• Life,  Uncategorized

    Fall Back (and Falling Forward)

    Tomorrow is November 1st and time for most Americans to turn back our clocks tonight.  We gain an hour of sleep. I have been thinking about falling back and falling forward in a different sense.  I started thinking about when we fall back . . . when the bottom of things falls out as we know them; when things are turned so upside down we don’t know which way is up; when something so shocking slaps you down and you are completely stunned as you never saw it coming; when your heart is so broken you don’t know if you can find all the pieces.   This is the time to fall forward…

  • Art Journaling,  Sketching,  Thoughts,  Uncategorized

    Throwback Thursday – Window of the Soul Art Journal Tour

    A while back for Throwback Thursday I shared a little video tour of the Window of the Soul Art Journal Tag Tour.  Today for Throwback Thursday, I’d like to simply share an art journal tour based on the study of a book called just that, “Windows of the Soul” by Ken Gire.  I hope you enjoy.  Just a relaxed little peek. Are you working on an art journal?  Are you documenting a particular event?  I’d love to know.  Where are you sharing your documentation?   Warmest creative wishes,

  • Artsy Adventures (Outings, Flea Marketing and More),  Life,  Uncategorized

    Tis’ the Candy Cane Season – Logan’s Annual Candy Cane Tour

    Greetings all. Can you believe it . . . Christmas is nearing?  Once again, I’m organizing the Logan’s Candy Cane Tour.  Our friends at Logan’s are wonderful people and we love to support them. Their candy is like no other made with love and includes a message of hope! I know many of you have attended the tour and each year our group grows bigger.  Our group is limited so the first to sign up here I’ll list.  I need to know a count of how many adults and how many kids by October 30th.  Then the fee for the kids you can mail to me asap.  That will reserve our spots.  Please…

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    A Little R and R at the Hall of Fame

    Hello  all, I’m headed to Canton, Ohio to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame and dear family.  So proud  of my uncle David who is President and Executive Director of the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame.  I’m proud of how hard he works, how intelligent he is and all that he accomplishes but above all and most of all . . . I am proud of just who he is.  He  is an amazing kind, loving, generous wonderful man and I can’t wait to be hugged by this 6’9″ gentle man.  He moved from California to Ohio in January.  Miss him so much.  While my husband and daughter…

  • Art Journaling,  Mixed Media,  Uncategorized

    Throwback Thursday – Window of the Soul Art Journal Tags Tour

    It’s Throwback Thursday of a different kind.  I’m adding content I previously lost . . . of some oldies (videos, tutorials, projects).   ADD PHOTOS OF TAGS This one here . . . several years ago I taught a different kind of book club class.  We would read a chapter or two of this awesome book by Ken Gire called Windows on the Soul, convene together, talk about what we learned, I’d teach a technique on a tag and then we’d each create an art journal page with portions of the book that spoke to us.  This is a little tour of the tags I created for the class/techniques I…