T Stands for Happy September!

Happy September friends!

 I am linking up to T Stands for Tuesday hosted by the talented and wonderful Elizabeth.

Hubby Sent me a photo of Downtown Toronto and usually it looks something like this:

But the 28th looked like this:

50th Floor

Last weekend I went On a Date with the hubs

He is the love of my life and God bless him! 

I look forward to more dates with my love.

We had the most delicious food at Kelseys Restaurant

Funnel Fries with ice cream and caramel sauce. 

Best burger ever!

Ice tea was delicious!

 Bath and BodyWorks favourites last month.

Wishing you a wonderful September friends!

Thank you for your visit and for your kind comments. I appreciate you all!

I am truly grateful for everything!

Maria

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Mixing Art and Productivity

 Happy Friday! It's been a productive week for me. A little too productive. lol

 I am linking up today with the wonderful Nicole and her lovely blog for Friday Face Off and the lovely Gillena and her lovely blog Art For Fun Friday.

This morning's sky of Downtown Toronto sent to me from my hubby.

Paper Collages at my art desk, I started this Autumnal mini junk journal book for fun.

 Here are the Youtube shorts on how I made the collages

A sketch that I made this morning in my Leuchtturm1917  sketchbook.

This is Mr. Ziggy and next week I will try to get a picture of Mr. Auggie.

This is the Autumn Junk Journal and I am really happy with how it is developing. I would like to add more of my art in here and also some recipes and even an Autumn Bucket List and photos. A little touch of something personal. 

Here is how I made the cover

I finished the book "The Dollhouse Murders" and I gave it a 3/5. 

I watched "Blood Sacrifice" on Netflix and loved it. 

Thank you so much my wonderful friends! I will see you soon and thank you for reading my blog and also for your lovely comments and support. 

See you next week and have a lovely weekend and a wonderful rest of the month!

I did some painting as well, check out my previous post if you like. 

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Finding the Spark

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Finding the Spark

 Happy Tuesday friends! Linking up with the lovely and wonderful Elizabeth from  T stands for Tuesday!  I hope you are all doing well. Here in Ontario the weather got a little cooler and a few leaves are falling. I don't mind at all. I found my spark! I got my inspiration back and started painting and collaging! 

Painting!

Collage in my Autumn junk journal/collage book

Mr. Ziggy always watching me paint and draw. 

I love him so much.

I bought a desk calendar for 2027 and I like Mary Engelbreit's Artwork.

I bought a wall calendar for 2027 and it has cute recipes in each month. Super cute!

I had an iced tea at the sushi restaurant on August 14.

I enjoy tea with my meals instead of fizzy pop because fizzy pop bloats me.

Now that I am thinking about it I miss eating the yummy sushi!

I bought a few Halloween Stickers books from Michaels and I am  enjoying playing around in my Journal

I also enjoy using my hp printer. It is outdated but still works.

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I created a few more Art Shorts on Youtube

Painting Landscapes

Art Flip Through

Art Flip Through

Thank you so much for being here and reading my post. 

I appreciate you so much and have a lovely rest of the week!

See you on Friday! :) 

Maria 

Happy Friday Friends!

Happy Friday! How is everyone? Here is the morning photo my hubby sent to me. 

 I am linking the vlog up with Nicole's lovely Friday Face Off and Gillena's  Art for Fun Friday.

      On August 14 we went out and celebrated my Name Day. We had lovely and delicious Sushi.

It was delicious! I got the salmon platter and the smoked salmon salad was my favourite. 

This week I also doodled some faces and then made a mess of things so I used stickers and placed them on top of the mistakes and then drew on top of the stickers. 

These stickers come with the Leuchtturm1917 notebook.

*Feel free to use my code: MARIA for 20% off your purchase with Leuchtturm1917 Canada.

I enjoyed making these faces and enjoyed using only four markers and highlighters for all of them. 

I have not picked up my art supplies for a while and this was so refreshing to do. 

As for reading I am still trying to finish a book. It is challenging but I know I will finish one this month. 

Currently watching "The Middle" on Netflix and finished watching "My Brilliant Career" on Netflix and loved it so much. 

What are you reading and watching at the moment? 

What are you working on that is creative?

I would love to know in the comments. 

Thank you so much for being here and reading my blog post. I appreciate you. 

You are amazing and wonderful!

Thank you kindly!

Recent Favourites 🩷✨

 

 Recent Favourites 

Cardigans

Coffee (Caramel or pumpkin spice)

Lip Gloss (Pumpkin Flavour Bath and Bodyworks)

 Laptop to blog and create videos and digital collages

My reading glasses

Reading

Browsing on Pinterest

Reusable Water Bottle

Making Art

Watching Films

Fragrance (Bath and Body Works Vanilla Cafe)

My bag and a stuffy bag charm Currently (Miffy in a pumpkin outfit)

Daily Journaling with a lot of stickers in my Leuchtturm1917 

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MARIA for 20% Off your purchase with Leuchtturm1917 Canada

*Not sponsored

Thank you for being here and reading my blog post. 

Have a wonderful day!

Maria 

Chasing The Last Bit of Summer

 

Happy Friday! 

My hubby sent me this photo from Toronto. I appreciate the photos because I know that he will not have this view for a long time as his work changes locations. 

So I appreciate all the photos and sunrises!

 I am linking the vlog up with Nicole's lovely Friday Face Off and Gillena's  Art for Fun Friday.

I had a funky week but I am sure things will get better. 

I have faith in God and believe in prayer. 

I finally put together the vlog! It took a long time but I am grateful I put it together in a creative way. 

I also used music from Thematic.  I use imovie to edit and it gave me problems but I figured it out. I also had help from my daughter. She is so good with editing in detail. Not I. I just slap it together. lol 

I truly hope you watch it and subscribe to my channel. It helps me out a lot. 

If you take some time to watch my vlog, I appreciate it very much.

Tomorrow is my nameday! 

"The primary celebration for the Mother of God in the Greek Orthodox Church is the Dormition of the Theotokos (Koimisis tis Theotokou), celebrated on August 15th. Known as Dekapentavgoustos, it marks her "falling asleep" (death) and bodily assumption into heaven. It is a major national holiday in Greece, often called the "Summer Pascha" (Easter of the Summer)"

-wikipedia

I hope tomorrow we get to do something special for my Nameday. I always enjoy outings!

I have one more episode of "My Brilliant Career" to watch on Netflix. So far I am enjoying it. 

 

My reading, not going well so I am going to force myself to read this weekend. I am going to make a vlog to hold me accountable for reading. :) 

As for acting I have done four auditions and nothing yet but I will keep trying. 

Thank you kindly my friends and have a lovely weekend!

Maria 

The Active Mind

Happy Tuesday friends! Linking up with Elizabeth's Blog T Stands For Tuesday. 

The above photo was sent from hubby from work. The Sunrise is beautiful!

Drinking coffee at the moment and trying to finish this book. I bought the blanket from winners and i love it. It is warm and soft and has pumpkins all over it. Super cute.  

I love pumpkins! 🎃

This is a farm we visited last weekend and it has a chip truck and the fries are delicious! 

I  look forward to visiting in the Fall to get some pumpkins. 
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Halloween things are at the mall already. 

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My sis-in-law lent me some vintage books and I think I will not be able to read them all but maybe I will read one and return them to her in October. 

Remember these back in the day?

let me know in the comments which one should I read?

I made this trail mix and I did not like the rolo bites but everything else was yummy. 

I think it is missing caramel popcorn. 

Friend Mail from my good friend Joy. 

Thank you Joy!

Bought a fun colouring book from the Dollar tree. 

Or it might of been the dollar store not sure. lol

I've been enjoying little things here and there and I hope you have too. 

Films and Movies I've been enjoying

Netflix 

ATYPICAL

The Middle

Season 1 & 2 Stranger Things

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

I will Find You

Blackwater Lane 

Have a lovely rest of the week and thank you so much!