Welcome to The Creative Spirit. You will find a little of everything here...from art journals to Christmas decor items....This blog is my own personal journey through the creative process and it goes where ever my muse takes me. I hope you enjoy the ideas I share and perhaps you will learn from my mistakes! I'd love for you to comment and provide a link to your own creative blog!
Here’s another set of wooden letters I decided to finally do something with! These JOY letters were bought on clearance at Walmart. They are actually white letters meant for a child’s room, so you can spell out their name. I wanted to decoupage them and meant to use either different kinds of wrapping papers or scrapbook paper. Then when cleaning out a shelf in the craft area, I found this vintage looking scrapbook paper and decided to use it! I really do like how they turned out. They will look cute hanging above the vintage Christmas village!
Do you have a craft lingering in your “to do” pile. If so NOW is a great time to create it!
I set up some Crafty Kits back in February….a combination of all those random crafts I bought supplies for and started but never finished AND crafts that I want to create for Halloween and Christmas. I finally worked on one of the little projects…My BOO blocks. I bought these blocks (I’m ashamed to say) a couple years ago at the flea market with the intent of painting and collaging them. Here’s what I ended up with…
The SoulCollage cards are divided into different “suits” and one is called the Companions Suit. Companions can be thought of as the energy dimension of our lives. Some beleive that these cards are linked to the different chakras. Others view this suit as our animal companions or totem animals. Some believe they are a combination, animal guides who also represent one of the energy points of the body.
After much reflect and the creation of two Companion cards I tend to lean toward a combination. The first animal that I considered to be “mine” was the dragonfly. I’m not exactly sure what drew me to it. Perhaps my interest in faery folklore, which includes the idea that some dragonflies are faeries in disguise. Whatever the reason, dragonflies just kept popping up all over the place. One morning around my flowerbed in the backyard hovered a dozen or more dragonflies. It was at that moment that I thought….dragonfly-totem animal. I love Native American believes and had been reflecting on totem animals and the role they play in Native American beliefs. I have know the dragonfly was “mine” for a couple years now. It took much longer for the Fox to come into my life. Patience is important when working with the Companion Suit. You can’t push the process of discovering your animals but must let the process unfold.
These cards may look as if they are single pictures but they are not. The backgrounds are a single picture with the animal cut out from another picture and integrated into them.
In my next post I will write about the meanings of the dragonfly and the fox. I will also link them to two chakras and how they seem to fit into my life. Remember that these are personal thoughts and should the animals come into your lives…they may have a bit of a different meaning to them!
If you watched the video I posted about SoulCollage then you have just a tiny idea of the process involved in creating these cards. They are artistic creations but not mere creations. To me they are more like the soul speaking. I’ve made a Princess Card and a Warrior Card which I will share a bit later. I have also completed the “I am the One Who…” exercise with them. It’s an enlightening exercise to look at the card you have created and let the words flow from you. These two cards are the first two I created. I also created some of my totem animal cards, animals for the chakras. My dragonfly and fox cards are simple yet powerful. I still need to do the I am the One Who exercises with them.
For today though I wanted to share two newer cards, ones that I have created within the last two weeks.
The Royalty Card: Doesn’t she look regal and so in control sitting there. I used this image against a gold background card and added the archway to it.
When I first picked the image I really didn’t think about what it would represent or even why it appealed to me. Such is the nature of SoulCollage. She’s pretty don’t you think? After creating this card I reflected on it a bit…and even though I haven’t completed the exercise yet…some things jump out at me and I am starting to get to know this card, this part of me a bit.
This is the one who is rigid with following the rules, that is a bit stern and who frowns on fun and frolic. She has a position to maintain afterall and she can’t just let loose. She longs to though, sitting there with folded hands and a slight smile. Behind that face that gives nothing away is one who longs to be free and dance in the moonlight!
The Wild One
Isn’t it interesting that I created this card around the same time as the Royalty card? Again thinking of nothing in particular…simply seeing some images and putting them together to create this card. I call it The Wild One.
The Wild One wanders the earth, seeking adventure, dancing in the full moonlight, walking barefoot in the dirt, and eating berries with juice running down her face! She is primitive, perhaps, but in tune with her own needs and wants and desires.
So there you have it: two SoulCollage cards created through free thought and the selection of random images, coming together to let the soul speak. They were created and only days later did the ideas about them unfold in my mind…The Royalty and The Wild One….I love them both!
Welcome to our new Sunday series…SoulCollage Cards. SoulCollage is a technique and process created by Seena Frost. You can read more about the process at SoulCollage.com It has been around for years but I still see great value in the process and want to highlight it here at The Creative Spirit. I actually started work on my first SoulCollage card about two years ago. I ordered some materials and collected some pictures. I made one card and started on a second one. But then as so often happens in life, the project got sit aside. Too much to do and only so many hours in a day. The whole idea and the whole process however remained in my head and heart.
About three months ago I started working on the project again. I made three additional cards. Again the project has stalled. I have several more cards in mind but none of the images I have right now are “speaking” to me. After bloggin the 17 Days of Green art journal I decided that bloggin a project makes one more motivated and committed to work on the project. Thus I decided to do a Sunday SoulCollage series. Right now I have it slated as a 8 week series but who knows…perhaps it will really “take off” and I will continue it for even more weeks.
Final page… :) I made it through all 17. That in itself is an accomplishment. For Day 17 a simple pot of gold at the end of the rainbow…covered with glitter paint and a Happy St Patrick’s Day!
