LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME

one day we are in the mountains enjoying the sun

the next day we are at the beach enjoying the sun

no explanation necessary

CURRENT HEART ART AND ANTICIPATION FOR SOMETHING NEW

I have had several charm packs of this fabric line for a while...moda?...and finally decided to DO SOMETHING with them. I sewed a free hand heart with two squares, stuffed it with scraps, and trimmed it with my cool wavy rotary cutter.

added some buttons (a reminder to keep working on the true story)

added trim and dangled a bell to ward off evil spirits with happy jingles

Picked from lots of ephemera (of course I had a hard time actually USING anything, hence the collection - I might need it later, right?! LOL)

Voila - a string of heart art next to my growing line of liberated hearts. (Liberated hearts, free from old emotional baggage!)

Or, a little clogged with cheese?

If all the hearts make you feel crabby...

I am using the rest of the charm packs for this

and another charm pack for this

And then today I started subtly shifting my thoughts from red/pink to green. I gathered these up and and am smiling with anticipation...to be continued!

MUCHOS GRACIAS!

Ola mis amigos en Sul America! Muchos muchos gracias!

Explanation - The other day I noticed that other blogs have a cool map that shows where in the world people are who look at your blog. I LOVE that! My dear sweet husband listened to my babbling excitement over this map and....asked his work friends in South America to check it out. :)  Look at all those red dots from fabulous exotic countries!!!! Nice. Very very nice.

SIGNS OF SPRING

shadows

song birds

daffodils

primroses

quilting in the garden

HEART ART

Mary Engelbreit heart art that hangs in my creative corner

An old favorite Robert Kaufman fabric

hearts!

2001 Peanuts fabric

Tammy Gilley creates great art and blogs about it here: http://tammygilley.blogspot.com/

She suggested that we create some heart art, perhaps a heart a day?! I LOVE it! Five hearts and counting...

MORE WORD PLAY...REALLY?

Ahhh...a coping skill that has become absorbed into every day life...a daily mantra...all done! (inspired by Tonya Ricucci's book Word Play)

Leftovers

Time to play

"REALLY?" is my new coping skill to use when I am in a situation where another human being is being mean. REALLY? Are you REALLY saying that and being mean? This coping skill reminds me that I have the power to not swirl in the negative energy.

I didn't have enough six inch blocks to go around, so I cut them in half to use for the border!

Quiltherapy...one word at a time. I love it! REALLY!