Day 106 Thrifty freedom

106:365

01/14/13

Day 106 Thrifty freedom

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am willing to set myself free.”  

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Go to a thrift store and buy something to work with today.

 

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Matte medium, Template ($.59 from Goodwill, pkg.6), Sharpie, Tracing paper

Time:   2H

Comments:  Checked out the new Goodwill store on my way home from work today.  Found a set of templates I was able to use.  

The main subject of this piece was a collage-style page from REAL SIMPLE magazine that caught my interest last year (May 2012 issue).  The bird on her shoulder appears to be singing a song about setting him/herself free.  

Link for more info:   

http://www.goodwill.org/

http://www.realsimple.com/

Day 105 Illusion of vases

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01/13/13

Day 105 Illusion of vases

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am thrilled to be in the middle of this adventure, for I know I will never go through this particular experience again .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Make something impossible.  Can you trick the eyes into believing they’re seeing something that they’re not?

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Matte medium, Ribbon, Watercolor pencil

Time:  2H

Comments:  Took down holiday decorations today while listening to a recording about staging houses for sale.  Got to thinking about this Christmas season, holidays past, dust collectors and visual clutter in my house.  

For today's collage, I played around with a classic optical illusion of a vase (or two faces) in the green/white background.  Reminded me of the photos of vases in the foreground in varied shapes and colors.  I love these vases, but don't envy the person that has to dust them.  

Day 104 Bearded baby cleans house

Day 104  Bearded baby cleans house

104:365

01/12/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am willing to begin where I am right now to clean the rooms of my mental house .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Regress.  Work as if you were a young child or baby.   

Media:  Newsprint classified ads, Magazine photos, Postcard, Matte medium, Mod Podge, Tracing paper, Sharpie

Time:   1H:30M

Comments:   Saw the baby picture in a magazine a while back and kept it because it made me laugh.  
The wood structure in this collage makes me think of passing through a tunnel that leads to a clear mental house.  Getting from the baby to the clearing tunnel can take some effort in life. 

Link for more info:   

http://burlybeard.com/

http://beardbeanie.com/

Day 103 Golden lessons

Day 103 Golden lessons

103:365

01/11/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I see the past as necessary to bring me to where I am today.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Create something with the napkin (or paper or cloth) that you use at a meal today.

Media:  Dinner napkin, Magazine and Catalog photos, Matte medium, Watercolor

Time:   1H:5M

Comments:  Today’s affirmation is one that it’s taken me a while to embrace.  Hard to see the good in all of it, at the time it was happening, but luckily memories fade.  Things that seemed unforgettable when they occurred blur with the distance of a few years.  

Day 102 Avid Diva

102:365

01/10/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am totally willing to learn to love myself.  All is well in my world.”

Day 102 Avid Diva

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Write a palindrome. 

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Matte medium

Time:   1H:30M

Comments:  “Avid  Diva.”  While working on today’s collage, I was listening to an online workshop related to training for a career in Home Staging, presented by the Staging Diva herself, Debra Gould.  She’s all about connecting work with passion and helps others get there through her training courses.  She’s a great example of someone who learned to love herself by starting her Staging business rather than allowing corporate life deplete her spirit.  Timely message for today.  

Link for more info:   http://www.stagingdiva.com/

Day 101 My jewels

101:365

01/09/13

Day 101 My jewels

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I now choose to rise above my personality problems to recognize the magnificence of my being .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Flip to a random page in a book at hand and make something inspired by the first sentence you read.

Media:  Watercolor paper, Watercolor pencils, Book page- Feasts & Seasons “Mothers” issue Vol1,Num.3, May-June 1980, Matte medium, Jewel stickers

Time:   1H

Comments:  This collage was a gift for a friend, who is one of the few women I know that can pull off both cool and mom in the same sentence, on the occasion of her birthday.  

For more info:     
Feasts & Seasons, The Bimonthly Celebration of Great Literature.  Publisher: Cahill & Co.

Day 100 Volunteer work

Day 100 Volunteer work

100:365
01/08/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I am far more than my personality-past, present, and future .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Make something new out of an old t-shirt.

Media: Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Matte medium, T-shirt

Time:  1H:30M

Comments:  The shirt in this collage was from a volunteer event at my job where we delivered Meals on Wheels to Dallas seniors.   Got to think about different stages in life and how there are people willing to help others in need...  No matter their past, present, and future personalities.  Found the thought comforting.   

I was paired up with an unexpected partner/coworker for the day and found that I had to extend some effort to get past personalities in order to enjoy the experience.  Wonder if my driving partner felt the same?  

Link for more info:  http://www.vnatexas.org/mow/

Day 99 Viewpoint from the back of the chair

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Day 99 Viewpoint from the back of the chair

01/07/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “It is safe for me to enlarge my viewpoint of life .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Use the world of insects as your inspiration today.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine & Catalog photo, Matte medium, Metallic Sharpie

Time:   1H

Comments:  Tried to keep it simple and clean on this collage, like the lines of this chair.  And the silhouette of the insect enjoying his or her perch. 

Day 98 Past-time

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Day 98 Past-time

01/06/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “It is safe for me to look into the past.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Work with time.  Try making something that is only visible in a long-exposure photograph.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Tissue paper, Notebook paper, Matte medium

Time:   2H

Comments:  Thought this was an interesting example of stop action photography.  Not necessarily the exercise for today for long-exposure photography.  The subject matter, for me, evokes memories of the past in the sport of baseball that has evolved into the modern spectacle that it is today, where we are able to enjoy such interesting photos. 

Day 97 Party at kitty's house

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Day 97 Party at kitty's house

01/05/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “It is safe for me to look within myself .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Make an invitation to an everyday event you wouldn’t normally invite people to.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Tracing paper, Sharpie, Matte medium, Post-production text via computer

Time:   2H

Comments:  This cat is taking a long, hard look within.  I liked the blue eyes, and coordinated the rest of the blues in the background of the invitation with them.