His triumph

A thought for Sunday. 

That part -- we can tell Him nothing -- struck me so much.

It's so true.

He already knows my troubles, and yours. 

My happinesses, my wonderings, wanderings, my hard things --

He knows.

art journal: recent pages

{wanting to dive into mandalas but feeling indimidated. tons of inspiration here.}

{heart of romaine printed with acrylic over watercolor.}

{silver gelly over acrylic. practicing blending blue + red into purple.}

{recipe via eating for england. the best lunch!}

{mod podge is my very favorite adhesive/sealer/transfer medium/all-powerful magic spell so far.}

So loving this art journaling. 

I feel a little bit freer every time, and I find myself expressing thoughts and feelings that for some reason, I never would have written down in a traditional journal.

Especially when it comes to babies and things.

{august, y'all.}

26 praises

{ink and watercolor}

I loved Daisy Yellow's creative experiment earlier this month: 

pick a word, any word, and write it 25 different ways.

I picked my word for the year {praise}.

To be honest, I wasn't feeling very praise-full at the time,

and began with a grudging heart.

But the challenge was too much to pass up, and after getting over the hump of praise 15 or so,

I suddenly saw how many ways there are to see praise.

Everywhere! Everything!

Suddenly the least object or idea was a potential subject of praise.

"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name..."

{psalm 92:1}

whatever the weather...

Remember, dear ones, that it is always better to look up.

I hope you find some peace tucked away in your sabbath day, whomever and wherever you might be.

process: gesso and glitter

All this discovering and experimenting with new forms and mediums and ideas is so idiotically exciting. 

speedball? gesso? india ink? brayer? huh??

Every time I hear about some new thing my heart beats a little faster, like the wind that
speaks to Vianne "of towns yet to be visited, friends in need yet to be discovered, battles yet to be fought..."
only about art supplies.
Ok bad comparison.

I did make a fabulous discovery regarding glitter that I hope to translate into a tutorial very soon.

god moving

I have been totally smitten this last little while with art journaling.
It is hard to move past -- there's no rules -- anything goes --
but I am starting to wrap my mind around it.
I love experimenting with different mediums that I don't properly "know" how to use
{i always wanted to go to art school}
-- tearing, pasting, painting, smudging --
and the freedom that color and dimension and no-lines-to-write-on bring.
Daisy Yellow is a blog that has been helpful in many ways --
supply suggestions, prompts, ways to get past blank-page panic.
Most of my pages so far have been pretty, well, personal, but one night I did this page
and felt such a sense of calm and peace while I drew and colored and meditated on those beautiful words.
What about you? Do you want to try it?