It's Monday!!

This world does NOT slow down, so I know to keep my engine running and keep-up!! Monday's are a little hard because of living at my own pace all week-end, and then coming back into a much faster pace...but, it's all good! By Wednesday, I will be in my "groove!"

Fundraiser for the Art Department at Clemson

What a fun and full day! I have been working after work for several days this week to help set it up, and had orientation this morning for the event tonight. A BEAUTIFUL venue...some good art and some not so good art. People paid big bucks for stuff that I would have never called "art". Next year I will have something in the show...will people say the same about my work? Probably. Art is such an individual thing!! And that is a GREAT thing for people to openly choose what is beautiful/important to them and (hopfully) be proud of it and show it in thier home.

I'm excited about the challenge I have given myself to have something in the auction next year!! I am so tired, I will sleep good tonight!! And I will have a dream to guide me..................

Spring Break is over...with a VENGEANCE!!

Lots of things went really well today! I'm not going to think about those "other" things!! It's always a little hard to come back to school after the week-end, but REALLY a challenge after being off for a week. But, all of the classes went well and I got a lot accomplished, so all is well that ends well...time to go home and meditate, get back to my quiet place, and remember what Scarlett said, "after all, tomorrow IS another day!" Wish springtime would come back and stay a while!! I know it's coming!!

Saturday as a work day?!?!?

What is up with THAT!?! I tried to work today, and have ended up playing for several hours. I am journaling almost everyday, and getting better as I go along...or I should say more creative! I was afraid of the "page" as I started, but my layers are becoming more complex and more visually interesting...I'll have to post some pictures!!

Basement almost ready for the transformation into a REAL studio! Just a few more things to do, and I should be able to use it by next week-end. That's going to be wonderful to have a place to put everything...not having "caves" where everything gets lost. AWSOME! I am VERY GRATEFUL that I have as much room as I do to make a complex, multi-media studio...the room is a great gift from the UNIVERSE!!

New Inspiration! New Focus!

I was waiting for some new focus to "hit me" that didn't have a lot to do with money...I have spent tons of money in my lifetime (since I got an education and a REAL job!!) But, right now the money is a little tight, so I am excited about this new re-focusing, actually,on art. I am so inspired and so ready to get organized to just DO IT!! I have lots of art supplies all over my house, and I am going to gather them together and organize them in my basement (where there is plenty of room to spread out). It may take a few weeks...I'll keep you posted!!

Going to Asheville Thursday and can scout out the antique shops for inspiration jewelry!! FUN!!!

Warmth!!

Oh my goodness! It is so warm today!! I wore a jacket this morning, but now at only 10:30, it is really warm. I can feel my spirits lift as I walk in the sun...the birds are singing and the students have more smiles than usual...it feels so good to be outside!! I am only inside because I don't have my lap-top with me! I'll have to sneak a few minutes in the sun before I have to go back inside for class.In this moment, in this place, all is well!!

FRIDAY!!!!!

Friday afternoon! My favorite day (after work is over) with Saturday and Sunday stretched before me! A jewelry class tomorrow with an artist whose work I LOVE, so it should be good!! Clean out the basement next week, and I'll have a STUDIO to work in over Spring Break! It feels like spring today...not quite warm enough, but the sun is bright and the sky is blue with a forecast of warmer tomorrow and Sunday! I am SO ready!! I LOVE the spring and then the fall. It is so beautiful then where we live.

I'm going to kick back and enjoy my Friday evening

Artsy-Fartsy me, and GRATEFUL me

OK, I'm VERY low on money right now, so I'm making a birthday card for my friend. I have all the things needed for a much more beautiful card than Hallmark makes! Why do we often think that we can't do that? Don't get me wrong, I do like Hallmark cards...but to get a card that someone put a little of themselves into is really nice...much MORE than just a card! Hope my friend will like it. I KNOW she will, or she wouldn't be my friend. She's the kind of person it is good to spend time with...positive, positive, positive!! SO GLAD I have a handfull of people like that in my life!

I'm feeling the creatitivity!

I'm at school where I teach art history...have a runny nose, am thirty pounds overweight, am "old" and am feeling VERY creative! Surprize! You never know when the urge will strike! Wish I had some paper and drawing pencils with me...used to carry them around all the time, and never used them. But, I have been thinking about drawing and painting lately...probably why I am feeling creative. If I'm thinking about it, it usually comes.

I have REALLY been thinking about doing some projects with all of the fabric I have in my messy basement. I need to go down there and clean up so I can see what I actually have!! I LOVE beautiful fabrics, and would love to start fabric hunting again.

I saw some abstract works where pieces of fabric were put together and sewn with beautiful threads...little charms and beads and thingies were put onto the fabric, and they were framed as if they were oil paintings...very evocotive and interesting. Thats what I want to do, but have to clean up the basement first. Spring break SOON!! I will clean up then, for SURE!!