That got me thinking about taking care of myself. I have a tendency to ignore food until I'm so hungry I eat junk instead of healthy foods. I get caught up in reading or my art and don't see my friends for days on end. I realize this week that I had not seen my good buddies, Jeni and Linda in a very long time. I take medicine for acid reflux and guess what? If I don't remember to take it, it doesn't work. As my friend, Mink, says, "it won't work sitting in the bottle in the medicine cabinet."
This page had a lot of journaling on it. I used the Uniball Vision black pen that I was told was permanent. The mat medium smeared it all over my page. I heat set it so I don't know what the deal was. At any rate I had to wipe most of the journaling away so I didn't have a page of big black blobs.
The letters are the negative pieces from a Sizzix alphabet. They were cut from chip board I scrounged from the recycle bin at the office. I painted them with gesso and backed them with pink plaid scrapbook paper. The background is brilliant blue paint. I used gesso and a grid mask by Mr. Huey on the background. I painted the whole page with purple paint and then removed most of it with a baby wipe because it was way to bright. I really like the way it settled in the corners of the letters.
I had written my journaling around the grid lines and with that all gone I had big empty spaces so I mixed purple paint with molding paste and used a Kite stencil to make the swirly designs. I really like the way the gesso absorbed part of the purple paint giving the circular lines a lighter purple color.
What do you do to take care of yourself?
Link: Creative Everyday Month, Paint Party Friday
I take meds for reflux every morning! I think it is wonderful you are in a place where you can get a good massage now and then. Reading is such a pleasure that I call that part of my self care program. I love the idea of using the negative spaces for your words.
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