AMULET DOLL

I won a guessing game at Milliande's site, and she sent me

some wonderful things to play with. One of the things

was a little cloth doll filled with lavander..and various

items to make an amulet.

Her little dress is adorned with sequins, and she has

a little blue flower on the side of her dress.

I placed semi precious stones at each of her chakra.

At the top I punched two little holes, and laced a

silk ribbon to hang her in my special place.

Sorry about the glare at the bottom of photo:-)

Mariette xox

DAY:3

Today I decorated my journal cover as part of Day 3 journal entry for January.
Gessoed part of the cover, and drew a figure. This was based on a photo
I took while walking around the Farmer's Market . It's a favorite spot of mine.
Some of the performing artists are musicians and mime. This woman was
painted in gold from head to toe, and she looked like a statue. I used
different colors to give her more life

Mariette xox

PROJECT JANUARY

DAY 1: The first picture is the Journal I am using for my entries. I made this journal book last
year, and thought it would be a great book for my January entries. A project was started
by Milliande at her site. The goal is to do a journal entry every day for the month of January.
Come and join in if you wish. Only two days to catch up.
Tiles and doors in my entry are provided by Milliande at her site. http://milliande.ning.com/
If you would like to post a link here to your site , I would like to see what you create!
Get those creative juices flowing.
The beginning of my pages in my journal are aspens on the left, and hands towards the heavens.
The hands represents a dual meaning here for me. Last year I broke my wrist and it was a learning curve. I learned how to use my left hand for painting, writing and other things. It is also embracing the Beginning of the New Year. Above there's a chinese symbol. In english it translates" Of a Good Beginning Cometh a Good End".
Following is the Old Door of 2008, closing the door, entering a new door for 2009. Milliande gives a gread video on how to create the doors. Check it out!
Day 2: My day 2 entry is Embracing the Goddess.
"I Embrace the Sacred Goddess Within"...I celebrate the magic!



Mariette xox

DAY 2

WELCOMING IN THE NEW YEAR DRAW!

Before I announce the winners I would like to thank everyone for playing ,and sharing your most inspiring moment .

There'll be more giveaways in the future;-)
It's a joy for me to share my work.

I've had many inspiring moments in 2008. My most inpiring was when I took an abandoned kitten in, and named in Bijou (Jewel in french).
I also get much inspirations from the artists I meet

online, doing the suziblu class, meeting Milliande, and willowing

also gives me a lot of inspiraton. Looking forward to Milliande's class in February;-)

With a little blessing we now close this door, and welcome with open hands the New Year.
I wish you all a healthy, prosperous, and creative flow for 2009
May all your dreams come true.

Now

The moment you've been waiting for...

I wrote all the participants name down, cut out the name in little shapes,
fold it and placed in a straw hat.
I did the shake and twist, until I pulled out a the first lucky name .
The first winner is.........

LISA COLE
Yea!Lisa

A little more shake and twist, and the second lucky name is...

MS. BLISS

Yea!Ms. Bliss

Congratulations!

Please send me your address at my email lotuspond_56@yahoo.ca so I can mail the print
out to you

Mariette xox

TAGGED

I was tagged by Dragon Baby

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules.
3. Tell 6 things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them.
5. Go to each person's blog and leave a comment letting them know they've been tagged.

Here are six things about myself
1.I am a creative soul, and enjoy making art
2.I love matcha chai, with ginger and extra spice
3.I love eating pies at Aphrodite Cafe with my friend Sandra
4.I love my kitten Bijou
5.I love meeting artists online
6.I would love to see end to war, and peace in the world
Six people I chose to tag
Rose http://whatrosemadetoday.blogspot.com/
Bridget http://bdorsa.blogspot.com/
Flor Larios http://www.florlariosart.com/
Lisa Cole http://lisacole690.blogspot.com/
Willowing http://www.willowing.org/blog-news.html
Kristin Long http://kristinscreativejourney.blogspot.com/

Whimsical Flowers for you;-)))

Hello Dear online friends!

I've been creating whimsical

flowers the last couple of days!

When I signed up with Willowing's Ning site, I became

inspired in playing with my watersoluble crayons.I normally use them for backgrounds in my journal.

I was making purrty little faces when the idea of making flowers grew out of them;-))

I really enjoy creating these.

I use heavy watercolorpaper, and watercolor crayons

(this included watersoluble oil pastel, lyra watersoluble crayons and some caran d'ache.)

The butterflies and hearts embellishments were done with a puffy pen

Mariette xox

WELCOMING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH TWO GIVEAWAYS;-)))

Only a few days left before the end of 2008.It's been a very inspiring year, and met wonderful goddesses.I would like to thank everyone I've had a chance to meet, and be inspired by so many wonderful artists online.
To celebrate the New Year with all I am giving away two littleprints based on my painting
Three Wise Ones

The prints are 5 x7 printed on Lumijet paper.
Tell me what was the most inspiring moment for you in 2008.
Good Luck everyone, and best of all Happy Creative, healty, prosperous New Year;-)
For some reason part of the painting is not showing; but it will all show on the print ...lol
Please post your comments here.
Thank you
The draw will be on January 1/09
Mariette xox

Persephone~Queen of the Underworld

8 1/2 x10 on clayboard