Day 57/100 Mandala

wip mandala

My go to when I’m having a hard time with a project – especially a tech project is a mandala.

It’s easy on the mind to make the lines – I’m really happy with how this is looking. It definitely will get some shading at some point!

Websites are a pain in the butt – my difficult project. I don’t know what I’ve done but somehow I can only get in using a random login and password…computer generated, which means it’s not easily memorized.

And I can’t add photos from my phone…everything is much more time consuming this way.

I did get another challenge going at aleapintolife.com though. A 30 day Challenge to help me learn to let go of some of my stuff. Day one today! At the end of the challenge I will be 465 items lighter – I’m excited about it!

Day 56/100

I spent the day with this little cutie and her mama – I’m so blessed!

I decided to add another challenge into my life on an alternate website. A 30 day purge challenge. Clear the clutter challenge. Learn to let go challenge….

So I spent a good chunk of the evening trying to set up the website – without success. I’m hoping I’ll have better luck now that I’ve installed updates on my computer – what that has to do with anything I’m not sure but fingers crossed.

While my computer was updating I found a book page that had a watermark doodle through the center. I got out a micron pen, did some tracing and added a couple of basic lotus flowers on the top and bottom.

Day 52/100 Wire Word Art and Dyed Papers

Mig wire word art.

Had an idea to make some hidden paperclips with wire words on them so that’s my next project.

The wire I used is welding wire; it’s very hard and holds its shape really well – it will break if you bend it too much though.

Coffee dyed papers

The coffee dyed papers didn’t need to go in the oven which was a nice surprise.

Some of the edges are really saturated with coffee, seem a little sticky and have a really strong coffee smell. There are some really pretty ones though.

Coffee and tea dyed papers

Hmmm, since I have some dyed papers I’ll have to assemble a junk journal!

Day 47/100 Watercolor with Crayola Felts

An extra day with family – thank you snow!

I started coloring the feathers with a student grade Steadtler watercolor pencil but they just weren’t blending so I went to an old faithful – Crayola felts.

I’m not really looking forward to cutting these out, I think I might use an blade to get into all the little nooks and crannies.

Day 38/100 Blue Doodles

I came across a beautiful blue pen in my stash today – no clue where it came from but it sure draws smoothly!

I wasn’t sure what to draw and was hoping it would come to me after I drew the circles but it stopped talking to me…

So I did a little landscape doodle.

It didn’t turn out like I planned but that’s okay.