I have not one but two shipments of wire, not even opened, that I hope to tear into this weekend. I want to make glass head pins - that's my new challenge - but haven't gotten to it yet. As I thought more about being creative, I realized that playing with glass and beads is a small portion of how I use creativity. When you have two working parents and busy kids and a pup, and a house to keep running, etc, etc, being creative is really the only way I can make it through any week. A week like this one (Monday is blank because I didn't get around to updating this week until Monday night):
(the idea for the family calendar came from here)
A week that included the 13th birthday of my favorite girl (who needed a surprise with her breakfast)
A week that include family visits the weekend before and after (so some during-a-meeting meal planning was required)
And then I flipped through a few more pages and saw that I am a serial meeting doodler (some days it keeps me sane :-))...
(Cobra as in health benefits, not as in snake :-))
See other great Focus on Life posts over at Sally's blog,
Wow! I wish my doodles would turn out so nicely! Hope you find the time to make your headpins...it is so much fun watching you grow as a lamowork artist!
ReplyDeletehow fun to see your little doodles!! I never thought to share that sort of thing buy my doodles aren't nearly
ReplyDeleteas cool as yours are!! I love it. Thanks for this post!! but as a bead lover, I do hope you can get to the glass! :)
Dude! You are a good artist! Really - your doodles are quite telling of your talent. :)
ReplyDeleteYour To Do List is great as is your family calendar! Makes it all a bit easier to do ~ :) Headpins......wanna see!
ReplyDeletewhat a busy, busy week!! but you found time to make some fun arty things :)
ReplyDeletehave a great - but maybe less busy(?) - week!
[no 19 - i overslept!]
Everything about this post rocks. Love your framed family planner the mostest, what a fun way to stay on top of schedules.
ReplyDeleteExcellent doodle-age, too!
Love your weekly "calendar" - what a fun way to see it all laid out. Your week sounds busy, but love how you have little doodles in your book. :-)
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Such a busy life, it's an art for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love your doodles. I wish I could doodle like that. Your calendar is such a great idea. I've seen something like that, but never tried it. What a wonderful and creative week you had. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Elisabeth,
ReplyDeleteI never thought to just look around at all the creative things one does in a day. I love all your doodles they are awesome! That is a great idea about using a colage of frames for a weekly planner.
Therese
I really like your family calendar idea! And your doodles are so fun. I love to doodle but don't do it enough.
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea with the picture frame - and very artsy too :)
ReplyDeleteYour doodles are gorgeous - I hope your next week will be less busy. Looking forward to your head pins too :)
Wow - your busy life is Art in extreme! The doodling is precious - you could think about doing a collage and preserving them. What a great memory page that would be!
ReplyDeleteHa! head pins - I had the same thought. Anyways, I think the calendar is awesome. I confess I still have December's up on my fridge somehow I didn't get a new calendar with the new year. But we have an easy going schedule so we survive! Your solution is very attractive though. you sure do fit the creating in everywhere with the doodles, they're so much fun
ReplyDeleteThe family planner is creative in itself! I love the doodles and find I doodle anytime I find myself with an pen and paper. I can't draw to save my live though!
ReplyDeleteI would need to take one (more likely two) art classes to be able to "doodle" that well! That first doodle looks like a pattern for a beautiful seed beaded pendant! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour doodles are beautiful. See you do create art , even when you are not thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteElisabeth, your doodles are awesome! That first one towards the bottom of your menu looks like it could be a Tahitian Tattoo - they're all really good!!
ReplyDeleteYour doodles are so intricate. IF I even took the time, they would look like a 4 year old's first attempt at drawing. Love your family calendar, but BOY, you are a busy lady!!!! Enjoy the sleep in.
ReplyDeleteLove that calendar and your doodles! My kids are grown, but I really need to get something like that going for myself. :-)
ReplyDeleteHA! All my notebooks from college and my pads from work (back when I wasn't a housewife) were covered with doodles in the margins too! Keep in mind that mine were nowhere near as skilled as yours.
ReplyDeleteI heard or read somewhere that it's been found that people who doodle during meeting and classes actually absorb more than those who don't because it doesn't allow their mind to wander as much as people who aren't keeping their hands busy. . .or something along those lines.
Oh, and your weekly calendar is pretty dang cool.
Elisabeth, I love the weekly family calendar, what a clever and very creative idea! Your doodles are fantastic! I love how they are squeezed in around all the busyness of the meeting notes and appts.
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