• About
  • Gallery
  • Gratitude pages beginnings
    • Esme’s Adventure Journal
  • Reference and recommendations
    • Acrylic paints and mediums
    • Art Journals
    • Collage
    • Coloring
    • Drawing and Doodling
      • Zentangle
    • Social Justice
  • Shop

lunanista

~ Standing up for sanity (mine anyway) through art and humor.

lunanista

Tag Archives: serendipity

Valentines and Gratitude

16 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Gratitude journal, Journal 52

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

100 Mandalas, Altered book, gratitude, gratitude journal, Journal, Journal 52, migraine, serendipity

Here is my journal page for the Journal 52 Challenge on the topic of “Valentines.” I was so happy that my Mandala I did for the Diva’s Challenge last week would complete the page so nicely. You may notice it is the only mandala on the page. In my attempt to adhere to the 100 mandala challenge, I have veered off my path of gratitude. I am enjoying the mandalas, but I really need to work on the gratitude every day for my physical and mental health. My migraines have been getting a little worse (which makes mandala making beyond me) and my doctors and I haven’t quite been able to tease out why. I have been considering looking for some paying work or applying for Social Security Disability insurance and the increased pain levels make me think I need to go the latter route. That is really depressing. So, gratitude.

valentine and gratitude 001

Here is my 2 page spread for the past week.  One of the things I love about altered books is the serendipity of what is on the page I’m going to use for any given week. I really love the photographs in this book. Look how the huge rock suggests a huge heart. It works so well with the Lao Tzu quote, too. I played with some patterned papers to accent the photos and  did some journaling about my week and my love. I hope you have a lovely week.

The quotes, in case they aren’t very legible:

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply give you courage.      Lao Tzu

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.     Shakespeare

This week I’m grateful for things coming together nicely and the fun word serendipity. How about you?

CZT

Certified Zentangle Teacher

Goodreads

Archives

  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • April 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013

Blogs I Follow

Login

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

Diaries of Mystic

Stories, Music, Life

A Day In The Life

People, Places, Nature, LIFE!

Make Art...Magic Happens

My life. My endo

luiza mogosanu

"On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea"

All Is One With Our Creator

Capturing Moments

ishanlin.wordpress.com/

All images © I-Shan Lin

Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss

Welcome to the Anglo Swiss World

A Thousand Finds

The Brain—is wider than the Sky

Sherry Felix - port4u

Artist, Photographer and Computer Tutor/Tech

The Mexi Movie II. (closed)

Eye spy, love speak, Volkswagen, or this is how we take word power back.

NewEnglandGardenAndThread

Master Gardener, amateur photographer, quilter, NH native, and SC snowbird

Jeanette Clawson Art

Working to increase peace and beauty in the world.

for much deliberation

-- history | geography | philosophy | individuality --

The Secret Kingdom

Joshi Daniel Photography

Photoblog of Joshi Daniel

Cee's Showcase of Photography

Getting the Picture

A pictorial record of life as I see it.

Specks and Fragments

home of the elusive trope

  • Follow Following
    • lunanista
    • Join 479 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • lunanista
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...