Soldier Girl's Thoughts

2011 Sketchbook Project

are you apart of this w/Art House Co-op?

I missed it before and I said I would not miss it again I have my book on order and cannot wait for the challenge and to really get started on this. So excited.  You have a few months if that to complete the project and you have to mail it back by the given post mark date. Your work will go on display with thousands of other books in March in various cities.  You do NOT have to be a professional for this, there are mom's that have their kids decorate it and or journal in it .. just an all around cool project.

I chose REVENGE as my theme .. don't judge LOL.

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There are other ongoing projects .. 

 

{Buried} w/tid bits

I am pretty interested in seeing how this movie is going to play out. Will the ending surprise me like The Village did? Usually this guy cracks me up in movies, with his sarcasm and whatevers .. 

Buried 

 

In other crafty news I have a few peeks to share of one of the inside of my kraft paper journals that I am really in love with. I love that there are no lines and I can be very creative if I like. I am waiting on my Gesso to arrive to really get going with my other sketch books that I have and some other things I ordered from Dick Blick.

.. the doodling is very easy to do. All you do is take a highlight of your choice write out what you want to say and trace around it with ink color of your choice. I did the highlighting on the edge of some of my letters to give it a different look. 

and I will leave you with some October Afternoon Seaside scallop flowers I made using the 2 inch scallop punch. I am obsessed with making these accordion type flowers.  I have a card I will post tomorrow using some OA and those flowers. 

Have a GREAT week ladies .. I am so sore right now I went to Cardio Kickboxing and good grief I thought P90X and Jillian Michaels worked my ass over .. I think I am going to add this to my routine every Tue/Thur .. the more cardio the better right?

A simple glance

I shared this in a note on Facebook and wanted to also put it here for my blog readers .. paying it forward comes in so many different shapes and fashions.

Here is the note:

I just had to share .. I was in the gym this morning working out as usual. In my zone, listening to my music and getting my lift on.  I sort of glanced at this lady that really looked clueless and was just sort of standing there and she was going from machine to machine and only doing like 2 reps on each one and moving all over the place. So I just so happen to glance over at her and sort of smiled and went back to working out. 

 This young lady walked over to me and of course I had the **blink blink** look going on and just out the blue said "I am pre-diabetic, I really want to lose the weight, but" .... then she started to cry. I was really looking confused. Not really knowing what to say to her I stopped my workout and simply asked her "do you want my help?".

 All she wanted was for someone to show her how to use the machines and what to do beside walking on the treadmill and she did not know how. I said "now chile I am by no way a personal trainer, I just know that you are not going to lose that weight just by walking on that treadmill alone, you have to TONE your muscles in the process". I started showing her around the gym doing a few example exercises with her and for her.  I even explained to her about the use of dumbbells and how she WILL NOT bulk up UNLESS SHE WANTS TO.  

 After about 20 minutes she was pretty damn happy and said, "you are the first person that did not look at me like I do not belong here or made me feel like I was disgusting to look at, thank you for smiling". 

 I felt so BAD for her. Then thought the fact that she was in this gym doing what she felt she needed to do SCREAMS volumes. So I am going to keep talking about it on my blog and facebook, because every 1 person that is rolling their eyes at my status updates about fitness there are 3 secretly needing and wanting that push to do something and get off the couch. 

 Size sexy aint so sexy when it is UNHEALTHY. It all starts by putting one foot in front of the other.  Learning that a simple smile and glance can change a day instantly.

.. more artsy stuff will be posted tomorrow .. 

 

Pencil Lines Sk206

talk about naked .. this week we had the fabulous Wendy McKee guest designing with us over at Pencil Lines.  I actually did this layout in 10 minutes. Did not take long at all. I went VERY simple with this one .. 

Here is this weeks sketch 

and here is my take on it

Simple and sweet and pretty darn neat .  Come on over and play with us this week and remember our Birthday at Pencil Lines is coming up really soon and we are going to have a great time and have some FABULOUS give-aways. (Click here)

XOXO

Jillibean Soup {Guest Sneak}

next month I will be guesting over at Jillibean Soup blog.

So I wanted to show you a few sneaks, hope you like check back next month here and there for the FULL reveal .. 

Happy Friday