Life in Focus

taking the day

Today is Wednesday.  A regular day around here with all kinds of regular stuff that should be done.  However, today  I woke up feeling the need to simply "take the day."  Take it away from the "must do's" and "should do's" and "cross that off the list do's" and just play.  Some days should be like that...without an agenda, without work, without stress...just to live and play and do things that make us happy and fill our souls with goodness.  To live in the moment while we pick our heads up, take a deep breath, and look around.  So, today is my day to create in my studio, sip on hot tea, talk to my mom, go for a walk, read a magazine, play with my kids and puppy, and anything else I want to do. 

I'm off to celebrate this regular day.  :)

a window to my world

I recently signed up for a really cool "projects now"class at Big Picture Scrapbooking called "A Window to Your World" and was totally inspired to make this fun project!  I used an old window frame that I had sitting around just waiting for a new use.  I painted the frame, added transparencies that I stamped (since it didn't have any glass in it) and then sewed photos to the transparencies and added a little embellishment to each photo.  To go along with the window, I made the "family" letters to sit on top.  It now hangs on the wall in my foyer right by the front door and I can see it from my studio.  It makes me happy and I absolutely love the way it turned out!

Here's to a happy Monday!

a new day

Today we woke up with a new future....a new vision for our country and world....and a new president elect!  Today I am so proud,happy, excited, grateful, and hopeful to be an American with Obama leading our way.  Here's to a new day where good things are going to happen!  :)