Weekly Walks

Each week this year I have been on a long walk - sometimes on my own but mostly with Roger.

Lately I have been looking at who I am as a creative person and as woman of faith.  I have mostly kept these two areas compartmentalised but through conversations with Pattie Ann Hale have come to realise that I am a creative woman of faith.

I love to take photographs and often take photos of what some people may think of as odd - usually patterns, or rusty bits ~ hardly ever 'normal' photos of people or events.  I used to use these sort of photos to inform my art or my textile work and only recently realised that I still take the same sort of photos as I always did but rarely use them to inspire me.

This evening I have put together photos from each of the 20 walks.  They show God's creation in a variety of ways. 

Sadly the music soundtrack is less than inspiring and if anyone has a link to a really good source of copyright free music please let me know.

Thanks

Bernice

Alphabetical

On Going Postal today Julie used a stamped alphabet background and it inspired me to do the next two pages in my Art Every Day Journal.

I used some Dylusions stamps to stamp some alphabets and numbers randomly across the pages and then put some Peacock Feather Distress Ink over the whole lot.  I used some more Dylusions stamps to stamp the border using Adirondack ink.

I don't have any acrylic blocks long enough for these stamps but found that my Tim Holtz ruler worked really well.

Here's a close up of the right hand side page.

Then I completed my journal entries for the last 4 days.  As you can tell I don't always journal every day despite the title of the journal!

Don't forget to leave a comment on yesterday's post if you want to be included in the giveaway.

Thanks
Bernice

Stopping By

On Going Postal today, Julie talks about blogging and the purpose of her blog.  And the question about whether Bloggers share too much, too little or just the right amount.

Some Bloggers have series such as Technique Tuesdays or Photo Fridays.  I saw a new one yesterday I might 'steal' - Wordless Wednesdays.  Some people share all their innermost struggles.  Or their faith.  Or their art.

I blog now and then. When I've got something to share.

But it has got me thinking.  Why do I blog?  

And then the question arose - why do people read my blog?  I've got 84 followers according to Blogger and I'm not sure whether that includes any people who follow on Google Reader.

So dear Readers.  Why do you stop by Newly Creative?  What do you like to read about here?  What would you like to see more of here?

Leave me some lovely answers to the questions above and any other questions I haven't asked and I will enter you into a draw for some blog candy.

Wouldn't you like this through the post?

Set of unmounted rubber stamps, 5 Prismacolor Pencils, a Ranger ink pad and a Silkies Pearlescent Paint

Leave a reply by Sunday 20th May and I will choose a winner on Monday morning.

Looking forward to hearing from you all.

Bernice