Design Healing

I'm still here and a little Art and Ghost.

First, I am loving the new banner over at Art and Ghost. I am a huge fan of her work and am so amazed by her art. How the heck does she do that???? Visit her blog and Etsy site to see her spellbinding images.

Second, Just wanted to give a little update on how I am doing. I am still in nurturing mode, sleeping a lot and working on my health. I am 5 weeks into the elimination diet and 4 weeks into the detox! I have a doctor's appointment this Friday to go over blood work and discuss the next steps. I can't wait to be through this phase. I think the detox is really making me tired and am quite honestly ready to be finished with the gritty powder drink. I will keep you posted, and I am hoping that I will soon be inspired to start painting and blogging again soon. Please don't forget about me, I promise to be blogging regularly soon

xoxo
Stephanie

(image from Art and Ghost)

The Shift: A Movie Being Made By A Movement

Check out the trailer to The Shift. Here is a small description of this new documentary:

“A massive worldwide phenomenon is in progress, offering seeds of great hope for the future. Millions of individuals, organizations and corporations around the world are waking up and embracing a new outlook with an emphasis on their responsibility to contribute positively to our collective future. We are in the middle of the biggest social transformation in human history, The SHIFT. At this critical point, it is imperative we make the masses aware of this global movement quickly. This evolutionary phenomenon is broader and deeper than the most visible SHIFT, the environmental movement. It involves our very understanding of who we are as human beings, and our responsibility to the world and to life itself.”

The film features Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Al Gore,and Deepak Chopra, along with many more inspiring people. The only problem is the movie is not finished yet. To donate to this cause go here.

On a personal note, I have been searching my heart to find a good cause to get behind. Something that I can donate my time and heart to. Maybe this will help me to find the right thing. What cause resonates with you? Any suggestions?

Please pass this on, every little bit helps.

Enjoying My Sweet Days of Fall

 

I am off to Vermont for a weekend wedding of my dear friend Carol's daughter Amanda. I am looking forward to breathing in the fall-time air and looking at the beautiful changing colors. It has been a while since my hubby and I have taken some time off together, so I am very much looking forward to spending some time with him as well. The only down side to this weekend is the fact that I am still on my elimination diet and detox. Saturday will be 4 weeks!!!! Besides wanting to curl up under the covers and sleep most days, I am feeling great. Still in the nurturing mode, I have taken a break from my work outside of work. I feel bad about not posting as much and not painting, but I think this needs to be more important right now. I have two weeks left until we start reintroducing food. It should be interesting to see which things I have reactions to. Anyway, I'm off! Have a great weekend, I will be back on Tuesday. I am leaving you with this great print by Kirsten from Tollipop . She has a great Etsy store and Blog. That is kind of what my hair looks like now, since I got it all cut off. Enjoy!

So Loving: Papaya!

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. Things are good over here, I just finished up my third week on my elimination diet and detox, and am feeling great! I also got my haircut, which is not so great. It is a lot shorter than I wanted, and I am not sure what to do with it. I think I need to go and buy some styling products to help me out... yikes! Anyway, enough about me. I was wandering around my bookmarks and decided to see what was going on over at Papaya!. I love their art canvases! Of course, I love all of their product but these really stood out to me. Go check them out!

 

(images from Papaya!)

Just Ordered My Copy

I just ordered my copy of Kelly Rae Robert's book Taking Flight. Her work is so great and really encompasses a lot of the messages that I believe in and try to write about here at Design Healing. I can't wait to read about her painting technique's so that I can try to incorporate some of them in my new paintings. I really want to play with mix media more. Congratulations Kelly on such a wonderful and inspiring accomplishment.

" For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. " - Da Vinci

This book is my conversation with you as we travel together on this journey into our creative spirits, You'll find musings, encouragement, ideas and thoughtful guidance on everything from facing our fears to finding sacred in the ordinary. Along the way, thought provoking prompts and inspiring quotes will get your heart involved in your own creative process. You'll find the inspiring and gifted work of a few contributing artists, including interviews that will shine a light onto their creative process and thoughts. Finally, you'll find techniques- yes, techniques! - in sections titled "Learning to fly." This book encompasses all aspects, the heart and soul of what it means to live the creative life, and an undeniable, concrete part of that is learning new methods you can incorporate into your own artwork - tangible inspiration your creative spirit can play with, experiment with, adapt and learn from! So, come along with me as we find our creative wings and take flight toward the sky of our bliss-filled inspiration- a place where creative spirit will soar.

How great is that! I love every little bit of it. Kelly you are a gift. Thank you.

(image and text from Kelly Rae Roberts)

Look! My fabric is featured in Elle Decor... just kidding.

Sorry. I had to say that. I was playing around with PhotoShop this morning and mocked up some of my designs in this interior shot. Looks kind of real. Right?

Here are the designs before I played with them.

This was a fun project to work on. It helps a lot to see how your designs work on different products. You could also do the flat art method shown below. But it's not as much fun.






Okay, they are fun too. Try playing with your own designs, you'll love it.

So, now I have to switch gears a bit with the rest of my day. Work is pretty busy these days. I just finished up one of the Holiday programs and was given three more programs to work on!!!! Yikes, and of course they are due yesterday : ) So, I plan on meditating a bit. I need to start researching and sketching this week, so I want to clear my mind and refocus. I didn't get a chance to paint any new designs for myself this weekend, hopefully I can start something new this week.

Oh! Great news by the way, I have been on my elimination diet and detox for two weeks now and am feeling really great. I can't believe how much I was affected by the food I was eating. I have removed all foods that I could potentially be allergic to and am giving my body a chance to normalize and heal. I can already feel a huge difference in just two weeks.

Enjoy your Sunday and have a wonderfully creative week!!! You can do it.

I am leaving you with this Alphabet for Life Plaque from Acacia Catalog.

( All original art © Stephanie Ryan & Blue Pumpkin Press, plaque from Acacia Catalog)

Crisp breezes on the horizon.

Hello there friends! It's Friday... woohoo! Today is my last work from home day. Summer hours are over at work which is a bummer. I am trying to look at the bright side of this... my favorite time of year is right around the corner!!!!! So here are some fun new patterns to welcome in the fall time. Have a great weekend.

( all designs © Blue Pumpkin Press)

Just for fun...singing horses.

Have you ever visited the singing horses website? I absolutely love it! Whenever I am feeling sad I go to it and have a good laugh. Place your mouse over each horse and click, they sing their own melody. I can't decide which one is my favorite. I think it is the one on the right...which is yours?

(image from Avsluta)

Daily Paintings by Justin Clayton

I love the Daily Painting's by Justin Clayton. I look forward to going to his blog to see what he has accomplished in the last 24 hours. I must admit that I would love to see what he could do if he worked on something a little bit longer.

(images from Daily Paintings)

So Loving: Vivaraise

I love the mix of textures and beautiful colors in Vivaraise's product line. If I had my own product line it would be like this. Quilting, applique, hand stitching, felt and knit mixed with patterns in a beautiful muted color palette. Ahhhh... I can see it. Can you?

 

(images from Vivaraise)