Friday, September 4, 2026

Morning Skies & Art


I am having issues leaving comments and responding too! I hope it will be fixed! :( 

Happy Friday! 

Linking up today with the wonderful Nicole and her lovely blog  Friday Face Off  and the lovely Gillena  over at Art For Fun Friday. 

Lately feeling nervous for my daughter as she will be attending high school next week.  Change makes me nervous. I am sure she will have a wonderful time and things will be great. 

Hubby sent me a morning sunrise photo from work.  The day after the big storm.


* I'm having an issue with responding to comments again. So annoyed. I am sorry. 

A little mixed media and not sure how I feel about her. 



Hubby sent me this photo of the morning sunrise
Toronto September 4, 2026



Favourite chocolate


Blogging


Watercolour and paint and glitter
Not sure how I feel about this piece
It's a little more fun and whimsical


Painting




Collage in my Autumn Junk Journal





Another Collage in my Autumn Junk Journal





Made baked pumpkin donuts and they were a little too moist from the pumpkin but I will try again another time. 



Thank you all so much and have a lovely weekend!

I hope this comment thing fixes it self. 

All the best my friends!

Thank you again,

Maria


Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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



 

Friday, August 28, 2026

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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Thank you!


Tuesday, August 25, 2026

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 


Friday, August 21, 2026

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.

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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!