ENJOY!

ENJOY...my motto for 2008. The collage above is symbolic for the things I invite to bring joy into my life in 2008... growth, simplicity, nourishment, beauty and clarity.

Sunday Scribblings # 40 DESTINATIONS

I don´t know who said it but I agree that

"OUR PATH IS OUR DESTINATION"

One year ago I decided to try my hand at writing a blog. I had found Swirly Girl by coincidence after looking for women artists on google and after looking through her links I realised that there was a whole world out there that I hadn´t known existed...bloggers on a path to write, share and encourage each other. I ached and craved to be a part of this movement so I set up a blogger account and started writing. After a few posts Jamie found me, Megg, Alexandra and Laini soon followed and I am so grateful for these and all the other connections I have made here.

One of my first posts was about getting organised and I have truly managed to accomplish this during the last year by organising, simplifying and giving away things and taking steps to being a more conscious and creative consumer. That´s what 2006 was about for me, reducing to make space and time for the important people and things in my life.

In July and August I was able to go back to Australia for a holiday and it opened my eyes to a lot of things. Spending time with my parents and my brother showed me that the greatest gift I can give my children is unconditional love and an acceptance of who each one of them is as an individual with thoughts and feelings that should be respected. I believe that I recognise this because I didn´t experience that kind of love myself and that it was a lesson I had to learn.

In 2006 I turned 40 and I feel like I´ve made progress, I am more caring and forgiving towards myself, I am more grateful for all that I have because I have seen my world new through this blog and through the eyes of those who come here, I am more disciplined and I will continue on this path to play, discover, enjoy and experience. HAPPY 2007!

Sunday Scribblings #39 - Change

I look around me and see plenty that I´d like to change but I see a whole lot more that I wouldn´t like to change. That is certainly something that´s changed.

See other Sunday Scribblings here.
See Wikipedia´s page on CHANGE here.

AUTUMN

Autumn to winter, winter to spring,
spring into summer,summer into autumn-
so rolls the changing year and so, we change,
motion so swift, we know not that we move.
- Dinah Mulock Craik

Here are parts of some more collages I´ve made this week. Jamie left a comment that I should make a calendar and that´s what I´m going to do. I´ve found someone who´ll print them and they should be ready by the end of October - inspirational calendars for 2007.

Collage # 7

Embrace the person that you are, appreciate what´s unique about you - and don´t be afraid to SHINE!

Sunday Scribbling #27 - Skin/ Collage # 6

I love the feeling of sun and water on my skin. I love to wear soft, flowing fabrics and feel them caress my skin when I move. But what I like to feel most of all on my skin are Erich´s hands.

Collage # 5

I had fun watching these cups and saucers come together and while I was cutting and glueing I thought about how different and at the same time how similar WE all are. Every person has their own taste, their own style and their own way of expressing themselves but we are all people with minds and bodies and ambitions, we all dream and we all hurt sometimes too. I love the similarities we all share but most of all I love how unique we all are. Like cups that have been gathered - together they form a beautiful set. Which one are you?

Collage # 4

Collage # 3

Taking time today to organise my laundry, my drawers, my shoes, my home.

Collage # 2

LOVE

A heart for each of the men in my life and a circle for all the other things I love.

A week of collages!

FLY

Today I am having trouble flying...I can´t seem to get active or get into any projects so I am stopping to listen and rest. I will make a collage a day this week to celebrate the beginning of a new season and to give me time to organise my Etsy shop. My fabric labels have arrived and now I have no more excuses. There´ll be bags and pillows for sale on the 1st October.

The autumn market was yesterday and 2 of my bags plus a lot of tissue holders have new owners. People there seemed more eager to buy food and my cakes and muffins were gone in no time. The market was in the gardens of an old castle right by a lake, so beautiful! I took a couple of pictures which you can see over at Flickr.

Journal

This post was inspired by Blue Dog and Meg.
This is my journal, I don´t write in it though - I prefer to
make collages. I asked my son to draw me an owl and
I liked it so much, I stuck it on the cover. I was never really
into writing until I started this blog and I try to make my
posts interesting to read but I have no aspirations to be a
writer. I have tried to start a written journal many times
in the past but it doesn´t work for me. I consider this blog to
be my written journal - I thrive on the feedback and love to
sit down to make an entry.
Collage is a different story...a collage can help clear my mind
before I start a new project and a visual story with colour is
more appealing to me.

This is a mixture of both and I love it. Thanks for the tip marie!
These are all words and names that I have written in my posts.
If you look carefully you just might find your names in there too!