Giving you some old stuff while I'm engaged in creating the new
I’m taking this week out to get some art together
and get my Etsy shop up and running again, along with a brand new Society 6
store. Rather than leave you with
another blank week on the old blogosphere I’m revisiting some of my previous
posts.
I stumbled on this one – thinking Tuesday and
Treasury and returning to Etsy Land and got quite the surprise when I found a
whole different type of treasury – look for yourself.
Monday again already. And I’ve been a little busy. I did some editing in my studio area – and yes,
there are more pom poms. I’m feeling
more organised and am staying in a good place.
Making My Studio Area Pretty with Pom Pom Flowers
I’ve done some work on the third broom on AnnaKunnecke’s Queen Sweep and I am definitely polishing that crown. This week was closet week and Rebecca McLoughlin’s advice re asking what your body says about things was a pretty
quick way of clearing out my closet – there was a whole lot of ‘bleh’ going
on. I’ve got a before picture but haven’t
quite got to the ‘after’ yet.
The Closet Before The Sweep
After sweeping this week’s broom I have
come to the conclusion that my closet
has potential, it needs to be appreciated more for what it can do and it is not
broken but has lost it’s way a little – I’ll bring you the after picture next
week.
Today I embark on my third week with Oprah and
Deepak ‘finding my flow’. I’m getting a
lot out of meditating every day, it’s helping loads with my internal spring
clean. Whilst watching The Good LifeProject interview with Marie Forleo and learning Marie started meditating at 17
I too was perplexed with the question of ‘why don’t they teach this in school?’ But that really is a whole other post and
more of a ‘Thoughtful Thread’ post – a whole
new thread – I’ll be introducing in May.
Also coming up in May I’m planning on taking part
in the Me Made May, finally showing my work.
And my other May thing will be Mindful in May – keeping up the
meditation. Getting lots done and
staying chilled.
And the
weeks just keep getting better and better.....
by Catherine at When at The MacsX
One of the first things I read this morning was the Dottie Angel Post about little things. Certainly over the
last few weeks I have really learnt to embrace the ‘little’ things, to make
the most of a sunny day by having lunch in the park, by ‘being there’ when it
truly is the place to be, even staying down for a ‘little’ while when you fall
just to draw breath and gain perspective.
Yes, I did fall over this week. I
have the skinned knee and bruises to prove it and the peace of mind that I can
be 90% sure that nothing is broken. I’m
using blind faith and gut instinct for the other 10% because I really do not
want to have to spend any more time in A&E. I’m going with the positive tude and a little
r and r to get me through.
I finally
finished my International Craft swap this week, it is now wrapped and on its way
to Australia. I really want to show it
off here but feel it wouldn’t be right, not until Valerie gets to open it up.
Can you see what it is yet?
I also
finished reading the draft of Marcella Chamorro‘s
new book – and can’t wait until she releases it to the world. It truly is beautiful , you can pre-order it here. And I promise to write more about it when it is fully revealed.
So, I can
smile and say that I have made some positive little steps this week, and I’ve
already set out another in my diary for this week coming re Storytelling for
Change – Somehow serendipity seems to be at work again as this will be the week
where my story comes together – time for the great reveal? To say I'm doing some editing would be putting it mildly, the surprising bit is I'm putting back the 'not so fun parts' and making it
And I am loving Beth Beulow's message of "view and hold others as whole, capable, and resourceful." I believe that this is key to overcoming the whole 'victim' mentality and is a whole post of it's own making.
Keeping the creativity going and maintaining connections I intend to complete the Artists in Blogland - Colour this Quote June Challenge. I'm loving the message ("May there be peace and prosperity within your walls." Psalms 122.7)and the creative accountability my committing to this brings.
Here's to another productive week - and one full of lots of little blessings.
