Good morning and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all! It’s already the second day of the year and I really needed the first day to recuperate from last week’s Top 2000 blogparty. It was a hell of a week but seeing so many wonderful submissions come in and having the blog (and my mailbox!) pulsating with enthusiasm got me through… I’ve never seen that much ‘action’ in my Top 2000 blogparty-week and I enjoyed every minute of it; a big THANK YOU goes to all the participants, you made this week into an unforgettable party! (Go here to view the posts in the archives)
The first day of 2016 found me satisfied but tired, winding down and not doing much. I’ve neglected my beloved a bit during the last week so I gave him some well-deserved attention: we went for a long walk along the seashore, we talked, we reflected last year, we hugged, we bought a sandwich (“broodje kroket”) and had a good time. When we got home I fell asleep on the couch at 7 pm only to wake up at eleven to move from couch to bed… MAN, did I need sleep!
I’m fully awake and energized now and plan to finish off some things in the atelier this weekend… for example create the last pages in the 2015 Chronicles art journal, work on DLP pages with the prompts from November/December, tidy up some more loose ends and reflect on my word for this year (and write/create a page with it.)
To send you into the New Year, dear blogfriends, I have a fun video for you. It’s a “Best Wishes” video from a group of artists with whom I collaborated in December…
You may have spotted my ‘face’ in this video already… here’s the page in full glory
Thank you so much for your efforts in making the blog party come alive and inspiring me to do art! It has been a challenging year for me personally, and I have not been motivated much to do any art or listen to any music. You helped bring art & music back into my life and reminded me how much I love both things…
Very happy too that you rang in the new year the way you did and took some time for yourself and Marius! Sounds like such a lovely day!
Happy!
Love, phin 🙂
That is such a huge compliment Linda – I am happy that I could bring the creativity and joy back and that you played along in the party, I always love your art!
Van deze kant van “de stad” wens ik jou en al je geliefden voor 2016
alle Goeds
Geluk
Gezondheid en heel veel Creativiteit !
Liefs.
De beste wensen voor het nieuwe jast Marit! Ik heb weer genoten van de top 2000 pagina’s, het was weer een topjaar.
You are always so full of energy and busy busy busy dear Marit.
Thank you for popping over to my Magpie’s Nest and leaving your sweet wishes.
Happy New Year to you and yours full of dreams come true and blissful moments.
oxo
p.s. Mr M has been home so much with the holidays that I have been a bit unplugged.
Hard to know what day it is exactly.
The campground video was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing! xoxo
Lief dat je een berichtje op m’n blog hebt achter gelaten. Dat waardeer ik erg.
De top 2000 blog party was inderdaad geweldig! Heel veel dank voor al die tijd en moeite die je erin gestoken hebt. Ik begrijp dat je daarvan moest bijkomen.
Wat een leuk initiatief, die creative campfire. Mooie werkstukken.
Ik wens jou een heel goed, gezond en creatief 2016!
Xx Monica