Let your dreams be your wings. This social distancing thing is beginning to get to me. As someone who travels a lot, I am feeling restless. Feeling trapped. Using my art to escape… will fly away with my dreams… anyone out there feeling the same way? This piece is made starting with dropping ink onto a page and let it splatter. Then I added the wings using my favorite wing stencil and molding paste. Then added glitter and cut little circles from my scrapbook paper I had. Practiced my hand lettering and viola.

It’s been a long time since I made any videos for my YouTube channel. Decided to do it today. A flip through of my altered journal. No editing. Just went for it. Hope you enjoy my yummy journal!!

I posted a painting of a female healthcare worker with a mask before and felt bad excluding the male healthcare workers. So here he is. #thankyou

Lost in her thoughts. Playing with ink, watercolor and glitter…. play time

Times like this, I go inwards. Remind myself what I am thankful for…. My babies. How time flies. Thank you for choosing me to be your mama. 🙏

Mixed media page in my altered journal.

Thank you to all the healthcare workers. Thank you for doing what you do. Wish we can take better care of you. Be safe.

Sometimes you can only doodle. Don’t worry about creating any kind of art, don’t stress about the end result. This was a page that invited me to just doodle imperfectly. Just make marks. Add stickers. Cut words from a book that has no deep meaning. Sometimes that is all one can do. And it’s okay.

This is so different from what I normally create or post. Perhaps my inner child has come out to play. My adult self is taking a nap. She is exhausted. Tired of adulting. She wants to go into a cocoon and hope that when she opens her eyes, this whole nightmare is over….

Not knowing is hard. We take things for granted and when something like this throws everything off balance, it becomes uneasy, unsettling. Stressful. Can only take a day at a time. Love one another. Be kind. Pause. Reflect. And art journal. My diary and therapy.

Our neighborhood is doing something cool today. We write messages on our driveways and walk around to see each other’s messages. Respecting social distancing yet bringing the neighborhood together. I can’t wait to talk around and check them out later. For now, this is our driveway. Love the exercise! Felt like a kid again!!! And I love the time with my daughter. We plan to fill the whole Driveway! I hope you would do the same. Leave positivity wherever you can.