Oh My Gosh it's 2014! Where Does the Time Fly???

How about making a New Year's Dream jar? Cute huh?

I remember when I was a little girl, probably about 10, I'd wonder what year it would be when I turned 44.  I don't know why 44 was the magic number, but for some random reason it was at the time. Oh I know - because I was wondering how old I'd be in the very far away year of 2000. It was 44.  I couldn't imagine being that old! LOL! Now I wish I was that young!

Here we are now in 2014...I really want THIS YEAR to be MY year. I've been saying that for about the past 5, and so far no such luck. Maybe if I don't pronounce it as "my year", then maybe it will be my turn.

I've got lots of things in the works for this year. Some are top secret, so I can't say yet, but they are BIG! HUGE! GREAT! And I can't wait!!! The others are equally great, but not quite to that degree.  You just can't help but plan and hope and dream when a new year rolls around can you?

What are all your dreams and wishes for 2014?

Book of Possibilities 2013

I saw a movie a few months ago with Queen Latifah (who I think is FABULOUS by the way!) called "The Last Holiday", and in the movie, she had created something called a "Book of Possibilities". In the book was places she wanted to go, things she wanted to do, etc... Ever since I saw that, I've been wanting to do one of my own books.

I've been gathering up bits and pieces, clippings, articles, pictures, drawings, and various other pretties and tacking them on the bulletin board in my art studio but it's not all neat and tidy and gathered together. I want something that I can open up, flip through, delight in, dream over, and add to any time I want. Kind of like the one above maybe...

For the design of the book, I'm considering something like a binder so that I can add pages in, but I also want something handmade, not a vinyl D-ring binder. I might even use a scrapbook with a cover that I can customize and make my own.

I do this sort of thing already with an "idea" book for art. I've got one of those hard bound sketch books and I either sketch directly in it, or I might cut out little doodles that I've done on other paper and paste it into the book, or I'll take a pic of pieces I've created and tape it onto a blank page then write a description around it. Just with the small amount I've done, I find I enjoy looking through and back to see some of my scrawlings or ideas. I leave it by my bed sometimes so if a thought pops into my head, I can write it/sketch it really quick before it evaporates into la-la land forevermore.

Being a Halloween fan and artist, of course this one is my absolute favorite! Note to self: Get started!