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I am very fortunate to have been accepted again this year to be part of Danielle Laporte’s Desire Map Planner launch team. I hope you’ll enjoy this video where I share what I love about next year edition and point a few differences with the 2017 Desire Map Planner I’ve been using (good changes !).

I also have a giveaway for you ! I am giving away the grey weekly edition *woot woot !* Scroll down to know how to enter.

I am a Virgo, and this is where my love for planning and being organized comes from (and from a very well organized Mom too). I feel everything and this is the only planner I have encountered that is not only focusing on what needs to be done on a day to day basis but also helps me go inward to reflect on how I want to feel that day/week/month/year. So I can take the steps towards the spiritual goals I set to myself. It was weird, the first year using Danielle’s planner, but now it feels natural to check in and plan.

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Hello Loves !
This week, I wanted to do a quick video sharing my current favorite method when it comes to creating abstract painting: swiping. I need to put a disclaimer out there: I did not invent this but was inspired by Casey Kempter and Quinton Brunner in the Let It Flow group I belong to in Facebook.

One of the key to create a beautiful pour is the consistency of your paint. In this case, I added some silicone oil into the colors but left the white alone (just added some water to the acrylic paint to get said desired consistency). I bought mine at the auto section of our Walmart; you can find some at Home Depot or Amazon as well.
I did not share the mixing process because it can be long, therefore pretty boring to watch. BUT if you’re interested in that, please let me know in the comments so I can make it a separate video for you.

It is a really simple technique. If you try it, please share some pictures with me 🙂 There are so many possibilities with it..!

If you follow me on Instagram (if not, what are you waiting for ? ;)), you know that this year is the year I decided to explore abstraction in my paintings. I am still deeply in love with my Nixies, but felt the need to do something else and see where this would take me.

Abstract art as many many forms, and I knew when thinking about it at the end of 2016, that I would not be bored by picking it as my main focus for the year.

Right now, I am binge watching videos, and even asked a local artist to mentor me on the pouring technique. There are several ways to achieve a specific visual, and I have done a lot of paintings, not getting it as I desire. They are not bad paintings, just not what I am striving for.

If you would like more videos about this type of art, let me know in the comments. I would happily execute 😉

This year, my Soul Whisper (my guiding word) is PERSEVERANCE. I keep it close because I could give up and try something else. But I know I won’t. I can’t. I owe myself that, to persist and continue until I am finally 100% pleased with what is coming out of my hands.

Painting everyday, just for me, is creating a shift. I can feel it in my bones. Find the joy and stick to it. That is my new mantra in the Studio. My fingers are itchy to create new Nixies, but in a different way. I am open to them, never closed that door.

Remember in 2015 when I offered you a vlog everyday during the month of February ? Well, I decided that new life deserved to try to be doing it again this year. I might not do an associated blogpost everyday, though.

I created a Youtube Playlist where you can watch all the videos for VEDIF.

Help me !

Tamara Laporte, who’s idea it was to begin with, created a list of prompts if we want to follow. I might do that but not in a systematic way.

However, I know that some of you have questions about my creative life/process, or even anything else (as I often share things about my life outside of art). If you have any, please leave them in the comments and I will address them in a vlog this month. What would you like to see from me in my vlogs ? I do them for you, so please let me know.

I might do a Studio tour video, now that it doesn’t look like a storm hit it anymore.

If you like them, feel free to spread the love and share them with your friends ! I will do a HUGE giveaway once I reach the 3,000 subscribers on my Youtube Channel (currently about 615 persons left to reach there).

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Hey guys !

You know I am a sucker for new art supplies and I have to restrain myself when new goodies come out (still a starving artist at the moment). When I discovered Jane Davenport was releasing a (big) line of mixed media stuff with American Craft, I was giddy with anticipation. I mean: art journals, paint (both watercolor and acrylic), even a fountain pen (!!!).

So armed with my coupon, I asked my husband to drive me to our nearest Michaels (after having called to ask if they were carrying the line).

I bought the two types of art journal she offers: the canvas journal and the butterfly journal. If you know me, you know I like binding my own journals and I actually did some journals quite similar to the butterfly one (love love love). I pick both blank so I can decorate the covers as I see fit once I start playing with them. One thing though: I find the butterfly journal quite small and was surprised by the size of the paper and the fact that it comes with only one signature inside (of course, you can buy more eh); so I guess I will be making my own to add to it. The canvas journal is really nice, the paper is thick and slightly textured so working in it will be interesting. To go with it, I bought the gold journal girdle. Like its name indicate, it is a belt that goes around the front cover, and it is a pouch.

I hesitated between the Magic Wands (color pencils) and the Mermaid Markers (don’t you love the names ?? I do) and eventually went with the markers. You saw in the video (and I feel totally dumb but left it anyway, keeping it real you guys !) but I had a bit of struggle… The colors are really really vibrant and the range is nice (there is 12 markers in the pack). Can’t wait to expand what I do in my art journal with those markers. So far, I love the nylon tip because it makes it sturdy but not “hard”. One thing I am excited to play with is the fact that they react with water (I need to play and check what happens once they are dry… do they still react ?).

Last but not least I could not leave the store without the INKredible pen, which is a fountain pen. I kinda collect them and love love writing and making marks with them. What’s great about it ? It comes with a converter cartridge, which allows me to use any ink I please with the pen. oh yea !

Her line is really wide in what she offers. You can add charms to your journals, rub ons, washi tapes, different covers are available for both journals etc. It seems to be already successful so I will not be surprised for it to increase with time 😉

Have you tried her products yet ? What are your favorites ? Please share in the comment 😉