Started about a week ago, I'm making a drawing each morning before the day gets going. Perhaps its like my Morning Cuppa Joe (which I've replaced with herbal tea) or my Morning Meditation...it just starts the day off right. This was the first one and I didn't date it like I have the others. This … Continue reading Morning Draw
Category: Artful Living
Pure Joy
I'm not sure I know what it means. Nor do I feel I am doing it well. But I've been giving a lot of thought to the words, "Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds." James 1:2 I am certain it does NOT mean a plastic smile. Nor does it MERELY mean to … Continue reading Pure Joy
Where Real Women Create
If you have a minute...pop over to my Drawing Blog to read more thoughts on this topic! I hope you have a making day!!
Where Real Women Create
I have, for a few years now, enjoyed getting my hands on a magazine called, Where Women Create. It is a beautifully photographed magazine showcasing the studios and crafting rooms of women from all over the United States, possibly in other countries as well. It is wonderful to read about how these artists/crafters got to be … Continue reading Where Real Women Create
Finally!!
Remember these crochet circles? And that they were originally to be covering a tired old hassock, but due to a middle schooler's urging, they now are pillow shams! It's great to have such creative counsel right in one's own home! The circle "squares" had been assembled for some time now, I just needed to sew … Continue reading Finally!!
Through Yarn and Pen
I am blessed beyond measure. I feel it greatly today. Something about that rich green ball of yarn...turned a switch in me. That I am loved. That I have so many TO love. That I've been given much. And I have an overwhelming desire to give much. Gratitude stirred in a heart because of a … Continue reading Through Yarn and Pen
A Vision
For several months now, there have been rumblings under my feet. I felt it in the months leading up to my surgery in June and have continued to sense this in the days following. It's a shift in focus, even if it is somewhat dimmed at times, a new path or direction, a revisiting of … Continue reading A Vision
*Life
My life is barreling in directions I'm unsure whether I really want to go. Our son is beginning his senior year of high school. Our oldest goes back for her junior year in college. Our youngest begins 7th grade. Am I ready for this? I feel inside a fragility about it all. An uncertainty as … Continue reading *Life
I Will Create!
This is an oldy I wrote years ago, but I've been running the words in my head of late. We can so easily be consumed by the sadness in this world: mass killings of humanity, hunger abroad and in our own towns, financial woe, health issues, family matters, work difficulties, etc. I choose to stand … Continue reading I Will Create!
New Tricks!
You've heard that saying about teaching an old dog.... Well, I'm here to prove it wrong! I'm not exactly "old" but I am learning some new tricks! And with a hiccup here and there, they have turned out quite well. In the most recent issue of Cast On, there is a beautiful scarf designed by … Continue reading New Tricks!