2. Advent

Det er andre søndag i advent og jula nermer seg med stormskritt. Her tenner vi to lys og pynter med hjemmelagde papirstjerner. 

Fortsatt god advent! 

December journal

Can you believe we are in the middle of November already. Soon one of my favorite months will come. Can't wait for December! Love love love the month December with all the lights, preparations for Christmas, all the joy, time spent together, warm cozy indoor activities, maybe some skating or skiing, all the secrets, the making, baking, the lovely scent of Christmas in the house, the sparkle in the eyes of the kids, the preparing of gifts to the people we care for ... So many things that bring love and joy and meaning and reasons to be thankful into my life. 

As a part of my Christmas traditions is making of my December album a thing I really love and look forward to. 

This year all my scrapbooking is put away in different places around the house, but I enjoyed the process of digging trough my old paper and stash and find all things Christmas related. :-)

This years album is solely made of things I already had on hand and I enjoy bringing new life to old papers and stash. :-) 

Here are some of the premade pages I have made so far:

Thanks for stopping by. 

Aglow

I created this page for this months word up at the one little word blog. Please join in and stop by the olw blog for all the amazing inspiration by the team. 

Have a great weekend!

Autumn love

I was so inspired by this beautiful season,  the colors, the crisp air, the beauty of the trees .... And then I all of a sudden fell over the most beautiful piece of art by Neil Burley  https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/perfectly4med/5567006553/  and all of this lead me to create this little page in my messy journal. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoy the beautiful autumn. 

Love Gudrun. 

I'm thankful

Thank you for stopping by my blog. 

This month I'm the lucky one to have my word up over at the awesome one little word blog. I'm so thankful to be a part of the olw team. So many talented, wonderful, inspiring artists. So please join the journey at olw. 

This month it's time to be thankful. I'm thankful. Thankful for so many things: art, love, joy, challenges ... 

I created two pages for this word. One"official" for the olw blog and one just because I felt so inspired. 

Pretty simple pages, but I enjoy the simple way of creating right now. I don't have the space, the energy, the time to create in any advanced way even if I wish I had.... But still I'm so thankful I can crate a little bit...play in some way with paper, paint, colors....

You are welcome to join in! I would love to see your creations linked up at the olw blog. 

Gardening

Hi my friends. It has been a nice day in Oslo today, not too warm, so it was perfect for some gardening. On Wednesday my kids, my lovely boyfriend and I, all worked in the garden and had a major spring"clean". It was so good and it actually encouraged me to do some more gardening.... So today I started to dig and "clean" the tiny little "garden box" I made for the kids years ago, where we used to grow strawberries, a few potatoes, sugar snaps, some herbs and flowers. It's not big, so it is almost like growing carrots in a juice-box.... Never the less, I really enjoyed to get my hands dirty. 

In the evening, after the gardening I was so enlightend by all the great outdoor-time I wanted to create something for my art journal. This piece is pretty quick, but it felt so good to both dig in the garden and create!! Some of my favorites. ❤

So thanks for popping by and reading my blog. See you soon. 

Love Gudrun. 

adventure

Inspired by words - and this months word over at the One Little Word blog is ADVENTURE.

I embraced this word and found it really inspiring. 

Make sure you visit the OLW-blog for some really really wonderful inspiring pieces of art made by the OLW-team.

here is my take:

Words

I was totally inspired by a quote from Karen Sahlmanson about words. Yes, our words have great power, and how we choose to use our words, or not, may have great impact on our lives. This is just a little something I created with these words. 

And a little collage of things that makes my day. A cup of tea, my favorite recepie book, my cat relaxing in the sun... Some art in progress.... Just some little things..

❤