November Cosy Art and Crafting

 Linking up to Nicole's Friday Face Off & Gillena's Art For Fun Friday

This week I battled with a two day migraine which I am so grateful it has gone away! Thank you Lord that was so bad. I am feeling so much better! :) 

Here is what I worked on yesterday

This week I was able to create some new junk journal pages in an Oxford Composition book. 

It's a Christmas themed journal. 

Here I am working on the cover. 

I added paper from the dollar store and pom poms which I think are super cute. 

PAGE 1

I printed out that poem from Toronto Public Library Archives 

PAGE 2

PAGE 3

I used christmas scraps from the Christmas Amazon Catalogue. 

I am going to try making at least three pages a week in this book. It's so fun and festive and I will be adding recipes that I like and lists and Christmas songs too. Super fun to make. 

I also put together a November Vlog

If you like have a look.

 

check out my previous posts if you like

Thursday Art And Diner Date

T Stands for Life is Messy But I don't mind at all

Thank you all so much!

Have a wonderful Friday and a lovely weekend!

Hugs,

Maria

Thursday Art & Dinner Date

Happy Thursday my wonderful friends! Linking up with Rain's Blog Thursday Art and Dinner Date

The past two days I had a really terrible migraine and I was not feeling good at all. The migraine is still lingering. Along with menopause, hot flashes, migraines and lymphedema on my left arm I'm on a fine line of being annoyed all the time. I am trying really hard to hang in there and be positive. 

I did wake up feeling a little better this morning so I made some art and had a wonderful and yummy meal. Today's challenge word is Pumpkin Pie. I never realized what a challenge this would be! I had a hard time coming up with the pumpkin colour. I only had crayons, markers and pencil crayons to work with today. 

 I will keep trying and practicing. 

I used some reference photos from pinterest.

Dinner

Homemade chicken soup with celery, carrots, onion, rice and lemon topped with black pepper and sriracha sauce with grilled cheese pita on the side.

Have a wonderful Thursday my friends! Thank you for reading and commenting. 

If you like have a look at my new vlog.

Thank you!

T Stands for Life is Messy But I Don't Mind At All

Happy Tuesday!

First I would like to say it is Remembrance Day and I would like to pay my respect to all the fallen soldiers and respect to all that fought for our Country. 

Since my last post I have not stepped close to my art desk nor have I created anything. 

I was busy with house chores and my mind is all over the place. 

I wish I had a routine. Routines never stay routines because life happens and things change and I just go with the flow and try to just hang in there. Life is messy but I don't mind at all. I just keep going.

I did manage to go into my planner and write down things that I am thinking about and organize my thoughts a bit. I also did some Youtube watching and stayed off the scrolling as much as I could. 

Linking up with T Stands for Tuesday hosted by the lovely Elizabeth.

Thank you Elizabeth for hosting a lovely party! 🎉 

Since my last post  I vlogged a bit more and pushed my self to just film and get out of my comfort zone.

I will be putting the video together by the end of the week. 

I also created a mood board. 

I bought stamps for my snail mail friends. 

On Sunday we had our first snow ❄️ fall! 

So beautiful to look at.

I am trying really hard to make my self go for daily walks. 

Not sure what my problem is. I avoid it. lol

I need to just go for a walk and take my sketch book or my camera and just go for 30 min. 

Hopefully I will go tomorrow. 😬 

I walk my daughter to school and I took this photo on the way to school.

I also finished a book!

Little Alleluias: Collected Poetry and Prose by Mary Oliver
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Little Alleluias Collected Poetry and Prose by Mary Oliver is an exceptional book. This is my first time reading Mary Oliver’s work and I love her poetry. She expresses a lot about nature and how she feels about nature. She questions things and her writing is clear and simple yet so so beautiful. Wonderful reading experience. I can read her work over and over again. I would like to read more of her works. Wonderful and I highly recommend.

View all my reviews

Thank you so much for your visit my friends. 

I hope you are having a wonderful week. 

I look forward to reading your comments. 

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs,

Maria 

Friday Artful Adventures & Creations

 

Happy Friday!

This week was an okay week but I am lacking energy and motivation.

When do you start decorating for Christmas? I think I am going to start decorating this weekend.

I need some lights and Christmas decor to get me uplifted.

⭐️ 

This week I did create a little artwork and I managed to put together the last Vlog for October.

Have a look if you like. 

 Linking up today with Friday Face Off Hosted by the wonderful and talented Nicole 

& 

Art for Fun Friday hosted by the lovely and wonderful Gillena. 

🌟 

This was done on Thursday November 6th on Pastel Paper,

I used my phone to work on a self portrait for Nicole's Challenge. 

 Friday Face Off

I am going to keep working on my self portrait with a variety of mediums to explore and learn more. 

I used chalk pastels. I feel I need a lot of practice with measurements and proportions. 

I do have a book that I am going to look over and It has technical lines and measurements that I can learn from.  

oh the messy lines lol

oh the ears lol oh my goodness 

a mess but this is good practice

I kindly won gouache paints from this brand on Instagram.

https://nevskayapalitra.com/

I am truly grateful.

A video of the swatches.

Painting with the gouache paints and testing them out.

I notice gouache paints dry flat.

I need to work with them more.

This week I also created an illustration. 

I used pencil crayons, crayons, water, markers, pencil and fineliner pen. 

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In Other News

I kindly won a fragrance from Dave Lackie on Twitter. 

He is so amazing.

 It also came with a clinique headband. 

Perfect to hold my hair back when I do my skincare.

He is an incredible friend. 

I love this fragrance. Clinique Happy. So fresh and revitalizing fragrance. 

Thank you so much Dave!

Friendly Snail mail from a Wonderful Friend

Thank you Yaya!

If anyone would like to do a small snail mail exchange for junk journaling let me know.

I exchange things like small stickers, paper goodies and stationary goods. 

message me on IG. 

Check out my previous post if you like

Hello November Rain

Beyond the Lines: Exploring the World of Notebooks & Journals With a Cuppa

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Thank you all for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

Thank you from my heart and have a wonderful weekend!

Maria