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Life has been tricky for me in the past few months, on many levels, I've been struggling to keep up, my art hasn't escaped that feeling, I feel this need to change and evolve. I'm not satisfied anymore. My mind is preoccupied with many things at the moment and I'm claiming control where I can. I spoke before about purging my life, mentally and physically, I've been at it more intensely since January, more so in the last 3 months. Getting rid of the excess, somehow, opened space for things I didn't even know I was yearning for. Mid-summer I bought a weaving loom after stumbling on pictures while doing research online. When I was a kid, my mother had this big one in the house. Not the hobby kind but the professional one that you use to thread fabric, blanket and carpet. I was fascinated by it, although I wasn't allowed to be around it. It was dangerous for the tiny fingers. She sold it when I was pretty young but I remember it well. My aunt used one at the "Cercle des fermières" a collective of women hanging around creating the thing women did back then… I still have tea towel and blanket she handmade fr me more than 25 years ago. One thing I have regrets about that time is that nobody bothers to teach us how to do any of these things. I once asked my mother to teach me how to sew properly but she didn't have the patience for it. My maternal grandmother was a goddess at all the "domestical art" but it was so second nature to her that she was way to fast for me to catch up and my dreams of crochet, sewing, embroidery and weaving pretty much died then. But the thing is, it never really got away, it creeps up when I feel the need for a sense of control as if learning to do it will bring everything into place. When you practice any of these activities you truly need to be in the present moment, focus on the task at hands. There is no going around it and all the worries in the world disappear for a brief moment. So I'm teaching myself. I've been adding embroidery to my art for a few years now, creating dolls and soft sculptures, all of these creatives forms had to meet at some point. In a way, the kid in me is making peace with an imperfect past and reminding me of what I love to do back then. It's started with simple weaving hanging wall piece to the more complex one with which I'm stitching myself back in control. Evolving from crafting to piece of art. I feel that this is the beginning of something bigger than me… Tell me what I've you been exploring lately?
Woot woot- it's Giveaway Time!
We are less than 2 weeks out from the {Free} Make Create Express Creative Retreat Weekend and to celebrate we are having a Blog Hop Giveaway and I'm giving away 1 place in the Make Create Express- The Creative Journey Continues year long workshop!!
To Enter just share this Giveaway on Facebook & be sure to tell me in the comments here on the blog I will announce the winners on June 30th For extra entries (be sure to let me know in the comments): • share this competition on other social media places such as your blog, twitter, pinterest, google, or other social network platform & leave me a comment. • comment on this post HERE Good luck! And don't forget to join us for the Make Create Express Creative Retreat Weekend Event You can find the rest of the Blog Hop here. I've prepare two very special lessons for this with techniques I never shown before[  I’m super excited to announce that I’ll be one of the teachers for the Make Create Express workshop this year. I’ll be offering up a lesson inspired by Galia, mother earth from the greek mythology but I saw her a bit differently :). I'll will also be going further in depth about the technique if you choose to continue the journey with us, I'll be teaching along with 26 other teachers from around the world. Make Create Express is a year long mixed media adventure that kicks off with a FREE Creative Retreat weekend (open to all). With a range of lessons you are sure to learn new techniques, new process and discover new ways to express your own unique creativity. And did I mention that there is a FREE weekend event where you can access 27 lessons for free. Join us for the FREE Creative Retreat weekend on the 6th & 7th of July Or join us for the year long adventure- Make Create Express- the Creative Journey Continues. To learn more or to register visit here. 
It's almost here!
I have spent all my time on this since December, researching, prepping, filming, editing, changing my mind, making sure it was different from the first class, that I would push you to explore watercolour further and I am really proud to announce that it will be going live in June, I will be confirming the precise date in the next 2 weeks just have to make some technical calculations ;).
You can read and hear the details about the class here 
Here's how
You all know that social media algorithm is limiting views on small businesses and page post so the best way you could help me spread the words about this class is to share it on you on wall and profiles. Taking about it and linking my site is also a great way to help me making sure that people will know about it. Keeping that in mind here is what you need to do to participate in the giveaway. (each share will give you an entry but to count the post need to be public)
You can share on • Pinterest (you can use the pin button on the main image) Remember post must be public to count (I will check!) Than come back here and let me know what you did. :) that's it Contest close Friday May 10th 2019 midnight eastern time Winner will be announced on my facebook page on a live post Saturday morning :) 
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