This journal page just makes me happy…. It has the best grungy goodness! But still has the softness of the flowers.
I really wanted to let out how I was feeling in this season, how I feel like everything is hard and yet how tender and right at the surface are all of my emotions.
How life can feel hard and soft at the same time. How we as humans can do the hard things and still be tender.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a season of hard, where everything feels like I’m sloshing through mud, how even the littlest things can bring me to tears or frustration.
I know it will pass because I’ve been here many times before, but the waiting is hard. And I know that the way through is gratitude…
Small actions of noticing good, of noticing smiles. Small actions like naps and space, like prayer and meditation, small actions like letting the tears fall. Gratitude for friends, kids, Creator and my partner. It’s the small bright lights in each day that help me on this journey.
The hard seasons also brings clarity… that’s one of the things I’m most thankful for during this time. I become very clear about how I want to spend my time, money, energy. How I want to live and simplify things.
So if you’re in this kind of season, know that it’s just that…. a season. And it can have a purpose if you let it.
You are loved!!
Ps… I had a lot of issues with my camera turning off…. ahem….. oh this season…. So I’m sorry and hope you understand.
Supplies
- My hand made journal
- Liquitex fluid matte medium
- Utrecht gesso
- DecoArt crackle paint
- Grumbacher acrylic pale pink, alizarin crimson hue
- Liquitex heavy body bronze yellow
- Golden heavy body – sap green, permanent violet dark, burnt sienna
- Liquitex soft body quin magenta
- Lukas acrylic – raw umber, olive green
- Liquitex acrylic ink – muted gray and transparent raw umber
- Blick matte acrylic – pink medium, yellow-orange light
- Soft pastels- Mungyo, Soho, Gallery
- palette knife, charcoal pencil
Stencils used: THESE WILL BE ON SALE THIS WEEK
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