Journaling with Milliande Art Community for Women

Good Morning,

Welcome to Friday...TGIF...it seems like it's been a very long week. I've been downloading and watching videos from the Milliande January Journal site. They've been fun BUT I am sure I'd enjoy even more if I found the time to actually do some of the fun art journal projects and not just watch. You can find the videos on the Milliande Art Community for Women on Ning site too. My rehab takes up a lot more time than I thought it would but I am making progress so it is well worth it. I'm walking better, my knees are flexing better and I've lost 28 lbs. since last September, so yes it's been worth it.

A three day weekend is ahead of me and I plan to definitely get in some art journal play time and deciding on my 2011 OWOH giveaway. What will you be doing this weekend?

Be Happy, Be Healthy, Be Safe,

Tess

January Journal Day 26 - Serenity

Hi,

If you are new to my blog,

Welcome. My name is Teresa, aka Tess.

And if you are a returning follower, well of course

you are welcome here too.

I can't believe it is almost the end of the month. As some may know I have been following along with Misty Mawn's January Journaling assignments. I did a journal page a day last January. I don't know how I managed it. I am so far behind this year. I've been busy creating a giveaway and a post for the 2010 One World One Heart event. (As well as busy with life in general.) This is my first year to be hosting a giveaway. It's been so much fun. Anyway, back to the journal. I did work on a few pages this past week. I'm not following along the prompts as at this point I am just playing and I think Misty would be ok with that. Below is my "It's Raining Daydreams" page.

I wish you could feel it as I actually managed to add some texture to the flowers and stems using gesso. The paint is water color. I've added words to this page now and then for over a week. I have no idea if it's done yet or not.

I have really been needing a lot of Serenity these days. I won't bore you with the details. Below is an unfinished page. A start with the wonderful serenity prayer.

I plan to take my time with this page so that I will be reading the prayer over and over again. I need Serenity in my life right now. It is so hard to accept things that are out of our control sometimes. Atleast for me it is. And I need the courage to keep my mouth shut. I guess that would be the wisdom to keep my mouth shut. LOL! :)

I hope you will visit my post below this one and enter my OWOH giveaway. I have a wonderful story to share with you there.

I'm off to ride my magic carpet. If you haven't a ticket you are welcome to share my ride. (Just visit the other commenters, most are playing along too.)

Be Happy, Be Healthy, Be Yourself,

Tess

2010 January Journal - Day 10

I've had so many aches and pains today. I did manage to help get the Christmas Tree down and house vacuumed. Laundry is started, but not done. I had to just sit and be still a while. A hard thing for me to do. So I created this. I am Picasso today, and I feel like this woman looks. all jumbled up.
Have a good night!

Tess

2010 Day 2 - Journal Cover Complete

The end of Day 2 and what a fun day it has been. Today is my youngest daughters 28th birthday. I just cannot believe she is 28. In my mind she is still 24, 25 maybe (and sometimes 7 or 12 or 16, depending on the reminiscing), but not 28. We met her and my son-in-law at IHOP for brunch. Yummy food and wonderful conversation. She bought herself an IPOD Touch with her Christmas money and had to show me all she had put on it. Fun little gadget. Now it's on hubby's wish list for his birthday. Luckily I have all year to save for it as his birthday is in December! LOL After brunch which was really more like lunch time. We end to the OA Winter Banquet. They had the K-State Union Rec Center open to the OA members and we had fun bowling and hubby played pool with another scout leader and a few of the youth. It was fun watching all of the activities. It ended with a wonderful catered buffet supper. And it started snowing when it was time to leave. So we got to drive home in the dark with snow falling. It was very pretty. Another wonderful day and I even had time to finish my January Journal cover.

I cut my face out of a picture and gave myself luscious full lips (stolen from a model in a magazine). I've always felt my lips are too thin. I love how I changed them here. I am sure I will recognize this journal years from now just by the cover. You may recognize the little party hat as one of my ATC's. I liked the reminder that each new day, new month, new year and new decade is part of a puzzle and we are all an important part of that puzzle. I hope to fill it this month with many of the thoughts written around the cover as a border. New Ideas, new dreams, new techniques, new memories, etc., etc...

Tomorrow is my family's big Christmas gathering at my mom's house. We will have about 14 people at mom's with a gift exchange, games and food. There will bw siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren and even a great grandchild. Yes, my mom is a great grandma. We called our great "granny" and now my granddaughter calls my mom "granny". I love it, and she doesn't mind at all! Fun! Fun! Hopefully the snow doesn't cause travel problems. My oldest brother is the farthest away and still only has a 1 hour drive. The streets and roads are pretty clear now since we've had sun the past few days and the roads crew did a really good job cleaning up the Christmas snow storm.

You all have a great night,

Be Happy, Be Healthy, Be Yourself,

Tess

The First Day of 2010

Happy 2010 Everyone,

Here it is the end of the First Day of 2010. I trust you all had a safe and happy New Years Eve. I spent mine at home with my Mr. and my online friends. We had Pizza and Chicken Wings and a few glasses of Strawberry White Zinfandel. I even managed a game of Scrabble online with one of my brothers. It was quiet around here and just what I needed. We almost forgot to watch the ball drop. A relaxed and calm late night after a day of stressed work was just what I needed to end a long year that had many happenings. I was given more gray hairs with the thought of losing my oldest daughter to a brain tumor and have a wonderful blessing of the tumor being removed and non cancerous. She is doing well. I gained a step father this year too. Henry is a sweet, sweet man and makes my mom so happy. Many things I worried about and many things made me happy and joyful. I woke this morning feeling great. No headache, no achy back or knees. It was a good day, a good start to a new year. I even ran into mom and Henry at the grocery store and had a call from the youngest daughter today.

I read on Misty Mawn's blog that she is going to do another January Journaling event. For the first week of January she has suggested altering a photo we took in our journal. I have decided to play along. I even got out a sheet of heavy watercolor paper and used Teesha Moore's 16 page Journal instructions to create a new journal. I did it from memory of the first one I made and I used the heavier weight Fabriano paper and my new Reeves water color set to paint the cover background. Tomorrow I will add a photo and some lettering to create my 2010 New Year journal. It is just a bit smaller than Teesha's and only 12 pages but I think I will be able to make a wonderful January 2010 Journal with it by working in it a bit everyday or every other day. And with 12 pages I will be able to use each prompt on a few pages every week.

How was your first day of the New Year?

May you find many blessings this new year. Continue to follow your dreams, create your bliss and list them with your favorite pen during 2010. (Hey that rhymed, I love it!!)

Be Happy, Be Healthy, and most of all ~ Be Yourself,

Tess