Hello my crafty friends I have been neglecting my blog for way to long and I am so sorry. Here is a little update. May and June have been wonderful so far. School ended on the 31st of May and I was super drained after a long year with tons of work, but so thrilled to get some time to do my crafts. I celebrated my 45th Birthday on the 1st of June and have kept right on celebrating by doing some serious crafting hauls and working on lots of new projects. I am so thankful to have been able to get some wonderful goodies to play with. I was able to do this after a week of serious cleaning and organizing and some crafty shopping and lots of help from very kind and truly special new friends. With all their wonderful support I have been so inspired to create and I am loving it. There are no words to describe how thankful I am for the motivation and support I have been receiving form all the incredible people in this community. New friends who take time out of their lives to leave me sweet comments of support and motivation. They make my day extra special. I will try to keep up with both the blog and my YouTube channel and do all the projects I have planned for this summer and would love for you to join me in this journey. I hope we get to share some very special moments in this little corner and bring each other lots of inspiration. It has been so much fun so far and I hope it only gets better. So big hugs to all and hope to have your visits soon. Your visits and comments will be so truly appreciated... Have some creative fun, go play, EVY

My recent project

Hello I am back and trying my best to keep up with the crafting and posting but this school year has been so busy that I don't find the time to do all the things I would love to do. Today I was actually able to finish my second Birthday present for one of my daughter's friends. I did the first one last weekend. I decided to try and give handmade things for all the next presents coming up this month. So I am hard at work on them since my daughters have been invited to five birthdays so far...I made a video of both of them. Please visit my YouTube channel or press on the video below to watch. I will try to post some pictures I took of the last set before I had to wrap it. I hope you get just as inspired to make some gifts too. Come back and visit soon, have a wonderful week, Evy This is the one I was still working on today....

Finally had some time to update

Hello my creative friends, it has been way to long since I had some time to film and actually update my YouTube Channel and Blog...This school year has been way more intense than my last one. so I have been way to tired and busy to do it. When I do have the time I am just way to drained to do my crafting or anything to time consuming. So ,so sorry for that.

Anyways I have been working in my art just as a way to relax and to keep some type of creation going and I would like to share some of that with you today. To satrt with my update I made a video of my art journal for the trip to France...It is still in the works but I am almost done with the bulk of it.
If you woul like to see it please press on the link below and take a look at the video.


The other projects I have been working on are a couple of sketchbooks and many little painting excercises that I love doing when I do get some free time. It really helps me to relax and feel like I have done something for my creative juices to keep flowing. Finally, I have this week off from work...YAY!!! so I am loving that I could dedicate some time to my craft room and some small projects. I missed it way to much...I only wish I could do it more often.

So that is what I have been upto on my creative journey for the fast months and I hope to be able to do a lot more during this upcoming summer vacation...

Thank you so much for your visit to my blog and I promise I will make a bigger effort to keep it way more active....Hope you are all well and having a positive and creative time.
Evy

Back to reality after Paridise takes some adjusting

Hey my blog friends...I am back from France and I thought I'd share with you some pics of my trip. It was such an uplifting trip, full of creative time for myself and getting in touch with my art background. I spent 10 full days dedicated to my art and in direct contact with the beauty of the south of France in the Ardeche region...AMAZING.

The group of teachers that joined me on this workshop was amazing and so full of support and encouragement that the whole experience was truly more of a retreat. After the workshop I spent some true quality time with a big group of my family memebers that met at the location and that was just icing on the cake....

So these are some pictures of my trip... I hope you enjoy them...I am also back to work this week too so my posts might not be as regular as during my summer vacation...but I hope to keep in touch and creating, so that we can keep sharing and getting to know each other...hugs to all and hope to hear from you soon...

Evy

This was my room during the workshop (that door in the balcony)

and a side view from my balcony...pure natural beauty and rustic arquitecture to top the experience...Artistic eye candy all around
The items on my bed are the welcome kit art materials we all received after our welcome tour...how cool is that!!!!

Here is another balcony view from a different spot in the Hamlet we stayed at. This the view we enjoyed during all our meals...

This was my studio area...on display my work in progress during my workshop time. I was able to do so much... it was amazing to enjoy all that creative time and play with my art.

I think I might make a video album with the rest of the pictures if you are all interested...I don't want to make this post picture heavy...Let me know if you are interested in that.

Back from Paradise

Hello my creative friends...I have just returned from my trip to France and it has been a magical experience full of creative awakenings, sorrounded by truly special new teacher friends and ending with a magnificent family reunion.

The Ardeche region was magical and the workshop was so uplifting and inspiring...I was able to reach back into my artistic core and truly enjoy the sorroundings and see everything from a new perspective. I am organizing the pictures and working on my journal so I hope to share some of it soon. It was truly an amazing trip and I loved it.
Evy

A link to my You Tube Channel

Hello my new friends, today I am getting the last things together before I leave for my trip and thought I could leave a link to my Channel on You Tube so that you could see what the Art Journal looks live LIVE. I don't know if some of you did see it but just in case. Here it is:



Besides that I just finished some invitations for my beautiful new nephew's Baptism and with that my last project before I left. Tried to take some pictures but they came out horrible. I need to get a better camera and set up some time soon. (very delicate and simple but I love how they turned out). I will double check them again and see if I can show you how they looked. But they are now on their way to Williamstown, Ma so if the pics I got do not work I missed the chance...je,je.

I hope I get some type of internet connection on this trip, so that I can keep in contact, but I have no idea how that will work or how much free time I will have during this trip, so I will tell you all how it went when I get back (hopefully with some great pictures). I so look forward to making this blog a friendly environment where we can share, meet and enjoy ourselves. I hope to make this blog just that, a great Creative Spot where we get to spend some time getting to know what we like, what inspires us and developing some great new frienships. I truly enjoy your visits and finding all your comments so please keep them coming and I will be back soon...hugs and thanks for stoping by.
Evy

Just a Little Thank You

Here I am again to post a little thank you to Chloe at
http://chloeandherclipons.blogspot.com/ for dropping me a sweet note about my Art Journal, joining us here and a VERY Special thanks for informing me that I was the lucky winner of her Blog Candy on Whimsical Wendnesday's Blog Hop...YAY I won! I got new Peachy Keen stamps!!! So thank you Chloe and welcome to my blog. I hope you did get my email...I think that will be all for today...LOL