Ready.

It found me

and it is

the

perfect

Word

for me.

 

Filled with gratitude, I am.

~k

Learning

I am at a point in my life 

when I am discovering

and learning

so much

...about a lot of things

and about Life

and about myself

I guess I wasn't ready to learn it earlier

but at least I am open now

and am forgiving myself.

I am meant to be

me

and I am enough.

I just want to learn more.

It is all so miraculous, this life.

...

Thank you for visiting

and for sharing in my granddaughter love & joy.

~k

Journaling Pages & Spreads from Nature's Inspiration

The page above was inspired by today's walk.

I LOVE this warm autumn weather.

I can enjoy the leaves!

Below: I don't think I showed you 

this whole collage spread before.

 ...nor this finished one, from August, below:

 This one is from a few days ago:

My time outdoors

is my time for quiet and

for gratitude.

This 3-day weekend

I am all alone

and I have time to rest,

create,

clean,

catch up,

organize,

re-energize,

connect.

It is good.

~k 

So, yeah...

Lots of thoughts

lots of layers

two or three days or so

of paint and handmade stamps

and such

Sorting out some of the layers in my mind and in my heart

But then there is the peace from nature~

beautiful, beautiful hydrangeas

always in layers of color and blossom...

no matter the season

and I keep learning

'cause that's really what I like 

and I am so grateful

even for the stuff that I thought was impossible.

I see that now.

 

~k

oh, Summertime...

Though I went to work yesterday for a workshop,

today and tomorrow

I still have summer vacation...so, I am

journaling softly,

napping happily,

 reading,

 listening to the Silence,

 

 and watching my flowers grow.

oh, and watching the Corn Moon, Full Moon.

Hope you caught it too.

Dear August,

You are going quickly, too quickly for me

 but I am grateful for you. 

Allow me to strengthen and prepare for the school year

to come...

and still soak up your light...

for a couple more days...

{sigh}

PS. Thank you so much for your Grama Congrats!!!

Yes, to  bring another sweet Capricorn Girl

into the world is pretty cool...ha!

Love,

kath

Me and my Journal...in Progress

Above, the completed journal page.

 But below is how it began,

 in my Strathmore Hardcover mixed Media Journal,

 size 9" X 12".

~a vintage

Fairy tale book's table of contents, top left corner,

vintage ledger book, top right corner,

and

vintage sheet music,

with 3 tickets glued on the bottom.

I then scraped gesso about...

 

Next, craft paints in aquas, and

white acrylic paint-dipped & recycled 

scotch tape roll (love them!) for the circles/bubbles:

  

 

The silhouettes you see collaged at the bottom

 of my completed page,

are handmade, too. I traced a few

magazine model bodies

onto various papers

and cut them out with scissors.

(I sometimes use them for masks, to spray around).

Some stamping "Be You",

and my journaling with just a ball point black pen.

Here is a close-up of the bottom.

Thank you for looking!

Thank you for sharing art journaling with me,

and for sharing your comments,

which keep me inspired,

and make me really happy.

~k

Hello. Welcome to My Morning:: Journaling

Pause.

 Just stop for a moment. 

Breathe.

 Feel the light in the space between.

Welcome!

~k

Heaven's Palette

 

Wishing you skies of glory

and better than silver

linings.

Much love,

~k

Layers. Colors. Text. Release.

Gesso, acrylic paints, paint-stamped feathers

Sharpie Fine Point for hand drawn vines

White Sharpie Paint Marker for Background
Text. Black Sharpie Fine Point pen for text vines.

Gray  Momento Dual Marker text edges.
 Molotow Paint Marker in Sahara Beige for over text.

 I held everything inside all week, 

and I think it all poured out in 

 layers this morning.

I may even add smaller written thoughts, in a deeper color,

over top...

It feels good to pour my thoughts out onto pages.

A clearing of the mind!

~k

Unfinished Journal Spread

Hope these cold January days find you in good health.

I doodled a bit but have so many thoughts and feelings and words

that I can't seem to focus them and have them take form...yet.

May you find beauty in each new day.

I am grateful for new days.

♥

~k

Trusting

 When things are more difficult than I think they should be

 or could be...

I am remembering

 to

 

trust.

 

•

 

~k

Hello.

Playing with gesso and acrylic paints in my journal.

Letting go of what I need to...

to fly where I want to.

♥

.

Always,

~k

Searching...a Process

••○••

Below, the unplanned process:

white gesso,

3 colors of acrylic paint,

white acrylic paint on my handcarved poppy pod stamp:

"Searching..." handwritten with a white Sharpie Paint Marker:

Wishing you a peaceful rest of the weekend

and prayers for our veteran's...

Thanks so very much for visiting.

~k