finished product....

well, i finally purchased and eyelet setter kit! i've been wanting one for awhile but just never felt like spending the money. (happy early mother's day to me!)as i started working on these pages last night i could just see using an eyelet or two and decided that now was the time to get one! it was so fun to watch this come together, but i always enjoy the process. :) i have decided that this will be an inspirational journal of sorts. i'll have a verse on every page and then a space for me to journal whenever the journalling bug hits. :) i'm glad i finished it tonight though because now i have a week to start and finish a larger canvas i want to do for a friend. i just thought of it tonight and i only have till next fri. to get it done. we'll see if i can actually accomplish my set goal, i actually have a rather busy week....however one can always make time for art right? :) well, time for bed, goodnight world!

playing again...

at it again, it feel's so good to be creating again! however i find that i wish for more tools. i almost bought a kit to do holes and brads etc.... but decided to wait, boy am i sorry. i ended up wishing i had it tonight. i guess that means i'll go buy it tomorrow, :) anyway, i'm going to keep this short cause i need to get to bed. :)

i had a mother who read to me

"you may have tangible wealth untold, caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. richer than i you cannot be, i had a mother who read to me." ~strickland gillilan

i made this for my mom, for mother's day, it was a short and east project but fun to do! and i loved the quote! for i do have a mother who read to me. :)

back to work

well, i finally got some inspiration and decided i had the time to get back into art. it's been a busy month since my husband left, but that was done on purpose so i wouldn't get to lonely and go crazy! :)
a few days ago i went onto pamela garrisons blog, (as i do quite regularly)i was struck my her post on art fiber fest. specifically the fabric journal. it took a couple days still to get my head in gear with my body and schedule but now i'm thrilled to be back at it. creating is so much fun!!! so thank you pam, though i doubt you'll ever read this. i'm hoping to create my own fabric journal soon, my plan is to use the scraps of fabric left from my daughter's bedding. my mom is going to make it all for me! i'm so excited and am now on the look out for the perfect fabric combos. anyway, just wanted to update my blog since it's been yet another month!

slowing down

well, once again it's been awhile. life has been a little crazy in our house the past month or so. we have been preparing for 6 months without daddy. as well as getting ready for a baby girl, due to arrive while daddy is gone. it's been an extremely emotional past two weeks especially. but god is getting me through them day by day with a faithfulness one can only expect from him. today we had a little easter egg hunt just me and gabriel. tomorrow we will be with friends all day and i don't really know what they have planned so i figured we'd do our little things a day early. at just over two it's fun to watch him getting all excited about it. :) we didn't even color eggs last year. anyway, the picture is on the day daddy left. it's still sinking in that i won't see my love for so long. we are hoping that they will be able to fly him home for a week or two when the baby is born but it's not set in stone so who knows! either way, i'll still be delivering without him by my side to hold my hand. i'm really not looking forward to that. but i figure that 1000s of women have done it before me so i can do it to! anyway, now that life is settling into a slower pace and it's just me and the little man i'm hoping to get some art done. it has been so long since i've really just sat down and enjoyed creating. i also have a few projects to tackle in order to get the baby room ready. she will have to share with her big brother for awhile so it's limiting me as to color scheme. but i have some fun ideas and now just have to make it all a reality. hopefully now that i'm not as busy with the husband i'll be able to keep up with my blog. :)