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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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!

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 

Echoes of Yesteryear

Happy Friday! Time is going by so fast.

 I am sharing past portraits with you today. 

I feel it is important to reflect on past artwork and also to find gratitude within ourselves and appreciate our creativity.

Sometimes creativity can be thoughts and creative reflections of our past artwork, 

this process helps me find more inspiration and direction for my next pieces. 

Linking up today with Friday Face Off hosted by the lovely Nicole and Art For Fun Friday hosted by the lovely Gillena. 

Thank you so much!

 

Thank you all for your comments and kindness. Have a lovely weekend!

Dear July

I painted this long time ago. Watercolours. 

Linking up with

Nicole's Friday Face Off  and  Gillena's 

Art For Fun Friday

Hello lovely friends, I hope you are all good. I am grateful for this month. Even though I did not make art this month I did do a word search puzzle, I did some reading and colouring. I was not motivated but I am sure things will get better. I've been enjoying fermenting foods at the moment. 

 We had a very bad storm in July and all the houses in our neighbourhood lost a lot of trees. I guess it was a mini tornado because the trees were pulled out of the earth. I am grateful that this month is over and I look forward to August. Heading into fall is my favourite thing in the world. 

A picture of Toronto. 

My husband always sends me pictures from his work.

You can see the CN Tower in the distance. 

Here I have my fermentations. 

I have carrots, peppers, cucumbers, rosemary, basil and what you don't see in this picture is that I also have lemons and garlic too. I would like to make red onions and look forward to making beets and cabbage too. I eat these with every meal and it helps my digestion. 

A sunrise photo from my husbands work. 

Have a lovely August and a lovely weekend. We have a long weekend here in Ontario. 

I hope I will be able to make a vlog soon. I miss making vlogs but I am stuck in my head at the moment. 

Also too many emotions all over the place. 

Thank you all so much! 

Must positivity and sunshine your way!

Maria 

Summerween

I am trying to have some summer fun. I am just embracing what is close to home at the moment. 

How are you all doing? It's been very hot here so I don't go out much in the heat as it makes me a very moody person. lol 

Linking up with Friday Face Off  Hosted by the lovely and talented Nicole.

 Linking up with the lovely and talented Gillena  for Art For Fun Friday. 

Even though it is Saturday today I wanted to join in and share the love. 

On Monday went to the local Library.

These are the two Library books that I took out and I absolutely loved "Pumpkin Heads" by Faith Erin Hicks. I actually really enjoy graphic novels, they are so fun to read. 

Went out to a cafe and had a sandwich, salad and coffee and paid too much for this by the way. 

Prices are very high at the moment. I rarely go out to eat. 

I brought my Leuchtturm1917 with me and did some journaling. 

I love the Luminous Edition. 

So bright and bold and a happy colour. 

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I had to decorate my journal with stickers. 

I love stickers. 

New Artwork and a New Art IG Account

I used gouache paints.

My husband bought me a Blind Box of POP MART Nyota Where Moments Meet Series Plush Doll and I got the ARTIST! :) I think that is serendipity. 

I am trying to enjoy little moments and pretend I am on vacation mode. lol

I bought two books on Monday. I'm very into Summerween at the moment.

"How to Survive a Horror Movie" and "Tastes Like Candy" and  "Welcome Fear City" which I purchased last year. 

Before the heat wave I sat outside. 

Journaling daily on a regular notebook. 

Not a fan of this one and can't wait to finish this notebook. 

Paper matters and this journal is not my favourite. 

Thank you so much for visiting and reading my blog!

I haven't vlogged this month yet but maybe I will make a fun "Summerween" vlog.

Have a lovely weekend!