Sooooo ... I was gone for a great relaxing 
18 days vacation and family visit in Aruba.

Sadly the temperature and humidity and wind (!) 
made it impossible to do much arting.

One of the best things there is the underwaterworld.

This is what I managed to do: Meet my 'Happy Inner Turtle'

What I want to tell myself

This week I clearly needed to remind myself

that "Hight Trees catch more Wind".

We did a Business Presentation and invited almost 200 clients.

It was a great success, but of course the GreenEyedMonster 

was present and also there afterwards in the press. 

We had mostly warm and enthusiastic positive reactions.

Why then do the 3 nasty ones claw themselves in to my mind and soul??

And make me feel small and not worthy?

I am telling myself

to listen to the positive voices!

This is the page with the enveloppe - 

in there is a gorgeous loving note from my Sisterhood friend Melody Isaacs!

 The poem of KuanJin couldnt be more fitting!

Today I played with napkins, tissue, kitchenroll and thin papers

Yesterday we did some babysitting, granddaughter Emma is 1,5 yo,

she is of course the loveliest little girl in the world :)

Back home I looked at a picture of myself when I was that age, 

I almost got a little emotional for the little girl that was looking at me with big innocent eyes.

She didnt know what was ahead of her... 

I almost went all teary and decided to go play with her.

We played with glue, paint and lace.
We had a  grand afternoon!

All the January Happy mail from the Sisterhood 

on one Happy Page! :)

I had a happy mailbox a lot of times!

 My weekspread called Surrender

Surrender to always lacking time to really create

 and also to germs - as in FLUE!

I really like the girl, I used to draw her in my school agendas 

when I was in  Highschool, she flew right out of my pen again!

Like she was never really gone .....

Still learning how to doodle.... :))

 Weekspread about ACCEPTANCE - 

(whoooo good one for me)

with a Tip in Tag

Not totally happy with the whole thing

The Glittergelpen didn't want to dry and everything became smudgy

Behind the tag is a bird and wings

Still struggling with backgrounds that are too 'full and busy' to put something over 

or on top of it - hmmm, do I recognize something of a balance issue ...? ;)