Saturday, October 8, 2022

Autumn 🍂 in PEI

 



I’ve started writing my new poetry book and It will include photos and art.

If you like my 2022 poetry ebook it's available here:


Poetry Ebook


I’ve written a few new poems inspired by Autumn in PEI.


Autumn in PEI 


The land is golden

Trees rustle

Leaves falling to the ground

Wind has picked up

Cool wind

Crisp air

Birds in the distance scrounging off the farmers land

The sky is full of blue grey clouds

Pumpkins everywhere on the porches and store fronts 

Scarecrows and Farmers Markets 

Open Signs

Small town O’Leary 

Charming little town!


-Maria Medeiros




Autumn in PEI


It’s harvest time 

The potatoes are tumbling into the trucks

The sun shines between the branches 

Leaves turn orange, red and gold

Silhouettes and shadows appear on the ground

Leaves slowly falling

Local markets selling orange pumpkins, mums and corn

The air perfumed by earthy leaves

Crisp breeze

Hot cocoa and some pumpkin pie please!


-Maria Medeiros



I have uploaded two moving vlogs on my Youtube Channel. 
If you like have a look. Moving Vlog 1, Moving Vlog 2. 
Under each of my videos you will see a heart with a money sign and it says "Thanks" 
 That is set up to help my channel with donations so I can keep making videos. 
If you like and if you can please donate. It starts at $2.00. Thank you kindly.


I kindly won Clarins products from Dave Lackie. I am so grateful. 
Thank you so much Dave Lackie!





I won a lovely basket full of teas from Tetley Tea Canada! 
Thank you so much Tetley Canada!




Currently Lighting 



Currently Reading

 
Thank you so much for reading my post today. 
I am working on more vlogs and if you like subscribe to my Youtube Channel to see more videos!
Thank you kindly!

Moving...



It feels like a dream! Time went by so fast. We packed up and moved out of the busy city to a small town in PEI. Selling the house was stressful and finding a house even more stressful. Moving has been a whirl-wind of emotions. It’s very emotional to leave familiar surroundings, it's very hard to leave family and friends. We miss everyone so much.


I’m not going to miss the Toronto traffic and overpopulated areas. I’m not going to miss the consistent city noise. The noise pollution was very intense and it was causing many problems to my mental health. Traffic, noise pollution, air pollution, crime, hustle and bustle…not going to miss you! 


Driving over the confederation bridge was breathtaking! It is beautiful here. It takes time to adjust and to get use to a new lifestyle and pace of life. Things move slower here and traffic is less. Local food is amazing. I was worried the first week with the changes but I’m slowly embracing everything. There is beauty all around us here. Farm land, ocean, lighthouses, windmill farms and more. The locals are super nice and friendly. Everyone knows everyone by their name. 


I love the house that we moved into. We are still opening up boxes and are putting things in place. We definitely look forward to personalizing the house to fit our style but overall I am so grateful for the home. 


I was worried how my girls would adjust to new schools and so far things are great. The PEI schools are great. They provide food programs and even pay for student’s school supplies. 


Since we’ve been here we have visited the West Point Lighthouse beach, the potato museum which has amazing food, especially the blueberry bread pudding! So so good! We’ve visited Summerside and Charlottetown. There’s so much to see and do here. The summer attractions are now closed but I am sure there is so much more to do in the Fall. I can’t wait! 


Thank you all for reading my blog post today, I appreciate it. I hope you are all well my friends. 

Much love and positivity!


Maria 


Moving Vlog Part two...

more coming soon!


Friday, May 13, 2022

Birthday and Last Treatment Vlog





Thank you all for watching the vlog and for all your love and support. 
More vlogs coming soon! :) 
Have a beautiful weekend!

Faith Hope Love


It’s been a long, emotional and challenging year of treatments. After completing surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and 18 rounds of Herceptin, I am finally finished. I only have five years of hormone therapy to do and the side effects are very stressful and annoying but I’m going to try and figure out ways to minimize them. 




It has been so hard. So difficult. Very emotional and a challenging year. I feel I don’t even know how to function without thinking about infusions and results and appointments. I only have follow up appointments and yearly check-ups. Sometimes I stop and think what just happened? 




I am so grateful that I’m here and I’m trying to appreciate each moment without drowning in the emotions that I dwelled in the past year. It’s hard to move forward, but with faith in God and focus on love and family my heart ♥️ is full and hope is here.

 Hope and positivity for the future. One day at a time. 

Thank you all for being here for me and being a part of my journey. 


Thank you from my heart,

Love ❤️ always Maria 



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Thank you!

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Bridgerton Inspired Free Paper Downloads

 



I've been loving Bridgerton Part II. I love all the acting, the costumes, hair, makeup and flowers. All the details are perfection in my opinion. Have you watched Bridgerton? I actually like Part II better than Part I and I look forward to the next season. I felt super inspired that I created a few paper goodies to share with you. I created these on CANVA. You can download these goodies for free and enjoy them. 

This is perfect for a journal entry or to write a letter to a friend. Even turn this into a party invitation. 

Lady Whistledown's Society Paper 

Inspired Stationary

Download Here

Bridgerton Inspired Bookmark

Download Here 



I hope you enjoy the paper goodies. 

I hope you are all well and thank you for your comments. 

Enjoy!





 

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

New Eco Friendly Skincare And Beauty



 I kindly received the #ChickadvisorEcoBox and I'm so grateful because I really love everything. 

I wanted to share it with you because I feel these products are so amazing. 

The products that I kindly received are pHisoderm facewash,  Yesto eyecream, Clean Beauty Collective Fragrance Radiant Nectar, Rimmel London Kind And Free Mascara, Clarins micellar water.

This fragrance is so Fresh and at the same time has  musk notes. So beautiful and I love it as much as I love my happy clinique fragrance. 


A fantastic micellar water. I use this to remove makeup and also to refresh the skin before bed. so wonderful. Clarins is my number one love. 


Yesto eye cream is so lovely. Soft, gentle and super hydrating. I really love the packaging it is easy to pump the product out. A very lovely brand. 


I wish I would of known about this brand when I was doing chemo because this product is not scented and very very gentle on the skin. It's a creamy consistency and very soothing and hydrating. 


I'm very happy about this mascara. It has natural ingredients and the bristles are perfect. I really like that this formula has shea butter. The formula smells like honey by the way and its so lovely. 
My eye lashes have grown back short after chemo so this product will help my eyelashes grow better and I feel good knowing that it has 99% good ingredients. Vegan and eco friendly. 
Kind and Free by Rimmel



Thank you so much to Chick Advisor for these products. I appreciate it so much. 

I highly recommend them. So amazing!

#GOTITFREE

#CHICKADVISORECOBOX






April Free Stationary

 




Hello APRIL!

I love writing letters to friends do you? 

Here is the April Stationary that I created on CANVA.

 Enjoy!

FREE STATIONARY 




Friday, March 25, 2022

The Last Party! Paint Party Friday

The week started slow but It headed toward the right direction. I made watercolour art, created junk journaling, abstract art and I even made rubber stamps. I've created a Notion account so I can research topics that I'm interested in. Is it weird that I enjoy research? lol  So far I'm learning about Zines, Rubber Stamps and Art History. 




Here is the Zine I made.



I wanted to say thank you to Paint Party Friday, I will miss sharing art with other amazing artists. 
A huge thank you again to Eva and Kristin for being amazing Hosts.

 
 



I am still participating with #The100dayProject,  I post on IG
Daily.  If you like to follow it would be so wonderful to see you over there.












Have a lovely weekend my friends!
Thank you so much!





Friday, March 18, 2022

Paint Party Friday! PPF CELEBRATES 11 YEARS!



 PAINT PARTY FRIDAY CELEBRATES 11 YEARS!



Thank you Eva and Kristin for running Paint Party Friday for 11 years! This is truly remarkable, inspirational and amazing. I am grateful for PPF because I have learned so much from other artist and the community is so supportive and wonderful. Truly inspirational place to share art and receive love. 
Thank you so much for everything. 
I will miss you all so much!



It snowed this week in Toronto.




This week I've been creating art everyday for the #100DayChallenge and I am very proud of my self. I am enjoying the process and learning to let go and have fun. It feels good to create and find inspiration.
 I'm truly grateful. 

I wanted to say thank you for all your love and support in my previous post. I appreciate all your comments and love. 

Mixed Media
 Layering and adding various pieces of paper on the page is so much fun. 
This piece is GRATITUDE for Life
I used paints, markers, crayons and paper.



Journaling in my favourite bullet journal
 Leuchtturm 1917
I created a self portrait and a collage. 


Sometimes when I don't know what to paint or draw I just make shapes and colour them in. 
This makes me happy. 


Watercolour Landscape


Mixed Media 


Junk Journaling
It's so much fun to recycle paper bits and put them together on a page. 
I love junk journaling. 



Abstract 
I used acrylics and markers


Sometimes if a piece doesn't work out I put it down for a while and go back to it. 
This was my least favourite and now its one of my absolutely favourite pieces. 


Still life vase with chalk pastels, pencil crayons, pencil and markers.


Still life vase with pastels and pencil crayons


Abstract art with recycled pieces of paper


I hope you all had a lovely week being creative and I truly hope I inspired you in some way.

Thank you from my heart,
 I am so grateful to each and every one of you.

Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!

Much love, positivity and many blessings.

Love always,

Maria 






Hello 2024! First Vlog of the New Year!