More Journal Pages Completed

In the Blissfully Art Journal Yahoo Group one of the prompts was "What have you learned in life?" The first thing I thought of was don't' put all your eggs in one basket. I have learned always to have a contingency plan. Don't rely on others to do what they say they are going to do. Don't put your money in one place, or rely on one thing to happen. Life isn't like that. Most times it is for the best so always have some eggs somewhere else.

The last two years I have been sorting and going through things trying to make my life filled with the things that mean the most to me. It has been a powerful experience. Totally eye opening and empowering.

These two pages reflect my need for something spiritual in my life on a everyday basis. I think we all get so busy with immediate things that we forget to do things that give us solace and strength. I am asking for help and guidance in these pages.
[I did use Alisa Burke's leaf stamp on the purple page. She makes wonderful hand crafted stamps]


This door is from a local church. I love the red against the sandstone. The lovely arch. I worked for an hour or so with this digitally and finally realized it was not to be that day. I went ahead and printed off what I had done. Always trying to use my own photos in my journal I realized that it should be here in my journal. Isn't that the way it is sometimes. We work so hard to make something work then realize along the solution...