Showing posts with label candles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label candles. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

art supplies and angel charms


hi all!

No art today
although i had to share yesterday's purchases.

I'm always so excited about buying new art supplies.

I'm pretty easy to please.

A few things that make me really happy:

art supplies :-)

candles and holders - especially lime green ones

good coffee

good wine

2 hours in a book store

laughing with my son

a haircut (I'm getting one today - yay for me!)

spending time with friends

a good book

the ocean

new underwear ;-)

That's pretty much my list. 

If i had ever married,
the whole "for better or for worst" speech 
would have flown out the window.

I just would have supplied him with this list
and asked for his list.
Bam. Done. :-)

On that note, i want you all to know
that i'm not married, nor did i ever want to marry
nor will i ever marry.

Just to make things clear.
You know me. Clarity is always key. ;-)


ok, now that we have THAT out of the way,
i must also share this.

While i was running a few errands yesterday,
and buying these wonderful treats for myself,
i saw a bunch of little angel charms 
at the Hallmark store.

You know the kind...
the cute little kind,
each one with a different little look
and its own title (and super power!)

I looked at a few of the titles...

courage angel

love angel

wisdom angel

sister angel

and then...

out of the corner of my eye...
(i swear i'm not making this up)

i saw....

CASINO ANGEL.

Gentle Jesus....
Casino angel.

Are we fucking serious?

i burst out laughing and the clerk came over
to see what she was missing.
She told me she thought it was the most ridiculous thing
she had ever seen too.

And then she proceeded to tell me
it was a best seller.

Have we lost our minds?

I wanted to slit my wrists right there in the store.

ok, maybe i'm exaggerating a bit, but you get my point.

Some say this is great marketing -
and maybe it is,
but it certainly says little for our intelligence
as a species.

Good for a few laughs, i guess...

Happy Wednesday folks!
xoxo

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

here's to life

I did this one a few weeks ago... it got lot in the pile. :o) It was meant to be a collage, but ended up with more paint over the images than anything.  When I sit in my blue room to do some journaling/painting, I turn on the music, light a few candles, and slowly allow myself the space i need to get "in the groove". Sometimes, the groove finds me pretty quickly, sometimes it doesn't. Often, I sit with the intention of staying there about 15 or 20 minutes - just enough to dabble. But more often than not, that 20 minutes becomes 1 hour or even 2 when the music is good & everything just feels right. I love those nights. :o)