Princess Bubbles Creates

 I have added some orange doodads to this mandala.  They were in my bead stash but they are not beads.  They don't have any holes.  I was hoping to find enough of one shape to go around the circle but had to be satisfied with finding enough that had at least one point.  I quite like the way they look.  Rarely does a title pop into my head for a piece but this wants to say "Citrus Love".

 I heard a lovely phrase yesterday.  Senseless acts of beauty.  Love it!  I added it to this journal page so that I would remember it.  Now, this journal page isn't particularly beautiful.  This is a lined Moleskine journal and it is not really meant for art-making.  I chose it because the lines would prevent me from making anything really beautiful.  Beauty is not the purpose of this journal.  This journal is for random thoughts, doodles, collage, paint play and self-expression.  All of which are senseless acts of beauty in my opinion.

 This mandala has a deadline.  It needs to be done by August to be in the Purple Reign challenge put on by SFSND.  I take my commitment to challenges seriously and aim to not flake out on them.  Plus, I like having things done well in advance of a deadline.  I used a Lumiere paint through a gorgeous stencil to get me started.  I have added some silver thread stitching as that is what was calling to me.  It doesn't look like a lot but it took me a couple of hours.  I am grateful I was able to sit outside and enjoy my deck and sunshine while stitching.  It just feels so good.  If the forecast for today is correct I should be able to do more of the same.  Always a pleasure.  I just have to figure out what the next step is! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

I was born in the sixties.  I was a carefree hippy child, mostly.  I attribute my love of colour to that.  I get excited for an abundance of colour.  It really makes me happy.  I saw a great boho curtain on Pinterest and knew I had to make one.  I only needed to come up with a good reason to do so.  Well, we have a lovely deck and enjoy spending time on it.  We have lovely neighbours two doors down who have a deck on the same level as ours.  There is not an abundance of trees between said decks and they are often on their deck at the same time we are.  The perfect excuse to make a boho curtain.  I dug out ribbons and fabric scraps and sewed this together.  It seemed quite full when I put it together but now I am thinking more is needed.  It might be a bit unwieldy  to manage under the machine.  Hand stitching might take a bit too long.  Hmm, glue?  Staples?  Or back to the machine and just power th...

 Pardon my self-reflection but I have a milestone birthday coming.  It seems appropriate to celebrate the things that I do right.  I will keep them to specifically art-related things.   I regularly show up for my art practice.  Rarely does a day go by that I do not exercise my creative wings.  Yes, there are times when I think why bother?  What's the point?  Well, the answer to that is that creativity must come out.  If it doesn't I get cranky.  That is never good. I am a generous artist.  I regularly share my knowledge and supplies.  I am downright eager to help any artist on their creative path.   I am a positive artist.  Nothing dark and brooding here.  I want people to be inspired, hopeful, and filled with joy when they look at my art.  Obviously, I can't control how people respond to my work and that is fine.  My intentions are good. I am a successful artist.  My work has been in man...

 Further progress was made on this mandala.  I have added some more beads and I am pleased with the result.  I am not sure what comes next.  It is probably pretty close to being finished.  Decisions, decisions cannot be rushed.  I would love to finish this off but rushing never works out well.  I have allowed myself to get into a state.  A state of what exactly?  Um, rushing and being productivity-oriented.  Those things don't work for me and my art.  It takes the pleasure out of it and what is the point of making art if it is not pleasant.  I am certainly not one who believes you must suffer for your art.  There is already enough in this life that can be difficult!

 I finally have internet access again.  We had a massive storm go through yesterday and it knocked hydro and internet in places.  Thankfully, only our internet was affected.  Well, we also had two giant branches come down from our tree.  Again, thankfully they did no damage! In the meanwhile, I was able to finish another mandala.  It feels really good to be finishing up some of these WIP.  Only 7 more on the go.  Well, kind of 8.  Yikes, that stresses me.  I will definitely get to work on the next one closest to finished. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/