doodle-oodle-do

I admit it...I had to take a break from my dictionary...it is still there and waiting for my March choices but for the past few days I have been doodling.

First I found a little youtube video of how to make a little tabbed book.  Really cute and really easy!  Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceBr0pgS85s&list=UUR_hv9cJ23G29-OaSZKVkaA

Heer is my blank book:

Honestly this was so much fun to make and because I had a blast I am making up a few of these for future use...I am also going to teach some great students how to make these books in an upcoming workshop.  The only question is...are you one of those great students?

But I digress.  I am filling this little book with my own doodles, quotes and other little pieces.  Here is my progress so far:
Front cover:

Done with prismacolor markers and copic markers.....Scarlett Lime Pilot Pen for all black
Front cover with band:

Inside front cover:

next:

loving the Tim Holtz Distress Spritzer for putting sand in our hair and on our faces!

inside cover and page 2 full view:

Page 3: lucky me

Tim Holtz Distress Markers and ScarlettLime Pilot Pen
Page 4:
missing the ocean

Tim Holtz and Zig Scroll and Brush with Scarlet Lime Pilot Pen

page. 6: to-do-list

 

Okay that is it for now.  I will continue to fill this book with doodles and quotes and lists.  It relaxes me and fills me with a sense of accomplishment.

 

I had a wonderful gift come to me today.  I have arthritis in my hands and wrists and have had since I can remember.  Today the mailman delivered a pair of Tommy Copper fingerless gloves.  They are compression gloves and for the first time in weeks my hands are almost completely pain free and my freedom of motion is vastly improved.  Thank you Patti!  You cannot begin to know what this means to me.

always,

michele

three new words

Holy Socks!

Kathee came by the shop on Tuesday to show me all the new words she has recorded in her dictionary and to give me a little kick in the pants!  I have been doing a little doodling here and there but not nearly as consistently as I should...kick taken!

 

I will get all her beautiful words up in a day or two but in the meantime I thought I would share some of the little doodles I have been doing.

 

Pluviophile: one who loves rain!

It has been wet here this month, thank goodness, so this word was perfect!

Cheep: the sound a chick makes...hence...chick chat!

Chalk Art:  love!  I love the black and white of chalk art...just makes me happy

believe: a list (not complete but important) of what I believe

The Beatles: not in the dictionary so I added a page...the music of my generation

abecedarian: a person learning the alphabet 

bel-esprit: beautiful spirit

love

heart

January: first month of our dictionary challenge

February: 2nd month of the year!

 

Okay that is a little of what I have done this month...what have you been up to?

Please share!

always,

michele

  p.s.
here a few more I neglected to put online

 

 

gone so long

I am so sorry I have been absent so long...first came our California trip and then came the flu from heck!  I worked through the first week of this awful stuff and now on week two I feel like poo.  I have found that the worse part is that I have a hard time seeing to type when my eyes are watering like a flood!  Enough of my woes and on to more fun stuff...

 

Kathee Clark came by the shop with her old dictionary and I got to take photos for the blog and facebook.  WoW!  She is so organized and her work is wonderful...First off I want to tell you about her organizational skills....

 

She has a little pocket calendar she keeps with her and each day she writes in the calendar what word she worked on for that day.  CRIKEYS!  I not only do not have a pocket calendar, even if I did I would have lost it by now!

Then in her Dictionary she dates each word! Who would have thought!

 

So for your enjoyment I am featuring Kathee's work.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

rise

 

I took a much needed day off from blogging and even from my word of the day challenge.  I was feeling so tired I couldn't even pick up a pen.

That said today is another day!

I had wonderful visits from two of our girlfriends who are participating in the 1 little word challenge.

 

Both Kathy Clark and Abbie Campbell both stopped by and both are creating amazing things in this challenge. 

 

 Kathy is doing amazing things with her beautifully worn dictionary!  I love her words, I love her art and I love her!  Kathy is far more organized than I am and she is doing some great stuff and keeping track of which word she does on which day in her pocket calendar...I am so impressed and you can bet I will be dating my words from here on.

 

Abbie is my fragile, funny, lovely friend who never leaves me without leaving a part of herself behind.  Just listening to her story and her challenges was heart wrenching but the most perfect part is that she won't allow those things to stop her and her wide open heart is filled with great joy and love..  She willingly shares that love and always leaves me feeling so much better.

 

If the only thing I ever got from this challenge is that I am connecting with friends old and new it is the best thing that could ever happen.  It is so humbling to me to be part of this adventure.  I am humbled by the amazing women and girls sharing the journey .

 

Today I chose the word rise.

I choose to rise above my challenges like Abbie does every day.

I choose happy like my friend Heidi Swapp

I choose to be organized like Kathy.

I choose to reclaim my life like Lisa.

 

I am rising...I will fly....I will choose to soar!

 

Challenge:

find the qualities you want to incorporate into your life and let them become your words

 

Promise:

you will change lives with your efforts to rise.

 

Please welcome Diane Bye and our youngest artist Anna!  I am so happy you are joining us!  If you haven't joined the facebook group 1 little word please do....That is where I get to see all your beautiful work.

one little word

 

always,

michele

sundays off....

 

When I began this journey I did it with a couple of absolutes...the first one was that I would take Sundays off.  I have made a commitment to myself to become consistent in my church attendance.  For me that means I will not be working on Sunday and that I will be keeping the Sabbath holy.

What I found on this the first Sunday of 2014 is that this challenge is not work.  It is much more.  It is a journal for me, it is a time to reflect.  It can be a welcome respite from my responsibilities.  So today I chose the word draw...I find that I am drawing from the best places in my challenge.  In coming days I will be adding quotes from good books, from Pinterest, from the messages in church and from my own journals.

I am still trying not to blog on Sunday but that is to keep this my day of rest...my day to read and study and reflect.

 

So I drew some little framed thoughts today.

I like frames...they are just waiting to be filled and I like filling them.

 

I also love to doodle and today I felt like filling a frame with flowers and then a little reminder to me to do all things with love.

 

 

I finished off the frames with two quotes... just words that mean something to me.

 

Challenge:

Take a little time away from the challenge to keep you in balance

Promise:

You will find the time to do as much or as little as you want

 

always,

Michele

 

p.s.

we now have a little facebook group to go with this blog...it is

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1395164947399764/

 

also known as 1 little word