Despite my lacking of proof...I have been...

Despite my lack of proof, I have been working on being creative everyday. I have been working on Bible bookmarks for my mother-in-law and I only have 19 left of 96. They are a lot of fun and very relaxing. I normally work on them while Chris is watching basketball or some other sporting event on TV (I would rather be creative then watch a game even though I enjoy college basketball). I have also been experimenting with some backgrounds to some fluid paintings. I am excited about these but will have to wait as the paints that I need for these are VERY expensive. I will wait till this summer for those probably because I need some more space and they will be so much easier to clean up outside.

I have also been doing a lot of brainstorming. I have been playing with the idea of doing paintings for my children with their names. I wanted to get started on them but we are planning on moving Benji upstairs this summer and I am not sure what colors we are going to paint his room, and Kaiya she will have her own room downstairs and we may just have to paint her room too. I just don't know yet. I thought waiting would be best. I did finish one the other day for my newest niece. My step brother had a baby a couple of weeks ago and I was not sure what to get for her. I found a canvas and decided to just paint a name painting for her. I think that it turned out pretty cute. I will post later with photos of all of these projects. Another reason that things have been slower the last couple of weeks is that our laptop just quit working a couple weeks ago and we had to go get a new one, which we have been talking about anyway. The problem with this is that I am not able to get onto my other laptop and there are all kinds of ideas that I need to move over to this computer. I guess I will have to call our personal IT guy sometime. I am excited because I have a ton of ideas...now I just have to get all of the stuff that I need and I can get started! SO EXCITED!

One piece of good news. My biggest struggle is that I really don't have a place to be creative. There is no place in this tiny, little house for a studio. There is a basement but I refuse to go down there unless to get food from the freezer or to flip a switch in the breaker. My mom and step dad are building a house and she offered to let me us a room in the basement for my studio. I am so pumped. It will not be done till this summer but it is something to look forward to and she said that she would help me with the kiddos while I am painting. I will not move everything over there (I will need to keep some things at home so I can still work on things here). What a blessing this will be!

Day 3

Creative every day challenge Day 3



I finished my first painting. This is the one from the other day, I used what I had as a background and just played with the paint last night (day 2). Today, I added the words. I have been toying with the idea of incorporating words for awhile but I just had not started anything.

I am having a blast with this challenge and I am proud of myself for trying. Now I will have to start something tomorrow. I think that tomorrow I need to get my art journal going again. That way I can have some ideas on paper before I move to another project.

The life of ME

Mama, mama....

I love that! There is nothing better than listening to my baby talking a playing in the other room (I want him to learn to play by himself and not be constantly entertained). I am a new mother and I LOVE IT!!! My seven month old son, has two teeth (working on some more), is crawling, sitting up and stands with help and keeps me super busy. I love it!!


I love Jesus Christ! He is perfect! Who else loves me unconditionally, holds no record of wrongs and sacrificed His life so that I am live with Him when I die. I am sold-out. There are people in my life who do not feel the same but I continue to love Jesus and live my life for him, I need him if I want to be in heaven when I die, and who doesn't want that? I pray that God gives me the words to inspire you to also come to know him and love him. I also pray for those of you who think that being a Christian means not having fun. I once thought that, but now, I see that I have more fun as a Christian as I did when I was going out to the bars and partying all the time. It is only through the grace of God that I am a different and more fulfilled person!


I am a wife! I love my husband. We have a lot of fun together. He is a goofball! Don't get me wrong, we have our problems but our love is grounded in our love for our Lord and he has truly blessed us. We will never divorce, it is not an option for us. My parents broke up while I was in middle school and I will never do it. I have seen how many people's lives have been changed and how much. I love my husband now and forever. I believe that love is a choice that you make everyday.


I am also an artist of many sorts. I do it all (not necessarily well) and I am going to school to be an art teacher. What better job could I find that will impact the world and that I love? Now that I am a mommy, I have had to slow down immensely. Prior to conceiving, I was taking anywhere from 15-19 hours per semester. Now I am taking 6. I feel like I will never get through but know that I need to plug through. I will get done someday and have the BFA that I have long coveted.