ONE LITTLE WORD 2016: Grow with Patience

This year, Tony and I each picked a word. 

I initially chose Faith...then changed it to Grow which seems more suiting for my year. 

Tony chose Patience....which works for his path.

I had already started working on this ampersand symbol by wood burning and coloring various elements. Tony even drew our names on the board which I embraced into the design.

And gradually the design filled up all the space.  I made sure to incorporate our OLW's for the year as well as others meaningful to us.

The final detail was adding watercolor to parts of the symbol. 

I'll let you play Search & Find for all the little symbols, drawings, and words.

LIFE BOOK 2015: January

I splurged and signed up for an art class Life Book 2015. 

 I was so excited to jump in that I printed off the PDF and failed to watched the video.  Hence why the face is a lil darker than my complexion :). I was using acrylic paint bs watercolor crayons.  Needless to say I had some work to do. 

Hence the transformation went from one extreme to another. And finally ended by using Kate Thompson's stencils, Take 10 January Kit stamps, and alcohol inks. 

Oh yeah...And some gold glitter nail polish :)

My Beacon of Light...I love it!!

The next bonus video was a tag so I created this sewn one with an old film slide, Ashley G stamps, and word stickers.  

The Wordsmith class was next up and this was my result. 

Then came the Girl On the High Wire. 

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."

And the final week contained two classes: dream catcher and affirmation feather.

ONE LITTLE WORD & DOCUMENTED FAITH: 2015 Album

For my year of LIGHT, I plan on keeping the monthly prompts and both class materials in this gold 6x8 binder. It was a Heidi Swapp holiday item I got on clearance for $4...and I love it. I added an Ashley G screen print with a bow over the embossed everyday.  It included a calendar and I plan on decorating that each month as I desire with quotes, prompts, events that happened, etc. 

ONE LITTLE WORD: 2015 = LIGHT

OLW: Wall Update

The wall is up-to-date...YAY!!  This may be one project I actually keep up with since it is a once a year thing. 

As you can see I engraved "little word" under the number 1. 

The heart is up yet seems too small. However I like the idea of using a variety of items to complete the wall in all shapes and sizes and material. So I will leave it for now. 

The feather is placed in a shadow box with pins and a ribbon holding it in place. Hopefully it doesn't move too much as time goes by. I left the ribbon tail hanging off the side and out of the box for a "something different" effect. 

The hallway has bad lighting for photos and not many windows nearby, so here are close ups of the 12inch feather. 

I ordered the feather from Rachael Rice. She also makes amazing dream catchers. 

OLW: Wall Display Concept

I had a late night creative thought. I want to create a wall with my One Little Word. I plan on getting a huge number "1" for the wall from Crate & Barrel.  With hopes of stamping "little word" underneath the number. Then each year I will add a creative display of the word I have chosen.  

Last year I chose HEART. I love Kelly Barton's handwriting and birch pieces. So I found some birch pieces at Michaels and thought I'd give it a shot myself. 

Sketching in pencil. Using Neocolor II. Outlining in Scarlet Lime pen. 

Not sure how I will hang. Maybe ribbon..or maybe just put a mount on the back. But I love how it turned out. 

This year my word is HELLO. I purchased a fabulous feather from Rachael Rice which will be here sometime this month. Here are some she has already made:

The following links are where you can find the artists that inspired me with links to their Etsy shops. 

Kelly Barton. www.kellybarton.com

Rachael Rice. www.rachaelrice.com