Count it all joy!

I have made up my mind from here on I will stop being miserable and angst-ridden over things I have no control over. I'm letting the trivial things go. I'm looking for and experiencing the joy in life now. I'm done crying over the proverbial spilt milk. when lemons come I will make a killer lemonade. And I'm looking for the good in all things. I'm tired of frowning and being grumpy, so I'm not going to be that dwarf anymore. Unrealistic expectations? Perhaps, don't care though. Here are some wip's. i'll finish something here shortly. Then I'll post it on etsy or something. no more being scared that noone will like it or that someones going to flay me for daring to try and sell my work. That dwarf is gone too. I'm happy I love to create, it gives me great joy. Be joyful, u'll feel better, I promise, but if u don't i have no control over it, it's up to u. Joy, Joy, Joy!

wip fabric postcards

I've been working on these since sunday. I was inspired by the Nick Bantock books. My sewing machine STILL isn't here so I'm going to have to sew them by hand I guess. Ah well.

In love

i have fallen in love with Nick Bantock and the Griffin and Sabine series. I first heard of it through Stampington Co.'s Creative Impulse Newsletter. I immediately put the entire series on hold at the library. When I went to pick the books up the librarian just gushed immediately "Oh, this books are so beautifully written, I just love these books and the artwork is astounding!" Well I can tell u that was a first for me. and what do u know she was right. I absolutely love these books. they are set up in a series of postcards and letters and the deeply moving story just sucks u in. the postcards, stamps and letters are so incredibly beautiful. My daughters are going to kill me for buying more books, but I gotta have these. I just gotta. I mean I was so inspired by this work , I actually got off my butt and did some work of my own. And today some of my daughters friends took me out to dinner and shopping. Wasn't that sweet. anywho, Be Blessed, I love ya.

She's blogging again! YaY!

Sharon Thomlinson over at allnorahsart.blogspot.com had a small accident a few weeks ago and couldn't blog for a while. Well I have followed her blog religiously ever since I found her in one of the Stampington company magazines, I think it was Artful Blogging. Well she's feeling a little better and finally trying to blog again and more importantly create. Although right now she is concentrating on her studio space. I'm just glad she's back and I am still praying for her.
In the pics this time is a funny from canhazcheezburger.com and pics of the things i made my daughter for her 29th birthday. Neither of my daughters even looks 20 let alon 28 and 29 so it is always fun to make stuff for them. the blue and black dolls are pincushion dolls she specifically asked for and the front and back of the frame i painted for her dog Jolie. OMG I forgot to tell u that in January my now ex son-in-law brought home a sick puppy and gave it to my daughter. that poor thing was sick for a long time. It had worms, mange and some other parasite oh,hookworm or something, anyway that poor animal was a mess. Wasn't fixed or potty trained just a mess. well naturally after all the drama we went through with the dog we fell in love with her and now she lives with me. I will post pics of her when i remember. Anywho. I'm journaling now so when I get a scanner or a camera I can show u what I'm up to. til then we'll just continue to recap. Love to all, La

feeling loads better!

so I've been crying and feeling sorry for myself because i had words with a family member. she was not holding up her end on important matters that were holding me up creatively, professionally and financially so i went into a mope. and then she disrespected me on facebook. Me being me, I fully expected to be humiliated and curl up into a ball and put the covers over my head. well apparently I've got more gumption than I thought cus I got angry and cleaned everything I could get my hands on and then I went shopping, out to dinner and to the movies. Haha, I didn't think much on miss thing and her ugliness, I got on with living MY life. She has since called to show nothing is amiss on her end but there it all is on fb in black and white so theres no denying it. Ah well, whatever.
while i was gone i joined an international charm swap so here are the ones I entered plus a very wierd pic of Gypsy and oh, I was on diet too. I found a new asian market and bought sesame leaves and made wraps of a sort. They were good. I also made hats over the holidays, they came out really cute but as usual I overestimated my big head and made my hat too big. lol! I do it every time. the charms were fabric and found objects plus shrink plastic. yes I'm still doing the old pics first cus the printer/scanner i planned to buy this weekend sold out. sooo no new pics, sorry!! Love La

no pics yet

things are looking up though, I may have some new equipment soon soooo that will be alot of fun. i hope ihope i hope.

Ego

The moderator of one my atc groups lost her brother to cancer recently, it was her birthmonth and i sent her both a sympathy and a birthday atc in a lovely handpainted envelope. she never even thanked me or acknowledged it for that matter. Our birthdays were in the same month and it was her idea to post our birthdates for just such an occasion. 2 months later she has come up with the idea of birthday atc's and wonders what we all think. i know u know what i think. I am torn between ego an noego. what to do what to do. I am thinking of leaving the group. I just don't think I fit in there either. while i was away I let go of alot of things that just didn't make me happy. now this group is making me unhappy. yep, i think i'm going.

back from outer space

I can't believe I've not blogged for this long. A lot has happened. There have been drastic changes and there are more to come. I have a lot of old work to show and by the time i'm caught up there i should be able to show new work. it has been very interesting fun and even quite frightening here. I don't know where to begin. But I am very glad to be back. I have been reading quite a bit, had a few marathons for a while there. House of night series by p.c. and kristen cast was very good. loads of new anime, well new to me, paradise kiss, vampire knights and kyo kara maoh to name a few. I will have better lists for u. promise. just a little disorganized at the moment. oh the printer was crushed in the move to storage, yes there was a move, did i mention i'm in florida with my youngest now? Well i am. i will share more, there is much too share but for now, hello i've missed u