listening to paper dolls

i'd love to hear of your favorite books!

here's an older sketch from last year. i thought it would be fun to bring it out of my old piles of sketches that i haven't yet shared.

(oh, i am still trying to figure out how to store art!)

& it would be fun to hear from you about your fav books! xo

speak the truth

i've seen these words on a number of posts across blogland & hooray to the heart of their origin! i wanted to play some part in spreading such brave encouragement. (etsy added with love)

art is everywhair!

here's where i sat

with the lovely one who refreshed my doo

& then picked my palette!

& then ready, set,

go!

big love to you in all you create, leap, & are!

xox

stepping into my life

i imagine us all stepping in together. x
(etsy added with love)

last weekend's heart travels

it was time for ~

play

& deepening of dear relationships
(even special ones who will braid hair!)

& naps

& walks

& love

may love follow ALL my dear friends home.

xoxox

dressed up in agates

home

artful blogging

wooo hoooo! all i did was listen is in the autumn issue of the awesome artful blogging magazine ~

my belly is filled with such happy gratitude to be beside all of you artful & heartful bloggers!

bleach pens

last weekend i got to play at jen's house.

(from http://paintedfishstudio.com/)

she hosted an art party w/lots of fun new tools

to experiment with.

i tried out the bleach pen.

lots of fun to wash it away & see what emerged underneath!

lots of love to all that's emerging for you. xo

prayer wall

i've found myself fascinated by prayer walls across the world. i've never seen one in person/only read of them & seen images of these precious & plentiful papers tucked collectively into the heart of a wall. i now add mine to our blog wall. feel free to tuck yours in too if you so wish.
(etsy added w/love) xo

a true story

remember my post about deer life (dated june 11, 2010)? well, one recent morning, i had my first cup of coffee & imagined a deer standing right next to me & got teary & it felt beautifully real.

i left from there to head off to the grocery store & on my way back...

i saw a deer. i pulled off the road & talked to this beautiful being for a moment & looked into eyes that reflected everything good & lovely & true & full of promise. oh my goodness, imagine all YOU sit near! xox

(& more art coming next week/i promise!)

rest

i hear out in blogland

& within my own body & soul

a need for such replenishment

& i breathe this in

alongside each of you now. xo

orange blossoms

i shared with a friend how i wonder if heaven could smell like lily of the valley & asked if she ever thought about what heaven smells like & she quick as lightening responded "yes! like orange blossoms!". i now wonder what yours might smell like.. xo

fireworks from my fourth

day & night

one. playing apples to apples with my family. two. shelter. three. seeing bunnies & birds outside in the morning. four. naps. five. a love letter from a friend. six. hugs. seven. honesty. eight. flowers. nine. hair extensions. ten. harp music. eleven. the magic of dusk. twelve. sweet dreams.
(to be continued) & an embrace to all your heart lists.

passing on the love

i found this egg at the base of a tree, closed,

while on a walk this week.

i picked it up & kept walking,

holding it in my hand,

wondering wildly

about it's yokey message

& a half-block later

i opened it & found

a paper guitar & pick.

i now sit with this

new friend & wonder

about the music that might

keep rising, informing, inspiring me...

& i remain open & thankful.

oh, don't we all need

such gifts from the sea,

from a tree,

from deeply beautiful

you & me?!

passing on the love...xo

on the lookout...

simply...

(& have you heard the saying,

that what one focuses on, grows?)

xox

blogland of friends

i recently met jen from http://paintedfishstudio.com/! it is so fun to meet a sister art blogger in person! she was wearing a super cool fish necklace & carried a polaroid camera & was complete with dreams swimming around in her heart & is more beautiful than she even knows!
we talked about how special this blogland of friends is. lots of love poured out to all of my dear blogland friends & by the way, what ice cream flavor would you hope for? xo

hot

have you ever noticed that when you continue listening to what you love...it starts showing up in your clothing? i say, go with it & give it all you've got! xo (etsy added with love)