Another assignment for Suzi’s workshop was to make a healing art journal. We are going to record our art progress in it each day. I finally got mine finished today. Well, it’s still a work in progress, but I got the gist of it done. I will seal it in beeswax once I’m sure I’m finished messing with it.

She is holding a sign which reads: I AM WORTHY.

And, you better believe I AM.
I am worthy of making art.
I am worthy of calling myself an artist.
And, so are you!
If you don’t believe me, just watch this…

Oh, and to give you an idea of the great artists in Suzi’s workshop, you should take a look at the links below. Aren’t these artists fabulous?

Suzi Blu doll pool @ flickr
art junk girl
Shabby Girl
Sarah Fishburn
whimsies & folksies
a purple daisy
collage diva
october wish

And that’s just barely making a dent in all the wonderful art I’ve been wallowing in since this class started. It’s only been a week, and it was well worth the $55 for this class. Suzi is going way above the call of duty..making us extra videos and pdfs. She is really putting her all into this. And..I have 7 more weeks to go! YAY!!!!

i set up a zazzle account today, and now i have three of my favorite collaged paintings on the side of mugs. woah! it’s a little strange to see something that i made with my own two hands mounted onto a cup like that. heh. looks like something you could buy in a department store. only better, right? heh!

oh, and i put the image on both sides of the mug, so you can see it whether you’re right or left-handed. cool, eh?

i gotta tell you, i have been having such fun in the Les Petite Dolls workshop so far, and class hasn’t even started yet. i have chatting with the most fabulous people. oh hey, if you want to chat with me, i put a chat thingy in the sidebar. you don’t have to be taking the workshop to chat. just click the link and it will open up a chat window, so we can talk. it’s such fun, really. do it! do it!!

okay, that’s all for now.
good night!

ordinary comics

DeeDee nominated me for the brillante weblog award. Thank you, DeeDee!! She said that I paint houses that are alive. hm..I’m going to think of that every time I go to paint a new one from now on. The pressure is on!!

The rules of accepting the award:
1) Put the logo on your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4) Add links to those blogs on yours.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

You know how I hate to play by the rules, so I’m going to nominate everyone on my links page. So, if your link is there, consider yourself a winner!! Yay!

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The VAST etsy team that I joined last week is having a Christmas in July sale. I hesitated doing it because..well, because it’s rather a large task. I just had a HUGE sale in one of my etsy shops and I put everything on sale. EVERYthing. That was A LOT of editing and the re-editing when the sale was over. Etsy doesn’t make it easy to do this type of thing. But, whatever. I did it anyway. Only five items are on sale, not all. So, if you haven’t taken a look in my shop lately, please do.

1930s COLLAGED NOTEBOOK JOURNAL - I AM GOING TO BE A GROCERY MAN

1930s COLLAGED NOTEBOOK JOURNAL - WHEN WE GROW UP

1930s COLLAGED NOTEBOOK JOURNAL - IN THE SPRING

1930s COLLAGED NOTEBOOK JOURNAL - WHEN I GROW UP I WILL BUILD HOUSES

1930s COLLAGED NOTEBOOK JOURNAL - I AM A KITTEN

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aw! I read this morning that the world’s oldest blogger,  Ollie Riley passed away Saturday. 108 years old, and blogging til the end.

Rest in peace, lady writer.

look what i got from E.B. Spider. Pink Posies Furry Flip Flops. Are these not the best flip flops on the planet? I think so. a little bit hippie and a little bit poofy girl.

my cats are reacting in strange ways. Izabella won’t come near me. She’s still hiding under the couch. Scrappy Doodle wanted to follow me everywhere - at first. Since seeing Iza’s reaction, he’s backed off and is being cautious. Like, what are those things, anyway, mom?

Emma ran a couple steps away, and then had a second thought. She sat down, and waited for me to walk closer to her. I took a couple steps, and stopped. She got up, came over, smelled the fuzzies, and then licked my leg in approval. I then got many leg rubs, so she likes! I hope Iza forgives me soon, tho.

Click on E. B. Spider’s link above, and get yourself a pair.

I couldn’t decide which one I wanted. I looked at Once Upon The End’s Etsy for about an hour. I kept hopping back and forth between these two books, and simply couldn’t make up my mind which one I liked more.

Suddenly, I thought, why do I have to like one better than the other? I don’t! Yay! So, I bought both of them. I snagged this picture from Cheryl’s blog to show you what they look like. I can’t wait to get them.