Difference

Wow, what a difference a day makes. I was all happy in the previous post about my project. This morning I woke up with a sense of dread and panic. A thousand thoughts of doubts raced around in my mind. I can't do this. It's impossible. It will look like crap.

I kept thinking about my 4-H project, though. Back when I was 15 and made a 3-piece outfit in about 2 months. That was crazy, my parents later told me. I didn't think it was. I didn't know...I just wanted to win a ribbon. Haha. I tried to apply that logic here. It took a while but I'm beat the doubt for the moment. We'll see what happens when the action I'm clueless about starts. hehe

Now to figure out how to paint the world.

Post Picture: Pieces of the secret project puzzle. :)

Secret Ops

There's a contest. I want to enter that contest. Asked some questions, read some blog posts, I have a loose plan and am going for it.

I'd been quietly craving a new project for a while. Working on elpy is enjoyable. Every once and a while the urge to create something entirely new takes over and I've found it's best to go with it. Can't be very specific right now, but as things become available I'll share them...or I'll make you sweat and wonder. hehe



The project is bringing me back to my first love: paper-crafting. I use to make some pretty crazy things for school assignments (paper guns that did kinda shoot when you squeezed them, a cannon that shot with the aid of rubber bands, moses and the red sea, a pueblo town out of old cartons). It's also affirming that I will always be crafty, which I have struggled with accepting and wondered how long it would last.

I'm in a happy place right now.

Post Pictures: Some of the pictures I've taken of my progress. Nothing really specific, just kinda artsy. Rebel XS, I love you, I promise to learn how to work with you better.

ThisNext:: ccdoodle

I like long shirts. I like striped shirts. I like this shirt.

Happy July!

One of a kind from super-cool Hawaiian designerccdoodle.

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WB- Flora

The fourth was spent quietly with family. I sanded some more magnet blanks. (not sure if my family might not be happier than I am that that's done.) We made hamburgers and fries and ate like kings...who didn't know how to count calories. hehe

On Sunday I went with a friend back to Elizabeth Park's rose garden. I forgot my UV filter but managed to get a few nice shots. Then we met up with some other friends and people I knew once upon a time. I'm seeing I need to be with people more. I like the hermit artist life, crafting away and posting it to the 'net. But socializing is important, too.

Post Picture: An unedited pic from the park...inside the little gallery they have.

Happy Independence Day!

America turns 233 today! Somehow, there are no fireworks in my area until next week. Odd right?

Anyway, hope you all had a great day! :)