Allow

Allow

By Danna Faulds

www.dannafaulds.com

There is no controlling life.

Try corralling a lightning bolt,

containing a tornado.  Dam a

stream and it will create a new

channel.  Resist, and the tide

will sweep you off your feet.

Allow, and grace will carry

you to higher ground.  The only

safety lies in letting it all in –

the wild and the weak; fear,

fantasies, failures and success.

When loss rips off the doors of

the heart, or sadness veils your

vision with despair, practice

becomes simply bearing the truth.

In the choice to let go of your

known way of being, the whole

world is revealed to your new eyes.

Have a great week!
Much love,
Tammy

*Art Journal* Flip Through

I really am in need of a new camera!  This one is aweful, but at least I can show you some of what I've been up to.

Cheers!
Tam

x

Spread your wings

This is the butterfly inspiration I found over on pinterest:  http://www.pinterest.com/pin/273593746087521014/

I was so intrigued by it I decided to give it a go.  Here's what I've come up with so far....

First I found 6 pages to play with.  Then I glued the outside 4 pages to give it more suppport. 

Then I cut the center two pages into the butterfly shape:

 Added some water colour for the backgrounds.....

Then added some colour/design to the butterfly itself....

This journal page has taken some time, but I've really enjoyed it.  I'm still far from done, but am in no rush.  I may even make another!

Have a happy & super fantastic week

Tam

x

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty" 

~Maya Angelou

“When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings."
~Dean Jackson

Beary Nice

We had a beary nice weekend.. LOL... 

Seriously it was nice.  Here is an art journal entry from a few weeks ago.  I keep getting stuck with all of this extra space on my pages the last little while.  It's been challenging to figure out what to write in there so I've been leaving it blank as there is nothing I've been coming up with &/or nothing I really want to say.    That in and off itself is odd!  LOL.. no comments from the peanut gallery

My husband says he likes the bear on the left more than the right.  I like them both but then again I've always been a sucker for a teddy.

Have a great one!

February (*Art Journal*) Flip through

Here is my playtime from February!

Thanks for watching

Love

Tam

x









PS. Joe Vitale posted this on facebook today and it's great - too great not to share, "You don't fear change. You fear the unknown. If you knew the future would be great, you'd welcome the change to get there. Well, the future IS great. Proceed."

Being Wize enough to know

Sometimes it's easy for us to remember what it is we truly know.  Other times we question our sanity and wonder if we know anything at all?  When I was in my 20's there wasn't telling me much of anything - I believed I knew it all.  Now with the addition of 20 years I'm not sure I know anything really!  LOL

This journal entry came about to remind myself to work with the information that is known and leave the rest until such a time it also is known...

PS.  I adore how this owl turned out.  It's so adorable!

PPS.  It's also my first time using Gel medium (the tree) and the patchwork on the owl's wings/feet