A little over a month ago I joined a Journaling group on yahoo. this group shares such great enthusiasm for Art and Journaling. the groups moderator Sarah Whitmire, offers unique, stimulating, and expressive journal prompt unlike other journaling groups that I have seen.

one such prompt was a "Shared Experience" the objective is to write a hand written letter about an experience or experiences that effected your life for the better or worse. then send it to "Fellow Soul Journaler" via snail mail. addresses provided by the Moderator. to protect identities of senders.

I received my letter and immediately was touched by the senders sincerity. the "Soul Journaler" wrote about her husbands addiction to pornography and the struggles that tried their marriage due to it, but not her love nor devotion to him.

my job was to take all that I read and create a Journal page then post it to the groups "Shared Experience" Album. to my surprise I received an email congratulating me on being the new Homepage artist...how cool is that?! they used my "Shared Experience" page as their homepage artwork.

Please visit Souljournaling@yahoo.com and become a member. share your most precious experiences with us. enjoy the hundreds of photos as well as the always positive feedback offered by the wonderful, artful, soulful jornalers.

ATC Cards

My ATC cards are cut out of heavy card stock. I painted the cards with acrylics, colored pencils and sealed with a clear varnish.
A little history on ATC s Information found on Wikipedia.org
Art trading cards can be seen as the modern incarnation of several much older artistic forms. Because of their small size and usually modest price they have been linked to portrait miniatures, which flourished in the 14th century, and were often used as advertisements by wealthy merchant families in arranging marriages for their daughters. Until this time art collecting was mainly the hobby of the Noble and Royal classes.
In later centuries artist trading cards were used throughout Europe and America as art training tools. Artists would trade the cards between themselves to study each others techniques and explore new art movements. The cards paid a particularly important role in the Impressionists art movement. The Impressionists utilized both sides of their artist trading cards, art on one side and a kind of brief resume on the other. The Impressionists were the first known artists to use the cards in trade for anything other than more art. Impressionists often traded the cards with art collectors in exchange for room, board, and art supplies. –wikipedia
Now that I have started to explore this format for showing and sharing my art; I feel privileged to be part of history.

New Year perspective

I am an artist. I enjoy my artsy ramblings and doings.
I just started to understand myself and what I really want out of my life. I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do…creating art, selling art and spreading Joy through my art and crafts to the world. I have sold my arts and crafts in the US and abroad. I’m excited because I am growing each day and have greater and greater awareness of all that I have to offer. I look forward to sharing my Art and crafts here with you.