Daydreaming...

Art Every Day...my day 3

Every Monday, at my day job, there is a staff meeting. Last week, I doodled part of the above. Yesterday, I added to it.
This was the extent of my creativity. Mondays for me can be stressful. My energy was zapped by the end of my work day which was coupled with grocery shopping on the way home (this requires schlepping and public transportation).
A fellow member of my Fly Tribe, Julie, posted her much prettier version of "words of inspiration" last week. You can see it here on her blog. Great minds think alike.
I hope your day is filled with inspiration. No matter where you have to be, discover the inspiration within you.

AEDM and Shared Messages from the Universe

Art Every Day Month continues...

As a jewelry artisan, I love to take a sheet of metal, a saw, a hammer and create something beautiful. With a day job, I don't always have the time or the energy that it takes to do this. So, over the weekend I decided to make a pair of my signature earrings. Sterling silver wire, handmade ear wires and freshwater pearls (2.5 inches long).

I had forgotten how much I love to make these, which is funny because I love to wear them. I have 3 pairs. I even sold a pair off my ears in Central Park a couple of years ago.

I've decided to create more pairs likes this with different pearls and offer them in my long awaited etsy store. FYI: my etsy store currently only exists in my dreams but is on my list of goals. I'll keep you posted.

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Shared Messages from the Universe

For those of you joining me from AEDM, on Mondays I share a message that I received from the universe during the past week. You know, that billboard or sign that you drive/walk by every day, and never notice, until that one time when you needed to read it because the message held true meaning for you right at that place and time.

The message this week is below (and for full disclosure it is part of a great ad campaign for Levi's - which I get nothing for mentioning except to show that messages from the universe come in many forms from many sources). I love the sky, the vast openness that i translate to anything is possible.

This message came at the right time this past week, rough day at my day job, and it reminded to stay on my creative path.

How will you "Go Forth" today? How will you move forward and not get stuck in the negative inner critic corners of your mind, (by the way, we all have them)?

I encourage you to be brave today. Go Forth!

Take one small step toward your ever growing dream - even if your step is to dream bigger - that IS a step.

Sunday Color Snippets

It's Art Every Day Month!  You can read more about it at Creative Every Day.  

Many of my fellow fliers are participating and after my hiatus this past week and a very creative day yesterday - I thought "what the heck, I'll jump in, too".  So, jumping in I am.

I visited the Green Market at Union Square yesterday. (this is my favorite shot)

I love going early, when the restaurant chefs are still shopping, before the every day New Yorker gets in the mix, simply because it can get too busy to take pictures.

I've combined a few pepper shots into a mosaic.

Enjoy your Sunday! I hope it is filled with color.

Friday Frenzy and I Admit, I've Been Playing Hooky

I admit, I've been playing blog hooky...my last couple of weeks were beyond busy. So, for the past few days I chose to click through the blog links that are on my previous post, leave comments, and support my fellow flyers instead of blog or create art.

So, this weekend, will be filled with creative and reconnecting frenzy:

• Picture taking - I am in need of some inspiration from the city around me. (Saturday morning artist date - just me and my camera.)

• Yoga - relaxing, restorative yoga.

• Jewelry making, wiring twisting, earrings!

• Saturday date night with my BF, aka Superman.

• Sunday morning in - with the paper (yes, the printed NYTimes), coffee, Tucker, and breakfast with the BF.

• Blog assessment and plan. Since completing Blogtoberfest, I have been reviewing traffic and this weekend will make a plan for my blog posts. Themes, which days to post, etc... Did you have a favorite?

So, not too much frenzy but still a full weekend.

How will you spend your weekend? Is it filled with frenzy?

Blog Hop - - Spreading Our Wings

During the past 6 months I've reconnected with inner artist. I've taken 3 e-courses and have connected online with some very creative and wonderful people.

• I've learned to carry my camera with me everywhere I go now. You will often see me stopped busy taking random pictures (scroll back through my posts to see some of my recent photos). I love to take pictures! 
• I carved a stamp and will use it to print my own wrapping paper and embellish my packaging for my online store. Click here to see my previous post.
• I created my first Artist Trading Cards. These are 2 1/2 x 3 1/2, never sold and traded with other artists. I used my flower photograph, painted with acrylics, and used beads to embellish the cards. Here they are finished and being inspected my cat, Tucker.

• Recently, I've been inspired by fellow flyer, Tracey at Chickpea Studio, to create pendant jewelry out of my photographs (supplies are being shipped to me as I write this) so I hope to share them with you in a couple of weeks. I am so excited!

So, my dear friends, I am spreading my wings. I'm learning to fly.
- A big thank you to Beth @ Do What You Love for allowing me to play and remember that I am an artist!
- Thanks to Kelly Rae Roberts and her Flying Lessons e-course for giving me wings and the encouragement to blog and connect (most importantly for the private facebook connection to all these wonderful artists - see below).
- And, thanks to Andrea @ Superhero Photo for helping me remember how playful taking photographs is and that I should doing it everyday.

More about my fellow artists that I've met along the way, specifically in KRR's class. I cannot say enough about the creativity and the artistry that each of these ladies possesses. They each have their own style, their own gift to this world, and they inspire me each and every day.  

Please visit their blogs or websites below and become inspired.  By the way, I encourage you, this year, to shop handmade. So visit, comment on their blog and bookmark what you like so when you start your Christmas shopping you can easily return! 

Remember, we love comments, so if you are inspired please leave a comment, follow or subscribe to each blog so you can stay in touch.

Amaranthine Violet:  http://magic-gypsy.blogspot.com/

Amy Hillenbrand:  http://amyhillenbrand.blogspot.com

Beatriz Peñas B.:  http://beatrizbepe.blogspot.com/

Beth Cougler Blom:   http://sobliss.wordpress.com/

Carmen Patti:  http://carmenpattistudio.com/wordpress/

Carol Bray:  http://theredpaintedcottage.blogspot.com

Christina Fajardo:  http://christinafajardo.blogspot.com/

Cindy Jones Lantier:  http://www.lantier.org

Connie Rawlins :  http://www.dabblinginlife.blogspot.com/

Dana Brock: http://www.dzynbydana.blogspot.com

Deborah Velásquez : http://deborahvelasquez.blogspot.com

Elissa Brown:  http://thefreckledarmy.blogspot.com

Hillary Courson:  http://www.hillarycourson.com

Jacquie Williamson:  http://www.jacquiewilliamson.blogspot.com/

Jane Paynting: http://inkspiredwings.wordpress.com

Janet Forrest: http://tatterednworn.wordpress.com/

Jennifer DeVille:  http://jenniferdeville.com/blog/

Jill Lambert :  http://www.jill-lambert.blogspot.com/

Julie Hamilton:  http://spaark.wordpress.com

Kanchan Mahon:  http://Kanchan-Mahon.blogspot.com/

Karen Claverie:  http://giddyupletsride.blogspot.com

Kari DeSaulnier:  http://karidesi.blogspot.com/

Kathleen Conard : http://newfromoldcreations.blogspot.com/

Kathleen McKinnon:  http://harmonyschoolhouse.com/expressions-blog.html

Kathy May:  http://kathymaydesigns.org

Kelley Miller:  http://www.kelleymillerartworks.blogspot.com/

Kelly Corso:  http://birdinatreecreations.blogspot.com/

Kelly Hoernig:  http://www.kellyhoernig.blogspot.com/

Kim Hyer:  http://www.apaperaddict.com/

Kris Lanae Binsfeld:  http://cherishdesigns.wordpress.com

Lenore Angela:  http://www.lenoreangela.blogspot.com/

Linda Barutha:  http://lindabaruthadesigns.blogspot.com

Lisa Michele Products: http://www.lisamicheleproducts.blogspot.com/

Liza Zeni Baker:  http://lizazeni.wordpress.com/

Lynn Richards:  http://alittlebluesky.blogspot.com

Lori Leissner:  http://leissnerart.blogspot.com

Mary Cottingham:   http://www.barnbugstudio.blogspot.com/

Mary Sterk:  http://justmarydesigns.wordpress.com

Megan Schmitt:  http://www.schmittenwithwords.blogspot.com/

Melanie Douthit:  www.douthitgallery.blogspot.com

Michelle Dwyer:  http://www.magnetisedbylife.com/

Michelle Reynolds:  http://shellsinthebush.blogspot.com/

Rachél Payne (Rae):  http://collectingyourself.wordpress.com/

Rain Hannah:  http://honeyandollie.com/

Rhiannon Connelly:  http://www.starrybluesky.wordpress.com

Ruth-Mary Smith:  http://patchworkfamilieshub.blogspot.com

Sherry Richert Belul: http://simplycelebrate.net/cherry-blossom-soup

Shirley Ann:  http://leonardarenaissancewoman.blogspot.com/

Stacey Chadwick Brown:  http://staceybrownarts.blogspot.com/

Susan M. Walls-Beverly: http://www.susanscharmingtrinkets.blogspot.com

Teresa Cash-Czech: http://www.asmilemaker.com/

Tina Carlborg:  http://www.tinachicky.blogspot.com/

Tonya Love:  http://passport2creativity.com/

Ursula Smith:  http://www.EasyScraps.com/blog

Zulma Cadena:  http://edustory.wordpress.com/

Mary Cottingham  http://www.barnbugstudio.blogspot.com

Special Thanks to Michelle Reynolds for the use of her artwork(http://shellsinthebush.blogspot.com/)! Thanks for hopping with us!