It hardly has let up, and I have been really busy these past few weeks painting, lettering and shipping these fun signs off to shops all over the country for holiday gift giving.  It’s all good.

I’ve seen some of my artsy inky scrappy friends doing a “December Daily” journal, scrapbooks, blogs, etc.  It is commitment to daily recollect and reflect, appreciate and share.  What a great idea!  So i will do the same, and will post everyday til Christmas, hoping to be a little inspirational, joyful and grateful.

Today i am joyful and grateful for the beautiful first snow that we had in upstate New York, just gorgeous.  What was really fun, bringing my “big puppy” (6 months old, 54 lbs) Teddie out to experience her first snow.

Sometimes it’s fun to take out a whole bunch of your art stuff and create something with all of it.  That’s what i’ve been doing in my art journals lately.  Here is a page from my Moleskin watercolor journal, using my watercolors, Perfect Pearls Mists (interference red) from Ranger pearls mist and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (gold), Pitt pens and my trusty Sharpie white paint pen.  I must confess, and heed a warning, i am going a little nuts with my shimmer sprays……more to come.

*for your personal use only ©joanne sharpe 2010

Pretty flowers!  I wanted a little dimension in my doodles and tapped the creative stash for my Adirondack Liquid Pearls by Ranger. (my sister Teresa said my home studio looks like a “store” with all my supplies, LOL!) 

On white heavy cardstock, i drew a simple pencil sketch outlining some flowers, hearts and stars.  With the nice thin point on the bottle of Pearls, i traced the outlines and let them dry overnite. Even though it was killing me to be patient, you probably could use your heat gun to dry.  Then, my favorite part, the coloring!!!!!!  Love love love me some coloring!!

Filled in the design areas with Winsor Newton watercolors, then cut them out.  These will be great fun “handmade” embellishments for cards, scrap pages, journaling.  Really like the raised outlines.

Placed the Copic Sketch marker in these pics to show the size of the objects, they’re huge!

Welcome to my new home in Blogville!  Moved my blog from Typepad to Blogger here, woo hoo!!!  I was having such a hard time with Typepad trying to make my thoughts and creativity come to life on the page.  The great thing is that i was able to completely export and import my whole Typepad blog to this one, and i never lost any of the content.  Oh, and Blogger is FREE!

Now let’s talk some art!! This is for YOU…..you who takes the time to come and visit my blog.  YOU really are my inspiration here to create something that will touch your soul a little, make you smile a little, or learn something new.  I’m already loving how easy Blogger is, see you soon!  Make sure you bookmark and follow, so i can keep you in the artsy loop.

It's my honor and privilege that you take the time to come to my blog. I hope that when you come here you are inspired.  Inspired by the illustrated words, perhaps something touches your heart when you stop here to enjoy the art.  Each post in "Whimspirations" includes soulful whimsey to make you smile, make you think, make you happy and make you want to come back!

I will continue to put this art out in the universe so that it finds the place where it is to go!

This page, painted with Golden acrylics, is one of my favorite Picasso quotes,

"Everything you can imagine is real"……..

…You are a bright and shining star"…..

..i wish i could be brave enough to write and journal on these pages.  Do you ever feel like you will "ruin it" if you keep adding??  That's what i think.  So i will leave it for now.

Still getting lost in my doodle journal these days….swirly hearts, winding vines and my watercolor-like Copics color illustrate this "whimspiration"…."say Yes to that which is burning in your Heart…"

Short and sweet, find that which makes you bubble over with passion, say yes and go….