Isn't tea just everything? What is about the hot liquid that just soothes the soul? Don't get me wrong, I am a huge and daily coffee drinker, it literally gets me out of bed some days. But, when I or someone I love is upset, sick, cold, or in need of some comfort, tea always saves the day. I think part of it is also the ritual. Takes you away from the chaos of life as you wait for that kettle to boil, then to steep and cool before you can drink it. No wonder the Tea ceremony is one of Japan’s most important cultural institutions. After partaking in way too many sweets and alcohol over the ...
Monday Journal – Love
My first wedding anniversary is coming up next week (although we were together 8 years prior to getting married) so love is in the air as I try to plan some sort of anniversary celebration. Which is what lead me to creating this art journal page. It started with a page that already had paint on it from cleaning my flower stencil from a previous project. The rest of the materials were recycled as the the large heart was made from a shopping bag that I painted over with watered down acrylic... and the small one was from a very cool textured napkin from Via Rail. This page led me to ...
Monday Journal – Mermaids
I was snooping through some artsy blogs looking for inspiration the other day and came across this awesome mermaid photograph. I wasn’t sure what I was looking at until I went over to the article here. I love the colours and the texture. I then discovered it was all done with recycled bottles. The artist Von Wong, wanted to bring attention to the overuse of plastic bottles. He knew that plastic pollution was a boring topic and he had to find a way to make it more interesting. So he borrowed a warehouse, 10,000 plastic bottles and gathered a large group of volunteers to create a gorgeous ...
Monday Journal – Jane Davenport Products
I don’t know about you guys but I have been dying to get my art on. I have been looking for some inspiration and finally came across some Jane Davenport Products at Micheals. People in the art community have been raving about them since their big release. They seem to be selling out everywhere. Look at all this goodness… So many awesome and beautiful things. I wanted almost everything but since we are still recovering from the holidays I decided to get the Mermaid Markers… and the Flower Stencil. It was hard to take a photo of this one so that you could see the pattern ...
