Monday, January 23, 2012

{BE}lieve...

here i am well into week 2 of my B.12 project...

my one little word for 2012 is to {BE} ...

i am turning this little word into different B words as i go through the year and my creative journey..

i {be}gan with {be}gin... :0)

{be}ginning my creative journey and really {be}ginning to live the life i dream, to {be}gin on living intentionally...

i have been absent from here due to exploring the why's of my business and who i really am...

hello soul hello business, creatively made, and beyond layers are all giving me the push towards beginning...

i never realized when signing up for the e-courses how entwined they would be...a prompt in one course would reveal an A-HA moment in another. questions asked lead to questions answered...they really are making a difference in my everyday...

so from {be}ginning to {be}lieving i go..




to really {be}lieving in my dreams no matter how big or how small, {be}lieving in myself as an artist, {be}lieving that my life of an artist and mother can run parallel, and {be} beautiful...

i won't lie..it has been a struggled for me to stay intentional, to not listen to those small whispered doubts..sometimes it seems so much easier to just give up...when i feel the weight sink deep within my stomach i try to just step away for a moment...

i have to admit the one constant that soothes me and replenishes me is the evening feeding and checking in on our little cows and their new babies...strange isn't it?? this one little chore though grounds me..gives me strength and assurance that my roots run deep, that i can let go and {be}lieve in my dreams...

how are you all doing with your resolutions or aspirations for twenty.12?? any struggles or ways cleared for you??

i hope you will all join me by...

{be}lieving...



Monday, January 9, 2012

Project {Be.gin} 365.1

hello dear readers...

happy monday!

since i am {be.ginning} my creative journey and i need all the help i can get on sticking with my b.12 project i've decided to be accountable with a photo each day...

sheesh...that is a little scary for someone like me...

especially since i haven't picked up my camera since christmas...

thank goodness for my iphone!

with the apps and the quick uploading it hasn't been a burden {yet}...oh, except when there is no cell service, which as anyone who lives here knows the trials with that! :0)

one of my favorites is instagram {really who's isn't???}...

My favorite little lady..

i *love* the vintage, surreal feeling that instagram brings to my photos...

7/365.1 {soon}


can you tell my favorite subjects?? ;0)

1/365.1 {winter whites}

some more favorite apps of mine are: hipstamatic, pictureshow, Ttv Ps, and picframe for grouping photos together...

what are some of your favorite apps?

if you are wanting to join in on a 365.1 project i've created a flickr pool where you can share your photos there as well! let us all {be.gin}!!


Thursday, January 5, 2012

planking...

so sorry dear readers...
the new interface on blogger is giving me a complete ache in the you know where! :0)
i've finally switched back to the old to bring you planking....
the good kind...on walls, and its usually white and i'm thinking this is definitely going to be my next project!
{i love the raw, natural beauty of these planks}
{oh.my. that's it. i'm in love}
{this is a must for clancey's room}
{i need a white piano too....it doesn't matter i don't play does it?}


so what are your thoughts on wall planks?
oh and if a certain prairie girl decided to take a crow bar to her walls how would she go about adding planking?? :0)
do you apply it over the dry wall or does it completely replace dry wall? has anyone attempted adding this to their house? i would *love* to hear your thoughts!


Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Be....

i hope you all had the most, wonderful christmas...

we enjoyed every single moment..it was the most peaceful holiday i remember for a long time...

we spent the time playing games, ice skating at beautiful bryce canyon, working over cows, and just being together...it was pure {magic}...

now here we are, 2012 and i feel SO excited!  i just know the year is going to hold some extra special *fabulousness* for my little family :0)

we have made some plans for some big changes here and i can't wait to share...it is something we have been waiting 14 years for...it is definitely time! 

i have also been making some plans for my little space here, i have been chatting with an insanely talented girl to help give the blog a little lift and new direction.  in early november a new muse visited me and her story is waiting to be told.  it really is miraculous how everything comes together...

when reflecting on 2011 one word came to my mind...{muddled}...

i had some Dreams come true during the year, some i never realized i had but i just felt as if the little trials drowned out a lot of the joy.  it seemed that i really couldn't focus on anything and just {BE} in the moment...

so my one little word for twenty.12 is {BE}...

i also have a little confession to make before we go any further...i loose interest in things quite rapidly {the half-a$$ed projects throughout my house can testify} so making a commitment on one little word for an entire year is really not feasible...i don't think i can even remember what word i chose for last year, i definitely know it wasn't muddled! ;0)

so i'm changing up the way my word is going to work for me and my new found *love* of art journaling is going to help out, i hope you join me for my B.12 project...




every two weeks i'm going to come up with a new {BE} word...this word will help me stay focused and intentional in my living...

all my thoughts and direction will be written here...




my B.12 journal...


i recently came across an article on the life of an artist, how you as an artist can have all the mediums, the ideas, the space and desire to create but if you don't actually produce something you are a {poser}...yes, a poser and i am the biggest {poser} of them all!  i can't tell you how THAT one little word has affected me, i know without a doubt that i DON'T want to BE a POSER!!  i want to create, i want live an artful life, a creative life, i want to live the life i know i'm capable of living....to just {BE}...

{BE.GIN} is the first little word to start guiding me on my creative journey...i found this quote on pinterest tonight that reaffirmed the importance of beginning...







it really is that simple...{BE.GIN}...

i'm {BE.GINNING} by taking an in-depth business course with kelly rae and beth nicolls...i'm ready to take faded prairie to the next level and make the most out of it...

i'm also {BE.GINNING} with another e-course...the wonderfully, all inspiring, jeanne oliver's dream come true....{CREATIVELY MADE} rediscovering the beauty of your gifts...i don't know a better way to begin a journey than this...

i hope you will begin your journey with me, please share how you plan to begin.  are you going to be accountable within the written word, are you going to begin by picking up your camera one extra time each day...what ever it may {BE}...just begin...


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