Hiatus over...hopefully!

Happy Saturday everyone! A short hiatus was taken by myself, and so totally unsure of how that came about, but I'm back and hopefully the long wait between posts are over. I guess my creativity needed to be recharged and I had to take a short break in order to do that. Sometimes, my human frustrations get the best of me and I get discouraged, but I WILL NOT let them get the best of me....onward and upward!

I'm still shaking my head over where the time went, because apparently it flew by faster than what I thought....I've only posted one time this year and that just ain't right LOL!! I know I've been doing a lot of different things lately, painting, making bracelets, drawing, etc....and I think I needed that time to get myself refocused. I have never really "lost" my focus on making hats and journals, but one of my goals this year is to NOT be so hard on myself and beat myself up so badly that I feel rotten, so no more of that!!!

I do have some lovely new hats and journal pictures to share with you, so it won't be a totally picture-less post! I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things, so going is still a bit slow. I'm hoping by end of day today to have a little girl's Monster hat made and a decision made on what my next painting will be and who it shall be for. I successfully completed and delivered my first commissioned painting, it was a simple yet challenging piece! It taught me a couple of lessons, one being that just because it "looks" fairly easy to paint, does not mean it is! The other, and this is always a learning process here, PATIENCE!! I cannot express enough, how patience is needed when painting with oils LOL

I won't be too wordy today, as they seem to be escaping my mind faster than I can type today, and I type pretty darn fast....so imagine how fast the thoughts are flitting around in my head!!! We have some lovely hats made by The Journey Continues, our division over on the east coast, and a journal as well. The first pictures I will post from them is a lovely hat and journal created by my sister for her beautiful daughter in law, yes the horrid disease has stricken our family more than once, but our prayers go to her, she is a strong fighter and God has bigger plans for her than she knows!!

 

The next few were made by her lovely friend Sherry, and I just love the colors and simplicity of them all!

This beauty was made by Ms. Rebekah, the blue colors always speak to me!!

The next couple of photo's are the same hat, I made a removable rose so it could be worn two ways. This was made for my beautiful niece in law, such a brave, strong beautiful woman!!!

The remaining photo's are some children's hats and other journals that I have been working on. I truly LOVE what I do, it is such a wonderful feeling deep in my soul!

That's all for now folks, all the photo's of what has been done in the last 3 months. I'm STILL wondering where the time went? I will leave you with these thoughts: Always strive to do the best you can do, and be the best person you can be every day. We are ALL human and make mistakes, don't be too hard on yourselves and try to always BE KIND to all including yourself, we are all fighting battles of some kind!!! Much love to you all for your continued support of our ongoing journey, gratitude is felt deeply for you all! Until our next update, may the light of God's love touch your heart and help you to Glow from Within..........<3

Welcoming 2016!

Good evening all my faithful followers! Thank you for NOT giving up on me in 2015, I'm still here, and will continue to be until otherwise guided! Much love and gratitude for supporting us through and on our journey of bringing sunshine to a cancer patients life! 2015 was filled with lots of challenges, ups and downs and a few trips 'round on the merry-go-round of life, but we made it to another year! I was actually awake to welcome 2016 in this year, *GASP*, I know.....big shock, right? :) I make a few goals at the beginning of each new year, but have always chosen to keep them to myself. This year my goal is to be more positive, fill each day with smiles and laughter, be kind to all put in my path and just try my best every day to be a better person! I hope you will join me in becoming a better YOU, as well! Our goals don't have to be big, they can be many small goals made each day.....no reason to overwhelm ourselves with too many at once!

I've made a commitment to myself to "lighten" up on the self-critiquing as well. A year ago, I started on my journey of painting with acrylics or oils, and feel that I have come so far. I started out simply with a dandelion picture for over my bed (still have to frame it lol), then moved to sunflowers in oil for my beautiful sis in MD, then tried an abstract bass for my son....did a fabulous clouds and tree picture for my daughter, daisies for my sister in Mammoth and some butterflies for my beautiful MIL...I decided I wanted to do another painting for myself (doing something for myself is rare) a purple cloud background with a single white angel feather and just recently finished an angel picture for a dear friend. This journey is quite awesome, because as a little girl, I would sit on the floor and watch my mother paint and create fabulous pieces of art and wish for just a small amount of her talent. Flash forward to my adulthood...I have a fabulously talented little sister who is still doing college art classes, and I would see her art and find myself doing the same thing.....wishing for just a small amount of her talent. Here is what I have discovered............I don't need to wish for any of their talent because I HAVE MY OWN!! I just had to "wake" up and see that I am just as talented at painting as they are, and more than capable of creating beautiful pieces of art for my loved ones! Yep, I am now 48 years old and I still learn something new every single day. I hope I never stop learning because then how boring would that be?! I am blessed beyond belief with physical talents and spiritual talents. I hope you start a journey this year, and I hope that this journey leads you to discover your hidden talents and who you truly are as being, and your true purpose!

I do believe I have rambled probably enough, how about some pictures of some fabulous hats and journals?! I have a few from the beautiful ladies at The Journey Continues, our east coast division, and aren't they gorgeous?

And I have a few from my group as well, with a few journals thrown in the mix also!

My next hat will be a special request by my sister that I am unable to say who it's for at this time, just know that a lot of love will be going into this one....a lot of love goes into them all, but this one more so than usual.

I hope that my update finds you well and happy, make time for yourself and be the light in someones life today by just being kind...a smile, a hug...an ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on....until my next update, may the light of God's love touch your heart and soul and help each and every one of you to Glow from Within............<3

Thankful EVERY day!

Happy Sunday Morning! It is still dark outside and hubby is still snoozing, so thought I would use this time wisely and update my blog and upload pictures to Pinterest, before I get so busy later that time runs away from me. I have sat and tried to figure out where the year went, and I'm still shaking my head because I just don't know....Thanksgiving is next week!!!

A lot of people use this time of year to be thankful and grateful for what they have and the blessings in their lives. I believe we should be this way EVERY day, in each moment of time we should be grateful and thankful for the blessing that moment brought with it. I believe also, that each struggle we go through and each lesson we learn is a blessing too, without these struggles and lessons we would not be the person we are supposed to be. The lessons are valuable, the struggles and battles that we fight every day bring us closer to our true purpose, if we have not discovered it yet. I believe our purpose is to learn how to love everyone, yes...even our enemies. Remember that everyone's journey is different than our own, and their rocks and ruts are probably a lot bigger than what we think.

I try not to jot down in this little blog of my own struggles, but hey I admit, it happens lol. So with that being said, I had been struggling with left arm/shoulder muscle pain for a couple of months now (where when you lift your arm, it feels like you have been lifting weights)....the pain just continued to worsen until this past Thursday. I couldn't even stay longer than an hour at work, couldn't use it to drive and had a hard time turning my head to look out my side mirror on the driver's side. This was even after a friend, who has healing hands and practices Reihki, had worked on it for some time. I'm grateful that my beautiful daughter had the day off, because she was able to come over and work on my shoulder and neck for at least half an hour and bring healing and relief! I believe we may have discovered that she may have the gift of healing in her hands. I have 3 people in my life that has this gift and without them, my own pain levels would prevent me from doing what I do....make a difference in someone's life by making a hat or journal. I'm eternally grateful for them and for the gifts God gives each of us, whether it is physical healing, emotional healing, or the many talents each one of us possess!

Speaking of gratitude, let's show lots of LOVE for The Journey Continues, because there is a LOT of photo's to post from their side of the world! What a fantastic job our east coast division is doing in making a difference in a cancer patients life!!! Here are loads of photo's of the BEAUTIFUL work going on in The Journey Continues!

 

They are ALL so fabulous!!! I LOVE them, the colors, the flowers, the stitches...it's all fabulously beautiful!!! <3  Compared to as much work they are doing, my work is small in comparison. I will persevere and continue, even if it may be S L O W going in my own division right now lol! :) Here are the few hats and journals my division has created.

 

There you have it, all that has been created for our group! I have finished a hat and working on a journal for a friend's significant other who is going through treatments for pancreatic cancer right now. We will take special requests for anyone you may know that is fighting the war on cancer and battling for their lives, just send us a message or contact us on Facebook.

Much love and eternal gratitude for those that continue to support our journey in making a difference in cancer patients lives by bringing a smile to their face and the knowledge that someone cares to their heart! Until my next update, may the light of God's love touch your heart and soul and help you to Glow from Within..............<3

 

BE THE LIGHT IN SOMEONES LIFE!!!