Gratitudes

Dear friends, I did this collage on gratitude for a group prompt on one of the ning groups I belong to.
lots of love from susan in australia
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Shamanism

Dear friends,
This is a collage celebrating my interest in shamanism at the moment. i am enjoying animal spirits, time change, crystals and other things.
lots of love from susan in australia
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Rust

Dear friends, These two artist journal pages are to celebrate rust which was a discussion on my friend Robyn's blog. She explores different art and life issues and I love being inspired by her discussions.
lots of love from susan in australia

Mary Anne

Dear friends, This is Mary Anne a doll a friend asked me to make as she liked my orange power doll I made which is also on this blog. I enjoyed making Mary Anne for my friend. it is nice to share ones art.
lots of love from susan in australia

My home is my castle

Dear friends,
I had a challenge from the Milliande ning group to do "my home is my castle" and here it is. I love my home and it fulfills so many of my dreams as a child and adult. i am so blessed.
lots of love from susan in australia

First doll

Dear friends,
I found this doll recently in a drawer. I made this doll out of a lavender bag and hanky and ribbon that I was given when I was in a psychiatric hospital. It still amazes me that I made the doll for comfort in a challenging situation. It still means a lot to me and I wanted to share it here.
lots of love from susan in australia

Latest collage

Dear friends,
This is my latest collage that i have done for an online course I am doing hero's journey workshop I also did it as a response to another challenge on wisdom for another group.
lots of love from susan in australia

Tip ins

Dear friends,
I was introduced to tip ins late last year and swapped a couple and now I have swapped with two of my friends. Here they are. I like working on tip ins because they are a nice size. i also enjoy my ATCs that I do.
lots of love from susan in australia

Autumnal collage

Dear friends,
Challenged to do an autumnal collage for one of my online groups. A lot of the members are doing spring collages to celebrate spring in the northern hemisphere whereas I am doing autumn for the southern hemisphere.
lots of love from susan in australia

Collages from an online workshop

Dear friends, i am doing an online workshop on the hero's journey...hero's journey workshop and these are two of my homework collages which are a reaction to my heros journey. They both show things in my life that are important on my journey and how I see myself as a traveller.
lots of love from susan in australia

Celebrating my curves

Dear friends,
This is my latest doll which celebrates my curvy figure. I have had so many problems with my body image and weight over the years and am still working on it. I am the healthiest I can be at the moment and that means curves. I celebrate my curves.
lots of love from susan in australia

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