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I love playing in my art journal. It is no secret that it is my safe space. This is where I experiment. This is the place I go to when everything else feels too much, or not enough.

The fabulous Sarah Trumpp decided to dedicate 100 days to her stencil designs, creating one new every day for 100 days. She invited whoever wanted to join on their own challenge and called it #100daysofshenanigans (I invite you to follow the hashtag on Instagram to see what we are up to. It’s a very diverse group, so cool).

I wanted to go back to my art journal. I tend to avoid it when my feelings are not in a good place; afraid of what would come up out of me to the page… Stupid, isn’t it?

Enjoy the video:

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I am happy to share with you a new {Painting In Motion} Nixie for you.

Grappling my emotions and transforming them into something I can see is the best way for me to cope, in general.

In this video, I share with you a started canvas with a very ugly face sketched on it and how I turned it around to create a Nixie.

PS: remember you can receive 15% off your entire order on the amazing stencil shop by Sarah: Wonder Strumpet. Enter STRUMPETNOLWENN at checkout ;0 (AND Sarah is currently adding new designs daily ;)).

Here is the video:

Symbols are a big part of my creative process. And symbols are very subjective: a wing can mean something to me that would differ from what it means to you. That’s one of the things I love about them. I used a lot of them in this painting and afterward, felt so free from all the emotions that were tugging at my heart in this very moment.

More photos:

Hey guys !

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.

SUPPLY LIST:

• Do No Harm Sigil Stencil
• Triangle Background Stencil
• Plus Sign Background Stencil
• Personal Demons
• Mixed Media blank cards
• Gesso
• Brayer
• Catalyst Blade
• Modeling Paste

★★★ Enter NOLWENNSTRUMPET at checkout to get 15% off your entire order in Sarah’s stencil shop

PS: The Amazon links are affiliate, if you order through it I will gain a little commission (thank you).

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:

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: