Here are a couple more of my Doodle sketches.
I colored a couple, too
Sorry the images aren’t super clear. We’ve had dreary foggy weather and not very good lighting for taking photo’s.
This is the view out of my window. The temperature has been in the single digits and we’ve had snow on the ground for over a week. I know it’s not as bad as a few other states, but winter hit us early. We barely had a fall season.
Be Creative!
This is a picture I made for the Young Women at church for a lesson that I taught.
I used a photo I took this summer of a bee enjoying the lavender in my garden.
Font used: MichelleDurheim
Enjoy!
Do you doodle? I’ve been a doodler for as long as I remember. I’m constantly drawing shapes on paper. I have a hard time sitting still. Not always; but most of the time. If you’ve read my blog for very long you’ll see that I tolepaint (decorative painting), paper craft, do digital scrapbooking, art journaling, play the piano, a little bit of photography and a few other random things. I guess you can say I use the right side of my brain.
For my profession, I am a computer programmer. I always analyze things and I’m good at math and science. (so are all of my kids) I am pretty anal and like to have everything in it’s place. I like everything nice and organized which makes me efficient; or a time manager.
I wonder how many people use both sides of their brains equally? What side of the brain do you use? Or do you use both sides?
Last April, during General Conference (you can read about it HERE) or you can view all of the talks HERE, I decided to put my doodling to good use. As I listened to the speakers I wrote down words that impressed me and started doodling; aka Sketching. I used my Strathmore Bristol Smooth 12x12 pad and a couple of journaling pens; American Crafts Memory Maker and Prismacolor .05. They both are permanent black ink. I don't use a pencil; I just go for it.
This is what happened. It was good therapy.
I didn’t make anything else until September when we had the General Women’s meeting for all females ages 8 and up. I wasn’t able to attend, but I watched all of the speakers HERE.
This is what I created.
I had a friend ask me to make one for her with a Young Women’s theme. Shewants to give as gifts to the Young Women in her ward. I should have thought of this since I was in my wards Young Women Presidency for 2 1/2 years.
A couple of days ago I was given the name of a local printer. I’m hoping to take to them and have them scan and print me a few copies (probably of all three). I want a good image that I can share with others.
I tried to take good pictures. I had to set them on a flat surface, climb on a ladder and take some shots.
Are you a doodler? Do you put your talents that Heavenly Father gave to you to good use?
Enjoy!
I love bee’s. I don’t know what it is about them but they really fascinate me. They are such busy little organized things and work so well together. We all depend on them.
One of our church leaders, M. Russell Ballard gave a talk called Anxiously Engaged. He discusses Bee’s and their purpose and how it can compare to our lives.
“Honeybees are driven to pollinate, gather nectar, and condense the nectar into honey. It is their magnificent obsession imprinted into their genetic makeup by our Creator. It is estimated that to produce just one pound (0.45 kg) of honey, the average hive of 20,000 to 60,000 bees must collectively visit millions of flowers and travel the equivalent of two times around the world. Over its short lifetime of just a few weeks to four months, a single honeybee’s contribution of honey to its hive is a mere one-twelfth of one teaspoon.
Though seemingly insignificant when compared to the total, each bee’s one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey is vital to the life of the hive. The bees depend on each other. Work that would be overwhelming for a few bees to do becomes lighter because all of the bees faithfully do their part.”
The beehive has always been an important symbol in our Church history. Brigham Young chose the beehive as a symbol to encourage and inspire the cooperative energy necessary among the pioneers to transform the barren desert wasteland surrounding the Great Salt Lake into the fertile valleys we have today. We are the beneficiaries of their collective vision and industry.
The beehive symbol is found in both the interiors and exteriors of many of our temples.
All of this symbolism attests to one fact: great things are brought about and burdens are lightened through the efforts of many hands “anxiously engaged in a good cause” (D&C 58:27). You can read the entire talk HERE.
I grabbed my camera and watched the bee’s buzzing around my lavender. They will be here all summer. I snapped several shots of the busy little things as they fulled their need to gather nectar to take to the hive.
Enjoy!
I spent 4 days this week at Girls Camp. It was for the Young Women’s program at my church. The girls range from age 12 – 17. We went to Steadman’s in Raft River in South East Idaho. We had Sunshine, Wind, Clouds, Wind, Rain and more Wind. It was such a great time.
The first day we got settled and put up tents.
The second day we sent on a hike to The Parting of the Ways. This is the part of the Oregon trail where the pioneers had the choice to either continue to Oregon or go to California.
Mr. Steadman drove us to a memorial, we then hiked up the bluff to get to the Parting of the ways. The bluff is solid lava rock. We could see where the wagon wheels had carved out grooves in the rock. It was sacred ground. It brought tears to my eyes and I stood and contemplated the long journey they had been on and the long journey they were to continue.
We talked about how we each of us have our own Parting of the Ways in our daily lives. How each decision and choice we make could affect 100’s of thousands of future generations. How would the pioneers lives have been if they had chosen Oregon instead of California? or vice versa. We had a moment where we all separated and time to contemplate choices that we have made; were they the right choices? How can we improve? How could these choices affect our future?
We hiked back to Steadman’s which was just under 5 miles.
Check out the Steadman’s link above and you can see how beautiful the area is and all of the activities that they have to offer. Most of us went down the water slide numerous times.
And of course this picture is priceless… (The Young Women Leaders). I found out why they wanted me to be the front of the train.
Some of the brave ones went down the zip line.
We had a flag ceremony every day.
We had little workshops.
We had craft activities.
We ate all kinds of foods.
Christine was our camp cook. She did a fabulous job!
We had silly times.
And we had quiet times.
The final night there was a mud football game.
We sang silly camp songs.
We did skits.
And we gathered around the fire and shared testimonies.
It was an awesome week and a great experience. I love these girls!
Enjoy!
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