A3C #7

A3C for the 7th...

I have been inspired lately by lots of different artistic people. Some scrapbook people...some sketch journal people...some mixed media artists...I think that tomorrow's post will include links to these people that absolutely ROCK.

Lynn will LOOOOVE this one >:)

ripped apart and glued a flower today...watercolor pencils...innnnk...equals love LOL

A3c #6

YES - I am making my own title of my month-long challenge WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY harder than it needs to be. *sigh* it's a gift really :) A3C is now what the April's Artistic April Challenge is known as. Yay me.

This journal actually had paint. marker. colored pencil. yummmmmmmy. ANd to answer any questions, yes, I actually CAN read and did read part of a book today and learned the 12 things couples need to receive in a relationship (STOP LAUGHING)....there were 6 on the SHE side and 6 on the HE side. it made sense to me, it clicked, a lightbulb went on, etc. Brilliant!!

G-force and I went to Bren's baseball game tonight - a win!! (6 to 3).

I had an epiphany about the "luck" of colors - being that extremely happy colors (or what a person percieves as their happy colors) can actually be a lucky thing....I'll let you know how that goes!

Hope to scrap something tomorrow ! and hopefully not JUST my journal challenge...though I am SO excited about that actually working out thus far.

AAAC #5

This is for today. Leaving the job that I've had for nearly 5 years - first as an only job during a transition, then as a 2nd job to supplement, then as - something else. I did myself proud on the journaling...of course I'm all teary eyed now (go figure). Journaling for me has always been a very therapeutic way for me to deal with emotions, particularly if they are overwhelming or difficult to express. Sooooo...the subject of today is a very emotional one and well, here it is. The typed journaling reads as follows (cause I don't think it's readable LOL): "Today marked my last day at the Picture People studio. I know, I know, it was “only” one (maybe sometimes two) days of the week anyway. I thought that as a tribute, I’d say what the job gave to me…and not in an hourly-wage kind of way….I have learned by close proximity to families, how important photos can actually be. As a photographer, you have a responsibility to put a little of yourself in every portrait that you create, so that the photos have importance to you as well. This job has been something that has fed my soul. I have said this more than one time over the years, and I have meant it each time I’ve said it. I have met some wonderful people as well…coworkers who have become close friends, nearly like family. Also I have developed a closeness with a few of the people that I‘ve met as they were customers. Finding out that one of my “customers“ who I always had a great time with, was actually coming to see me for her appointments and booking a fake appt for the one following -- just so she would have extra time with me -- made me realize that it‘s not just a “customer“ -- but is then a friend, and a good one at that. Just shy of five years…I have literally seen some families grow up, expand, lose some members….seen newborns that are getting ready to go to kindergarten…and I’ve helped to capture moments in time for the families. *I* have done that…it is an awesome AWESOME thought!! Yes, yes I will miss this “job”. More than I ever thought I would. "

AAAC #4

This is allllllll I gots for today! A kid with a case of strep throat that came without fever...without even a sore throat...just a bizaaaare rash nd a stomach twinge. Figures. I get all the exciting stuff LOL

This is my entry for the 4th for the AAAC (April's Artistic April Challenge of course). You get to see my bizarr-o way of drawing sometimes...holy cow ;)

So - even though I have no cover decoration/design done, the major point of this is the ribbons...AmericanCrafts ribbons - correlating colors/stripes and stars (yummmmmy) and the numbers I guess...though I only have 5,6,7,8,9 left...and nowhere to get these (wonderful Teresa Collins chipboard alphas from what feels like lightyears ago).

Thanks so much for looking - hope you're playing along as well!!

April's Artistic April Challenge...day #3 (and bonus)

Day #3...kept to one page. Animal stalking, cooking, scrapping, boyfriend missing, chicken gathering kind of day.

and THIS blast from the past .... seemingly placed where it wasn't supposed to be (behind my fave books and magazines?? really??) and then also....unfinished as it was never dated (that soooooo irritates me). BUT, due to the journaling I would have to gather that it was about the same time my life was becoming out of control and this humor was the way that I dealt with it. I read this --- and I literally laughed out loud at myself. LOVE IT.

I have a kid home from school today -- but am planning on some fun play time tossed in there at some point :)

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SOOOO...April's APRIL Challenge began...

On the 1st :) This album is to do a "thing" a day...whether it's words, scribbles, photos, whatever...documenting something from each day. The DIFFERENT thing that I've done --- and I'm leaving it alone for right now --- I did NOT do a title/decorate the cover for this album. as a matter of fact, as you will see in my photos...I haven't even put the binder clips/whatever I'm using to close it all up together. I LIKE IT THIS WAY...and it's backward in the approach that I usually use. Proud "different" moment for me ;) Enjoy my first two entries --- and YES I am planning on SOMETHING for every day.