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First iPhone post!! Snapped these today when I went home for lunch and ventured into the art room for a look around at just how to approach what has become the "if you don't know what to do with it put it here room" for the last 3 months. Or whenever it was that I finally reclaimed my living room and moved that behemoth drawing table back in there. Will keep ya updated on the progress. If i

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via via via ...of course, these also look like fun projects to me...feelin' the need to get my hands in the dirt again!

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january 3, 2012.  january 3, 2012?  really?? wow.  where did the year go?  i mean, really...i'm trying to figure that out! but, ok....the new year is here, so full of possibilities, that lovely clean slate and brand new calendar of days stretching out where everything seems possible...i'm so looking forward to it! i really have so many ideas and plans and creativity busting at the seams to get

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oh, my poor little neglected blog!  feels like i am finally getting some balance over here, though...lots of changes happening, but for the good...finally!  :~)   lots and lots to share but just wanted to start fresh here, again, with something fun and entertaining...hope you enjoy this as much as i did!  his talent and process is so inspiring! Red Hook - a film about Tommy Kane from

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i am a creature of habit.  aren't we all?  maybe some more than others...and i am definitely in that more category.  i like knowing what to expect.  i just do.  for instance...for quite some time now my morning work routine has been check the boss's e-mail, (he doesn't "do" computers) then,  i go here,  here, (i totally want her to redesign my site for me...love hers so much), here and here to

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i wonder why some days feel so good, so alive, so like you never want them to end, and some feel so bad, so so yucky, so like you wanna crawl back under the covers and someone just wake me when it's over?  and why does it always seem like there is a stretch of sorda ok, nothing extraordinary good or bad days and then BOOM!  a high and a low back to back?  (sometimes even back to back to back...)

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Almost a month since I’ve blogged?? How can that be??  Oh, well...life has been full and good and I’ve been out living it....so I’ll try to catch you up a little...and try to do better here, too! :~) Well, let’s see....in most recent news, my mom and I decided, on a whim last week to go into business together!  So funny how it happened...we went to lunch and as usually happens almost instantly

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so there's been lots and lots of porch-sittin' lately.   (lately?  why did i just type that?  always.  i friggin live out here!) it's my favorite spot.  and the indent in the cushion in the right hand corner of the couch gives it away.  well, that and the glass of wine close by.  and the phone.  and the wasp spray.  what?? a girl's gotta be prepared! this is where i ponder life. (and drink, and

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i have a new obsession.  and apparently i'm no the only one.  this, my friends, is a collector's dream. go.  check it out.  but don't say i didn't warn you!  :~)

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on her 7th birthday a couple months ago, "so how does it feel, mom?"  me, "how does what feel, baby?" her, "you know, now that i'm all grown up...?" me, laughing too hard to speak.

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found via Sally Jean couldn't get to it fast enough. so gorgeous it takes my breath away! and miss sally is right...the story behind it makes it all the better... is it so wrong to want it for my very own??

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this amazing artist has captured my heart.  i cannot stop staring at her work.  i'm so inspired by her!  isn't it funny the things that make us want to run, not walk, to the studio??  but man, oh man, this so does it for me!  love.

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this is one of the single most amazing things i have seen lately. i found out about it through one of my daily must-reads. love love love.

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well, i truly never intended to be gone from the blog this long.  nothing is wrong...for those of you who have inquired...  i've just been, ummm...nesting, i suppose is as good a word as any.  it's been almost 2 years since k and i have been a family of 2.  we've been up and down and all around in this new life figuring it out as we go along...struggling some days, laughing our heads off on

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as much as i really love the idea of reverb10, and was really loving the looks behind and forward that it was making me take with the prompts, after a while it just got to be too much. too much thought, too much reflection, too much...so, i stopped. and at first i felt guilty, but then i got over it. i've got too many irons in the fire to be overly concerned about something that had only

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ummm....wow!!!for some reason i haven't shared with ya'll my returned love of all things stitched. and i will do that. but for today, if you have a question about a stitch, look no further than here. too cool!simple, doable, beautiful...love love love this!!this palette makes me swoon. seriously...thinking about painting everything white...or sepia...or silver...pale grey?connecting with

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Prompt: Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans. Author: Shauna Reid The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl @shaunaha! well, i guess it says all anyone needs to know about me to learn that the most rockin' party i attended in all of 2010 was my daughter's 6th birthday party! i blogged about it here.the people in

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Prompt: Beautifully different. Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different - you'll find they're what make you beautiful. Author: Karen Walrond, The Beauty of Different @chookooloonkshmmmm....i'll bet i'm not the only one who had more than a moment of pause upon reading this prompt! this sounds a bit like

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i didn't get started on the reverb10 bandwagon until the fourth, so i'm kinda backtracking a bit...it'll be fine...:~)December 3. MemoryPick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). (Author: Ali Edwards)lunch. october 28th. mexican food. fajitas. shared. nervous as all hell. in a good way. a delightful

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well, since it's way past thanksgiving, and everyone has christmas on the brain, i thought i would share some pics of my little pink cowgirl on halloween! of course...:~)

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Prompt: Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it?this one is easy to answer...i make stuff all the time! like this chair turned woodland fairy home...lots and lots of journal pages...but i'm kinda private when it comes to those...you understand, i hope...:~)and lately some fun christmas

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Prompt: Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?oooohh, lots of things were shed this year...let's see....this year i let go of overfunctioning/overdoing/overworking/overworrrying/and just plain ol' not being very much fun because i was constantly doing or feeling guilty about what i should be doing!i let go of the house having to be perfect all the time. i let go of saying yes

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Prompt: Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?well, i've thought about this a bit, and honestly at more than one point i felt like saying things like "i wonder how in the world i've lived through this year!" or "i wonder if i will ever understand men!" or "i wonder why those damn elves don't come in the night and just clean the kitchen already!" but when i

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ascend the throne of you....yes!!!!!! (found via kind over matter)wow. love love love this, as this is so where my heart and thoughts are so much lately... what DO you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?? (mary oliver) (found via kind over matter)hmmm....interesting...and true....and just what i needed today....because i do believe in my heart of hearts that i am operating on the "i

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When you understand why something hurts, Amy, it stops hurting. When you understand you have options, you take action. And when you understand you have wings, you can soar again. Capisce? The Universe Thoughts become things... choose the good

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right now playing in the background is this song...and as i really listen to the words...You light up the sky and show me that You are with me....i'm listening.just like this verse, Jer 29:11” For I know the plans have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." that has popped up in my life so many times in the last year, and

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the only thing that saved me from my after-four-days-off-nirvana-return-to-work-on-theworstmondayofalltime...http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html...i laughed until i though i was gonna pee my pants...thus my boss's life and my job were both preserved in one fell swoop.thank you internet for those rather large accomplishments today.if anyone needs

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just look at these amazing chairs! yes, you heard me right...chairs! it was quite fun, even if i didn't "win" mine...kennedy wanted it sooo badly! but it'll be fine...i know the artist, :~) bet we can make another!and it raised $250.00 for the arts on main, and that is a very very good thing!!which, incidentally, is where i've been teaching a little art journaling class for the last 6 weeks!

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the texarkana regional arts and humanities council (trahc) decided to do something cool this year to raise money for the organization and for the new arts on main center where some of us are teaching classes (yeah, i know, right!? more on that later...:~)23 area artists got these plain office chairs and turned them into whatever their little heart desired! they were on display in the trahc

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does anyone know what this is??it was supposed to be an angel's trumpet...but it is soooo not! it bloomed on a plant that looks like this...see all the little flower buds there? apparently they are a very tasty snack to some little brown bugs that will. not. go. away!! any help there would be appreciated too!oh, and i planted it this summer from a cutting my nanny took of hers last fall and

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...make me smile every time i see them. it really is the little things that matter the most.and what a lovely reminder of that thought i have to brighten my kitchen and my day!lucky lucky me...:~)

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spur of the moment decision. from long and blonde to short and dark just like that! and i'm loving it!so so much has been happening lately...i feel more like myself than i have in a very very long time...and yet nothing is how i planned it, everything is in its middle stages, some things even in the beginning stages. nothing is set. nothing finished. don't even know what the finish line

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somehow i stumbled upon this today from the incomparable jen lemen...her words were from several weeks ago, but resonated deeply with me today. i felt they would with you too...enjoy!

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just pretend it's monday, august 23, ok?? :~)still just not sure at all where the time goes!a client brought his baby into the office today...almost two years old...walking, kinda...so cute, and curious, and i thought i was gonna cry! yes, really. it all just passes too fast.too too fast.oh, and by the way, due to a very unsavory kitty disaster that i will spare you the details of, i am down to

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it's not what happens to you that matters. it's what you do after what happens to you that makes all the difference. ~epictetusthis quote really hit home for me today. i would have been married 14 years today, if i had stayed that way. but i have lived several lifetimes since then. (we divorced at the predictable almost 7 year mark) at the time i thought i would die. literally. but i

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these are the pages i just completed for the journal round-robin that i am a part of...this was senta's journal, (senta if you have a link to a blog or website let me know asap and i'll link over to ya!!!) her theme was virtues and vices. i struggled with it for way too long...overthinking as usual...and when it was all said and done...simple...and very me...i think my virtue of honesty and my

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do ya'll know about posterous yet?? i can totally post from my phone! too freakin' cool! check it out here...and then get you one too!!

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thoughtfully...always as i travel...both are 5" x 7" vintage book covers embellished with more vintage goodies, mica, wire, and lotsa love! you can find them here!

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i have not laughed this long or this hard in a very very very long time!!why having a toddler is like being at a frat partythank you so much brenna!! you rock!!

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wow. this is what i want...found over at the marry blogger...truly an inspiration for marriages/relationships of all levels...

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thank you jen, for this....i too have had it on repeat...just says everything i haven't been able to find the words for lately....

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from the first day of school last august...that seems like it was 2 months ago and 2 years ago all at the same time...to the last day of school last week...all i can say is wow! what a year it has been!and just look at how she's grown!!we made it!!we really really made it!together.amazing.simply amazing.

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just thought i'd show ya'll a little corner of my world...this arrangement sits beside the entertainment center in the living room...so of all the spaces in my house, i probably see this one the most...you know, in that good hour i spend every night contemplating which is the best use of my "me time"...watching a tivo'd "grey's" or sleeping...and yes, it's often a toss-up...seriously...cause as

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1. red climbing roses...(sorry about the blur...it was windy out...)2. an unexpected "i love you"3. an excavated desk top4. a freshly mown yard5. laundry. done. and done. (that means, put away/hung up even!)6. a cuddly kitty snuggled up tight ALL NIGHT LONG (she knows when i need it)7. the back door swung open in the evenings (we don't get that simple pleasure for very long here in texas

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i've been learning about the law of attraction lately...well...within the last 6 months...and i find it so funny that it has proven itself to be true in that in my search to know more about it, it has shown up everywhere for me...make sense? in other words, every thing i pick up to read, there's a reference to it. every blog i click on, there's a link to something about it. many conversations i

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this is one of the many "hand-me-down" plants from my nanny that i have in my yard. only this one she insisted i put in a special place with a marker stating that it is indeed a pink iris. (apparently they are kind of rare.) this was 3 years ago. and it finally bloomed yesterday! and there's another on the way...see the bud? it really is just the little things....:~)so, in honor of the arrival

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ya'll ever have those days where you just wanna run and hide under the bed until all the monsters have been cleared away by someone bigger, stronger, and whole lot less scared of monsters than you?yeah, me too...and i'm really really sick of 'em!!

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A creative woman is a selfish woman. And a selfish woman is a dangerous woman because she is willing and able to feel her own feelings. To own what it is that she wants . And she is willing to try and get it. A creative woman is an empowered woman. She is able to set boundaries and say NO to what she doesn't want. And a big fat YES to what feeds her and pleases her and nurtures her. A

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"what do you know in your heart to be true?"questions like this one stop me in my tracks every time.just so happens that was the headline for today's post over at kind over matter, so i just had to go and take a look. turns out, the answer to the question was revealed in the following stunningly beautiful video originally created by kate swoboda over at your courageous life...now how did i miss

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so i found this over at constantly evolving, and it looked like fun...so here goes...only hers were all beautiful and dreamy...mine are just kinda well, me! feel free to play along if you like...let me know if you do, especially if yours are more on the dorky side like mine...:~)if i were a month: i’d be may...bursting forth with spring in all its glory, that and it's my birthday month, so

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as promised...this is the spread i created for the talented miss jessica herman's "signs and symbols" journal as part of the circle journal project i'm involved in...why, oh, why didn't i take a photo of her gorgeous cover?? sigh.and this is what my desk looked like upon completion of said pages...why is it that no matter how much space i have i always end up working in a 10x10 inch square??

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just because i thought this was one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen...thanks to jennifer lorton for turning me on to this...

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when i was a little girl i thought i had the single most common name in the world. there were always multiple "amys" in my class, and for some reason i always got the moniker "amy g." (for amy giles)to identify me from the others. it wasn't until my college years, and with the help of a college boyfriend, that i really began to embrace my name and learn to love it.but that was so many years

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today i'm trying to hold this thought close...and trust...and believe...and let go of the "how"..."someday everything will make perfect sense. so, for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason."

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i have so many things to post here about...the great snowfall we had a month or so ago and how magical it was for kennedy and i...and now the signs of spring are everywhere!i took lots of pictures of her last art exhibit at school...and now there's been another one since then!i think about taking photos of her lunch box and asking for help and tips on something new to put in it already...but i

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i don't think i ever showed ya'll way back when what the doors (aka "the door project") looked like after they had been installed on the bright red wall in the salon...yes, i knew they were going to hang here...i designed them for the space...there are other walls in the salon that are the same bright green i used in these pieces...too bad there's not a way to do a 360 degree turn inside the

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so i was strolling around the blogosphere and landed here....and my oh my! how i needed that! now go check it out and come back here and we'll talk about it. k? k. it's ok, i'll wait.so, pretty cool, huh? definitely something to think about! and what is my definition of love you ask? well, considering the roll down the mountain my "primary love relationship" (as so many of the books call

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found this over at daily courage...lovin' the concept and the MUSIC!! go on, turn your speakers up and dance! you know you wanna!!Across Mediums: An Experiment In Radical Creativity from Kate Swoboda on Vimeo.

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this is the breakfast in bed tray i prepared for her the night before...i think she liked it...:~)not so much the blueberry muffin (wasn't homemade) so we adjourned to the kitchen and had lucky charms (a treat for her) and got a new baby...ready for school...yep, she wore the crown (crowned, as she says) all day long!after school dress-up party for one and a peppermint cupcake...we had a skating

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my baby is 6 today.i cannot believe it.seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital! (so cliche' i know, but oh, so true.) i remember feeling like someone was going to stop us at the hospital door and ask for some sort of mommy-id or something...like i would have to somehow prove that i was her mom and that i could be trusted just leaving with her like that! i can just

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several months ago a group of us from artfest decided to create a round robin circle journal project....each of us created a journal with a theme...mine is comfort and joy...and we have a set route to send them. this (above) is the inside front cover of the sign-in book (below) inside the main book that is mine. did ya'll get that??this is my front cover...and yes, everything here represents

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i was reading ali's blog and was reminded of her tradition of choosing a word (or allowing it to choose you) for the year ahead. i remember seeing this last year and wanting a word for myself and never really being able to come up with anything, and nothing was coming to me either. i eventually stopped obsessing over it and still, nothing. and ironically, now i know why...i was so uncentered

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been thinking a lot lately about being grateful...the power of gratitude in our lives and what that means. just purchased "the secret" and can't wait to watch it. i also invested in a little "the secret" gratitude journal...merry merry to me!...and i'm very excited to see where this path leads me! as far as i know saying thank you never hurt anyone!then i ran over here and look what i found!

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i have started and erased, began and stopped midway thru, and in general come very close to throwing my hands up in the air and giving up on ever writing another blog post again. the problem, i think, is 1.) that i feel as though i have exposed so very much of myself here, and 2.) at the same time, not enough at all...does that even make sense?my world is still upside down, or at best, tilted

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strolling thru a few favorite blogs the other day...something i haven't done in quite some time...and came across this on my friend judy wise's blog. i think it spoke to me because i am in that place of letting go of my anal retentive nature about everything having to be perfect and me having to do it all...it doesn't, and i don't. aaaahhhh. peace. and those who matter the most...get this...

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my life is so very different in so many ways than it was just a few months ago...lots of exterior physical ways, new job (i'm back to being a legal assistant), almost moved but didn't, so when i unpacked, not very many things made it back to their previous home, so kinda like a new house, k has started kindergarten and all that that entails, new medication (seems to be working), some new friends,

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well, after more than a four-month absence from here i am at a loss as to where to start, or start again, as the case may be.but what i am feeling most of all, for all of you out there, (friends i didn't even know i had!!) is a gratitude so deep and wide that words cannot adequately express it. your words of encouragement and hope, your e-mails just when i needed them the most, your notes and

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the date on the photo tells me this was may 2. this year. amazing. and why is a photo of my shoes in the middle of the kitchen floor so amazing? its amazing because that's where i took them off as i came in the back door that evening after a night out with eric (the love of my life, the father of my child, my best friend for the last 6 years) at a friend's birthday party where we had some much

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a look at some of the color popping up in the garden...trying to find beauty wherever i can these days...

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whenever i returned from artfest and got back into the studio i simply couldn't do anything productive until it got organized.  really it had been a good year since that had been done and i was to the point of not being able to find anything.  just makes me feel better not only to know where things are, but you know it's gotta look good too!  here are a few shots to show you what i mean....a

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i discovered several years ago, during an opportunity i had to spend a couple of months working in the caribbean that i am a beach girl.  i am a water girl.  i love the feel of the sand, the smell of the water, and the sound of the waves.  i feel more relaxed and more like myself when i can wake up and go to sleep at the ocean's door.  and although life (really parenting) has prevented too many

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really and truly, the best thing about artfest is the people!  i have found, as an adult, and the older i get, especially, the harder it is to make new friends...even more especially those that "get" you...as you.  not as a mom, or so-and-so's wife or the receptionist for him, or whatever...but as YOU.  and they love and appreciate you for who you are and you feel so comfortable for these few

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i don't think i've ever told ya'll about how i came to be involved in this wonderful world of mixed media art, have i?  and above and beyond that, what certain people within this world have meant to me in the last year and a half.  yes, that is really as long as i have been actively involved in this "medium".  (well, i've come to understand that this is what i've been all my life...a mixed-media

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Wow.  What a month it has been!  So much has happened, so much to tell...Gosh I've missed this place...my little corner of connectivity!  Thank you and I'm sorry to all of you who have been checking in on me here and worried....I'm ok!  I've just been unplugged for a while, but not by choice!!  My old clunky 9 year old, (yes folks, you read that right, 9 year old) computer finally gave up the

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i could have never predicted the extent to which this project is kicking my tail...sigh. i am one tired girl! collaging above one's head, or standing on one's head for that matter! is not for the faint of heart! lol! but, two down...and getting a good idea of where i'm going from here, but portrait painting of any kind is not my forte' so wish me luck!here are some detail shots of what is

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crazy. i think i just may have crossed over to full-fledged, no-holds-barred crazy.wondering why? what on earth has brought this on, you ask??evidence below.yes, my friends, those are doors. big ol' hollow-core doors. being turned into big ol' collages. a series of 3 to be exact. to hang together at a local hair salon. and yes, it was my idea. i saw the size of the walls she has there (16 feet)

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gosh, i just realized it has been over a week since i've posted! had alot going on, but geez, what else is new?! ok, well, let me show you what i've been up to...lots and lots of paint, paste, and glitter flying in the studio this week! i have been feverishly trying to finish up both my atcs and fatbook pages for artfest. they were due last weekend. yeah, i know. thank you to both kristi and bee

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so here it is almost valentine's day again...and i'm just not too sure how i feel about it this year. the picture below is from several years ago...actually k was just a little over a year old...and we were headed out on a date. we just used to be better at doing that, at making time for us, alone.we both know, in our heads, that it should be a priority. but due to the overwhelming stress of

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kennedy turned 5 on the 28th of january. that right there was enough to give me heart palpitations. then, on sunday she got her first loose tooth! OH MY!! i must have cried for an hour! she is just not big enough for this! barely 5 is too little for this, isn't it?? lordy, lordy. my little baby is growing up sooo fast. where does the time go??

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i believe in the power of three. when something crosses my path 3 times i know to pay attention. the universe is trying to tell me something. this morning i felt tired even before i finally crawled out of bed. but i did. because i had to. and after taking the little to preschool, i made a pot of coffee and instead of jumping right in to making the to-do list or checking the e-mail, or just

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so, among other things in the studio that are halfway complete, are my little octopus trades for artfest. i finally had to set them aside, as deadlines are looming for atc's and fatbook pages, as well as a large (paying!) project that is about to take over my studio. but these little guys really are fun to make! have you figured out what they are made from yet? yep, vintage christmas tree

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so my disaster, er, uh, studio...is looking better! i didn't even realize how cluttered it had gotten until i started looking for something...isn't that always how it goes?? and then the hunt turned into a cleaning spree turned into me actually getting started on some projects! wow! i mean, i had heard of this happening...in theory...but never really had a chance to prove it cause i'm usually

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so this morning i picked up my well-worn, dog-eared and endlessly-tabbed copy of "the artist's way", took a breath, and opened it...you know, doing that thing where whatever it falls open to is supposed to be just what i need? (and this usually works for me, by the way, whether it is a specific book or i am wandering around a book store...the right book for me at that time will find its way into

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I am really trying to.... of how i feel...i mean, to look at the feelings almost from outside of myself...to observe...to notice that when she says such and such i feel thus and so...and to examine why that is. i really want to grow as a person this year in different areas of my life that i have always just sort of taken for granted that that is just who i am. specifically that i am a

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these are also new in the shop!!

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I have listed more originals in the shop! And more to come today! Thank you, everyone, for your continued support! It really means so much!And one new print! (original sold)

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good morning!my dear friend robyn said the other morning on her blog that 2 things are going on here in the arty-blogosphere...we are showing you all our morning cups...mine is coffee...with cream and sugar...almost always in this cup, or one of the other 3 that are very similar to it....and yes, almost always on this table...the other thing is something for ya'll to do...well, all you lurkers

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i generally believe in things coming in threes...means pay attention to this...this is important...and the opposite...often bad comes in threes also...and then it is done for a while. as you all know i have been struggling of late with, well, with lots of things. but the universe, god, however you choose to say it, has been paying attention. and knowing me like he does, has not only sent

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Literally one second left of 2008...I can't believe I snapped this photo of the tv at just this moment... And a second after that...a whole new year begins! I love the idea of celebrating this moment with those closest to us...starting over, starting fresh...a blank slate. Such fun it was!My honey...My heart...My family...My little mama...Our good friends Amy and Phillip...we were at their home..

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I come from a family of workers. Well, who doesn't, right? Ok, I don't know the real answer to that...all I know is what I grew up in. It went like this...if, at the end of the day, you can look around and see what all you have accomplished, you are a worker. You are worthy. You are not lazy. Oh, and you were not supposed to like it. The work, I mean. Work is work and play is play. And they do

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The rain is coming down outside these walls in a steady rhythm. I can hear the "whoosh" of the water puddles on the road as a car goes past every now and then. It is cold. A cold, wet day. The heater cycles on and off, I keep rewarming the same cup of coffee, hotter and hotter I make it, and still my toes and fingers are chilled down deep. The sky is grey, and it seems like there is so much more

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Ever feel like you are being watched?Or, more accurately, like you are standing outside yourself watching yourself? Like everything you do, you question yourself on it? Like your brain is either mush or moving at warp speed and sometimes, alot of times, both at the same time? Or is it just me??So yesterday I went to work and couldn't seem to get anything accomplished. Everything I tried to do

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I know, I know...Christmas is over. Technically. But this is my problem every year...I just keep hanging on. I never can believe that it has come and gone so quickly, and that I have to pack everything back up and go back to my plain ol' not festively-lit house. Every year. One would think eventually that would change. That one year I would be one of those frantically ripping down the

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In this setting, don't you think the mandala looks a little like a snowflake? Eric said that, and I think he's right! I have been collecting these little elves for many years. They are all old, so finding them is pretty random....yard sales, antiques shops, etc. The collection started when my Mom gave me one of the surviving elves from the yule logs she made the year she and my Dad got

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I thought I would share with you a few more Christmas vignettes from around my home.... Yes, I know....lots and lots of little tiny things...but that's my thing! I am actually in mourning that Hallmark no longer has these little tiny ornaments. These are in my line of sight right above the coffee pot, just so that I can see and enjoy them every single morning. They just make me smile! Hope

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Saturday was Kennedy's dance party. You should have seen it...so many little girly-girls all in a room together singing and playing and being excited over Santa's arrival....too cute! And of course, everyone was dressed in their Christmas finery....even Susie (her baby-doll) got in on the fun! For this to have been her third time to see Santa this year, I don't think she could have been any

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I am a member of an Etsy Street Team called Amys in the Arts. The only requirement is that your name is Amy and you are an artist! How cool is that?? Well, last week one of our amazing Amys got us together for a lady named Vicki Diane who creates these beautiful treasuries on Etsy made up of photos of the artists, which people usually don't get to see...this is the picture I chose... you can

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I wish I could take credit for these darling little mice that were part of the children's party fare at the preschool Christmas party yesterday....but I cannot. Maraschino cherries and Hershey's kisses dipped in chocolate...almond slices for ears and the eyes and nose piped on.....too cute!! This is one of her buddies, and table-mate, Preston. I think he kinda "likes" her! And this is her best

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