Welcome to our 2024 virtual retreat! While I have slowed down significantly on posting for Art Therapy Monday, I couldn’t skip our yearly retreat. It’s the best way to close up summer and ease into fall. I also love this full day (or two) of super self care. Rise and shine yoga by Five… Continue reading Art Therapy Monday 2024 Virtual Retreat
I’m officially back home from our two week AZ vacation! My husband and I worked together to make a mud kitchen for the grandkids while we were there. We started with a reclaimed changing table. We put it under the front of their camper for shade. I designed the kitchen and laid the flagstone floor,… Continue reading Our Mudkitchen Project
It’s back to school time, and while I’m not studying in the conventional way, I still love learning new things. I ordered these books by Lynda Barry, and they showed up on my doorstep this morning. I’m so excited to start! I have had these books on a Pinterest board for years, and now felt… Continue reading You’re Never Too Old To Play School
It’s been a rough week. Because I was with my dad at the hospital for five days, I skipped running, I skipped yardwork, I skipped meals, I skipped showers, I skipped hours of sleep. But there’s one thing I never skip, and that’s yoga, even if it’s only for ten minutes. Yoga soothes my nerves,… Continue reading When the Going Gets Tough, There’s Yoga
Hello everyone! I crocheted a little fidget toy today, and I wanted to share it with all of you. I hope you like it! Little Crocheted Fidget Toy Supplies Scrap yarn (I used sport weight yarn) Size E hook One marble Yarn needle 1. Ch 13, sc in each ch across (12 sc) 2. Ch… Continue reading Free Little Crocheted Fidget Toy Pattern
I’ve been doing a lot of mindset work the last several months alongside my weight loss, and I’ve come to realize something. It’s time for a change. I’ve been working so hard, and feeling so anxious about getting a “perfect” Art Therapy Monday session out on time every week, that I’m not embracing the activities… Continue reading The Format is Changing
It’s re-run week! Enjoy the holiday if you got the day off, and try a session you may have missed. Big changes are coming to Art Therapy Monday in June. Stay tuned!
When I go on vacation, I like to get a souvenir that helps me remember the trip, but doesn’t take up a lot of space. A bonus is if I can use it in an artsy way instead of throwing it in a box and forgetting about it. My favorite souvenirs are shot glasses. They’re… Continue reading 350: Create Art with Vacation Souvenirs
Sometimes life will sneak in a sucker punch and I can go from zero—it’s all good, to one hundred—I can’t handle it I want to die—in seconds. When that happens, I find that heat comfort will bring me down from the edge. A rice warmer held up to my neck for a while, or leaning… Continue reading 349: Make a Rice Warmer for Heat Comfort
We’re taking the coloring page to the next level this week. Whether you try this on paper or digitally, try coloring a pre-made coloring page but in a different style than you normally would. Paint on it with oils, watercolors or acrylics, get fancy with shading using colored pencils, experiment with textures and patterns. I… Continue reading 348: Transform a Coloring Page
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