Little Bliss List

Every Friday, Liv Lane hosts the Little Bliss List link party...it is about listing the little things that have touched our hearts and made us feel joy, peace, warmth, love and/or a little bliss during the past week. So, I'm jumping on the bliss band wagon.

My Little Bliss List this week...

1. I am ever so grateful for being creatively woken up by Beth Nicholls and her Do What You Love Class last year. I am forever more aware of the world around me.

2. Date night this week with Superman was a very special night out at the theatre. An old friend from my fundraising days at American Players Theatre offered me tickets to see Death of a Salesman and I, of course, said yes. Thanks, Jen!

3. An in your face reminder of where I live happened this past week. Attending the theatre meant a trip to Times Square - well a trip to 47th Street, close enough in my book. As a New Yorker, visiting Times Square is avoided, too many people, bright lights, it is such a NY cliche, blah, blah, blah - you just don't go near it. But this past week I had to and you know what, it was everything that I just mentioned, but it also reminded me that this small town, Midwest girl lives in NYC and that I need to take a little more advantage of what is available.

4. Spring, is officially here, at least the way that I measure the beginning of Spring - flowers in Shakespeare Garden in Central Park. It was also 60+ degrees this past week- yippee!

Click the button below and visit the link party to stalk a few other blogs. Get inspired by reading their blogs and remembering what brought you bliss and touched your heart this past week.

As always, thanks for being a part of my creative journey. - Lori

 

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday...

I am hopping on Julia's weekly hop, What's on your Workdesk Wednesday today over at Stamping Ground. I wasn't sure I was going to join.

This past week I have mostly spent my time revisiting and reworking my Hello Soul Hello Business lessons from the first half of class. The second half of class started just a couple of days ago,on Monday, and I am already behind...much to read, worksheets to do (you'll notice in the photo below that there is no writing on the worksheets) - sigh. I will get there.

Over the weekend I worked on a necklace for a dear family friend - one of my Mom's best friends. When I was home over the holidays she gave me her Mother's jewelry (a few necklaces, her wedding ring, her charm bracelet) and asked that I put it together into a necklace. You see, she saw the necklace I made out of my Gram's jewelry at her funeral and asked if I would help and do the same for her.

I made a lot of progress. You see, up until this weekend I was in demolition mode. Carefully taking pieces apart - sawing jump rings, removing charms (which will be shared with each of the children and grandchildren that are represented on their respective charm), taking part the watch, etc.

Cherished memories made into a repurposed necklace rather than sitting in a jewelry box and never being worn means so much to me. I'll be honest, this is the first time I am doing this for someone else and I was a little nervous that I would ruin or mess something up but I haven't and won't ...and I can honestly say that I am enjoying the process of creating a signature single piece out of her treasured memories.

I still have work to do, when you put this on everything clumps together. I am going to work on creating beads, similar to the gold piece that I created out of part of a necklace to hold the wedding ring on, to go in between each item so that there will be more space when worn.

Do you have cherished family jewelry that's sitting in a box and not being worn? Would you like a necklace or charm bracelet to be made out of the pieces? Feel free to send me an email at lorimoonstudio[@]gmail[.]com - FYI take the brackets [ ] out.

Feel free to hop over to WOYWW at Stamping Ground and stalk a few desks.

 

Shared Messages from the Universe - Step Aside

I've wanted to take this picture for awhile but I often have only thought about it during my commute to or from work and that means that it has been way to crowded to do so. This weekend I was with a girlfriend and on our way to Grand Central I was finally able to get the shot. She giggled when I took it, smiled and told me it was a great shot.

By the way, you know what it is like, right? To have something in mind that you want to capture or get done but something just gets in the way and you end up putting it off until later?
Well, I don't know about you but often for me, it usually means that I got in my own way.

Let me say that again - it usually means that I got in my own way.

I may have made an excuse or multiple excuses, this one goes through my head often (just due to my lack of space): I'll have to unpack all of those supplies...it will take a while....I only have a couple of hours...by the time I get the supplies out and then have to put them back...I will only end up creating/working on my project for an hour...never mind, that isn't enough time to really make an impact.

OMG...negative Lori needs to go away!

An hour to create! Really an hour to escape my head, my reality, to make something beautiful. Embrace the hour!

Step aside excuses!

Step aside inner critic!

Step aside voice of fear!

Step aside brain that over thinks everything!

STEP ASIDE!

Sunday Color Snippets - Spring

Spring is here and Central Park has started to bloom.

As the weeks unfold, I am sure that the colors of Spring will visit us on Sundays again so be sure and check back to see what else is blooming in Central Park.

Photo-Heart Connection

Kat Eye Studio is hosting the photo-heart connection project. On the first of each month we share the photo, that we took during the previous month, that speaks the loudest and the strongest to our heart and soul.

Of all the pictures that I captured during February, this one is the one that I keep going back to...it makes me smile.

I love the white painted bricks the contrast of the two windows, for some reason, just touches me.

You see, in NYC you need to capture a little of the outside natural world any way that you can and the person who lives in the apartment with that cute little window on the bottom has made a lot of effort to make that happen. Not only did they have to pay for the window (there is no way a landlord paid for that cute window) but they also needed to have it installed. Now they have a beautiful source of light and an indoor garden - so fun.

You see, I have already in my mind and heart imagined a story about the person who lives there. I imagine they have a cat who also likes the window, tons of books, and that the window is in their kitchen above the sink. I imagine that they dream as they wash their dishes enjoying the view of the High Line and surrounding buildings.

I have nothing to base my story on but that window and that makes me giggle - but creating a story, imaging what and who lives inside, even simply enjoying the contrast in the photo takes me back to that sunny afternoon walk with my BF and I smile.

Please enjoy stalking the Photo-Heart Connection blog post and visiting the other participant's links by clicking on the logo below. Enjoy having your heart warmed with the beauty of their photos.