{"id":9215,"date":"2010-07-20T11:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T09:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=9215"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:57:33","slug":"believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright days!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to thank you all for the support you gave after my “dentist disaster”
\n(see former post) I’m used to dentists and pain and tooth problems (I have
\nperiodontitis) but last Thursday really was a scary experience.
\nI’m doing well now though and have one tooth less to brush.
\nYes, I count my blessings! After all, my word for this year is “Smile” –
\nand that’s what I’m doing. Smile and look on the bright side!<\/p>\n

What is bright right now?
\nWell, to start with – the weather is!
\nToday will be a hot day, but after tomorrow – when we first have some rain – the weather will be absolutely fantastic! (so they say…)<\/p>\n

More brightness?
\nA long time ago, my mom gave me a crocheted skirt.
\nI call it my “witch skirt” – but some years ago my shoe heel got stuck
\nin the skirt and I tore it…
\nBecause I didn’t have a crochet hook back then, I put the skirt in a drawer
\nand totally forgot about it…\u00a0 I rediscovered it last weekend!
\nAND… I do have crochet hooks now! I repaired the skirt, washed it
\nand now it feels like having a brand new fashion item FOR FREE!!!
\n(And now you’re all curious to see it? I will take some pics soon when I’m
\nin a witchy mood…!)<\/p>\n

Brightness:
\nI watch the “Tour de France” (it’s a 3 weeks long bicycle race) on TV and
\nthe racers arrived in the Pyrenees (high mountains between France and Spain)
\nThe next few days will be exciting to watch them climb, and since the numbers
\none and two are close to each other in “points” (seconds) I will be stuck to the
\nTV to see who will win on Sunday!<\/p>\n

And of course… some creative brightness!<\/p>\n

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This is for “A Year in the Life of an Art Journal”
\nThe word was “believe” and I used a quote by John Lennon.<\/p>\n

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“I believe in everything until\u00a0 it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths,
\ndragons. It all exists even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and
\nnightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?” ~ John Lennon<\/span><\/p>\n

The orange part is paper which I sprayed and put salt on it. I still love the way
\nthe salt sucks up the ink and leaves those incredible shapes and spots!
\nI tore the paper and glued it onto the page with a “crack” in between.
\nI used a permanent marker to hand write the journaling.
\nAs a finishing touch, I stamped with bubble wrap plastic and black paint.<\/p>\n

..<\/p>\n

My weekly art journal – week 28<\/p>\n

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Not much to tell about this page. I cut the photo from New York City
\nout of a “national Geographic” (my aunt once gave me a large pile of
\nthese magazines) because my son was there last week.<\/p>\n

..<\/p>\n

And here’s a card (and envelope) I made for my mom.
\nNot a special reason – just because…\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The big word says “Wish” and the little sentence (in the cloud) says
\n“with mom to the market.” That’s my little wish at the moment…
\nspend some days with my parents and just relax, go to the market,
\nstroll along the seaside.. nothing special.<\/p>\n

See… there’s always something to believe in life.
\nThere’s always something to wish for and if you look around,
\nthere’s always something bright!<\/p>\n

One last bright tip for you before I go see the Tour de France…<\/p>\n

Creativity Classes<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a website that lists all the online art classes being offered
\non the Internet. You can read all the info about different workshops
\nand this site makes it easy to choose the class you want to take!
\nYou can give and read reviews from people who already took the
\nclass (my “Let it Loose” is under “Art Journaling”) All workshops to
\nsee in a glance, that lightens up your day, doesn’t it?!
\nEnjoy your week and I’ll be back next Friday with a STM layout!<\/p>\n

Je t’embrasse.<\/p>\n

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I want to thank you all for the support you gave after my “dentist disaster” (see former post) I’m used to dentists and pain and tooth problems (I have periodontitis) but last Thursday really was a scary experience. I’m doing well now though and have one tooth less to brush. Yes, I count my blessings! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[528,615,545],"tags":[199,239,457,616,417],"class_list":{"0":"post-9215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-a-year-in-the-life-of-an-art-journal-art-journal","7":"category-cards","8":"category-weekly-art-journal-2010","9":"tag-believe","10":"tag-card","11":"tag-collage","12":"tag-john-lennon","13":"tag-quote","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}