My first artsy swap with Popy: pure bliss.

I've known Popy thinks to the first Petite Dolls workshop of Suzi Blu (can you believe it was already one year ago ?!). I noticed her at first because she's French, like me; and between all this Ocean of world wide Goddesses, it's sometimes good to find some roots (sort of). So my focus went easily on her.

In addition, I was fascinated by her universe: she succeeds in puting my inner world into "real" shapes while I struggle. INCREDIBLE ! Her style is colorful but we can guess deeper things in it.

We learned to know each other and I'm so proud to have her as a friend right now. Of course, as usual, geography is not with us but I know we have a way to walk together.

I'm happy to have a piece of her in my home thanks to the exchange we planned (my 4 year old daughter keep repeating "it's so beautiful what your friend made for you Mummy !", I just can agree with her in that point

The subject of this swap ? Her favorite color mix: lime green/turquoise blue/red. I never used these three together, so it's a real challenge ! One "big" creation with two ATCs (Artist Trading Cards).

She added some extras that deeply touched my heart.

Look at THAT (click for bigger view):

And here the two ATCs. She took care of their back too:

Don't miss her, she deserves to be known.

You can buy some of her kits and creations so don't hesitate too much: The Popy Factory

Wreck this Journal: week 1.

I was absolutely certain to have already written a note about this strange book by <strong>Keri Smith</strong> but it's impossible to find it (I guess it's something that might happen... I have so much blog at the same time !)

Jamie, for this new edition of <a href="http://www.tnc-wreckthisjournal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Next Chapter</a>, proposed us to go beyond our fear of mess and against our perfectionnism with the book <strong>Wreck This Journal</strong>.

But what is it ? It's not really a book because there is no story AT ALL in it... but some funny and bizarre instructions to subjectively follow: mess is good, DESTRUCTION IS CREATION !
I've already started (and then forgot a little) to wreck this journal, so I really think it's the good timing for me to do it now, to share with other people.

Here is what I've started for Week 1. I practiced a ritual I do several times a year, when something bothers me really really much, or make me angry, or sad or whatever negative feeling that can overwhelm me. I write down what make me in trouble and then I simply burn and destroy it. And then the feeling vanishes with the words I wrote. As simple as this. There, I burnt the paper with a stick of Patchouli incense (crazy, I know).

Et voilà !:

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Désolée pour la photo plus que floue