Here’s today’s page.

If I had 20 minutes yesterday, I only had 10 today. I went to work for a meeting and didn’t get home until 5:15 and light was almost completely gone. I was going to give up but then i saw this butterfly. And I grabbed my water-soluble crayons and i just decided to have fun quickly. I did red to light orange on the back ground. Added a fabric house, the butterfly and some text. That’s it. Super quick. Look how crooked my letters are. I really had no time. It was do this or do nothing.

As for the words, today was the first day in a good two weeks i relaxed. I slowly did some to-do items and I got a bunch of work done but I didn’t feel unbelievably stressed and worried and I remembered that life is good. It *is* good. I need to remember it more and let go of anxiety more.

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Here’s today’s page. I am still enjoying the watercolors.

I did more walking today. I even mixed in a bit of running. Very little but it made a lot of difference. I am trying to psych myself up and that’s what today’s page is all about.

I used watercolors, made a flower from ribbon, water colored it, adhered it to another flower and added a few beads.I’ve been wanting to use my handwriting for a while and even though i hate hate hate it, i used it anyway. I know, it looks terrible…Sorry.

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Here’s how it looks in the book.

Another water-color based class that uses the Maya Mists.

When I did my walk this morning, I was listening to “How to Stop Worrying” by Dale Carnegie. The first chapter was about living in one-day increments. That today is all you have so you should focus on it with all your might. Live it fully. Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow but do not be anxious over it. There’s a lot more there and, of course, most of it is obvious but I still wanted to make a reminder page.

I used more Maya Mists on the letters. It was the only color I hadn’t used and I love it. I did my background using water colors. Then i glued down my letters and some flowers. I created the stems with white pen and glued a few beads in the middle of the flowers. Added the date and that’s it.

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Another day another page. I’ve been rushing these, to be honest. I have been doing them in 20 minutes or so. Once the big todo list items are off my list, I am hoping to do some more pages. Maybe prettier ones? I am not even sure I’m capable to be honest.

This one was inspired by thoughts I’ve been having lately about who creates obstacles in your life and who judges you and who helps you soar. The kind of people you need to shed. The kind of people you need to be more thankful for. etc. The only person stopping you is you. Let yourself soar.

I got a package of Maya Road goodies thanks to the amazing Caroline. And it had some mists! I’ve never used MR mists so I tried them immediately. Used some on the cage and the bird and the letters. Then I stamped on them. Then I traced them. I added some leaves, a ribbon and inked the paper a bit to match. This paper was already in my book. It was from a Rebecca Sower kit I’d bought a long time ago so I’d used it when I put my art journal together. I am glad I got to use it today. (and Amber just helped me figure out that it’s the Sweetness paper from My Mind’s Eye’s Laundry Line. Love it!)

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And here’s page eight.

This is made using Distress Inks and water. I stamped a bird from The Girls’ Paperie Toil and Trouble stamps using inks and water and then I “painted” the background using more ink and water.

This is what I realized yesterday as I was so down and then that package came. That we’re rarely as alone as we think we are. We might be like this bird sitting on a branch and seeing nothing in front of us but that doesn’t mean there isn’t another bird behind us, watching out for us and having our back. You’re Never as alone as you think you are.