Wishing i could FLY...

I wish i could fly like this sweet little fairy (made by my mother). I have tons of work to do and would rather be painting...just a quick blog entry...wishing i could fly...wishing i could be creating.
~peace-
~jodi
ps- do something you LOVE today!

You and Me

 So...V-Day is behind me and I survived (without a Valentine)!! Although i have to admit i was sort of sad (something inside me really was-me heart????) but i SURVIVED!! Without a piece of chocolate i might add. Better luck next year for me- ha!  I give up on love for now (well- it's been a long time) ...but somewhere- someday- it's gonna happen for me and when it does- it's gonna be awesome and will have been worth the wait- for shizzle!!

Boy- there's bigger and better things out than my lack of Valentine love...check this out. It really touches my soul. WOW!
 Enjoy- Peace.
PS- I painted all WEEKEND!! Was so FUN! :)
~jodi

HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY TO ALL!

Flying Pink Guitar

Ok- so here's something that just tickles me "pink".

I am falling in love...all over again!! With guess what??? MY GUITAR! Can i just say that i have a re-newed passion. I have been playing a lot lately and have even taken a lesson to learn "rockin leads"! I learned to play the guitar when i was a little girl (around 13ish) and have always loved music. I played for year's in my mom and dad's band (played the drums back then) and have always plucked my guitar here and there. Mostly in love with acoustic but now i'm falling for the Hard Rock- not heavy or death metal---just the harder rock and i'm loving it!
so here "he" is....he's old but "he" plays like a champ! Someday...a new guitar. It's on my Christmas list.

Enjoy your evening...play some music...it's good for the soul (for mine anyway)!!
:)
~peace~
~jodi

Donna Downey

Donna Downey is having an awesome giveaway (as always). Hope you check out her blog and awesome giveaways!! This lady is awesome...i especially love her video posts- wish she did more of em. Lot's of fun!

Lady Love...noses- not so much.

I truly enjoy playing in my journal. This page is by far complete- but it's a start and that's the hardest part for me...getting started. So yea...having some issues with my lil noses...oh well...they most definately are "my style". Ha!

 

 

Hope you enjoy your evening...I'm really not loving this snow biz. Where's my sunshine???
Peace-
~jodi :)

To my special Valentine...

I LOVE Valentine's Day!!! Finally put together my little pieces of love. I think i like em...it's funny. I had great ideas to paint my hearts (fully inspired by an artist from the most recent Paper Cloth Scissors- love this!) and make them all into mini wall hangings...um...that's not what evolved. I decided to make them into little "mini dream books". I adore little books/journals...so here you have it. Paint, a few stitches,a little fabric, a few pages to write/paint/doodle on (made of Rosin paper) and a whole lot of love. These little morsels of love are headed to the mail box tomorrow. :)

I hope you create some valentines of your own...they are so special- you could make someone's day with just a little love note. Love....i think the world could use a little more of it.

I used some shiny little clips to hold the little book together...hopefully they will hold all the hopes and dreams together.

My neice...little girls have big dreams! I hope she draws and paints in it. She already loves art and LOVES to paint!! Yea!!!

 

Used some of my favorite "shiny fibers" (i can't remember the name of it as i write this).

Love you forever... i used LOTS of glitter on this one and the one below...i just LOVE glitter!!

Mini "LOVE" wall hanging... below is a close up of the stitching...look closely....i have lots of "love" messages stitched into the fabric.

It's Grammy Night!

 

Hum......(i'm thinking Lady GaGa). Who's gonna take the show tonight????? I'm gonna be glued to the TV for this years Grammy's! I have always watched em- I can even remember watching them as a little girl (used a Goody brush back then for my mic-ha!). I always wanted to be a Rockstar! Well...i' won't be quitting my day job anytime soon- but I'm a Rockstar when i'm on my own living room stage- that's for sure!

Peace-

Enjoy your evening.

"Without deviation, progress is not possible"- Frank Zappa

Living

This thing called life...it's lovely and can be stormy too. I've been reading a lot lately- this quote really made me think about myself.

A sobering thought: what if, at every moment, I am living up to my full potential.-Jane Wagner

Humm...

Enjoy your day...make it a great one!
~peace~
jodi

ps- i treated myself to a 10 minute massage at Whole Foods yesterday- WOW! I felt like a brand new woman...it's hard for me to stay balanced- this really helped me get my soul, heart and mind back in alignment. What a difference this short about of paid professional touch can make- yes indeed.

Oh- one more thing. Can't wait to show you my new valentine's :)- coming soon (as soon as i can buy a new memory card for my dang camera).

Happy Birthday to my sisters- Vanessa (Ness) and Amanda (Beez)

Happy Birthday!!

My sweet sisters share their birthday- time to celebrate! Today is their special day- they are exactly TWO years apart. I send love and hugs and big kisses to both of them today- Make a wish...may all your hopes and dreams come true this year!!!! One lives in Miami Florida and one in Monte Vista Colorado (I wished they lived here in Denver!). This is a pic of my little sisters when they were baby girls - seems like yesterday (they are gonna kill me :).

Love you Ness and Beez- who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Thats CRAP- YES you can!!
Love you my sweeties!
~your big sis~
Peace and God Bless-
Jodi :)

An evening of peace

Ahhh....the feeling of peace in the heart. Life sure is interesting....what a journey...i'm enjoying the ride- are you?
I created a little bag last night- no intentions- no expectations...just stitches and in the end...peace. I like it.
I'm just loving "lil bag" making- here's a couple more. Since i don't use a pattern, they come out different every time- a true "one of a kind".

(close up of the stamped face on the front)

Smile today- gonna catch some of those sun rays today- it's chilly willy but the sun is shining!!
~Peace.
~jodi

Fabric Book

Good Morning...the sun is beautiful and it's gonna be a wonderful day!

Last night i worked on a fabric book (made of canvas). I stitched different fabrics on the pages and have lots more finishing touches to add- i.e. glitter; hand stitches; buttons and i'm sure i'll find more to add after all that. This book is for one of my sister's- hope she likes it.

_Peace_

~jodi

Lil Dream Books

Hope you like em. I used my Rosin paper and painted up a storm yesterday! I had fun painting these little books- added some paper and stitched the day away. I also stitched clear plastic over the covers- not sure why but i like em. They are about 6" x 4".
I love little books and decided to make a few of my own.
Have an awesome day everyone and i'm off to paint a little more today :). Painting makes me SO happy!
*Peace*
~jodi

Harmony with guitar

Well- had an awesome day! Hope you all did as well. Although i didn't get a chance to play with my rosin paper, i did complete a painting project. I think i like it- not sure yet. i used a pretty large canvas and layered it with tissue paper, an old sewing pattern (basically more tissue paper- but i like the way this lays vs regular tissue paper) and drips of paint, more paint, paper and topped it with lots of crystals. Oh...my letters are grunge-board by Tim Holtz (can get them at Michael's). So here it is...I am beyond proud of myself for starting a project and completing it! I am not loving the black at this point- perhaps it will grow on me.
Good night everyone...I'm off to make some dinner for my son and I (hope he enjoys our salad- i can hear it now....um..."can't we go grab something?")
Peace~
~jodi

Happy New YEar to all!!

Where the heck have I been?? I have missed posting on my blog and i have allowed life to get in the way of my dreams. When will i ever get a grip on "balance"? If only i could- perhaps this year i will get better at it anyway.
I am going to "play" tomorrow- I can't wait. I bought a roll of Rosin paper and can't wait to play with it- i will post tomorrow pm (hopefully). I am playing all week- a week of vacation....Yea!

Happy New Year to everyone!
~jodi :)

Journaling and Fabric Page

Life is just a bowl of cherries...well I could say it's a bowl of something else-but i won't.
Ok- so i felt like eating my house last night and decided that's really not what my body needed (not really what my mind needed), so i grabbed a stack of mags, a stick of glue and my markers. I guess i had some "mind candy"- that's what i'll call it. I loved it- so did my mind. Before you know it- i had a couple real cool journal pages and i felt occupied and content. dang- i hate it when i feel spastic and restless. it's not about being bored...it's something else- there is no name for the feeling i sometimes have. anyway....here's what i did and i love it.



This is a vintage page i am working on. It's done with lots of different fabrics (creating layers w/ fabric) and lots of tid bits. This is far from being finished but thought i would share it's current stage. I used TAP (transfer artist paper by Leslie Riley) to transfer my vintage photo. i just love old photos.
Have an awesome night and i thank God it's Friday eve!! I so need a happy hour...
:)
~peace
~jodi

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween...headed to a costume party. This was a last minute decision to go- so here we are. Not sure what "we" are tonight....little bit of punk, rock and goth and glitter (always have to have the fairy dust). Have a wonderful safe night. I miss taking my son out to trick or treat...hum...how time fly's so quickly. He's with a friend being safe and making good choices..I am sure of it.
~jodi (the rocker girl-well...tonight anyway)

Snow Day

IT'S A SNOW DAY!!!

(had one yesterday too)

I am super excited!! No work today and we didn't work yesterday either due to our lovely snow here in Denver. Wow...it's beautiful- very cold.... but beautiful.

So...bumped into this lovely "fun" fabric while in Houston. Whipped up a couple "trick or treat" bags for a couple gal pals. Thought i'd share em here on my blog. I may make a couple more today...they were quite popular!! :)

Today...gonna do some more sewing and i'd like to paint some canvas to prepare for fabric books. Have an awesome day!

(ha! I just love em).......
Peace out-
~jodi

I shall create today

Today was the day for me to create and express myself. I had an absolute BLAST!! Good music, a cup of hot chocolate and my Lucy curled at my feet...ahhhhh- what more can a women ask for.

I created TODAY!! i have been spending sooo much time admiring the works of others and today i sat in the drivers seat. Sometimes I feel that i do more looking and admiring that creating.

This is a work in progress- a photo transfer and fabric collage technique i learned in Houston (by Lesley Riley- hope you all check out her blog...awesome artist!). Used lots of scraps and still need to embellish- this was really fun. I will make many more - i have SO many photos and can't wait to use my vintage pics. This is a self portrait with black ink.





Here- I used a Halloween photo from a few years past and stitched it onto a piece of scrapbook paper- this was fun too (hope my lovely friends don't mind being a part of my blog post-ha!). By the way...i'm on the far right (lovely dreads right?)...I LOVE Halloween!

Hope you too created today.
Peace-
Jodi :)

Houston Trip

I LOVE HOUSTON, TEXAS!!!!

My first time ever to attend THE 2009 International Quilt Festival. All I can say is WOW! I had and shared a wonderful time with my dear mother Rosalyn, my Aunt Linda and Grandmother Bea. My Grandma is a fabulous quilter and has been featured in several quilting magazines and calender. She put the needle in my mom's hand and my mom passed it to me. Thanks mom! We all enjoyed each other and really had a great time.

Mom and I enjoyed the hotel and it's mod style. It was lovely. We enjoyed cocktails early evenings and warm cookies w/milk after dinner. Dang was this FUN!

Some art we ran into in the hotel. It appeared to be aluminum cans that had been cut into rings...super cool and so colorful. Didn't see the artists name anywhere to be found.

More Halloween

Hello- hope you are snuggled and warm if you are in the Denver area...heck...it's just darn right cold out there today. A little snow fell from the heavens this am and it was beautiful! It didn't stick...that too is beautiful!
I am headed to Houston this week to attend the 2009 Quilt Festival- they will have many booths with mixed media as well (can't wait for that). My Grandma Bea has invited my mom, aunt and myself to enjoy!!! We are all very excited...i am gonna come back on fire and ready to create!
Thought i'd share what i did all morning...1st off- got the idea from the recent Somerset (my mind doesn't think up things like this-yet anyway). I sketched the design onto my wood, wood-burned the design and then went to town with paint, layers of tissue paper (you can't see them in the pic), more paint and of course...a crap load of glitter! I LOVE glitter---enjoy. Hope you are all making something fun today too!

Journal Cover and Red Lips

I finally decorated the cover of my art/anything goes journal....covered it with all the things i love in my life...I still have the back to complete. What fun it is to just cut, paste and paint....oh- how i love this feeling. the feeling of freedom- no one will judge my journal (contents or otherwise)...there are no mistakes here. I love it!

And...how i love lip gloss!!! i have to keep lip gloss on my lips at all times. I especially want this one! i will hunt for it come payday! It's pretty glossy...bet i will be able to stick to the wall with this stuff! ha!! I know this entry is random...perhaps my mind is racing in 100 different directions today. I need a candle and some soft music...i think i need to relax.

have a wonderful evening...
~jodi