Dream - Wish - Hope

All my bags are packed . . .

"All my bags are packed

I'm ready to go

The taxi's waiting

He's blowing his horn . . .

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane"

                                John Denver

 

 

I'm not actually going a a jet plane 

But I am moving!

I've created a new website for my new adventures!

Dream  - Wish - Hope

is becoming

Choose Joy Studio

 

Will you stop by for a visit?

Wordless Wednesday

Seems sometimes I just can't find the words -

Thought I would start my Wordless Wednesday posts.

Care to JOIN in?

No Rules - no words - just an image.

 

Shakin' the Cobwebs Off!

It's TIME!  Time for me to shake the cobwebs off and get back to my loves and passions.

 

Time to explore, to PLAY, to share my art, my enthusiasm and my self!

 

 

Where have I been you ask?   Life happened. Shit happened.  You know how it is.  Family crisis, responsibilities, etc.  This last year has been . . .

difficult to say the least.  I've found strength within and found who my friends are and how fabulous family can be.

 

But I have found I have to also take care of myself to care for others.  An empty well will not give water. And so,  I come back to this, to you. To my art, to my expression of creativity.

Stay tuned for more!!!

 

Artcards - Harmony in Hungary Trip - Take 2

 Thank you to those who have been looking on my facebook page and purchasing the art cards.

You are so APPRECIATED!

I am so grateful to you that I can help my daughter fund her trip even a little bit!

I'll be posting more art cards in the week ahead.  

Here are a few more from my 100 day project.

Postcard 6

$5 

 Postcard 7

$5

Postcard 8

$5 

Postcard 9

$5 

Postcard 10

$5 

Postcard  11

$5

Postcard 12

Postcard 13

$5

Postcard 14

SOLD

 

If you are interested in reading about her

https://www.gofundme.com/n9gr5z6s

and the festival she is attending

http://www.summermusicstudyinhungary.com/#!piano/cfvg

Harmony in Hungary Art Cards

 Happy New Year!

Last year was a rough year for many of us.

Here is to 2016 - hoping it will be filled with lots of love, laughter and art time!

 

I participated in a 100 day project last year,  whoo hoo!!!

I gave a few away and mailed some in some swaps.

I wasn't sure what to do with them.

 

But now I do!

My eldest daughter is earning her master's degree this year in Piano Pedagogy from University of North Florida.

She has a wonderful opportunity to travel to Hungary for a music festival and study with some amazing pianists and teachers.

I would love to help her reach her goal to do this.

She has worked so incredibly hard for this.

Unfortunately, we just do not have any money to help her with her funding.

But I do have ART CARDS!!

 

I will be posting my art cards here and on facebook.

I would love to have them go to a home while helping my daughter with her dream trip.

If you would like one of them listed, please contact me.

  You can leave a comment or email me directly .

I can take paypal or personal check.  

I will mail them to you in an envelope,  when payment is received.

All proceeds will go to the fund for her trip.

I have to tell you this is a scary step!   Trying to sell my art work.  YIKES!

I am excited and scared.

Thank you for helping!

Artcard 1  

(approx.  5" x 7")

SOLD

Artcard 2

(approx. 5" x 7")

SOLD

 

Artcard 3

(approx. 5" x 7")

$5

 

Artcard 4

(approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2")

$5

 

Artcard 5

(approx.  5 1/2 " x 8 1/2 ")

SOLD

 

 

Your place in the family of things

 Ever have that feeling of overwhelm?   Or just not being capable of 'doing' one more thing?

 

 

 I have.   That's when I know it is time to slow down, change my perspective and just

 NOTICE . . .   

Sit in the garden - look at the plants, the butterflies,  see it up close

 

 OBSERVE  . . .  see the flowers, spy a bee taking a swim in the pollen

 the color of purple - salvia - so soothing , so healing

 SEE each tiny detail

 The beauty of each thing

 The reflection of the sky

 

A pause to connect, to step back from overwhelm and breathe.

To see "your place in the family of things."

 

Wild Geese

 

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes, 

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,

are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, 

the world offers itself to your imagination,

calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting  

over and over announcing your place 

in the family of things.

 

from Dream Work by Mary Oliver 

published by Atlantic Monthly Press

© Mary Oliver

Journal Pages

 A glimpse of my journaling

 

 Taking images and texts to create something that is difficult to put into words

 Images often speak more than words to me

 The weekly word prompt from The Right Brain Planner (link below)

The Right Brain Planner

Weekly Word Prompts

 

 

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What I Know this morning:

 

 

I need alone time.

I need sunshine.

I need time outdoors.

Exercise makes me feel better.

Flowers make me hapy.

Candlelight is calming.

Art-ing brings me JOY.

Yoga centers me.

Awareness of breath has saved me.

Too much coffee makes me cranky.

Turquoise sky blue makes me smile.

The smell of sagebrush is indescribable.

The sound of the hawk outside always excites me.

Open space brings clarity.

I need color in my life.

I do not allow myself to feel JOY often enough.

I am detail oriented.

I often feel trapped.

Meditation is good for the soul.

It's difficult to find your tribe.

I allow details to distract me.

I am  enough.

I am okay as I am.

 

 

 

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Listening

 

In this season of

RUSH,

HURRY,

KEEP BUSY,

CHECK YOUR EMAIL,

CHECK FACEBOOK, 

 

 

 

Listen to the quiet breath, 

Light a candle,

breath in,

breathe out

All of that noise,

all of the Details

They will wait.  

You can step back and simply

Small Business Saturday

I'm a little late in getting this post up but I wanted to share a few of my favorite etsy sites for you.

The Organizing Type started this series to encourage and support creative businesses.

 

One of my all time favorites is Brenna Dee Ceramics.  Her crystalline-glazed porcelain ware is absolutely gorgeous. I can lose myself in each piece she creates. 

 

 

Another of my favorites is  Deb Did It.  Her shop has an eclectic mix of photos, art dolls and just some wonderful, colorful funky items!

 

 

Go check these out and remember to support those creative businesses that speak to you!