My Journey

art and stuff

howdy folks! how are 'ya today?

it's a beautiful sunny day here in southern louisiana. my day so far has been one of those really really good days. for no particular reason other than it was free from obligations and i can just do whatever i please. or nothing at all. i've done a lot today however. on my 2nd pot of coffee. scanned in and photographed some layouts i made last night. cooking....french toast for breakfast, mexican pork tacos for dinner, brownies for dessert. taking photos with my sweet boyfriend. listening to music over at pandora on the pc. a nifty little site. you type in a band or musician and they play your pick and lots of other similar music. no commercials. just music. pretty cool.

a good day indeed.

and yesterday was good too. PRESIDENT OBAMA! so excited to see him in action. just a remarkable day for american history in general. good stuff.

okay. on to the art. 3 layouts. 2 of them are SO similar. i hate when i do that! i realize i need to take a little break between layouts. or i often make several that look similar. maybe i'll start doing a page in the daily book in between. when i get on a roll i like to make several projects. so i think that's the way to go!

 

 

a typo in this one...oh well!

 

 

 

well i guess that's about it! hope you are having a lovely day! :)

peace,

kate

my 365 for today....gonna give it a go again this year. anyone else???

such good therapy

i've been scrapbooking and taking photos. a lot. and it feels so very good!

 

 

i am doing a daily book for 2009. no rules to my book. i am just going to fill it with whatever i want. photos, journaling, quotes and song lyrics. whatever goes. i'll add to it throughout the year. here are a few pages....will put an album up on the sidebar so that you can see all the pages and the detail.

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope your week has been going great!

Peace,

Kate

P.S....had some emails and a comment on my last post asking if i was ok. i guess internet scrapbooking community rumor was that i was in some sort of car accident???? i am fine. was not in any car accident. thanks for the concern expressed though! :)

what's up y'all?

i had a really great weekend. andrew and i took a little road trip and went to a swamp walk...took a lotta' photos. hung out with our best friend. and also have started working on a mini book....just a good weekend. i'll let the photos do the talking this time! :)

 

 

 

 

 

peace,

kate

hello again....

so how are 'ya?

me? i've been hanging out with my family, reading, listening to music...just generally relaxing a bit and taking some time to breathe. and it feels good.

i just finished up the first book in the "twilight" series. i loved it. couldn't put it down. have now moved on to the second book. anyone else read these? i haven't seen the movie yet. don't really know for sure if it could measure up to the book. anyone seen it?? thoughts? anyhoo....the books are great reads.

 

i've also been listening to a lot of new music. thanks to itunes. i am really lovin' my new ipod. it's pretty awesome. i can check my email and do anything on the web on that thing! so very cool. anyways, some new stuff i've been into lately....atmosphere, brother ali, the new Britney and Beyonce cd's....both are SO good. the twilight soundtrack is pretty stellar. and loving this new cd by ray lamontagne...every song on it is like a little treasure. such beautiful music.

 

give it a listen if you can!

i've been journaling a lot lately. in my absence from blogging, i started journaling in traditional form again. just a regular old composition book, a pen and my thoughts. i must say, i have really missed journaling in that form and plan to continue to make it a part of my daily life in 2009. that's one of my goals. i usually don't do the whole new years resolution thing. but this year....i have some things i want to do. to accomplish. and i have set goals. there are just so many things i want to do...and i want to hold myself accountable in 2009 for how i choose to live my life and what i do with my time. i am at a place in life where i feel a real sense of inner peace. strength. i feel hope. that this year everything is going to come together in my life. it already has in so many ways.

one of my goals for the year is to practice being grateful. to live with an awareness always of my blessings. this past year when everything in my life fell apart and i felt hopeless....when i thought i had nothing left...i had to look around and ask myself  "what is good in my life?" i had to take stock in my blessings. no matter how few they might have been at the time. because i had to have something to hold on to. we all need that. and there is always something to be thankful for. no matter how hard life gets...there is always something.

so this year, i plan to look around every day and remind myself of my blessings. and be thankful for them. every day.

i have a running list of my goals in my journal. i plan to hold myself accountable this year. 2009 is going to be a really really good year. i know it.

do you have any goals for this year?

well i guess that's it this time around! hope that all is well in your world. i'll be posting art soon...so stay tuned!

 

peace,

kate

it's a new year!

2009? where'd the time go?

it's been a while since i've been around these parts. i've just been living life. trying to focus on my family...myself for a bit. blogging just hasn't been a priority of late. sometimes a shift of focus is not only good, but also necessary.

life has been good to me in my absence. not that it's been a smooth ride...but it's been basically good. 

i've been taking photos. making art again. for a while i just didn't feel like sharing. i've been so focused on my life and living it, that i just didn't feel like i was ready to come here and share my life. my art. my photos. i had some stuff to work out.

but it's a new year! i finally feel that i'm at a really good place in my life. i feel weary from the journey. but i feel stronger than ever. i have peace. i'm ready now to move forward and beging to include some of the things i used to love in my life again. and blogging and sharing my photos and art are some of those things.

in the weeks proceeding new years eve, i was so excited! for whatever reason this new year was meaningful for me. a fresh year. a new beginning. a breath of fresh air. i'm so so ready for this new year and i plan to make it a good one! last year was one of the hardest years i've ever been through. actually...THE hardest. i'm ready for 2009.

my holiday season was good. some random photos...

 

 

 

 

 

my favorite christmas gift. from andrew. i adore that thing! 

 

speaking of andrew....who is my best friend. my heart. who i walk this world with. he makes everything better.  expect to see a lot more of him here on the blog this year! :)

i plan to be around a lot more now. i've missed sharing my art here. i am ready to start doing that again.

much love and peace,

kate