Challenging Art Project

I was so excited to make some glass flowers for my back yard after seeing a fellow bloggers instructions and so I began gathering different shaped and colored glasses to assemble my project. This part went well and was fun BUT then came the challenging part of gluing my flowers together. I didn't get the recommended glue but chose something else available at Walmart that promised to be great. It wasn't...thus the CHALLENGE begins. Need to find some stronger glue..to be continued. I won't give us this easily...

it was fun to gather colored glass and try out different possibilities with shapes/colors

Next came the challenge of gluing them together these dollar store pieces.

I had to weigh them down as the glue was slippery-should have guess something was wrong

Trying not to tbe messy, I ruined my hubby bests gluing gloves...oh well!

 

Then in the middle of the night, one of my creations slipped and crashed to the floor

STRESSED-Who ME?

Well, I used to blog daily, now I'm lucky if it's once a week now although I'm writing more on FACEBOOK. Guess that's okay-unless it causes me STRESS. That's when your mind is on overload with all there is to do BUT I have DISCOVERED a CURE for that, it's called MORNING PAGES. Created by Julia Cameron in her earliest book The Artist's Way, I've kind of used it for years now, but called it journaling.

In the purest sense Morning Pages are done in the morning, by hand not on the computer like my journaling is and done at one  sitting. Getting up  in the morning, it's the first thing I try to do, go to my desk, take out my journal and write THREE PAGES of random thoughts down freely without thinking about grammar, spelling, etc. Just writing daily about anything or nothing just to loosen up and relax yourself of all the many items whirling around in your head...

We all have them: to do lists, guilt feelings, naggings, and self criticisms. LIFE! Just the process of taking pencil in hand, helps you to SLOW DOWN  and FOCUS MORE. TRY IT,  YOU'LL BE AMAZED. Write quickly and freely, don't reread what you've written, just let it be for now.

Welcome SEPTEMBER

It's back to schooltime so I've signed up for a couple of community education classes: Tai Chi and Laughter Yoga. Sounds fun and I need some gentle exercise. I'm also going to be teaching a class at my home on Julia Cameron's latest book "It's never too late to Begin Again." We'll meet weekly and explore writing Healing Memoirs. See my post about her book here. If you'd like to take the course online with us, buy a book and I'll send you class outlines. Should be fun. I just got released from our church's Relief Society presidency after serving for two years, so I'm excited to be starting a class in my home. What are your plans for September?