Free Yourself...

It's so renovating to free yourself at least for one minute.
No kidding.
Take one minute to relax and free yourself of your surroundings, go to quiet area and sit down and meditate, put your mind in blank... and if you just can't like me, during that one minute of meditation, repeat to your self:
"Free Yourself" and you'll see what a difference it makes...

Black and White

My daughter last night was craving for some time together and she knew I was tired, so she came up with the idea of "sitting down and making art" so cute! so we did :)

I took advantage of it and did some drawings with charcoal pencil for the DLP challenge this week which is Black and White:

As you can see I am not an expert but I relax and had fun.

That's what is all about right?

My Passion...

I really don't know how to start this post... but one thing I have in my mind is... passion...

Some time ago I started looking into how to better my blog and one advice that kept on coming up was to blog about what I am passionate about. 

Then I started asking myself...

What is my passion?

How do I know that when I like a little bit of everything.

I like crochet, knitting, art journaling, scrapbooking, embroidery, and everything else that I can put my hands on and make something new out of. 

Then, I started reading books about how to find my passion.  Listening and watching to tons of youtube videos about finding your passion. But the one thing that came to me always is that I love to read.

For a while there I started using my relaxing time sitting by my computer just to read about things I like. No specific theme at all, just whatever drives me that day, and read about it.

Another advice I read about was to be yourself.  And that's what I am doing here, right now.

I am being myself, writing about what I like, writing about what I read and transfer it to people out there hoping it will help somebody one way or another.

That has been one of my dreams for quite some time now. TO HELP PEOPLE.

How? I really don't know. 

I started my first blog Storytime and More when my daughter was very little. With the idea of helping moms out there connect with their child, the same way I was connecting with my daughters. Teaching their own kids and having fun at the same time. I had a passion for it, no doubt.  But things changed over time, my kids have grown somewhat, one is 9 and the other one is 19 :) so things are a little different, as they become more independent.

Then... I open this blog simply because that's what I like to do. I like to write (not talk, I am quite shy) lol and I like to help people out there. Becase believe it or not, I don't have friends. Only family and coworkers and those who I have met through my blogs and other forums. But even like that I feel that I can still help :)

So there you have it. That's ME. And the answer to my question. My passion? To read, to educate myself and others, and help people as much as I can. I hope this blog will help me do just that. Time will tell me how, I'll just go with the flow for now :)

Thanks for your patients reading this post :)

Clemencia

Move Before You Meditate

I just heard this video and really never thought about it... to move and let all your wiggles out, move all your negative energy out of your body before meditating, as well as all your negative thoughts.

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 :)