We are blessed.

Are you the kind of artist that have many ideas in your 

mind that never get done?

I usually have tons and it´s hard to keep up with them

maybe because I like having continuity but I decided

that I can try a few just for the pleasure of having the experience

and maybe that will keep adding to my multiple abilities, I don´t

have to be an expert on everything I try!!  Lol!

Yes! I give my self permission to have fun trying new

things and explore other ideas and while doing it, I will

live in joy knowing that I am learning and expanding.

Why not try something new this year?

Try those things I´ve always wanted but 

have put aside to do others, if not now, when?

This is me thinking about so many things  like and I

think I´ll try a few this year and of course I will

share them with you!

The first one is a little book were I am doing a quick

journal page a day using collage and so many cute things from

the scrapbook store, I collect them obsessively and this time 

I will put them to a good use before they get too old or get 

wasted being under so many other stuff!

Here is what I used to make this cutie:

3 watercolor paper sheets

3 fine cardstock sheets

3 hand made paper sheets

They pages were divided in half, cut and folded, my signatures

are one of each of the folded parts, they aren´t sewed yet

so I can work freely and easier, the sewing will come at the end

but I can keep adding to the book this way! 

vintage papers and images

my own images printed

magazine cut outs

rubber stamps

stamps

scraps of old works

drawings

transparencies

fabric

 pencil

 pens watercolors

 guesso

 acrylic paints

scrapbook papers

hand painted papers

I think mostly everything I find in my studio will be 

part of this book!  This are truly mixed media and

I use anything that comes to my mind or that I see in my 

stash, then, I use this pages to add thoughts and words but you could

add just about anything, dates

poems, quotes, songs, lists, letters and anything you feel like!

Here are a few I have completed so far.

Of course my other loves will keep showing up, there is no way

I will stop, music, art and life, cooking, love, writing,

there is so much to life to be explored, what is your heart bumping for?

Live, enjoy, smile, life is a blessing, 

getting old is a blessing

not many are able to enjoy, having the 

time to do the things you love

is a blessing, having the tools to make 

delicious food is a blessing,

having a hot bath is a blessing, having 

friends and family is a blessing, 

having electricity is a blessing, being able 

to walk, to breath, to see the sunset

are blessings, being able to share is a blessing,

count your blessings!

That could be a good theme for a book! :)

Much love... Moni.