For the Love of Art

I decided to start working on some challenges, just jumping around the internet looking for what gets my attention.  It can be crochet, knitting, sewing, art journaling, whatever tickles my fancy, like some people say.  I just want to do something I like, something I can do with any materials I have here at home, that will give me some "Me" time that helps me relax and learn how to enjoy myself.

Anyways, this time I chose to do DLP Week 35 Challenge:  Draw, sketch, paint, doodle a face or cut and alter one from a book or magazine.  

I drew a face following this tutorial  I found on Pinterest.  And for the Love of Art I have gone to my HOT garage (I live in Florida) where I have all my art journaling materials and finish the page by painting some things around it. I started with the flower by pencil first then finger painted, then decided to do the brush with acrylic paints, then the vine came next just to fill the blank space and here you have my finish work :)

The picture is not that great, my garage is a little dark, so it doesn't help.
I hope this inspires someone out there :)

Thanks for taking a look :)

How To Be Happy: The #1 Tool

"I choose to see peace instead of this"

Coffee... My Favorite (Hot) Drink

I am starting to do what I like little by little, I am trying to make time for what I like here and there, in between work and home, in between cooking and cleaning, or anytime I feel like I need a break.

That said... I found a challenge that caught me attention at The Sketchbook Challenge, the August theme is Coffee and Tea. Hmmm... my favorite (hot) drink, the one I go to when I need a break, for some reason it relaxes me while I drink it slowly and take deep breaths in between, and after I am done with it, I am all energized. You have to LOVE it!

Anyways here is the Coffee and Tea art I made this week,

Not too complicated, just had some fun with a little bit of paint here and there. Then drew my actual cup of coffee and also decided to put café in Spanish since that's what I drink, which is somewhat stronger than regular coffee.  And the Tea bag that I drew, is a regular size one.  I try to stain the paper with a real tea bag but is not too noticeable.

I hope this inspires somebody out there...

Bottom line... it felt REALLY GOOD to play again with my art supplies :)

Thanks for taking a look :)

 

Update from last post needing help

Has been a month an a half since my last post and boy!!! lots and lots had happened in my life.

I really appreciate the responses and moral support I got from all of you. I am writing this update from my last post needing help with the intention to continue posting about things that help me relax and be happy. And what I do in my little bit of "me" time :).

Last time I wrote here in my blog I was overwhelmed because of so many things going on in my life that I don't have time for my hobbies and my blog, but I guess that wasn't enough to make me realize that I need it to take it easy. At the beginning of July I started feeling a lot of pain on my mid back, then a week later my fingers on my left hand started tingling and feeling numb, then two days later the same with my toes, the next day was my arm but meanwhile my back was killing me all the time. Then two days later my face started going numb. Now that scared me!!! went to the doctor and to make a long story short, I went for lots of testing from a full blood test to MRI's, CT scans and other tests that I never heard of before, all within a month!

The results... all testing were normal. Nothing structural that was causing the symptoms. Nothing but STRESS causing me to have muscle spasms putting pressure on my never ending causing my left side to have numbness all over.

INCREDIBLE!!! I knew that stress can do weird things, but I never expected that to happen to me. But I am so strong, mentally, I thought to myself... NOPE, stress doesn't discriminate either.

So what did I learn from this scary month... That WE ALL NEED TIME FOR OURSELVES.

Yes, as simple as stupid as that sounds.

Ask yourself:

What do you do for fun?

What makes you happy?

How do you spend your "me" time?

I felt like I was dying quickly "physically" from all the symptoms I had, all because I didn't take care of myself "mentally"

I do feel somewhat better now, my body is not tingling or going numb anymore, even though my back still tingles and hurts half of what it was before.

So what did I do to HELP MYSELF? Because if you are going to something similar, let me tell you: NOBODY but YOU can do something about your STRESS.

Start doing what I like. I still have the same amount of things to do daily, like working, cooking, taking care of my family, etc.  But I take a little time here and there to do what relaxes me, to pick up my crochet even if is for 5 min. or embroider, or paint, etc. You wouldn't believe the relieve you feel to do what you love even if is for a short time.

And what I have noticed is that at the beginning you do it just for a few minutes but the feeling you get doing what you love is so amazing that you want to do it more and more.

I finally started working on my hobbies, soon I'll be posting about them.

Thank you so much for all the support and awesome advise I got from all of you :)

I hope this helps somebody out there :)

Summer Color: Crocheted Sunglass Case

Hello There :)

Here again :) Last night I made another sunglass case, but this one is for my daughter.
Love the coral color she chose, awesome for the summer here in Florida :)

Again I followed the same free pattern here on my Pinterest but this time I started with 8 chains, I used a worsted yarn and crochet hook size F/5 to make a tight stitch so the sunglasses don't get scratched :)

Pretty simple and very easy to make :)

I made it in one night :)

I hope this challenge you to make one for yourself :)

Thanks for visiting my blog :)

 

ICAD Day 3

Day 3: My Name :)

 

This is my little art for today :)

 

 

I made this with stamps as you can see:

 

• spelling my name
• the typewriter
• and the swirl

The heart was made with gelatos and a little water on the brush, finished with a black pen to simulate sewing :)

 

The cup is my own drawing with cheap bic color pens.

 

And the splashes is made with my homemade sprays.

 

Hope you like it, I really enjoyed making this and only took me around 15 minutes :)

 

 

ICAD week 1 - day 1 and 2

Hello everybody, I found a way to keep my creative juices going

by participating in the Index Card a Day (ICAD) Challenge.

You can get more information if you go the link above and

to the ICAD FAQ which has a lot more details about it.

 

This is my day 1: Prism

 

I don't get to do much art lately,

so I made it simple while my daughter was in piano lessons :)

 

 

And this is my Day 2: Circus Tent

 

I really wanted to do more that just a drawing

(I might go back and alter it later-on when I have a little more time)

 

but for now it will do, we are on Day 3 already

and have to get going :)

 

Happy making art :)