Wednesday - Website Updates

There's a lot going on this week! From updating my website (a small blog entry is also on there under the "Blog" tab) with a few more mosaics to doing some small art pieces. Even a doodle or two has come through.

 The bowls were added this week. As I said within the listing of this one shown below: "I’m especially proud of creating useful art like this — a perfect example of recycling with purpose. By giving this bowl new life, I’ve helped conserve valuable natural resources and kept something beautiful out of the landfill."

And of course there's some great small art pieces being created. Some 4x4 inch painted pieces using bubble wrap and acrylic markers, collage pieces using scrap pieces of painted papers and some fun in my art journals.

 

Your attitude determines your direction.

Art journal entry using painted papers cut out for the vase and flower, dots punched, and an old business card for the center of the flower.

I recently shared on social media that I picked up a book by collagesoup - and I’m really enjoying it. It’s designed to inspire you to rip, cut, and glue using its pages for your journals or pieces of art --- or both. The pages are rich and beautifully illustrated. Many pages will be used as inspiration hits. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. They have many books available for collage fun.

One page in particular really spoke to me last night. I started with a sketch which was just okay but not bad since drawing like this is not my "thing", then transferred it onto another page using carbon paper giving me the freedom to add some colors to it and play with the angel's wing. Angel wings fascinate me. I'd like to be able to incorporate them within my doodles in some way. But until then, this is a great way to practice drawing them. I added colored pencils, ink, and one of my favorite quotes to finish it off.

I glued my drawing into my art journal as shown in the last photo below. I’m holding onto the original from the book until it feels ready for its journal spot. ☺️

"You've walked through storms that others never even saw. You kept showing up, kept believing, kept growing. Don't wait for someone else to notice ... thank yourself today. You are a miracle in motion."~Power of Positivity quote

 

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com

Monday - Finding my sea legs after a brief absence

I've been away from social media for two weeks. It was a nice break. It felt just long enough and not nearly long enough at the same time.

This time, I did some writing in my journal making notes about the moon phases and my energy levels. I seem to be in tune with the moon more than I was aware and am doing what I should, when I should as far as self-care goes. That's pretty cool. I have had a long love affair with the moon. It seems to help me when I need it the most. Intuition is wonderful and I'm grateful for it. However, it also seems if I truly focus on manifesting what I'd like to have happen in my life during a certain time in the moon's cycle, I find it easier to record my thoughts about art, life and manifesting for the few weeks in the future when I will be creating something new before the next break.

As well as caring for myself during these two weeks I figure out the next phase of art life for myself. Really focusing on it and writing it down! It's always evolving. There doesn't seem to be one thing I love most that I'm doing now. It's all important and a part of me now. It is why I write a daily "chore" although it's not a chore at all, prompting me to spend the day working on an art journal page, for instance. If I don't feel the pull to do that, I'm okay with doing something else, but almost always if the list says it, I do it. The guess work and confusion is gone when I do it this way.

While I was gone I got a small mosaic ready for grout which will go into Etsy once it's finished (sometime this month). I'll share that post separately; actually all I want to share I can do in one post or five. I decided on three for this week.

During Memorial Day weekend, we had a nice visit from the sun. Our precious pup and I did our best to enjoy the rays for a few minutes. It's been windy when it rains; the trees have been throwing sticks onto the deck which we both ignored because the sun was just too inviting to care about cleaning up the deck.

My family made a small bonfire and roasted marshmallows for S'mores during the evening. I didn't have any (too sweet for this diabetic) but I enjoyed the fire quite a bit.

While meditating one evening using InsightTimer (download this if you can and use it often - I'm not getting paid for this advice, I freely give it - it has changed my life) I saw this quote from Zig Ziglar. Please look him up if you don't know who he is. He's one of the best motivational dudes with great advice on life in general as well as specific things like business (mostly sales but not limited to).

 It seemed fitting to save and share.

Now that my sea legs are getting slightly stronger, for the next few weeks I'll be continuing with my art in all forms and sharing it on my social media fav spots. You can find all the links to the right of this post.

Next post will be on Wednesday!

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com