first bloom

every Spring i purchase a thriving lavender plant,

and usually by the middle of the Summer 

it's withered away due to sweltering heat and my over-ambitious watering.

so this year, i took a different approach and decided to 

let the plant tell me when it wanted water, and other plantly-type stuff.

i'm not harvesting fields of glorious blue-purple blooms just yet, but

my little lavender sweetie has produced its first heavenly-fragranced bloom, 

so i'm celebrating on a page in my journal…..and shouting a big woo-hoo!
here's to you, Mother Nature!!

{supplies:  moleskine watercolor journal,  derwent inktense pencils,

koi watercolor, eagle falcon nib, 4B pencil}

heART pocket

this week's DLP challenge is to add a pocket to your page

and fill it with treasures.

so i decided to turn to what i know best…..

and to what i hold near and dear.

because hands-down, the best place to find inspiration

is usually right there next to your heart!

{supplies for this week's DLP challenge:

moleskine planner, kraft card stock, "doodle deux" paper by prima, 

pitt pens, ink pads, 6B graphite pencil, washi tape}

dreams and wishes

when i saw the new DLP challenge to create an illustrated wish list,

my mind immediately went to this artwork i created 

a few years ago about a dream i have…..

because to me, dreams and wishes kind of go hand-in-hand.

but the funny thing about dreaming and wishing 

is sometimes you have to fulfill a wish…..

before you can move on to the dream.

so until then, there's a sweet little yellow house
somewhere in france that's waiting to be filled with lots of love…
and lots of chocolate.  :))



{you can read more about this week's DLP challenge here!
supplies:  moleskine journal, fabriano artistico 140 lb. HP paper,
derwent inktense pencils, PanPastel, pitt pens, 6B pencil, washi tape}

kindness, hearts, and sunshine

it's week 28 already, and the DLP challenge is to 

add a tiny photo to your page. 

so i decided to pull out one of my favorite pictures…..

and add one of my favorite quotes.

and the result is a page filled with hearts and sunshine….

something this journal girl could never have enough of!

bring on the happy!

{you can read more about the DLP challenge here.

supplies:  moleskine planner, fabriano 140 lb. HP paper, 

derwent inktense pencils, pitt pens, PanPastel, 6B graphite pencil,

uniball signo broad white pen, washi tape} 

red, white and blue

  

heartfelt gratitude to all those,
past and present, who have so faithfully 
served to protect our freedoms.

sending all my sweet friends here in America
many star-spangled-hugs for a very
Happy Independence Day!
xox

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