leaping

and the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

anais nin

as the taking flight class wraps up this week i am feeling very, very grateful for all the information kelly has so abundantly given us. i can't even begin to say enough good things about this course. but because there's just so much material covered each week, at times i find myself not being able to take it all in as it seems a bit daunting. so, for now, i am just letting it simmer in the back of my mind. then as i need certain pieces of information i can refer back to it as i really jump full force now into this creative art journey!! i am just soooo excited, motivated and determined, more than ever before!

almost there!

i always have a cat on my chair and josie under my feet when at my drafting table

see...this commission is almost done...in the home stretch now! pretty good huh?!

evolving

plunging into my commissions

"To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan … believe … act!"

Alfred A. Montapert

maggie and sassy are now underway. establishing their features, proportion to each other, tones, etc. i have to work fast now in order to get them done in less than a week and then on to my next commission of toy poodles and of course the oak tree painting that i've been working on like forever it seems.

hot fun in the summer time

thought i'd kick off the first day of summer with this very old photo of me when i was 9! on that birthday i received a totally awesome cardboard lemonade stand...along with that really cool hat and shades ( don't worry, the beer can was actually a bank)! that was my first taste of being an entrepreneur...and i was quite successful at it, i'll have you know!! hope i'm as successful with my photographs when i launch my new etsy shop next month!!!

joy

every minute of joy makes you gain ten more days of life.

~paulo coelho~

what an awesome morning i had hiking in the mountains near my sister's home. i had to drop my daughter off for her ACT test really early at the community college so i thought i'd take josie and go hike a different trail, and i'm so glad i did...the marine layer just added so much to the beauty all around me! and i met a very nice woman on the trail who was a bit mixed up on how to get back down, so we walked down together and chatted the whole way. we enjoyed each others company so much we're meeting up for another hike in a few weeks! funny how the universe sets these meetings up...especially after kelly rae just talked about this very thing in her e-course...building a supportive community of creatives both on-line and in person! life is so fun and intriguing!!

interestingly too, just out of the blue the commissions have been flowing in with no effort at all on my part...i love that! so, i will be sharing the process with you as i work hard to get them done in a timely manner for my clients!

hope your weekend is going along as well as mine!

make each day a masterpiece

success is peace of mind

which is a direct result of self satisfaction

in knowing you made the effort

to do the best of which you are capable

john wooden