Day 16 May Flower Challenge & WOYWW

 Welcome to day 16 of the May Flower Challenge.

I'm fascinated with flowers. They are all over my tiny apartment. I photograph them all the time. I draw, paint, doodle them, create them out of paper... I also see them all over the NYC. Each day I will post flowers and I hope that you will join in. The only rules are that your blog post or flickr photo that you link must contain flowers. Click above on the May Flower Challenge Page to learn more.  

Today I'm not only hosting the May Flower Challenge but I am also linking up with WOYWW. You might be wondering what that stands for... What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday. It is a weekly hop that Julia at Stamping Ground hosts. She has a large following but don't let that intimidate you - it just means that you'll get new visitors to your blog because someone is bound to hop by. 

Today I am brave enough to share my desk, after I moved the pile of mail that was covering most of it). Ahhh, the joys of small NYC apartment (multi-use surfaces).  Going clockwise: watercolors, beads, pens/markers, my magnifier glasses so I can see, exacto knife and paint cards, rubber for making stamps, washi tape, Blick sale flyer and a little plastic bag full of paper leaves cut for my flower power kindness wire flowers.

The flygirls from my Flying Lessons class trade ATC's every month. In the past I've only participated once (purely because I just couldn't balance working full time, doing them and everything else). But, this month the theme was April Showers Bring May Flowers - how cold I pass that up?!

I used watercolors and markers.

Some Forget-Me-Knots below.

A few flowers and a few tangles.

Participate by linking your blog post to my blog post. Each day during May, starting on May 1st, on my blog post I will have a linkytool available so that you can link your specific blog post (not just your blog but the post itself) to my blog post. And, please remember to link back.

Participate by linking to the flickr group - May Flower Challenge- and adding a photo of your flower creation. Make sure you add your photo to the linky below each day that you post.

Don't forget to hop over to Stamping-Ground and visit a few desks this week for WOYWW.

WOYWW and My New Obsession

It has been a little while since I have linked up with WOYWW but I have been playing with pens again (and my iPhone and Instagram) so I thought I would share.
White pen on black paper...so much fun and relaxing at the end of my busy days. (Sorry for the shadows, but Superman is still sleeping this morning.)

Please visit Julia's site at Stamping Ground and stalk a few desks.
Also, my addiction to Paper Coterie's April Instagram challenge continues:
During the past few weeks I have discovered Instagram and am playing with textures. I have decided to get better at using my iPhone as a camera by playing along with Paper Coterie and their April Photo Challenge. This month's theme is connecting and getting to know each other. Scroll below to get to know a little bit more about me.

Day 4: My Reflection

Day 5: My Favorite Shoes

Day 6: My Morning

Day 7: My Town

Day 8: My Sunday

Day 9: My True Love (Superman is camera shy)

I hope that you have a wonderful Wednesday.

By the way, I am guest posting on Meg Boone's blog tomorrow. Meg is a Happiness Instigator and a Creative Coun-SOUL-er (can I just say that those are 2 of the best titles ever) She recently asked me to do a guest post. So, please visit her tomorrow to see what I have to say about one of my believe statements:

I believe that true happiness

comes from feeding your soul

with your true passion.

March Color Challenge & WOYWW

I'm participating in Louise Gale's Creative Color Challenge during 2012 and this month's challenge is Tranquil Blues.  

I had a lot of fun creating this tangle/doodle. It was relaxing, especially while watching tv after my crazy day job, so this probably won't be the last one that you see.

 My favorite part is this last picture of the sailboat with the bird on the top of it.

Hop on over (by clicking the logo below) and check out the other tranquil blue color challenge participants.

I'm also linking up with Julia at Stamping Ground's weekly WOYWW.