Postcards with Love

Created postcards and mailed to a few people for some encouragement. Hopefully, the recipients loved the snail mail surprise. Planning on organizing some more "Postcards with Love" workshops.

Watercolor Sunflower

Getting ready to host a small watercolor class for the ladies in our summer book club. We read and discussed "A Lineage of Grace" by Francine Rivers. Wonderful historical fiction of women in the bible- a must read!

watercolor whale

Lately, I've been enjoying watercoloring on my mixed media journal. It's a planner I recycled into a painting journal.

JUST DO IT! Be Creative

Sometimes getting started is the hardest thing to do. There is always something pressing that needs your attention, such as the dishes, laundry, planning of meals (which I never do), catching-up on TV shows- well you get the point. There are also the distractions of Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook that keep us from fulfilling our daily to-do list. I believe it is important to unplug and remove the distractions. I'm sure you believe it too, the question is "do you do it?" "Not enough!" is my response. For me, it is important that I spend some time with God. It usually is in the form of a devotional and prayer every morning. I ask God to give me the strength I need to get thru my day and the ability to carve out some creative time. Lately, I have been taking an online "simply watercolor" class and a "lettering class" (Whatever Lettering). Taking these classes have helped me improve my painting and lettering, but most importantly it has improved my state of mind- YES-I feel more relaxed! So go ahead and remove the distraction and set some time to be creative -"JUST DO IT!" Here is what I have been up to:

Baking Bread

Creativity for me comes in many different ways. Such as baking bread. It is simple and yet so satisfying. I feel relaxed, happy and usually stress free (unless I'm baking for Thanksgiving and I want perfection, yikes!).