Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013

dc BEADS - update




sorry for the bad pics, the light is fading already  - I think I have to reshoot this
Hello friends,

I'm late I know, but I had this idea to get my bind-it-all out again and make an individuel notebook for me for my "planing" this year. I tend to be chaotic so I decided, I need some planing and organisation  this year. The drawing challenge BEADS hosted by the lovely  Norma this weekend was a good idea for my frontcover I thought and so I added a bit of chichi (beads) to it and I like it.
I made the coloured paper for the front and back cover (not inside) by myself and that's why I'm late, the paper had to dry and lay flate over night. 

update: I added a little fish to the cover and like it even better!








I used a mix of different kind of paper to make it less boring while I use it...

Hope you all have a nice weekend!
Barbara

P.S. For those of you who haven't noticed yet I've a second blog where I'm off to do 1 collage a day for a whole year.

Montag, 21. Januar 2013

Hello again!



Hello everyone!
I've been sick the last 2 weeks (very bad flu) and still not totally recovered, but 100 % better than before.
So I hope to get back on track and blogging road again.

Some of you might have noticed that I've a new blog 365 ways of memories where I post one collage/art work a day - one of the newbies this year: a 365 days project. Not new in blogworld but some sort of "a little step for mankind a big leap for me" a simple attempt of keep going.

Barbara

Dienstag, 8. Januar 2013

Pick Up the Eggs

Buddhists have wonderful teaching stories. This one told about Aachan Cha, 
a Thai monk and teacher. A monk at his monastery kept complaining to him 
about all the other monks - they should be better meditators, 
the should eat less. Finally Aachan Cha turned to him and said,
 "You are like somebody who keeps chickens and then goes out in the morning and picks up the droppings instead of the eggs"
What eggs are you ignoring right now because your're so focused on the droppings?

This is from the book below:
(I thought a good idea for the new year to have a happiness booster and reminder every day)


Dienstag, 1. Januar 2013

Happy New Year!

2013!

Happy New Year!


I wish you all a wonderful 2013, may all your wishes come true!

And I like to say thank you to all of you following and reading and sometimes commenting my blog and for sharing bits and pieces of your life with me. THANK YOU!

Normally I don't do good resolution for the next year, but this time I did.
"This year will be different", was the sentence I wrote with chalk on my coffeemug this morning. 
Yes and I split all of my coffee over the table, the flour, the little fur on the flour and so on!
Yes, totally different, normally I'm not that akward.
I kept calm, wiped away everything and started anew with a new coffee.
Maybe that's the trick, not to go crazy with all the big and small things that crop up along the way,  
but to practice "keep calm and carry on" and simply go ahead unflustered.

Wish you a wonderful year!
Barbara 


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