This is ONE of my most favorite
sayings. As someone who has never been a
morning person, that doesn’t mean that I don’t KNOW what a gift we are given
each and every day…it just TAKES me a while longer to wake up and recognize the
blessing!
I BELIEVE that each of us who WANTS to learn to do something, CAN do it, IF
we are willing to put in the time to practice.
I’ve been PRACTICING painting for about 30 years now. A friend posted on my fb wall a picture of a
railroad spike that I had painted for her back in 1984! She pulls it out every Christmas and thinks
of me.
Where I went to college, the school was built beside the railroad
tracks. One day a friend and I went
walking on the abandoned tracks and found several of the railroad spikes, so I
spray painted them black and painted little flowers on them…it was my first
attempt at decorative painting and the bug was lit!
The apartments that I lived in were ON the railroad tracks and Cindy, my
friend, lived catty-corned across from us, so it was a FITTING reminder of the fun times we had at those
Hamilton Street apartments!! There was
ALWAYS something going on! ROFL…I STILL
remember sitting on the floor of the apartment by the front door and painting
those spikes for several of my friends~~I BET Cindy is the ONLY one who still
has one!!
I HOPE to share several ideas for you this year to get your creative juices
flowing…not just Painting, but some stitching and cooking, too!
This pattern is shared today to give you an idea of something to
paint. I painted it on an old book. The rooster is a stencil that Laurie Speltz has on her website.. Stencils are a PERFECT
start to painting IF you don’t think you have the skills. She has a BUNCH of awesome stencils that are reasonably
priced, so go to her website and take a look IF you are interested!
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I have to admit, I am a HORRIBLE stenciler…I keep buying them and seldom do
I use them…I just do so much better free-handing stuff (well,
sometimes)…LOL…but I am getting better…Just make sure that you do NOT use much
paint and if you will POUNCE your stencil brush and start in the middle, then
the paint is less likely to RUN underneath the stencil…
I think this would make an GREAT multi-media piece…Cut the Sun, Rooster and
Fence post out of scrapbook paper, use some AWESOME Sprays of different colors
for the background or even use a stencil with modeling paste of a bird or stars
in the background…SEE…it just gets those creative juices flowing!! If ever you DO anything with the patterns I
share, PLEASE send them to me so I can share them with others…I LOVE how we can
all look at the same things and see something different!
If you WANT to be inspired, go visit DecoArt's website
to find MORE inspiration of how to use mixed media.
I wish you a day FILLED with the JOY of knowing that We have been GIVEN a
GIFT in being able to awaken to this glorious LIFE…CELEBRATE it!...Blessings to
you…~charlotte♥
Good morning to you Charlotte! I LOVE the mornings! It is my quiet time when I plan out my day and catch up with what my 'night owl' friends did throughout the night. I also look at each new day as a new chance to make something wonderful happen. Fresh starts are given to us each new day. What we make of them is completely up to us! Thanks for another inspiring post! :) Sheila
ReplyDeleteGood morning Charlotte... I like my mornings... started when the kids were little and seemed like the only time I had to myself.. I need time to wake up.. and get motivated...lol.. all of these are great.. I love mixed media... just don't seem to do much of it anymore.. need to get motivated here... can hardly wait to see what you do... xoxoxo
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