Diary of an Unconscious Mind

It is August, time for this month’s Happy Homemaker Tag Along .  Living in Texas August is the hottest month and right now here in Houston/Tomball we are going through our 8 th consecutive  day with Temps over 100 degrees on top of that we have not seen rain for months.   Our poor yard is looking like something out of a Mad Max movie, so all we can do is pray for rain enough to lift this drought.  August also is a hectic month with family birthdays, college starting back up and my nephew’s baby shower it makes for fun through the house.    In our humble abode right my son is on a Netflix Japanese movie marathon, we have had the pleasure of watching Japanese horror, comedies and on a rare occasion a documentary.  Though he has the ability to watch some of this instantly (which he does more than not) some sound so interesting I have been renting DVD’s.  In his first year of college he decided to take Japanese  as his dream is to one...

I have joined a wonderful community of the most talented woman the community is Bella Creations and it is the utopia of paper art.   Each month they have a number of challenges so I decided to give it a try.   For the Oh La La Group I took the challenge picture of the tiny dancer placing her through photo shop into a stage with dancers in the background.    I then took Swan Lake sheet music coloring it with light blue chalk in and spraying cooper shimmer ink.   I added the swans to signify the ballet.   This was my first challenge which I found to be exciting and rewarding.  Swan Lake For the Voila Ink our challenge was to make a teepee card with a fairy theme.   I was so happy to see a you tube video to guide us through the process.   This too was my first time making a teepee card yet it was tons of fun.   I used fairies from my Dover fairy book coloring each one; I used multiple inks also with two stamps.   I can’t wait...

So I am going to be a great aunt in September which has inspired me to create.  My nephew and his wife are expecting a little boy whom they have named David James or DJ for short.  They both love mystical creatures and have a sizable collection of pewter and statues of fairies, dragons, and knights.  So it goes without saying the baby's room theme is Knights.  With that in mind I wanted to create for him an original piece of art many idea's ran through my head and by accident I came up a canvas piece.  I started with a 8" x 5" canvas, I traced a cute dragon picture from a fantasy crafter's design book (I don't possess the ability to draw. I can trace like a true artist.) I traced it onto the canvas and with my prismasoft markers color in the design.  I used a light blue wash on the canvas to add dimension and took the old say "What little boys are made of" and changed it to fit the piece.  I can't wait to give the piece to them it is something th...

Welcome to July and my monthly Homemaker Tag at CreativeBreathing .   July is a month of optimism a time in our country to reflect on what the USA means to each of us, just like all birthdays are a time of reflection.   I was raised in a house filled with pride in our country, respect for the constitution that held our country together.  My parents were born during the stock market crash of 1929, they were teen-ager's during World War II and were married in 1950 in a time of renewal for our young country, raised 5 children during the turbulent 60’s, educated us during the 70’s, watched us start our own lives during the 80’s and 90’s and we lost them in the early 21 st century.  I was taught to respect the Presidency, the Constitution, and God.  I was blessed to have a father who loved the law, arguing and teaching with experience as opposed to fancy book learning.   My dad was a yellow dog Democrat, yet he was the most conservative man I kne...

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It is June which means Summer time fun, my hubby's birthday and my monthly Homemaker Tag. This month's tag is titled "Dream a Little Dream" for my wonderful hubby.  We met 12 years ago at work I had lost my mom a year before meeting him and my son was 8, I had given up on men or a happy ending so I stopped looking.  When I first met him I didn't really like him, but as time went by I started to get a crush on him. He was with me when I lost my father and my beloved aunt he has held my hand when I was scared and let me fly when I needed to.  He has helped to shape me into the woman I am and has loved me without question, though sometimes he wonders what he did to deserve me. He is my dream come true.  So I decided to make this tag with him in mind..the background is from a German Opera to symbolize his time in Germany in the Army. The woman is me with my butterfly wings flying into his heart. So Happy Birthday to you honey and to all who are celebrating this month....

This month Happy Homemaker Tag   I decided to salute the troops for Memorial Day...keeping with my theme of women I decided to honor the WAAC’s.   My aunt joined the WAAC in order for her to go to Nursing School in the early to mid 40’s, she graduated in 1947.   She once told me the story about going to nursing school with Bill Clinton’s mom and somewhere there is a picture of them all , my whole family was from Shreveport Louisiana which is where she started and then moved on to finish in New Orleans’s.   So here is a Big Thank You to all the Soldiers past and present who have given their lives in service to keeping us safe and free at home.  Will be adding nice ribbon once it dries How I did this I found a picture through a Google search on WAAC’s I then went to picnik to edit the photo.   Picnik is free and if you have photos on Picasa, flikr and off your computer it has multiple was to enhance or edit your photos. Once there I upload my or...