Closing for winter holidays!

I am closing now for the holidays, will be back on January, 4.

I wish you all a very happy holiday season, a joyful Xmas and a wonderful start of the New Year!

Please don't forget to sign up for the new paper swap:



Just collect the papers, you have never been using. Maybe your swap partner will love them. You can also gather your own artful papers like drawings, paintings, collages, photos, tags, doodles and stuff you are not sure of and send them on.

Remember everyone is welcome! Just send me an e-mail to lawendula@googlemail.com and you are in!

Stay warm,

yours, LaWendula

Daily inspiration 12-16 2010

Art: Choichun Leung







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Daily inspiration 12-15 2010

Art: Colin Johnson









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Quote:
The small wisdom is like water in a glass:
clear, transparent, pure.
The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:
dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
(Rabindranath Tagore)

Daily inspiration 12-14 2010

Art:










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Music:



Quote: Make your work. Make your work constantly. Love it. Hate it. But make it.
(Stephanie Diamond)

Daily inspiration 12-13 2010

Art textures: Land of nod studios









These lovely textures are free to use (please click on pix for more information)

Video:

L'homme 100 têtes by JUL & MAT All rights reserved from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. (Maya Angelou)

Daily inspiration 12-9 2010

Art: Erik von Ploennis










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Quote: Never apologize,
never retreat,
never explain.
Get the thing done
and let them howl. (Nellie McClug)

I’m off for the week-end, back on Monday, have a great time everyone!

Daily inspiration 12-8 2010

Art: Michela Sorrentino







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Quote: I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. (Bill Cosby)

Daily inspiration 7.12.10

Art: Sally Mc Cabe







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Quote: Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. (Lao Tzu)

Daily inspiration 12-6 2010

Art: Anita Thomhave Simonsen

I am so inspired by the lovely work of my danish Flickrfriend Anita







See more with click on pix or her on her blog
Mange tak, Anita!

Music:


Quote: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A winter’s day

Daily inspiration 12-4 2010

Art: Juan Rayos: Moleskines







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Art gift: Printable masks with characters from Jan Bretts lovely book „The mitten“


More about „The mitten“ here


Quote: The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days. (Sue Monk Kidd)

Daily inspiration 12-3 2010

For this mosaic I’ve put one of my favorite art installation into the center: „Catherine’s room“ by Bill Viola.
I often think, that crafting women, women doing handwork are deeply rooted in themselves, connected to all women who have done before, doing now, will do in the future. To make your own things is to become yourself.



Art Installation: Catherine’s room by Bill Viola



Read more about it here



Music: Gjallarhorn (from Finland)




Quote: „If I stitch fast enough, does it count as aerobic exercise?“ Author Unknown


Please click on pictures to see source.

Daily inspiration 12-2 2010

Literature: Sylvia Plath


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Dance: Pina Bausch


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Music: Sainkho (from Tuva)


Language: List of German words in English language


Quote: I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.
(Anne Morrow Lindbergh)


please click on pix to see source

Daily inspiration 12-1-2010

Art: Patti Roberts-Pizzuto







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Quote: If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. (Quentin Crisp)

Daily inspiration 11-30 2010

Art: Rosalie Gascoigne







Please click on pix for credits.


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Art project: One kind word


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Poster by Aijung Kim (please click on pic to see more)



Music: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen (Old German Christmas Carol)


Translation:

A ship is coming laden,
And rich indeed her hoard;
The Son of God the Father
And his eternal Word.

The ships sails soft, her burden
Of price all measure past:
Her mainsail, it is charity,
The Holy Ghost the mast.

The ship has dropped her anchor,
Is safely come to land;
Th' eternal Word in likeness
Of man on earth doth stand.

In Bethlehem of Judah
A child to us is born;
Sing praises ever unto him
Who saves a world forlorn.

Whoever would embrace him
With joy and holy kiss
Must share with him the Passion
Through which he comes to bliss.

Be with him in his dying,
His resurrection know,
Eternal life inherit
That he comes to bestow.


Free download here


Translation found here