Weekly Arts & Crafts

 

Hello and happy Tuesday! 

Linking up to T Stands for Tuesday Hosted by lovely Elisabeth

&

Art Journal Journey hosted this month by the lovely Erika  with the Theme "What's Up"

What's Up with me...

I created my winter mood Board in the Art room,

It is always fun to put together a bunch of things that I like,

I enjoy using various fabrics, yarn, ribbons, pictures, postcards and handmade items like the felt heart.

I made a hanging heart with yarn

I do feel I need more practice with this because I tend to put too much yarn in one area than another but I do think the heart looks pretty. 

I created a pink felt heart and added glitter glue on the ends of it

I would like to make some with lavender and a lace trim in the future. 

A closer look at the winter Moodboard in my Art Room

Having a cuppa coffee. This is my daughter's cute mug.

Currently Reading and enjoying

A few stationary favourites on my desk

I use all of these daily in my journal

I love little stamps and would like to have more. They are fun to play with. 

One of my cats 

this is

Auggie

He is never amused only if it involves food. 

I hope you all have a lovely week,

thank you for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

Thank you,

Maria 

Winter Wonderland and Whimsical Wonder

Linkin up with

  ART JOURNAL JOURNEY 

FRIDAY FACE OFF

ART FOR FUN FRIDAY

Winter

Winter wonderland is here and it is cold outside. I've been enjoying winter walks in the forest paths and I love the sounds of nature in the cold. The branches clanking and whipping each other, the birds sing and tweet, the squirrels rustle through the leaves to find seeds and nuts. I've been writing a lot of nature poems and would like to share them with you soon. I take my book out in the forest and write what I feel. I feel so much whimsy and wonder in the forest. I truly miss the forest in PEI. We lived close to this magical trail and I loved it so much. At the moment I am living close to another trail, I can still hear a little city noise, it's okay though. I am grateful. 

I have been enjoying filming daily for Vlogmas on my Youtube Channel and I am finding with daily vlogs it really makes me focus on the daily things that sometimes we can take for granted. I am finding that each day has beauty and magic. The pink skies and the sun rising, the lights on the Christmas tree, the hot cuppa coffee, the snow that sits on the trees like fluffy cotton. All these little things are beautiful and magical to me. I am grateful.

Winter is truly a wonderland and whimsical, it is playful and helps my imagination to come to life. I love to express what I imagine though my art and videos. I am appreciative and grateful. The sense of wonder comes out when I take walks. I do pretend I am a kid again and wonder always what is around the corner or around the tree. My imagination kicks up in nature. The only thing I don't do is run around and frolic in nature. I walk but I wonder if that would change how we feel if I actually run like a kid again. Have you tried to frolic and run in nature? I wonder why certain things fade as we grow older. Why do we lose our sense of wonder, excitement and enthusiasm and forget how to play? Why would it feel "silly" if we jump or hop around like children? I feel we should skip, jump and frolic like we did when we were kids. I think we should awaken our sense of playfulness and have fun. I feel we should bring back our sense of wonder and do more pretending. 

Winter Wonderland Artwork 

Winter Wonderland of The Past

Thank you all so much!

October Pumpkin Art & Blog Hops

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*please someone explain the rules to T Tuesday! is it only post on Tuesday? is it post a drink? is it post only a previous post? please forgive me and let me know. :) 

PAST BLOG POST October 2022 when we moved from Toronto to PEI and lived there for two years! (currently we are back in Ontario)

Also if you have a blog hop let me know and I will add your button to the side of my blog. 

Currently

on my desk

always tea and coffee

This week went by so fast!

I tried to keep busy doing a lot of art. 

I did neglect keeping the house in order but sometimes I just have to do what I have to do! :) 

Acrylic Paints and pencil crayons

Pumpkin person

Pumpkin

Acrylic Paints

I also did decoupage this week! 

I bought a vase and napkins from the Dollar tree

It was very fun to make

I don't mind that there is texture on the vase 

October Journal Layout

The moleskin notebook threads are falling apart and I am not sure it will last but I will keep going and using tape. I don't like to start something and not finish it. 

Acrylic Landscape Painting

I also made little pumpkins but not sure why my photo is not uploading so here is the youtube short.

I am truly grateful and happy that I focused on art this week. 

 I do need to find a balance though. lol

I just keep going.

One thing I learned this week is to take good care of your self,

Treat your self with love and kindness.

Thank you all for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

I truly appreciate each and everyone of you!

 Linking up to these wonderful Blog Parties!

Friday Face Off

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T Stands for Tuesday 

Thank you from my heart!

Maria