Angel of Devotion

Wow 2 posts in one week! Could be because of the wet weather that is keeping us inside more. Just wanted to share with you my newest folk art angel, this one is my favorite so far. I am offering a print of my painted original Folk Art Angel. The original artwork has been painted in watercolours and the print is done on watercolour paper that has a beeswax coating over top, this gives the art a aged primitive look and smells wonderful. The size of this print is 8 inches by 10 inches and comes to you signed and dated. I used some antique choir book pages for this angels wings and vintage papers for the dress. I used some rich primitive colors for this sweet angel. Please note frame not included, it is just for example. She is now in my etsy shop.

Unconditional Love

This is my angel card reading for today, it is a thread that runs through all our lives, whether it be us or someone else as the giver. Unconditional love of self is the concept of loving yourself regardless of external conditions. This includes not denying yourself/your feelings in favor of others. Ultimately in this action a person will have to move away from others who do not love them without condition or teach them to. This idea could be considered imperative to increasing the amount of love one feels. If a person is looking outside him or herself for love they may never find unconditional love or even enough love to be happy. Unconditional love of self is considered the foundation for unconditional love because of this. Once a person is able to love him or herself without condition they will be able to love others without condition. Unconditional love of self is most often used in conjunction with self acceptance as a way to bring the self to a place of well being.

For many people this is not very easy to understand, probably because people have used the term to demand more love from a person than possible for that person to give. And when the person in demand was unable to fulfill the expectations of the other they were accused of not loving without condition. This is a false definition that would actually be more synonymous with guilt or guilt-trip. It is difficult/impossible to define unconditional self love or unconditional love when people put expectations on it that can ultimately end up in dis-appointment .

"Loving is sharing, and not demanding, or expecting, harboring resentment also known as a grudge."
An example of this form is animals....my cat Suki in the photo. Animals are great silent teachers.

I wonder why?

Well many of you who have paid a visit to my blog over the past year have probably wondered why I have changed my banner and name so many times. I just to let you know that I have been playing with different ideas and themes, maybe I should get into web design that way I can play for other people. I think I have settled back to my original name for my blog "The Dove's Nest" partly because it is the only name my daughter remembers, and she proudly tells people that she works in The Dove's Nest! The other reason would be that the word Nest I am fond of and us it in my garlands, charms and other pieces I create. I like to incorporate bits of nature to my work even if it is just a colour from a leaf or small bird, these are earth based colors that give warmth to a room and heart.
I hope to launch a small website later this fall that will include many of my paper designs for purchase along with some artwork, prints and wee paper bundles. If there is any thing you would like me to bring back or create please leave a note for me on my blog, love to hear from you.

Wedding Belles

My daughter was a flower girl in her cousin Sarah's wedding last Saturday, they all looked so pretty. We had a fun day, they wedding was at a historical house near the Grand River, very pretty grounds for pictures, we dodged lightning and rain to get some pictures done, but it worked out fine. I had a visitor in my purse....I went to grab my camera to get a picture of them coming down the isle and there was a frog in my purse!!!!! Luckily I kept my composure and didn't scream, he was only a little guy, so the ring bearer took him and held him for a bit.

Our weather here has been so crazy , for the past month it has gone from wicked thunderstorms almost every other day, heat and humidity very severe, I think our planet is telling us something . I have a wedding to go to this Saturday and it is outside, hope the storms stay away and blistering heat, my daughter is a flower girl and she is quite excited to wear her dress. Well in between freaky storms I had a cold during the past week and was not up to creating things as usual. I did get back in the swing of things and made a few little pieces in the past few days, I enjoy using this calico fabric, the pattern and color are soft and aged looking, I made a set of hang tags with pretty tea stained seam binding and a little aged box that are now in the shop. I did finish a Halloween style painting, a little girl in earlie dress holding her lantern to check on her pumpkin....I mounted the painting onto some calico fabric and am offering her as a print in the shop. I have made a few changes on my blog and with update some items on the side bar soon, I am working on a picturetrail album and will post al link once it is finished.