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I am back with a new video project for Strumpet Stencils. For this month’s project, I share with you how I created a birthday card. Just so you know: I wish I was a card maker. I see all these beautiful handmade cards and hope I would be able to create something like this but… no. I still try, though. It is the intention that counts, right ?

I invite you to go over the Strumpet Stencil blog for more details.

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• Do No Harm Sigil Stencil
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• Modeling Paste

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Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday ! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

This week, I am grateful for:

• • • Quality time with my daughters
    • The french tv show Clem, opening up discussions between them and I
    • My husband coming home tonight from a week away
    • Our swimming pool
    • Noticing the young women my daughters are becoming

  

  • • The chance to be able to buy new school supplies and backpacks for our kids
    • Creating new videos for you and putting the artwork for sale
    • Music
    • Hot Baths, even when it’s hot in/out-side
    • Books
• My workouts
• Frustration filled tears (better out that kept in)

My song for this week:

Meet Tilda. She is the first Nixie of my 100 Nixie Project (I am *this close* of changing it up to 108, as that would be more meaningful for me).

Enjoy the video:

She is looking for a new home:

How to find a way to reclaim my creativity, to enjoy being in my Studio again ? I used to want to make a living out of my art but I guess I am not bold enough for that. I created heavy pressure on my shoulders about it and I am still nursing the wounds of what feels like a huge failure. But I guess you can not fail at something you did not give you 300%.

It is hard when you believe your message matters but that there is no real response to it. So instead of forcing it on people, I stopped painting. I needed some time away I guess. But now, stories are bursting at the seam of my heart to be painted and shared, so I started this new project. To stretch my skills, to have fun.

Supply list:

More photos:

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday ! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

This week, I am grateful for:

• My family doctor, who listens and never says I’m crazy
• The Sun’s warmth
• Books
• Quality time with my daughters
• My workouts, that I can do at home with my daughter or at the gym
• Pain killers
• The bullet Journal videos on the Seventeen youtube channel

My song for this week: