What's New...

I have been trying to use some of the "panick energy" to good use and what came of it on a particularly rough day was this water color and charcoal painting. I was so moved by what I had done that I wanted to share it with you! I have little time to create art now a-days and decided to create a healing journal out of my original art painting! I now use my new journal for when I am trying to get rid of anger,sadness etc when I dont feel I want to ruin my usual journals by writing some of my more personal feelings that some may veiw as very sad or moody or just not understand why I would write about "stuff like that". So here it is in all its glory, The naked truth to my feelings which are raw and un-edited, quickly written down so to get rid of the feelings I dont like to have. I then will doodle or create art on the page and if I am affraid of someone seeing what I have written for fear it might be taken wrong, I do art over the writting. This is a place for me to get it all down and get rid of it and not let it eat me up and it works for me and hopefully it will work for you! If you are NOT in the USA, Please email me and I will do my best to get one shipped to you at a reasonable cost. Life is a journey and for me its been full of ups and downs and in's and outs and somehow I seem to plow right through it and come out on top! Tomarrow is another day ,I say and for me it helps to look forward to the bad day ending and a new good day to start in the morning and it usually happens. You are responsible for your own day and how you choose to live it. It can be either "good morning God!" or "Good God, morning!" both happen to me and I try rerally hard to change it around when its not lookin so great :) Remember I am always here to lend an ear and I choose to live to help others and in that I help myself by feeling good about doing so! I have some really awesome flowers in the garden and will post some photos of them in the following days,weeks, month :) Always remember I will come back and I'm not gone for long.
Lots of Love and Hugs,
Dawn Marie
xoxoxo

Long Time........

This is one of the "recycled material" charms I made for a swap I am in. I used a paint chip for the tag to attach the charm to. The charm is made using silver wire that was crinkled and was perfect for the nest and the eggs inside are wood vintage beads from a necklace i got from a garage sale a couple years ago. I keep telling my mom that there IS a reason to keep gathering "stuff" as I recycle it! She is excited when she gets to have one of the creations to :) I must say that my mom is my biggest fan and biggest collector of my art :) that pleases me just fine to! She was the one who kept encouraging me to pursue art even though I was a single mom and working a full time job. To have some fun and do what I like to do most! So most of all I thank my dear mother for making me push to make my dreams a reality!

Here is the front of my journal I made from scratch for the "promt a day" workshop by Kelly Kilmer. It is MOST fun and it is so healing to just write freely! we are given a journaling promt, a collage promt and a paint/color promt each day. The whole experiance is quite rewarding! you should sign up for a month and try it!! It is only a mere $25.00 a month and you dont have to continue after the month if you dont want to. The pages below are just a couple from my journal and when I get more time I will post more!!

Hugs xoxox,
Dawn Marie

Oh Me Oh My!!

This is a sketch I drew and colored in with colored pencils, I Love to doodle and have been creating art all day!

I am shocked at myself! I have made it here with something to post 3 days in a row now!!! I do feel guilty though as my mom is back in the hospital and cannot walk, she hurt her hip in a fall. So it's back to the nursing home for her for therapy to walk again.

A little angel on a 3x3 canvas. I was experimenting with crackle gel........

I have to say I am proud of this canvas! I Love how it turned out. I was playing and had no real idea in mind except I altered the image in photoshop ( the little i know about it) and tore out a book page and went to town, again doodling with the flowers, I painted her head to be a flower fairy. I added a poem around the sides of the canvas: "Pretty little flower fairy come out to play, Watch for them in your garden on a sunny day!"

here is a close up of the scarf from the previous post of my head. (below)

the scarf goes around my head twice and I tie it to the side on top, It's pretty long. FUN to make!!

Me in all my glory!

OMGosh I am here 2 days in a row!! This is a self pic as I was standing in front of the mirror so I could see to shoot! Funny hair you say?? My hubby agrees! I always get hot with hair on my neck so I grab something to keep it off my neck and face. I started to make the scarves that is on my head with my sewing machine and odd strands of yarn and that wash-out stabilizer. It was really fun and I went out and got a whole bunch of yarns and ribbons to make more. I looked in the clearance section of the stores. You don't need pricey yarns or ribbons to make one, just use what yu can find and anything goes! First i cut a piece of the stabilizer and laid it on the table, then I started to pick out yarns and ribbons to lay on it as wide as I wanted. I layed them to one side of the sheet so I could fold over the other side and sew like a mad woman!! I used that crazy thread that has differant colors on one spool but anything will do. You have to really sew up and down and all over to make sure that when you wash out the stabilizer the yarns/rtibbons stay together. Then you wash the stabilizer out and let the scarf dry on a towel. You can make them as long or short as you want. use them for wall hangings, headbands, decorative scarfs for around your neck etc. I used thick yarn and fun fur yarn anything that was on clearance. You can make them to match outfits or monochromatic or rainbow or anyways you want. The most important thing is to have fun!!! You really don't need sewing skills to make these . Now GO to your studio and create ART!!!

I received some "frozen Charlottes" and wanted to show then off! I do prefer the ones from Germany and believe the ones with moving arms are from Germany and maybe aren't "frozen" as they have moving arms.... You tell me :)................................

A Favor Please :)

Well see I am so inspired now I am back again twice in one night!!! I am here this time for a request I'd like to ask you.... I have posted a photo of my dear Black Lab, Dixie Mae on Martha Stewarts web site for her pet contest for spring :) would you Please go check her out and rate or comment on her photo ? Go look at all the pretty pets dressed up for Spring!!! Or you could add your pet's photo!! It's fun!! This is the photo I submitted :) Thanks !!! Hugs to all!!!
xoxo,
Dawn
I've made it easy and just click on the link below and Look for Dixie Mae! Thank you !

Dixie Mae on Martha!

Oh How Time Flies!!

Here is the pendant part of the necklace below made entirely from steel wire and old book pages!

I can't believe how long it has been since my last post! Taking care of my mom takes allot of my time and I don't like to leave her sit alone while I sit on the computer. She is doing allot better since her surgery on Dec 10Th! She washed a bit of dishes the other day and her energy is increasing! We can already see a difference as she is not so out of breath just from taking a shower or walking down the hall. Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers they helped allot!

I hand made the chain using vintage glass beads from an old necklace that was falling apart. This is really comfortable to wear and lite weight and rests nicely around the collar! It was much fun to make!! I've gotten alot of compliments on it so far while wearing it out!


Here it is!! The charm bracelet I created from the Charms I received from the swap I was in at Hannah Grey. I LOVE all the charms and was so excited to put them on a bracelet to wear for all to see!!!

I am in another charm swap for another group and the swap theme is "Green" as in recycling, re purposed etc. So I found some paint chip sample cards I got while trying to decide which color to paint my studio (which isn't done yet,but I think I've decided on celery green) Then I had some wire I had gotten all kinked up , but I saved it "just in case" so this was perfect to make the bird nest charms out of. The wire is sterling silver and the small blue washed out wood beads are vintage from a garage sale last year,the leaves are from an old flower brooch that was a mess so I used the leaves and the sheet music is also from a garage sale. It was loads of fun to create these and I hope who-ever receives them likes them :)

I will be posting more photos as I got a new digital camera from my hubby :) and am learning to use it( just when i got used to the old one ) I am going to get differant lenses for it like my other one so I can do more photography this summer. I took a class while in grade school and in High school for photography and LOVED it, so I want to do more as the snow melts and the spring flowers come. I should hopefully have more time to post as my hubby went back to school for graphic design and he now has his own laptop which frees mine up :) I am so proud of him for going back to school!!! Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog!
Hugs,
Dawn Marie

My Heart Breaks...

I usually don't voice my opinion much but I am terribly bothered by the lack of caring for ones neighbor. I belong to freecycle(yahoo group) in my area and am saddened to see the many people asking for extra deer meat from the hunters this year as many don't have the money / jobs to feed their familys. It saddens me to think of children going hungry or mothers and fathers going hungry leaving the food for their kids to eat instead. It makes me cry and wish I could win the lottery just to feed and help the people who need it right now. I to am one of those people who need things from time to time as money is so tight, but I always give to people in need. If you sence someone may be having finacial problems just give them 5-10 dollars in an envelope in their mailbox. you dont need to confront them . I wish I could end this terrible crises in OUR own country. there are more people without jobs and or money then ever before in our history. Make a differance if only at Christmas time and donate to the less fortunate this year in your own community's. I know that donating to foundations is a good thing but the ones who need the most help are living in your neighborhoods and possibly your neighbors. One by one we can make a differance and make a better place for our kids and grandkids and show them what its like to give and help someone else.
Ok i will get off my soap box now in tears and hope!
hugs,
Dawn