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Wednesday Wonderful world wide web

Okay - So I know noboby calls it world wide web anymore but I just like the alliteration with Wednesday so I went for it (lol)

I wanted to share some new sites I found for the start of the Month.  I`ve had time lately to finally go through and look at all those sites that I had bookmarked but didn`t have time to really look at.  So now I have compiled a new list of blogs I love in 2012.  These will also be added to my left sidebar und undder sites I love.

So without further ado here we go:

1- A young and ambitious site with lots of this and that:
http://diyphilanthropy.com/about/

2- Beautiful collaged like paintings:
http://judywise.blogspot.com/

3- This is Julie Nutting who I mentioned in my post where I had the drawing of the little girls (I found the source)  This is a beautiful playful, whimsical artist
http://julienuttingdesigns.blogspot.com/

4-http://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/
A fun read and great workshops

5-http://maryemmahawthorne.com/
This is actually the link to her site where she shows her portfoli0 - crazy, wild - I love it

6-http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.com/
Don't know why it took me so long to find this site - great inspiration for journaling pages

7- Beautiful pieces of work
http://arttakesavillage.blogspot.com/

8- Okay a little non-traditional but Kitty is now my favorite author - read her post on selling art here - this is the one that got me started.
http://kittykilian.nl/

9- I always have to mention Daniele Laporte - she is my hero and I wish she were my actual mentor
http://www.daniellelaporte.com/

10-Finally I have to mention Tamara Laporte - I am taking her Fabulous Faces online course right now
http://www.willowinglove.blogspot.com/\

So how's that for a fun day of blog hopping.  Let me know how you like them .  I am off to tell then all that I am adding them to my list of favs!

PS.  How do you like my border pictures- thought I'd put my doodle art to good use.

PSS.  I have new items for the shop - still have to take pictures and get them hopefully by tomorrow.  BTW the kits have all sold out except for one if you want to take a look.

PSSS. I may be singing up for my retreat this week - will let you know which one and when

Have a good good Wednesday all

 

Looking forward to Feb 7

In exactly one week from today – February 7 my new online class"Journaling From Inside" goes live.  Yippeeee.

 

Why am I so excited I'll tell you why..

 

First off you may have noticed that the name changed.  Apparently the term “from the inside out” is trademarked and so at the last minute I had to change it to Journaling From Inside.  As far as content goes that doesn’t change a thing for us so it's all good.

 

The exciting news is that this video has 6 parts, 8 parts if you include the intro and the supply section. 

 

It is a full 2 hours of online instruction.  We will "play at" making 5 different journal pages.

  

It’s lots of fun to do because we create some beautiful pages but also because it makes you think a bit about yourself – and that’s always a good thing since we women (especially) don’t spend enough time to take the time to think about ourselves.

  

So in the class I will ask you to take some time to ask yourself 3  key questions  These are:

- What adjectives do I use to describe myself today

- What adjectives do I wish could be descriptive of me today

- What are my crazy, crazy dreams that I never wanted to tell anyone.  (We’ll create a page to lock them away to review again next year!)

  

This one will really be a lot of fun so do join me.  There are lots of discussions forums on the Creative Workshops   site where my course is being held.  Use the discussion forums - I will be with you all the way!

 

So go here now to join me next week!

 

Here's another sneak peek video if you missed it the first time!

 

 

 

Fulfilling Fantasies on a Monday morning.

Well I am here in Starbucks writing this blog post to you.  This has been one of my fantasies sitting in Starbucks tapping away on the keyboard ! 

Okay well the real fantasy was to be sitting in Starbucks tapping away on the keyboard ... while I wait for my licensing agent to show up for our regulary scheduled meeting to discuss where we will launch my next new product line! 

That's the real fantasy - there I said it. I figure since I am sitting at starbucks and tapping away at the keyboard then I am halfway to my dream fantasy  - well almost - don't you think?

Anyhew, reality sets in on this monday morning.  Here are some of my doodles from this weeked:

This week I have few things to tell you about including sharing some great new blogs I have been finding, as well as another sneak peak to my new online class which starts next week!

But first, doodles from the weekend - from Starbuck's:

and some girls inspired by tags I saw on pinterest but no artist name - so sorry I can't give proper credit here!

Happy Happy Monday

 

Friday Etsy Favs and more

Happy Friday all.  I made a few changes to my blog - new banner, added flickr pictures, made some changes to new items.  BTW if you look on the right sidebar at the very top I always post anything new that comes up.  I update it frequently so have a look there regularly to see what's new.

Also been etsy hopping a lot and wanted to share a lot of my favorites these days ... check these guys out - unbelievable.

 

Have a good weekend all. Cathy

More doodling/sketching

Keeping occupied in the evening with colors and black and white:

Black and white abstract:

and more faces!

 

Happy, creative Thursday

 

Cathy

My latest obsessions (2)

I have 2 new obsessions - well not both are new, the first has always been an obsession:

 

Blank Journals

I know, I know it's crazy but I LOVE my journals!

And then I have been filling them with my next new obsession - drawing faces!  I am taking a class with Tamara Laporte which spurned these images.  Not quite there yet but it's coming:

Have a great creative day all!

 

Cathy

On Motivation

Have a good Monday All!

PS,  I took one of my drawings and used the lasso tool in photoshop to erase the center.

Cathy

New items in the shop

New items in the shop - check it out:

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Cathy

Valentine's preparation

Seems to me we just finished one big holiday (Christmas) and now we are all preparing for the next one - Valentine's day.  Ahh but this is a softer, gentler holiday to tell people we love, that we love them.  I promise to cover that this year.

Over at Shimmerz Stacey has a great promo on some beautiful new colors - just for valentine's day - check out these beautiful reds:

 

Go check it out over here

On a similar note I am preparing some new things for the shop re valentine's day - here's a sneak peak:

 

Have a good good creative day

 

Cathy

 

Sneak Peak to February 7

Hi all, I have been busy busy finishing off the details of my new online class coming out in February.

I created a new sneak peak video so you can see what's in store for you.  This will again be over at Creative Workshops and you can actually register now.  You can go over there and get more details too.

Here's the video - it's a little over 90 seconds.

 

Good wednesday

 

Cathy

Sketchbook Challenge

More stuff from my sketchbook as part of the Sketchbook Challenge:

 

My Copics are the best!

Leaf me alone  (LOL LOL)

 

ooops look again, not the same as the first one.

 

HaVe A GrEaT TuEsDaY

 

Cathy

Painting flowers with Shimmerz?

Happy Monday all. Today I am over at Shimmerz again and I am going to show you how I create flowers like those below using Shimmerz sprays - yes sprays.  

I made a  videothat shows you step by step how I did this.  Check it out over here

Also check out all the new colors that are out on the Shimmerz website.  They are special just for Valentine's day so please go and take a look.

Have a great, creative day

 

Cathy