Just Show UP

So…. I am committing right here in front of you all…” To just show up” and do my art practice DAILY… I am not picking how long, or how much , just “ I will do this daily” Todays picture started with a picture in a magazine… sometimes your imagination is on hold, so I am taking what i can from observation. I loved this picture and tried to add some of my creative touches from it… or maybe it is calling me to get busy and pick my own apple trees before they are on the ground. I had a great day yesterday with my Granddaughter Maeve in the apple trees, I saved all the apples on the low branches for her, she’s only 3 but got the “ twist and pull” method down.

Whatever your creative spirit inside of you says. Write it, make it, create it, garden it… Just do it … now I will have to post more just to show you that I am making this a DAILY PRACTICE

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.... my residence and loving it

My Book of Lists

2020

OHH… life use to be so much simpler, when I had to go to work and I had a routine…. I have so much to do, no time to be board or have anxiety. Make your own list and keep it going. I have often referred to Dr. Wayne Dyer quote “ If you change the way you look at things, the way you look at things will change “

As you can see I am not “ confined to my home” I now proclaim myself and “ Artist in Residence” take care of you and consider yourself a carrier to keep others safe.

There is creativity all around.... ( or " there is no such thing as being bored")

In these days of insolating ourselves in our homes, not getting out and finding something to do. We are forced to confront our homes. I don’t know about you but I find cleaning and organizing my home a little mundane… so I am always looking for something to do… use my hands…learn something new.

I had heard about making quilts out of mens shirts and had saved a few, the designs on Pinterest was great and very motivating, besides my husband won’t miss a few shirts. So I set out to take apart some shirts and use the fabric. I did save the collars, buttons and cuffs ( who knows what I will do with them later) I decided to make a quilt throw, since I really didn’t know what I was doing. I ended up doing this really simple triangle pattern ( you can make these without cutting triangles… thank you google) I also make a simple pattern for the back as well. When completed I did take this to a quilter with a long arm machine to add the batting and with an all over pattern quilted it together ( I chose a circular pattern since my design was so angular…figuring that it soften up the design. ) I added a simple border. I wanted a little extra to let people know that this was from shirts II added some of the tags… soo cool. I am excited about how this turned out.

What have you been doing?

Hunkering Down

As of Wednesday I am “ taking 2 weeks off…. to be evaluated later” for my job. I work at Seattle Childrens hospital and they are down to the bare minimum of people now. Good for me because I can really catch up on all this art I want to do as well as buckling down to work on the web site.. Here’s a little of my to do list that I have just started. I hope you can find something wonderful you want to do that you have been putting off. This is a perfect opportunity to not only learn something but call those people you care about hear their voice and really find out how they are doing ,get some socialization for yourself and your health.

As you can see, I have things I want to do , can do, inside and outside but it would be great to make a list of something I have always wanted to learn… maybe that Italian language.. or maybe not.