december pages

Happy New Year

dear readers..

we had a lovely holiday

peaceful..

and sweet..

and I managed to finish my 

journal pages..

as I begin to gesso the

new pages for 

january

I buried my journal writing...

but you can still see it

lurking

ever so slightly

beneath the layers...

I used two of my favorite personal photographs 

the one on the right is a fence

and the one on the left is a park bench covered in snow..

they just

seemed to 

attract each other..

the feather is collaged and stitched to

black lace...

I was taken with idea of

words frozen in the snow incubating

and 

ingredients: transfers on paper, wrapping papers, tissue paper, acrylic paint colored pencils, paper ephemera, feather, thread, lace. 

thawing in the coming spring..

 taking flight...

I want to take this opportunity to

thank you for hanging out with me...

here at

 The 

Sweet Life..

all you followers and lurkers,

dear friends and family...

I so appreciate your

kind remarks, your interest and support...

I wish you all the happiest of New Year's

filled with peace

and great love...

xo

2010 journal

ciao...

I hope you had a wonderful holiday...

mine was very quiet and peaceful

with lots of moments for meditation

and introspection,

I lit my solstice candle

and wrote dreams and goals

on tiny paper strips

to be planted in the spring

in my new garden,

wherever I am!

It is hard to believe that

my 2010 journal is finished

these are my December pages....

have you ever had a month that began "in the pink"

and ended really grey?

that is where December went...

as you see, I am still using trees to illustrate feelings...

this month I journaled directly on the page, covered it with collage,

and when the feelings changed, I gessoed over the collage and drew the trees

onto the papered page...

to see the beginning of this journal and December 2009 pages, go here...

my ingredients this month are gesso, pencil acrylic paint, acrylic glaze, micaceous oxide, sharpie fine point,

collage, handmade paper, thread

I recently found two vintage ledger books in pristine condition

so I will be using one of them for my 2011 journal,

stay tuned you will get to see it soon!

I affirm that 2011 will be a banner year not only for artists, but for Art in general...

let's all drink a toast to that eh?

C4N!