Beautiful Forever is a mixed media portrait that expresses the beauty of a woman who longs for and lives in faith, hope, and love. READ THE ENTIRE POST... SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
Beautiful Forever
Give the Gift of Mixed Media
If you’re looking for a creative gift, try making a mixed media collage using photos of your loved ones. I created this first mixed media, “Forever,” using a background of acrylic paints, lace, vintage-style tissue paper, and Golden Gel Medium. READ THE ENTIRE POST...
Deep Cauldron of Emotions: Lighting the Way through Personal Expression
When we dare to connect with and share our feelings, we light the way for others to do the same. This is the gift of writing and the glory of words. Have you ever read someone’s insights and felt the pouring of warm wax over the candle of understanding hidden within your soul? The writer’s …
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Immeasurable Love
Have you ever loved someone so much that your heart hurts when you part? You know they need to be free and immeasurable love asks you to release them so your own pain does not hamper their joy. I took my daughter to the airport early yesterday morning so she could travel throughout China and …
My Funny Valentine
It is rare in one’s lifetime to meet someone with whom your soul feels safe; someone who enlarges your heart and diminishes your fears and makes you laugh until your sides ache. We are two imperfect people, my Valentine and I, stumbling along life’s path with clasped hands. Sometimes we wrangle over home décor (both …
Three things will last forever…
Yesterday, I attended a memorial for my uncle Theo. Theo’s life inspired so many of his family and friends, and so one by one people shared delightful stories about this amazing man. Then in the middle of the message, the pastor read these words, “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of …
Follow, Create, Love Completely
God’s Spirit cannot be controlled nor marketed, like so much of life is these days. Like a wild, snapping wind, this unseen power defies human will, sliding through grasping fingers and roaming freely. The best we, who profess to believe, can do is to try to follow…to create, and to love completely. We attempt to …
Mixed Media Love Heart DIY Project
Here’s a fun DIY lesson for creating a mixed media Love Heart piece. Begin with painting a canvas with an off white background using acrylic paints. Then dab gesso in the shape of a heart. While the gesso is still wet, crumple up some pieces of tissue paper (the regular kind you buy for gift wrapping). Stick …
The Birth of a Painting
My daughter's artistic talent never ceases to amaze me. Elya presents the progression of her acrylic painting with the words of E. E. Cummings as an accompaniment. Here's a couple of photos, but you really must see the entire process to appreciate the piece. READ MORE...
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