Today I share something a bit personal. While on my cancer journey, especially during and after chemotherapy, I developed a dry mouth. It was so bad that I would wake myself up from sleep because of my dry mouth. Two things have carried on since my cancer treatments: one, I am unable to eat hot food...

Today on #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques , I will share a neat little trick that I use in my drawings to show some texture. It is called embossing. It isn't embossing in the idea that it is a raised edge, but it is one that is marked into the paper. To create the marks you either put a piece of paper on ...

Today on #FridayFinds I will share about an oldie but a goodie! It's YouTube! To be honest, I joined this train not to far gone. I don't know why it took me so long to start watching, but it did. I started watching about two years ago. Now, I am an avid watcher as I realize that there is soooo much ...

So, you've finished your work and all your chores. Now, what do you do with your free time? What are your hobbies. Studies have shown that hobbies are good for our hearts and our minds. It gives our brains time to relax. 

I personally like to create art and read. With art, I let my mind go and crea...

Danielle LaPorte just wrote a lovely book called "How To Be Loving." It is a thought-provoking book about love and bringing more love into your life. In addition to this book, is a supplement journal called "How to Be Loving, the Journal."I love this journal for the combination of short Danielle LaP...

Today for #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I will be sharing with you an additive of the acrylics called Acrylic Flow Release. One of the special things about acrylics is all the different types of additives you can add to the acrylics. They can change the consistency, what it does and more. Today's addit...

When you are sick. It can be tough on your system; not only physically, but  mentally as well. Do you have any physical ways to get better? .

Music can heal. Art can heal. Dance can heal. Fashion can heal. The Arts have a healing way about them. There is something so special about each one. Even as...

Today's #WednesdayWins Is something very easy to do...to just look around. Despite the snow on the ground and the cold, the sun is out and the sky is blue. That is one thing I love about Alberta winters on the most part.

Even when feeling miserable (sick), I could gleam happiness from nature's beau...

Painting with acrylics you have a variety of media that you can add to it to change the look and feel of the paint. Today I will share with you matte medium. Matte medium can be added to the acrylic paints and its effect is translucency; it can have the look of watercolors. Watercoclor isn't meant t...

I have bought a few things from Em Cosmetics and have loved all of it. So, when a sale came up (for my Canadian Dollar), I bought these two gems that I loved from afar. So I bought the Heaven's Glow Blush in the color Baroque and Divine Skies Eyeshadow Palette in the color Rodin. These beautiful, na...

You think, "Oh, I'm thirsty...." What drink do you go for when you experience thirst? Do you go for tea, coffee, water, orange juice, pop or apple juice? For me, it depends how much do I want to drink. If I'm thirsty and on the go, I will grab a quick glass of water (or half a glass). However in mos...

For today's #WednesdayWins is Smart Sweets. I am thankful for them because they satisfy my sweet tooth but with less sugar (3g/bag). I first found them at Costco (they're still there) and just yesterday in our town's grocery store. They have ones like fuzzy peach, Swedish fish, gummy worms and more....