Winner of Stencils

Congrats Jamie Lynn!!! you are the winner of the Jane Davenport Stencils.
please email me at mlacefield13{at} sbcglobal.net and give me your information.


thank you to all that participated!!

Jane Davenport Stencil play

Jane and the lovely folks at artist cellar asked me to preview and play with some of their newest stencils. Of course, I was jumping up and down going crazy because I have always had an art crush on Jane Davenport. I met Jane last year at Teesha's PLAY retreat. She is magnetizing! She is an absolute rock star. And I pretty much want to BE her. 

anyhooo back to the stencils. My favorite ones are the profile and forward facing stencils but they are all pretty spectacular. What I adore about these stencils is that it gives you a perfect guide to springboard into painting a face. You can take them into so many directions. I've always had trouble painting profile faces but with this little jewel, I can really rock it. 

Thank you Jane for helping us to paint better and to artist cellar for producing such a fab product. OH and another thing ....the stencils are really thick and hold up well to working in your journal. Beautiful!

And be sure and check out all the other amazing art that these folks have created. I've seen most of them and it truly is wonderful!

Sunday 3/3 - Artistcellar  (www.artistcellar.com/wp)
Monday 3/4 - Teesha Moore  (www.teeshascircus.blogspot.com)
Tuesday 3/5 - Jeanette House  (http://www.jeanettehouse.co.uk/blog/)
Wednesday 3/6 - Dawn Sokol  (http://www.dblogala.com/)
Thursday 3/7 - Tamara Laporte (www.willowing.org/blog)
Friday 3/8 - Effy Wild  (http://effywild.com)
Saturday 3/9 - Kass Hall (http://www.kasshall.com/)
Sunday 3/10 - Mindy Lacefield  (http://www.timssally.com/)
Monday 3/11 - Jane Davenport (http://www.janedavenport.com/)

Here is another face I painted with the forward facing stencil:

 Embrace

You can find Jane's new face stencils at the Artist Cellar - HERE

We are giving away a set to my readers so be sure and leave a comment and tell me what you feel is your most flattering facial feature. I'll be picking the winner for the stencils on Tuesday, March 12.

journey to beginning

Journey to a place of wholeness...... of beauty and wonder.
That place is right in front of you among the plain and mundane.
It lies in the ritual of normal.
Gazing up, your wonder sparkled by the sun
just caught the glimpse of a hawk in flight.
Its shadow races over your being.
It begs out for your praise, silently.

To behold such magic, we can achieve enlightenment
and the very reason we live.
We pull an orange from the tree for the first time and
know the sweetness of the citrus air.
The salt moves in slightly on your nose.
And you taste the embrace of the sea from afar.
I'm guessing not many miles from here, the blue
meets blue.
Calling out her majesty, the moon looms high in the sky.
this is the joy of beginning.
This is time standing still.
There is nothing else.
From the beginning was where MAGIC was birthed

dedicated to my sister-friend Carissa Paige. I love you with all my being. Watching hawks. Witnessing the marsh. Bamboo. Heidi. DJ and beer tears. You are my fairy. Showing me the magic. This is just the beginning.

Eat from the Juicy Orange Trees - original 

available here

Everything is miraculous!

Albert Einstein says "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle"

snippet cut out of a scan from the journal of

DJ Williams

.....pasted into my journal

I hope you see the miracles happening every day around you. The minute. The ones you may have missed before. They are there. And once you learn to illuminate the little, you will find these things. They will start to feel that they are seeking YOU out. Manifesting in front of your eyes, you become one with all that is good. And the bliss you never thought you could have or thought you deserved is waiting there for you to take. Grab it in and hold close. Breathe in the essence and exhale out into this world the YOU that can now be shared. You will begin to inspire others.

head on over to www.wakingbliss.com

to learn more about how connections.....with others, nature, the universe

can change your life.

Lifeblood of YOU

What has become your chalice of knowledge over the past week......? month.....? year.....? 10 years......?
And by Chalice, I mean something you can hold that is sacred. The lifeblood of you. Realizing the vulnerable scary bits and coming off not perfect....those. Those. What can you define in yourself that you are unsure of?
Don't you realize that if you weren't trying so hard to be appear perfect in the eyes of others that you would come closer to reaching them. Show them the YOU. I am telling you this to tell me again.

When you can hold something in the sacred cup, you bare witness to its fruitfulness. It no longer seems scary. It is all out there to see. Held together by steel. Held up by your hands.

Hold up your Chalice and claim your most spectacular YOU.

Art Doodle Love

You can pick up your copy HERE

Ask me what I love about Dawn DeVries Sokol's new book, Art Doodle Love..... and I will tell you.....

I love that it lets you have your own voice with just the right amount of guidance and color. Subtle, loose prompts that can be taken and expanded on. Its about juicy color and lettering. Its about your own story here. And Dawn has a gift of bringing that out of you. This journal is a feast for the eyes!

I imagine my journal growing and expanding until it probably no longer closes by itself. I see it worn and beautifully imperfect. I see another artist inspiring others everywhere to dream big and document what is in their soul. That's what I see.

Also, please check out Dawn's blog. She is hosting a giveaway that will nicely compliment your Art Doodle Love journal. 

and here I am creating in Dawn's book.....

Listed below are the other participants for this amazing blog hop! so go ahead and check them out. do it! they are pretty dang amazing!


Feb. 2: Pam Carriker, http://www.pamcarriker.com/blog/
Feb. 3: Samantha Kira Harding, http://www.journalgirl.com
Feb. 4: Aimee Dolich, http://artsyville.blogspot.com
Feb. 5: Jane Davenport,  http://www.janedavenport.com
Feb. 6: Carla Sonheim, http://www.carlasonheim.com
Feb. 7: Tracie Lyn Huskamp, http://www.thereddoor-studio.blogspot.com
Feb. 8: Tammy Garcia, http://www.daisyyellow.squarespace.com
Feb. 9: Carissa Paige, http://www.carissapaige.blogspot.com
Feb. 10: Mindy Lacefield, http://www.timssally.com
Feb. 11: Dina Wakley, http://dinastamps.typepad.com/
Feb. 12: Tamara LaPorte, http://www.willowing.org/blog/
Feb. 13: Jill K. Berry, http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/

True Free Spirit - March Project

I wanted to give you guys a sneak peek at March's project for my

monthly online class, True Free Spirit.

This one incorporates juicy color, written text, and beautiful blending.

Sign up anytime HERE 

then....(just click "join group" and you'll be ready to go)