Wrapped Emotions: Things I Love

 After missing last week’s Wrapped Emotions assignment, because I got too busy, I’m back on the bandwagon this week! Since we’re so close to Thanksgiving, this week’s project was about things we love.

What do you love today?

For this week’s prompt you will need to set aside a small block of uninterrupted time. *gasp* You can do it. You need to do it. Allow whatever amount of time you think it will take to complete the project. Get any art supplies ready ahead of time. Open your art journal to a clean page, date it and begin listing the things you love today…or whatever day you do the project.

No typing on the computer and printing words. It should be done in your handwriting. Make it neat, make it sloppy, make it uniquely yours. Doodle the words, fine line print, bold line print, scribble. Write horizontally, diagonally, backwards, upside down. Give the page some color and pop…paint the page first…collage the page first…color the page with marker. Do not be limited by these suggestions. But WRITE the lists…no typing and printing. What is important is that you know what you love today.

One more twist…in a creative way include a wrapper from one of the things you love today (or the day you do this). Remember, if a week’s project is not completed on an actual journal page, take the time to lovingly place each one into your art journal.

I love a lot of things, so it wasn’t hard to fill up a page. I chose a pale yellow background, because it’s one of my favorite colors these days. I like the sunny color when the weather outside is gloomy.

In the order listed, the things I love today are

Jesus

My Husband

My Daughter

My Son

Crisp Morning Air

Chocolate

Good friends

Worship Music

An engaging book

An encouraging note

Coffee

Fresh Flowers

Blogging

Wrapped Emotions

Life Itself

I say life itself, because we’re going through a really tough time right now with our finances, our schedule, and just knowing what the future is. Yet, I find that these days I have much joy. I’m thrilled that I’ve finally gotten to the place in my faith and in my life where I can rejoice in the midst of bad circumstances.

The “wrapper” I added was an encouraging postcard. It was the closest thing to a wrapper I could come up with. But this project is all about creativity, right? So if I get creative in my definition of wrapper, we can just call it good.

There’s still time to participate in this week’s Wrapped Emotions assignment. It’s open to everyone, so what are you waiting for? Head over to Wrapped Emotions!