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I melted today…

November 29, 2012 · 2 Comments

Today I spotted a wonderful Etsy Treasury titled:
‘I melt‘
… a stunning collection of expanses of “winter white” with little “red touches”

What a gem!
I was totally mesmerized by this treasury by curator Lisa with 4!
… and this was a Trendsetting Treasury Team Challenge #21

 

I melt by Lisawith4

… and then I melted!

I felt so honored to be there with my Melting Hearts e-Stamp

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“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity.
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake…”
~ Sr. Francis Bacon (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)

   

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The Beaded Tree…

November 16, 2012 · 6 Comments

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you,

… and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, 
till you yourself burst into bloom.
– Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Beaded Tree by Lisa Rivas

Climb a tree – it gets you closer to heaven.  ~Author Unknown


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Love + Wings = Gifts

November 6, 2012 · 1 Comment

A beautiful ETSY Treasury  from the Flying Lesson 2012 Alumni…

CHECK IT OUT!

Love + Wings = Gifts, an Etsy Treasury

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
~ Ruskin

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Filed In: Blog, Etsy, Friends

…on the wings of a dragon!

October 30, 2012 · 2 Comments

“The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Design of Ancient Dragon by Satoshi Kamiya (how to fold) • Folded by Malachi Brown of Nashville Origami Club

“To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend,
share an old pleasure with a new friend
and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name
on the wings of a dragon.” ~PROVERB

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Mood-boards, A B C’s

October 29, 2012 · 7 Comments

From start to finish… a process to a vision!

I had started my mood-board project for the BYW Bootcamp
by placing bits and pieces of my studio on the board.
Once it was done I looked at it, and it felt more like a cutting board to me! And it actually was!
I found that the kitchen sink was there too, and the cupboards were sitting right above.

Moodboard-1a © Lisa Rivas…this board was in the “Kitchen Sink” stage…

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So then my mother came into the picture, for she had been there in spirit the whole time.
She was peeking from the tiny silver picture frame; and with her, order came and took a seat.
Red areas began to take over and this hue was attached to some gripping blood-ties and …
… maybe a petal or two, with some seeds;
And then a tiny red button rolled in!

Mood-board "B" by Lisa Rivas

The mood-board had switched towards remembering my mother. Now it was… “About Mom”

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Maybe a break was in order, for I had aimed to be myself!
The whole purpose of this particular Mood-Board was to illustrate visually the style of my blog!

Mood-board "C" by Lisa Rivas

I then sat down with the silences of my blank canvases listening to the whispers and the depths;
…and finally I saw the sweet tweets of colors, blending within the songs of so many hues.

I realized my  life has been a wondrous secret voyage, one of the imagination,
of worlds within worlds within worlds…
I had been able to observe the hidden magic within the stillness of a room,
and thus discover life’s fleeting dance among the folds.

That was what I had always done among my many ways.

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