the New Year. But God is so faithful.  so much to do what is a girl to do. lol BUT stay in bed (not by choice) but that is where i have found myself lately. putting on clothing is so painful and i have an issue with unpredictable bleeding. my body is weak but my Spirit is strong.

 a new day is dawning.

i joined six new groups/classess for artsy expression.  what was i thinking! most of them i have rejoined each year. 

Resting Beneath the Shadow

i love taking shadow pics. here i am in sandals Bahamas. don't you just love that navel. lol

 winter has arrived here but not too cold yet. the leaves have all pretty much fallen off the trees.  hubby blowing the last few from the yard.  he wishes we were in Caribbean - an that will be soon enough with another february cruise.

i pray that i will be able to go. the pain when wearing clothes has become more intense. so this past week i have been resting in bed and i do mean RESTING.  i have nothing to give anybody else. my body is trying to repair itself.
     PAIN + TENSION = exhaustion even when resting.
another friend's hubby passed on Thanksgiving day - his birthday.  he had a diagnosis 2 wks ago of pancreatic cancer and another friend's father just diagnosed with bladder cancer, surgery scheduled 23 Dec. finally he feels a relief to know why he has been in so much pain.

Las Vegas Trip

after a long day traveling to las vegas, btw what were we thinking, I watched a beautiful sunset from my hotel room on the strip. we were across from treasure island.

so cool, a distance shot from my Palazzo room view on the strip. this hotel is very far away. so many lights.

we wanted to see some of the US and thought the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam would be a great start over a cruise to Caribbean.  what were we thinking! Grand Canyon was breath-taking but the bus ride which began little after 6am and ended at 10:30 at night was excruciating for me.  smokers about did me in. i was sick in bed for two days. what i didn't get a pic of was the sunset we were following. we watched it set and then set  again bc we were headed west toward pacific coast.  amazing!

my favorite hotel lobby was the Bellagio, where i would stay if i ever went back to vegas.  this pony was all adorned in flowers. the conservatory was made up a fall forest complete with talking tree, 3/4feet squirrels, acorns, pine cones, horses, a water mill and two large bears.  so refreshing - the smell of all those flowers was wonderful.

along with this 386lb pumpkin and her little counter parts of gourds and other pumpkins.

Never were we so glad to get home on Thursday. probably our last visit toward the western US.