postcard fun

i've been having fun experimenting with Traci Bautista's graffiti art techniques and made some postcards to send as mail art. i think this is truly "messy-art"... and tons of fun!

sent to Pam for Autumn theme

sent to Valeria for Hummingbird theme

perfect Fall weather

it's wonderfully crisp and cold outside. i have been indoors all morning just puttering around. i made some Fall cards for an ArtInTheMail swap and then brought in some leaves from the tree in my front yard for crayon rubbings. i love the feeling of days like this... a somewhat leisure day where there are no real pressures to be anywhere.

dreaming

eventually i would like to publish one of my art journals and i am in the process of working on one now. the hard part is deciding on what pages to use and figuring out how personal i want the pages to be. how much do i want others to know? sometimes it's not the idea of perfect strangers reading about my feelings and thoughts that i find scary- it's the idea that those who know and love me will find out about the deeper side of me and am i afraid to give that part away. what if they don't like what they see?

zine#1

zine#1
Originally uploaded by crazyladybugg.

i have been working on this project for such a long time but something always hangs me up... i am [ ----] this close to completion. i'd think it would be all down hill from here.

mail art happiness

i started a mail art blog last week PLACE STAMP HERE and sent out the word to send in mail art. today i went down into the valley to check my mailbox and was so happy to have a bright red envelope greet me on this cloudy Fall morning!

this is me

i decided to devote more time to my creative side a few years ago, when i found out i was expecting my first child. before that i was working full time and always dreaming up new projects yet feeling so frustrated and told myself that i didn't have the time or the talent to even try. eventually, after my son was born, and having the courage to devote some time to myself, i finally allowed myself be inspired by many other mom-artists and i gave myself the permission i craved to get off my behind and DO something. that's when i started my art journal. since then i have kept mulitple art journals and let myself do little creative things each day. now, another child later, i find that i am more "myself" than i have ever been. turning 30 this year was another milestone in my artisitc growth. i set some goals for myself and i'm having a great time seeing them come true! each time i cross a goal off my "to-be-done" list i do a little happy dance.