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July 24, 2018October 22, 2018Leave a comment

I like art a lot and in many forms of the word I also like coffee...a lot I also like carbs...a lot I can make all three of those things in abundance I am the youngest of four girls, but getting older every year Born and raised in Northwestern, Ontario I was a tomboy growing … Continue reading Learn a little about me…

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First off, here’s some tulips for you to celebrate the ‘FIRST DAY OF SPRING’...Next...’Dream collaboration’ was yesterdays prompt for #marchmeetthemaker by @joannehawker and if a persons gonna dream...’Dream Big’ is how the saying goes...so here it goes...I’m not 100 % sure what this looks like for me, but perhaps @magnolia or @anthropologie or @Starbucks needs some custom, hand illustrated items? Or someone to style photo shoots? Decorate store walls/murals? Or maybe I’ll collaborate with myself and write a book...I can talk/argue with myself, I’d be my own boss, my own deadlines...never mind, I’ve just talked myself out of it 😂 ...’thirdly’ I drew these parrot tulips to celebrate @creativelysquared 3rd birthday this week #cs_three 💐 Hence the 1,2,3 theme. It’s a little tricky to photograph, as the blooms begin to wrap around the cups, so go ahead and swipe to see them a little better individually. Lastly, I only bought this donut 🍩 for a photo prop. Truth or lie?

Buttery yellow...can you spot eight edible items in the mix? Also, if yellow were a number, what number would yellow be? That’s a real things for people with Synesthesia...are you one of those people?

...which is also a mistake. #marchmeetthemaker prompts I’m behind on are... ‘What I’m working on,’ and ‘Mistake/Lesson’ ...and these happen to go hand in hand. I was working on creating a lettering template (swipe for full view) and in the process, some mistakes were made in the product choice, and in the initial layout. So, yes, there were lessons to be learnt, in the mistakes made. Isn’t that life? Now go make some mistakes...and don’t go crazy with that either, you know what I mean. If you happen to be interested in purchasing one of my lettering templates, just DM me or comment here.

So here goes another late entry for #marchmeetthemaker for ‘workspace’...which means I also get to join in one with one last entry for @creativelysquared @plannthat #cs_myworkspace although it’s not much of a flatlay. This for the most part is where I create. That being said, I also create in my living room and kitchen, because I love to be in those bright and open spots in my home. I love tidiness and order, and find it hard to be inspired if I’m surrounded my clutter. That being said...when I am creating and afterwards I usually have to deal with the mess I’ve made. I know, I know...it’s a confusing life I lead. In all reality, this space is not in this current condition and won’t return to this condition until my tenants leave...aka, daughter, so-in-law and two granddaughters who are living with us and occupying any extra space we have until Reno’s are completed on their home. If you swipe to the last photo you will see a pink dress hanging on the wall. It was sewn by my mother, for me to wear at my oldest sisters wedding. She was also a very creative lady. One of my grandchildren asked me why I had sewing machines anyways...guess they are lacking the evidence I use them...but they’re ready and waiting when someone needs something mended.

There isn’t necessarily something hidden in this next blue flatlay...but there is something different. Let’s see who can be the first to spot it... @creativelysquared @plannthat #cs_workspace ...these flatlays have been a workspace all of there own to create, right in the middle of our living room.

Are you a hit the pillow and fall asleep kinda person? Or, hit the pillow, and your mind goes into overdrive, kinda person? Bet you’ll never guess what kinda person I am. This is my simple lettered quote for *goal/words to live by* for today’s #marchmeetthemaker prompt by @joannehawker , and if you swipe you will see yesterday’s prompt as well, and the long blurb about that,follows here...How’d I start? At the beginning. That’s sarcasm speaking if you don’t know me. I have always loved creating. Art was always my first pick, as an elective class in high school. My mother was creative and eagerly taught me the things she was doing. Be it sewing, cake decorating, embroidery, you name it. She did not teach me her photography skills...she was the one cutting off people’s heads in all of the photos. It was a thing back then. Only downfall was you didn’t know you had a roll of 24 pictures with headless people, until they were finally developed, and all the family that was visiting had since returned home. I do enjoy learning new skills and continue to take classes whenever possible, be it in person or online. If I were to say I had one problem, it would be that I’d like to try too many new things. If you haven’t tried something new you’d like to, my question would be, ‘What’s stopping you?’ @creativelysquared @plannthat #cs_myworkspace I’m all over the house this week and the weeks not over yet...

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