I decided that I shouldn’t let my sun inspired inspirations go to waste so I set to work on a couple of sun themed projects. My first project was to plant sunflower seeds recently purchased from my last visit to Home Depot’s lawn and garden center. Sunflowers are great plants that help stimulate nature. They entice bees into the garden which is a good thing because bees pollinate other plants giving more plants the ability to pollinate and bloom. Sunflowers also attract birds into the yard to snack on their seeds which is also good because birds help keep the mosquito population down which is important to me. Aside from these benefits, sunflowers are fantastically cheery.
My other sun themed project took me into my art journal. Over the years I purchased many rubber stamps depicting the sun. I pulled out several that I wanted to use, turned on some Rolling Stones, made some tea and set to work on my pages. Have I mentioned before how listening to The Rolling Stones while crafting takes me to a Zen like place?
If you are wondering why the sun in the center of the right page looks blurred it’s because it was intended to look that way. Sometimes when there is a lot of permanent ink built up on the rubber; I will twist the stamp on scratch paper to help remove the build up. While doing that with this stamp, I thought the effect was kind of cool, sort of like it added movement to an otherwise still image.
I love that I found inspiration from the sun to feel better, garden, create some art, and just be in nature this week. I would love to hear what inspires you; whether it’s crafting, getting through a day, decides your reading choice, decides your travels, etc.
Cheers!!
“You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.” Keith Richards
3 comments:
My friends inspire me. I am very lucky to have a small group of very talented, beautiful, and kind women that are there when I need to get a dose of comfort or reality (whichever I need more at that time). Their creativity inspires me to push my own creative limits, their strength inspires me to be strong, and their love inspires me to keep my heart open.
I often wonder where my inspiration comes from... Usually it's from seeing and experiencing beautiful things in life. I want to replicate and/or relive those beautiful moments, objects, and creations...
The sun also give me the energy to act on my inspiration, whether it comes from nature or from somewhere inside myself. I'm also inspired by my friends -- I love to make gifts and to challenge myself to make something that they will like and that I will enjoy making.
I love your art journal -- it reminds me that I should make something artistic to keep for myself. I always give my creations away! :)
love you!
Inspiration comes from many places. The trick is to act when it hits you or at least write it down.
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