Keep a green bough....

Dear friends,
On the catalyst prompt number 98 at creative therapy someone gave the quote "Keep a green bough in your heart and the singing bird will come" I loved it and did some art to celebrate. I carved an eraser in a leaf pattern and printed the leaf into a tree and added one of my favourite black birds from my garden.
lots of love from susan in australia

lessons in life

Dear friends,
One of the prompts at creative therapy is What are the most important lessons you've learned in life? One of my best lessons was from Oprah Winfrey...when you know better you do better and here is my artist journal page using stamps and little mirrors.
lots of love from susan in australia

Mask

Dear friends,
This is a mask I made a while ago and wanted to share it with you. It is made out of an old atlas page.
lots of love from susan in australia

What does my future hold

Dear friends,
I am doing prompts from a group I have just discovered on the internet....creative therapy
The prompt is What does my future hold and I was just at the beginning of a new artist journal and so I did a cover for it with me on it and what does my future hold written on it. I used gold paper for all the gold I will find in my future and there is tissue paper to remind me to be gentle. I can't wait to see what i will fill this journal with. This is my first prompt from this group. I am so looking forward to more.
lots of love from susan in australia

Altered book...altered text

Dear friends,
Here are some more pages from my altered book with altered text. It is about enthusiasm which I love.
lots of love from susan in australia

Fabric journal pages

Dear friends,
Here are a few more pages from my first fabric journal. I haven't seen many so just did what i felt like with embellishing.
lots of love from susan in australia

Felt doll

Dear friends,
I made this doll many years ago as part of a felting workshop. I love it and it has lots of happy memories for me. She is a mermaid.
lots of love from susan in australia

Archetypes

Dear friends,
This collage is some of my archetypes including a photo of me to remind me of how I am now.
I am doing this as part of an online course on the hero's journey.
I am a homemaker and love home and doing my arts and crafts. I like to keep the home fires burning.
I also love nature and to be out in God's world and exploring.
I am quite old fashioned and love journal writing, painting and needlecrafts.
I am also fun loving and enjoy the simple things of life.

lots of love from susan in australia

Hero's journey 2

Dear friends,
The second collage I did for my hero's journey as part of the online workshop has a labyrinth in it which reminds me of the simplicity of my journey nowadays and the lovely rituals and routines I have in each day that make it enjoyable. I have put the bread of heaven to remind me that simple things are a great joy to me although I do seek excitement at times mostly I enjoy simplicity. I have also put the sea which I visit each day. I love it's different moods which reminds me of my mood disorder and how I can have continuity in my life despite my mood disorder. I love the sea. I also like the beach I visit because it also has people and I enjoy people in my life and on the journey.
lots of love from susan in australia

Hero's journey

Dear friends,
I am doing a workshop on the Hero's journey and this is my first collage about my hero's journey. The snake is the most important part. Mostly I am scared of snakes but as an animal spirit it has much to teach me.....explorations of the mysteries of life and lifes magic, exploring my goddess energies, immortality. The garden is how I feel about life and how beautiful it can be and so full of beautiful discovery. My life is very simple so the garden is also a simple and relaxing place to do my journey. The honeycomb is also about life's sweetness and all the little compartments and things that go on in life. The hiking shoes are how I walk through life although ballet shoes or red shoes would also be appropriate. I walk through life with many different shoes but one of my favourites is hiking shoes. The world globe is how much there is to explore in the world and the books how I appreciate books in my life and learn so much from them. I love the flowers too and always like seeing them on my walks.
I have another collage which I will write about in the next post.
lots of love from susan in australia

Red shoes

Dear friends, Here is a drawing of some doll shoes I have that i ordered from a doll company because I love red shoes. Reminds me of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. I never knew Dorothy's shoes were silver in the book and only became red in the movie.
lots of love from susan in australia

Fabric journal pages

Dear friends,
Here is two pages from my first fabric journal.
lots of love from susan in australia

Altered book pages

Dear friends, These are a couple of new pages to my altered book.
lots of love from susan in australia

Altered book pages

Wholeness

Dear friends,
This is a delicate page celebrating my trying to be more whole and integrated this year and to smooth my mood swings out more.
lots of love from susan in australia

Agatha has arms

Dear friends,
I decided Agatha needed arms. She still has no legs. I am writing a doll journal for Agatha and she has had polio and wears calipers. Agatha is aware she isn't pretty but many people tell her she has a kind heart.
lots of love from susan in australia

Inspiration

My friend Maureen inspired me to drag out my water colors and have a play. Once again a bit of naive art. i love playing like a child would and keeping it simple. DId a little collage as well.
lots of love from susan in australia

Agatha

Dear friends,
Here is my latest doll Agatha. I baked her head too much so it went from a lovely purple to a dark black! I am also learning how to do faces and don't do them very well. SHe is so ugly. Poor Agatha and no arms or legs. I am learning to like her. I am making her a doll journal to tell me her story.
lots of love from susan in australia

Chaotic artist journal page

Dear friends, This is a rather chaotic journal page and I was in an OK mood when I did it. I find it really jarring.
lots of love from susan in australia