Travel journal...

I spent the weekend

fixing my sewing machine

and with much determination

I wanted to make a journal for an upcoming trip..

and I'm glad I persevered...

this is the cover of my travel journal..

 

(This is a giclee print from DJ Petitt)

I'll be posting the pages of this journal soon..

As for the trip, I've been looking forward to it..

It's not our usual trip as tourists

but more so with a purpose..

something I've been wanting to do for a long time.....

And so I wish you a happy happy week ahead

love always 

steph

Thinking of you....

6x6 collage on chipboard

The main image is a personal collection from 

my travel photography "faces" series.

As I sat down to put this piece together

I remembered my little Cambodian girl

with much fondness.

I have been thinking, meditating and searching,

and "I pray for your safety..." 

xo

steph

random post..

 art journal pages with acrylic background and collage
waiting for me to write on.
but for pages like these ..
they're best left that way...

steph

Basic goodness...

"We can awaken to basic goodness,

our birthright"

Pema Chodron

Here's wishing you a good week ahead!!!

blessings...

steph

Let it go......

and so I present more pages from my little collage book

(I took these photos a while back)

"We are awakened to the profound realization that
the true path to liberation is to let go of everything"

Jack Kornfield

steph

Monday post....

have a good week!!
steph

collage study...

I've been doing much paper and scissors collage lately

simply because I wanted continuity in my creative process 

and 

I am learning so much

from it all

and

once I start pasting down my collage materials...

very soon I find myself engaging in layers of shapes, colors, looking for dark and light shades etc....

and

often times when there's an urge to use a particular image or collage material

I said to myself..."just do it" as it's pure experimentation in every way...

"song of joy"- collaged ephemera

6"x6" chipboard

I critique my own work thereafter and just like this piece, I certainly can see

some changes I would make

but I love this anyway...... :))

the way it is

it reminds me of the learning process I've so enjoyed..

truly refreshing.

Have an artful weekend!!

steph