Art, Heart & Healing: week 2, part 2- whimsies

Man, I continue to be completely bowled over by the amazing quality of the lessons of Tam’s free e-course Art, Heart & Healing. It’s just fantastic! For the second part of week 2 she taught us the basics of whimsies in an effort to turn around/ bring healing to a bad memory from the past. […]

Art, Heart & Healing: week 2, part 1- wishes for little me

In week 2 of of Tam’s wonderful e-course Art, Heart & Healing we alter a board book in two parts. The first part involves creating an image transfer of our baby or toddler self and writing positive life wishes for this child self. I loved making this page. I had never made image transfers before and […]

Art journal: I am Spirit

I am having so much fun in the studio right now. This spread was no exception. It was done for week 1 of the wonderful free ecourse Art, Heart & Healing over at Willowing. If you’ve hung around here a while you know I love drawing but haven’t done it in a good while, so it […]

Art Journal: Gold Nuggets

I treasure the early hour I have to myself before the rest of the family and neighbourhood wake up. It is like a mini-retreat. Quiet calm surrounds me, there’s no pressure to do or be, I can just quietly and peacefully set up the day. I use the time to think, journal, and pray. It focuses my […]

A few journal pages

 Yes, that’s right, journal pages!!! It’s been a while, huh?! You may remember this first one from my header back in June. I was going to post about it then, but was afraid I couldn’t show it without giving away I was pregnant. I was so excited I wanted to shout it from the rooftops!   […]

Art journal: process, progress and where to go from here

 I’ve been looking over all my pages recently and am truly amazed how far I’ve come in just a little over a month (I made my first pages on the last day of February). I seem to create my pages in two ways: 1. I do the journalling first, then add paint and images based on what […]

Art journal: Two Lives & Shine!

Ever see a journal page with a mind of it’s own? Two Lives Well, now you have!  Honestly, this was the most stubborn journal entry I’ve ever worked with! It had no intentions of ever doing what I wanted it to do. In the end, I just had to accept that it wanted to be […]

Side by side

I hear some mothers complain their children come back from preschool covered in paint. It makes me laugh. In our case, Aoife often goes to preschool covered in paint! Before leaving the house now we have to look each other over; clean clothes- check, clean hair & face- check, clean hands & nails- near enough, […]

Welcome Spring

  Spring is by far my favourite season. I adore it. I love the mild, fresh air against my face as I slowly start to strip off each weighty layer of winter clothing. I become happier and more energised with each layer dropped. I love the bright, gorgeous colours of spring. They’re so clean, fresh and […]

Just Say Yes!

Out of all the ones I’ve made so far, this is my favourite. I had so much fun making it. As you can see, I’m definitely ready to say yes to myself again! Have a great weekend everyone! I’m off to the Stitch & Craft show in London at the weekend and can’t wait to […]