It has been a sort of weird and busy season, and I feel like I haven’t had much time to just sit and catch my breath lately. I have been squeezing in creativity wherever I can in the spaces between and was hoping to do a big creative round up in this post. However, that’s just not going to happen today.

I am nearly finished sewing signatures into all of the mini art journals I am working on, and I am really excited to see them all finished. I’m doing a mentorship program for my creative business as well, and feel like I am a bit behind on that. Last night a robin flew into our neighbors’ powerline and so our power was out for a few hours. After it came back on, I needed to print a checklist for the course. When we tried to get back online, the router was showing no signal. My husband messed around with it for a while, and he finally got it connected again. Whenever the power goes out, it also messes with the connection on my wireless printer. I spent about 40 minutes trying to get it to print. It wasn’t even reasonable; I could see the title of the print job show up on the printer, then the printer would beep and the job would just vanish. This has never happened before, and I have learned to realize what is going on is warfare. This tells me that I am right on track in doing this mentorship program, because when so many things conspire together to try and get me to get frustrated and give up, I know that it is something worth my time.

I have also been working on a few watercolor floral patterns to add to the shop, some of them are pictured above. I am really excited about these, and I would love for you to check them out! I’ll make a note here when I get them in the shop. I have already printed a few for my own stash, and have been tearing them up to use as pages in my mini art journals. The pop of color is a really pretty addition.

I have been thinking a lot lately about art, and why it is important. I feel like I was created with this innate desire to chase beauty. Beauty energizes me, inspires me, and makes me feel alive. God paid such attention to detail when He created earth, and I know it delights His heart when we notice and appreciate everything that He made. When I see beautiful things around me, I immediately begin to think of how I can translate that beauty into a painting or collage. During challenging times, such as the ones we are living in, beauty can bring hope in the midst of great darkness. We have been wired to live in hope, which is why beauty is so important.

Isaiah 42:5 NLT- God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.
    He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
    life to everyone who walks the earth.

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