week 2 Kasia's adventcalendar

I really enjoyed Kasia's adventcalendar in December,

so much that I even was a little sad it was Christmas and it was over 😪

day 8 was poetry, 

we needed to cut out random words and create a pleasing text,

translated I have:

I would like to drink the sun all day

yes, be drunk

I am nothing without the sun 💥

day 9's prompt was free writing,

I started with scribble writing my feelings in the background

and the page evolved into this: 

day 10: simplicity

altough the page turned out how I wanted it to

it wasn't simple 😁,

it needed a few layers to come to this 

prompt 11 was a quote by Emily Dickinson 

which I loved so much I just included it as is:

If I can stop one heart from breaking

I shall not live in vain

If I can ease one life

the aching or cool one pain

or help one fainting robin

unto his nest again

I shall not live in vain.

day 12 was senses,

I included all 5:

the stamped eye for sight

there are musicnotes somewhere in the background for hearing

I painted with my fingers = touch

the cupcake represents taste

and the flowers scent

day 13 = collage

this was literally a 5 minute page

some spraying and some glueing and done

+

day 14 = mindless doodling

ok, I doodled, but it was not mindless,

I can't seem to stop my mind of thinking about a zillion things meanwhile,

hopefully I can practice this this year with me focusing more

this gelli printed page in my journal was a great jumping point for this prompt,

as this is a folded A4, I have 3 more of such pages I can use that way,

here is already one of them

focus

Welcome 2019!!!

I've chosen focus as my word for this year

meaning just focus on what I am doing

whether it is creating, eating, working, doing paperwork,....

maybe that way I will be able to finish projects,

that is my goal for this year,

finishing unfinished projects!

a few examples:

365somethings2018 (current state: 171/365, still need to post 154-171)

lessons Wanderlust 2016

lessons Wanderlust 2018

bind my junk journal from 2014??!

.....

week 1 of Kasias adventcalendar

prompt # 3 is things I know

I envisioned this page in my head upfront,

needless to say that it turned out completely different,

but a good different

prompt #4 = collage

we needed to grab a random magazine and tear out 10 images from the first 10 pages

I used less as I am working on a small size

I had so much fun with this prompt I made 2 more collages

using different types of magazine.

Below I used Happiness magazine,

a glossy monthly magazine

and an old National Geographic magazine:

prompt #5 = going for a walk and getting inspired by it

When I went for an afternoon stroll along the water

I was immersed in tranquility

prompt #6 = a quote by Mary Oliver:

instructions for life:

Pay attention

Be astonished

Tell about it

prompt #7 = food

okay, a gin tonic is not exactly food nor a winter recipe,

but I felt like creating this page

and I created also this one about my favorite winter drink:

hot coco

advent journal - day 2 - rituals

prompt for day 2 is rituals;

I created my background 

and added a title

and left the rest as is

as I actually don't have a ritual 

before I sit down to do some art.

I will have a look at the rituals of the rest

and who knows maybe pick one or two up

for in the future.

Kasia's advent calendar - journal + first page

 

HURAY!!! 

I found my creativity back 

or maybe better said I forced myself 

to take some time 

and sit down

 to allow the creativity to flow back.

 What did I create?

This lovely, colorful page

(thx to my new marabu sprays)

I used this page as my front cover of my advent calendar journal for Kasia's class

Inside are all sort of papers: embossed, gelliprinted, patterned, ....

For my advent calendar book I choose to use bright vibrant colors 

in contrast of the weather and dark days over here now

and circles because I just love circles and they are so versatile:

small, large, stencils, bubble wrap, stamps, found objects,....

the first assignement was self portrait,
I started the page by writing down my feelings about myself 
and then added on top a heart,
because I hope people see me as someone who cares and is passionate,
a butterfly because I want to be as free as a butterfly 
and the stamped image is who I'd like to be. 

waiting for assignement 2 to be released...

146-153/365somethings2018

A few new additions to my 365 collection, 

all about those crazy little birds:

144-145/365somethings2018

Hello,

OMG, it's a fact, I totally have lost all grasps on time,
it can't be already a month since I posted here, can it?
Not that I didn't create or anything but just haven't come around to the scanning and telling bit.
I will try to catch up this week though,
here are 2 more additions to my 365 collection, no's 144 and 145,
I went to town with acrylic paint, stencils and stamps to create these awesome backgrounds:

more to come...