Hi there,
Yeah it's me. It's been a really really long time since I've been online in this capacity. Recreational 'online' time has been sorely limited since I became gainfully employed back in 2017. Also, I made another major move back up to the PNW... heavy on the N part... ending up in Washington State. I love it here.
The vibe is one I can relate to..
Now that's not saying PDX wasn't a cool place, but for me - I felt very alone there. It's definitely a "bring your own life" kinda place.
Here in WA, as I stated, I became employed - two jobs... but then again, did you expect any less from me - Oh, and to the point of this BLOG, I've also acquired a hobby - yes - I'm back being creative "EVERYDAY" - this time, however, not with words, but with color (as she fans her jazz hands over her face in the shape of a large heart).
Thanks to one of my besties, who was helping through some grief (huh?) yeah uh no I didn't blog about it so I guess I don't wanna talk about it - so yeah, let's just call it a file from "The Lost Blog" and move forward. Anyway, I started scrapbooking - omygosh I hated scrapbooking - oh and journaling bleech... anyway, I ended up with all this pretty paper. I was like, what in the world will I do with all this pretty paper.
I lined some shelves and made really cute grocery list and... and then another 'thing' happened and I decided to write 100 letters to some people and didn't have any 'paper' so ... using my ingenuity and creative thinking, I decided to write my letters on the back of the pretty paper... oh man that was cute...
No envelopes... oh well I'll just fold this pretty paper..
Paper and Tape... what a party!
100 letter's later I was like... WHEW I enjoyed that ... of course only about 4 out of 10 people that I wrote did because of the difficulty in opening the heavily taped hand made envelopes and wonky wildly colored hand drawn and lettered - hard to read letters aka cards.
I didn't think let those haters kill my joy, however, I did kinda "stop" writing letters and actually I stop writing all together and actually what I did was I just plain ol' stop talking to people (another file in the Lost Blogs). I got sick I got well, I got sick again, I got well, I moved, I started working a billions hours a week on my two jobs, got a few more grandchildren, and found my spiritual life again... my REAL joy and true inner happy place... and that's when COLOR appeared out of the darkness that was my life up till then.
My friend who helped me through my grief was now a painting her way through some grief of her own and she came to see me in WA bringing some paint... some very messy paint. We spent and evening getting our hands very messy - and that's when I feel in love with the freedom.
The freedom to make a mess... I've taught my grandchildren to love getting messy and any students who are looking for a way to spend their time instead of doing what they are assigned.
Messy Hands are happy hands... wheee!
ahem
okay so yeah this was a long blog... and probably the most I'll say during this wonderful phase of my life.
So just sit back and enjoy my color... basic cards, new inky techniques, stamping, painting, and more... all fun and lovely.
