30 Day Creativity Challenge: Day 6

Last week I was in the painting mood, but didn't have any new canvases. I did however have some old canvases of horrific paintings I'd done over the years.  The kind that you do when you're going through something and you just paint to "get it out".  I decided to paint over one of them.  As you'll see, I'm no artist.  I simply paint because it makes my heart sing.  I feel content, joyful and free

Stormy Window

In the background you can see some of the orange paint from the original painting, which I like.  I love textures, patterns, mixing things up

Apparently I also paint with my tongue hanging out of my mouth!  My husband poked his nose into the room and said "whats with the tongue?"  At first I was mortified, but then I thought..."well that's just more proof that you're doing something that you love".  Have you ever watched kids when they're REALLY into something?!  

And one final note.  I'm pained to announce (and it was painful to realize) that I can't produce something creative everyday.  It sucks, it really, really does, but that's my reality right now.  I don't like it, I really hate it, but life is just not cooperating with me.  So....my altered guideline for myself for this challenge is that I WILL do 30 days of creativity, they just won't be consecutive

30 Day Creativity Challenge: Day 5

Happy Friday everyone!  

Tonight I decided to play around and experiment with making handmade tags using stamps and decorative tape.  The stamps, ink, tags and string/raffia were all purchased at thrift stores.  You can find Pretty Tape here 

I think this tag looks great, but would look better if I extended the tape all the way to the ends

Tag #2 feels like it needs a bit more of something

This is cool, but one strip is cut straight and the other diagonal, I would like it better if they were both straight, and possibly going to the end of the tag as well

I really like how this one turned out!!

So you experiment and you learn, feeding the soul along the way  =)

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30 Day Creativity Challenge: Day 4

I'm finding out very quickly that my energy levels need re-charged after work every day, before I can tap into my creative side.  I took a nice nap, packed up a shipment and looked around at my stuff.  There was something that caught my eye.

I spied a Trouble Light cage.  It was in my Etsy shop for awhile, but it didn't sell.  I had a thought...  

I love nests.  Always have.  So I mixed some cool nesting materials together added an old ceramic bird, and tied the cage up with raffia. I like it!

Happy Wednesday!  We're half-way there!! Yippeeeee