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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316482614086515694.post-78609612540855103882016-12-18T22:33:00.001+01:002016-12-19T11:34:43.252+01:00Life and its ever changing patterns<p dir="ltr">I don't know about you, but I feel like a child each year during holiday season. I can see smiles everywhere I look, I can smell the tree scent, feel the winter in the air and if I were to sum it up, there is one color resonating with all this, and that is...golden! </p><p dir="ltr">๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ</p>
<p dir="ltr">I know it's been a looooong time since my last post here, and dear reader, I have been busy since then. Life has changed. I am a new self, in a new body, with a new mind and surely improved (or the elevated) soul. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm now a mother to a beautiful and gorgeous healthy boy, with sparkling eyes and a hearth-melting smile, and a wife to my sexy and handsome lover, best friend and husband. Life is good to me. Life is wonderful to me.</p><p dir="ltr">๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ </p>
<p dir="ltr">A lot of time has passed away since I woke up. I can say it was a long walk, but once you wake up, you can never go back to what you were. I only now realize that many things were meant to be just the way they are right now, and that all the people in my life were simply showing me the way on my path. Some of them simply disappeared from my life, very few are still with me, and some of them were sharing other belifs that I was sharing, so they were meant to just vanish and I'm better off without them. </p><p dir="ltr">๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is for sure no coincidence. Nothing happens just to be happening, they all are related and blended together so beautifully, that it's hard sometimes (many times!) to see the meaning behind the happenings. But there is a time and a place for everything, and life has its clever, intuitive way of showing that you can't go against it. You can very well go along with it. Life is simply beautiful. And full of meaning. Life is more than being born, grown up and getting old, it goes beyond what we call death. Its endless. </p>
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Long days of summer are long gone now. The wet and cold autumn is finally almost settled in and we are expecting cold temperatures. In fact, wet and cold are two best describing words right now. And colds are in, too.<br />
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But even with this cold in my given situation, I still can be grateful for all that I have in my life right now. It's easy to forget the good stuff once you've facing obstacles in your life. I don't want to lose gratitude, though. <br />
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I used to love summers. Really. They were my best friend when I was a teenager and in my very young adult life. What they've become...I can't say I love that much.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">CreativeMAG.ro</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316482614086515694.post-1261455839996441792015-06-19T17:05:00.000+02:002015-06-19T17:12:58.243+02:00Daler Rowney Sketchbook? Half way done!Here is a flip through my <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/daler-rowney-hardbound-simply-sketchbooks/" target="_blank">mini Daler Rowney Sketchbook</a>. This is half way completed, and I'll probably do another flip through when it's done completely. There are mostly watercolors washes because the paper is so thin, but all in all, it's a great sketchbook to carry around wherever you go to grab it and quickly sketch something. I would love to hear from you in the comment section. And if you love this video, give thumbs up and subscribe to my channel! See you soon!<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">CreativeMAG.ro</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316482614086515694.post-39251738903581317302015-04-30T01:13:00.000+02:002015-06-06T08:45:50.201+02:00Brown paper bag April Community Thrive Art journaling challenge {video}<a href="http://www.creativemag.ro/brown-paper-bag-april-community-thrive-art-journaling-challenge-video/">Brown paper bag April Community Thrive Art journaling challenge {video}</a><br />
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<em><strong>Want to see how I've made these envelopes? Here is the video I've created. Enjoy!</strong></em><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">CreativeMAG.ro</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316482614086515694.post-27099809608928904752015-04-02T08:40:00.001+02:002015-04-17T08:56:18.290+02:00Soft Pastel Portrait<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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It's been a crazy busy-ness in the past couple of months and I tried to keep up with the flow. But having two blogs I need to constantly update it's been really really crazy for me. That's one of the reasons you haven't seen too many blog posts around here. Actually, I only posted one at the beginning of the year.<br />
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So I decided to simplify the process and write bilingual English-Romania posts on my self-hosted blog at <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://creativemag.ro/">creativemag.ro</a> </span></b></div>
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<b>From now on, I'll be posting my art journal pages mostly on creativemag.ro and keep you updated with my latest art journaling pages. However, this blog here hosted on blogger will continue going as a place of sharing my personal thoughts and stories as they come and go. So stick around and come visit from time to time, because I'll be posting about my life and occasionally about the process of creating my art journal pages :) </b></div>
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This year has started with a very cold weather and we decided to stay indoors rather than going out to celebrate, like we use to do every New Year's Eve. But that wasn't really a problem, because we had fireworks in the neighbourhood and champagne was delicious, served with a piece of pineapple cake.<br />
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Yesterday I was out downtown and we thought we could have a cappuccino. We got out and it was pretty amazing for December: 8-9C' and almost a clear, blue sky. Of course, if you ask me, that's not normal and something 's going on, but that's another story. <br />
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As we were hitting the coffee shop , I thought to change cappuccino and try an espresso instead. I knew it was stronger, and although diluted with water, it was still strong, but very tasty. I drank about half of the cup, while my husband was having a cappuccino. We hit back our home and I didn't felt the espresso effects until very late in the night: I wasn't feeling agitated in any way, but hour after hour have passed until I noticed it's 4:52AM! While still having an hour of sleep between midnight and 1 o'clock, at 5:50 I've manage to fall asleep again, this time thinking in my mind that I'm going to sleep until 9 AM...at least. <br />
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But no. At 6:40AM I woke up again, this time feeling more agitated than before. I already knew the reason for not being able to sleep, but I was totally blown by the fact that my pulse was slightly accelerated after abruptly waking up, as if I was having a nightmare. I know what I was dreaming, and it wasn't something scary. I then remembered that I recently {like yesterday!} saw a tv show where they were talking about angels and how angels can help us. (If you read my Romanian blog, you probably know that recently I've painted an angel in my art journal). <br />
In the tv show, one of the people invited in the show was talking about connecting with our angels. He said that each and everyone of us have an guardian angel and we should first try to connect to our angel instead of praying directly to God. Not that praying to God is something wrong, but angels can bring our souls closer to the divine understanding. <br />
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I put my hands closer and begin to talk to my angel. It didn't last long, because my throat was hurting, so I decided to "speak" with my thoughts. I continued talking to my angel and asking to show me what is to be done in this situation, how can I calm my pulse and get rid of the bacterial infection I believe is causing my pain in the throat, and in less than 10 minutes my pulse went down to normal and I felt so relaxed. Of course, I set myself to relax my muscles and my whole body. Of course, you may say it's a coincidence , and that you don't believe in angels. That is totally up to you. But I know that with angels or without angels, we can control the body processes, like body temperature, pulse and getting rid of light headaches. I know that because I did it only by thinking I am doing this and my body reacted accordingly to what my mind dictated. If you don't believe that, then look for the book "Mind over body" and you will see what the recent discoveries are saying. Oh, and by the way, the book was written by a Ph. Doctor in medicine.<div class="blogger-post-footer">CreativeMAG.ro</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316482614086515694.post-64920800113877339312014-12-21T22:16:00.000+01:002014-12-21T22:16:58.011+01:00Planning the magical 2015 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I said before, I don't make plans. At least, not BIG plans. But from time to time, especially at the end of the year (or the beginning of it, how you want to put it), I love to take some time to think ahead of what could be happening in the year to come. As you can see in the short {Instagram} video above, 2014 has been a wonderful year. Now let's take a look forward into 2015.<br />
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Aside from wanting to be healthy {an important wish, though, that many forget about}, on my wish list there are several goals I want to accomplish in 2015. The list is not long at all, but this are very dear wishes.<br />
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On the top of the list is ...learning a new language. If you know me, the Linguist inside is screaming for more languages all the time. This year I'm all about German, a language that I don't understand almost at all and that was spoken by my gran-granmother and grand-granfather. So it is something coming from my family origins. Also, my husband is speaking pretty well the language and understands it even better, so I want to be able to at least understand it and be able to have a conversation in German.<br />
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These days my art journal asked for watercolor play! And what better way to practice your bliss if not drawing and painting some apples?<br />
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I also did this with six pears and got the same stunning effect. You can choose whatever item you like, just start drawing and illustrate that item in as many angles as possible.<br />
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Yesterday I unwrapped 21 Secrets e-book and watched some of the videos! My first pick? Dion Dior! She is a great artist and the videos are so much worth every penny!<br />
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Also, I would love to win a LIFE BOOK 2015 free spot because I find LIFE BOOK even more exciting!<div class="blogger-post-footer">CreativeMAG.ro</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316482614086515694.post-84386665793230797882014-09-26T19:13:00.000+02:002014-12-19T18:08:28.815+01:00Getting messy is great for the soulI haven't posted around here in a while, but I was around! I did some painting and drawing and sketching! And it;s hard sometimes to balance between creating and writing. I love both, but many times I run out of time while I try to make them both.<br />
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Now here is my latest painting using mixed media. I wanted to create something free of any judgements and here is what I came up with. And to tell you the truth, the inner critique spoke to me at some point saying: "what's that craziness over there, girl?" But then I said: WAIT, at first it will look crazy and meaningless until it gets better and....better. And Nicer. If I could paint like a child, I would. BUT I can paint like a child IF I let go. And I believe you can, too!</div>
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With no further introduction, here is the result. NOT final. I don't know what's missing, maybe more work on the background...who knows?! Maybe one day I'm gonna go back and add to this piece.</div>
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