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

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