This week's question is: "What are you crossing your fingers for?"

It's always been my dream to get to work from home when I had kids. With David, I was able to accomplish this dream and I worked from home for the first 18 months of his life. It was totally what I imagined and dreamt of and I loved every moment of it. With Nathaniel, I didn't think it was going to be possible. I work at a much bigger company now and people don't work from home here. Especially in my position. So a few weeks ago, when I went in to talk to my manager, I didn't think there was a chance he would let me work from home. I thought I was going to have to quit.

As it turns out, I am the luckiest girl in the world. It will take a title change and learning some new things, but it looks like I will be able to work from home full time. This is what I had been crossing my fingers for, for months. I am still crossing them for fear of jinxing anything.

I used a lot of paint on this one. I picked some papers I liked and collaged them on to the tag. Painted with white, off-white, brown, and light yellow paint. Inked edges and added some inking on the tag for dimension. I then cut out a house from grungeboard and painted it white. I took wings and painted them gold and then heated it up close for the texture. I inked my house a bit and added some words and a little key and bling and voila!



I am combining Emily Falconbridge's art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.