Happy February! Not sure I'm quite ready to jump back into the swing of things after hibernating all of January, but I'm happy to share a couple of things I've been reading this past month because 1. I love books, and 2. It keeps me accountable. :) I love to read, but there are those evenings when my default button just switches on the tv. You …
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art journal series: mixed media abstract landscapes
It has been a sleepy, dreamy and sloooow January. I feel like I've simultaneously done lots and nothing. Is anyone else feeling this? There have been teaching days, 2020 planning & goal setting days (when I was a classroom teacher we'd do this in June for the following school year), sick days, admin work days, and lots of …
art journal: gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving week. Just wanted to share this little gratitude journal I made. It will hold many of the things I am grateful for and serve as a reminder of how blessed I am, especially on those days when life tries to keep me down. I’ve been writing in a gratitude journal since August 2018. It sits open on my nightstand as an …
Currently Reading: November
As promised, my monthly round up of books... “I Go Down To The ShoreI go down to the shore in the morningand depending on the hour the wavesare rolling in or moving out,and I say, oh, I am miserable,what shall—what should I do? And the sea saysin its lovely voice:Excuse me, I have work to do.” This lovely book sits on a table in my bedroom, …
artist date: ncma: frida, diego, ofrendas y el modernismo mexicano
I recently visited the North Carolina Museum of Art for their Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism exhibit. A solo art date that I'd like to share with you now. For me, the highlights of a museum trip are the unexpected things... Such a beauty new to me works by a familiar artist, rough sketches in a notebook, being …
Halloween Fun: diy top hat and dollar store decor
Dollar store treasures! Halloween, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... Before... I love Halloween. I have since my days as a kid on a Brooklyn stoop. Makeshift costumes out of whatever scraps of fabric and clothes we had. Using my mom's sewing machines and running to Woolworths for some black, wet n wild eyeliner that had to be …