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Happy New Year, Loves. I know I know… I say I want to be more frequent and consistent in my blogging and here I am on publishing the first one on January 9th…

Today is back-to-school for my girls and back-to-work for my husband, after two weeks of Winter Break all together. It was our first end of year in Québec without family or friends so we made the most of it. The girls went sliding for the first time (not without a few crying), lots of video games were played for them, tons of books were read for me and we finally had some seriously needed downtime (no 6am alarm clock can do wonders).

It is my first “day in the life” type of vlog so please be kind 😉

Mentioned in this vlog:

• My new #365AbstractExplorations project, which I share on my Instagram account

• Roxanne Cobble’s amazingness

I am a Virgo and I think it is a common personality thing: we tend to get obsessive pretty easily. I have always been honest about it: it is sometimes a curse when you can’t get your mind to think about something else than the said obsession. BUT it can also be a blessing because it forces me to explore and squeeze something as much as I can.

So I decided… why not share it with you guys in the {Scraps Of Life} vlogs.

I discovered  the Unicornos figurines thanks to Liz Lamoreux who shared hers a while back now. I bought lots severals (and they recently released the series 5 and and and…. yes.)

Part 1 (Mermicorno unboxing with my daughter):

It was really fun to film with Kaly. We share this common love for everything Unicorn and Mermaid so she was really happy when I had duplicates 😉 I really hope Tokidoki will release a Series 2 eventually. You can find them here, here or here.

Part 2 (Liquitex Muted collection and music):

Music is everything to me and I do know I will go back to learning to play an instrument eventually. There is always music playing in our home.

I have been in love with Alicia Keys since her song Falling, back when I was in highschool. Now, I am falling in love with her, the woman. She speaks her truth(s) in this new album, album coming after a pretty long time without new music from her. She decided to go against the flow and to stay who she is, even in public. Less make-up. Her beautiful natural hair. I thank her for speaking up.

In the video, I share my top5 songs from “Here”. And if you have about 22 minutes I really suggest you watch her video “The Gospel” that kind of introduce you to her album in a beautiful artistic way.

I can not stick to one medium when I create. Trust me, I tried and tried but failed everytime. Because I like mixing things together, see how they play with one another. I love acrylic inks and some of my go-to are the ones by Liquitex. Especially because they go wonderfully with any of their media. When they released their Muted Collection I simply fell in love…

I bought both the inks and the soft body and just WOW. That Muted Grey stole my heart…

As I told you recently, painting has not been happening a lot in my Art Cave in the past few months. So to un-rust my fingers a little, I decided to take one of the big canvas I had laying around untouched, and just play with it. In our new living room, we are dedicated a wall for my different Lotus paintings created over the years. So this is the only intention I had when I started: create a big Lotus on canvas using techniques that I love and know, and have fun with it.

I hope you’ll enjoy seeing this big painting coming to life layer after layer:

I have a question for you: what kind of videos would you like to see from me in the future ? I am very open-minded and I do them for you *even though I just love filming and editing them, too* so I’d love to know what you’re looking for when you are going to my youtube channel. More vlogs ? Art Journaling ? More art journaling ? More time-lapse videos like this one ? Tell me in the comments (and if you have any question, don’t be shy and ask me) <3

A few close-up photos of the yummy colors and textures:

… and go get it ! I don’t know why but I’m not that much in the mood of long sentences of prose to share today, but still want to be here, hoping someone is still around for it, for me. I have so so many dreams, tiny ones and HUGE ones.

I am so happy to share with you my thoughts on Danielle Laporte’s 2017 Daily Planner. It is a big baby, definetely not one you can keep in your handbag for reference at all time (except if your handbag is a mini suitcase, then… yes).

I talked about the planner in a previous blogpost, but did not have it in my hands yet. This is why it was important to me to add to it with a video.

First… packaging ! It arrived in a box that had this sticker on it saying “If you want to find out, you have to go in” and I was thinking that it made sense with opening a box BUT could be applied in life too, don’t you think ?

There was some clear tape with Danielle’s logo to seal it shut. As a selling artist, packaging is very important. The care and thought put into it does matter. And I was blown away.

Inside… the planner was wrapped in a gorgeous tissue paper printed with the same logo as the tape (let me tell you: I kept it for collage material, to use in my art journal or in some paintings).

This is the perfect tool if you want to align your feelings, your spirituality, your business and your life.

And just for fun, here are some things that my Heart currently desires:

• Clarity
• Patience
• An operative new home Studio (baptised The Art Cave)
• Attracting the people who need my paintings
• New jewelry (bracelets)
• Connection(s)
• Local friends to hang out with
• Date nights with my husband (like me+him time if you know what I mean)
• Blonde curly hair

I am curious: do you use a planner or a planning tool ? How do you stay on point and organized ?

I am so happy to share with you today a new {Art Journaling In Motion} video showcasing a special project I am part of.

A few months ago, Tina Walker had an open call to artists who would be willing to participate in an idea she had: she would prepare and send the same envelope of supplies, and from it we would create anything. We did not know what she would pick and were all unaware of the level of “it is out of my comfort zone” that would fill the parcel.

And this project was born: Starting from the same place

I received it in the midst of unpacking our house and my new Studio, and just took a glimpse when I got it in the mail, then it sit for a while. In it, were a ViewMaster disk, a stencil by StencilGirl (you know I love me some stencils, right ?), some painted/dyed canvas, some Fabritac, resisters (yes, the electrician thingy), some Amazing casting products and chipboard pieces. Lots of fun stuff that gave me quite some thinking to do prior to start.

I really tried to use everything, at least partially (as you can see, I cut some of the fabric for my signature droplets, for example) but could not use the green fabric for example (I am keeping all the leftovers for future projects).

I really invite you to browse what the others created: it is as diverse as can be and so much fun to see how we all used the same supplies to begin with but ended up with such different projects 😉 You’ll find a tool with all the links at the end of this blogpost.

Here are a few close-up shots: