Today I read something interesting on Kelly Rae Robert's blog. If you don't know her, she is a painter among other things. She said:

I always know when I need to make a change  - it's usually when something is no longer fun and feels more like a burden. That's what's happening here, and I'm paying close attention.

I can't help but feel that she is talking to me. She says:







Read the whole post from Kelly Rae here.

Yesterday I was having one of those days. You know what I am talking about when I say "One of those days". It's one of those days where I seriously think about quitting my whole lifestyle, fly to Africa to help out with the Ebola virus problem, because, seriously, I am not making a god damn difference here! I'm thinking that my misfortunes lately is God telling me that I seriously should think about doing something else. Why else could it be that things are not working out?!!
Then I realize that perhaps I shouldn't quit all together. And maybe what I do DOES make a difference. And perhaps it wasn't EVERYTHING that went pear shaped (read: Wrong!), maybe it was just one thing. That one thing that I really wanted.

Today as I sit and write this post, it is my number 100 post for this blog. This blog started as fate would have it, on the 26th of October last year. I don't know about you but I really like mornings. There is something extremely sacred about the mornings. Everything is possible. Nothing is written.Yet.
I'm not sure what this day will bring yet. Yesterday I spent a lot of time with my website again. Initially I just wanted to change a few things but then, as fate would also have it, all my changes from last time (where I spent 2 full days on designing it) had NOT been saved. And so, is it fate handing me a hand, helping me to change it again, to improve and to stay true to my purpose? When I work with computer, I enjoy it for a couple of hours. Then I get tired. I get sad, and I get frustrated. Then I have a break and come back. Return to my vision and keep working.
Maybe it's stupid. You know, maybe I should have someone just do my website for me, fix it up, make it licious. But I can't. Not right now. I want to know that I have given it my all. Because that's what I believe in. Giving it all. Not giving up.

When I started my blog back then a year ago I didn't know how it would look. It has changed appearance many times. All I know is that I wanted to write more, and I still enjoy that. So it's 1 year and 100 posts that tells story about my art, my life and my garden, my dreams and hopefully also my fears.
One of the things I believe is that we let each other see inside who we really are as a person. I remind myself this again and again. It means to tell the whole story. Not just the accomplishments and the goals made. But also the struggles. The meaninglessness. The frustrations.
I could be better at those last parts.
This is the end of a circle. A first circle. Like a New Year's day I celebrate this day as a landmark in my art and story.

Thank you for being here with me.

Aww, I'm so proud and so thrilled! Today I get to announce 2 - TWO! - new listings in my webshop! I am super excited! Here are some lovely shots of my newest release, one 10 PACK of cards and 1 4 PACK of cards both now available in the shop! Yay yay yay! Hope you like them, and enjoy!

BIG Love,
Lone!

Hi readers,
It's been quiet here lately with family visiting and lots of new ideas brewing!

I couldn't believe my luck when a customer turned to me to order a pack of 10 cards! This has never happened to me before, and I feel so lucky and so proud! Today I worked on the photoshoot and very soon I will be publishing a "10 cards - 1 free" PACK for everyone!

PLUS!

Newsletter Videos for October 2014

If you haven't already seen my NEWSLETTER VIDEO - you must! I have never had so much fun telling about christmas cards and seasonal decorations! I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the ENGLISH version

and here is the DANISH version!

Enjoy!

I am very inspired by the people I walk amongst. The normal people. All the ordinary people. My cards are about these people. The dreamers, the mums, the dads, sisters and friends. We all have a little bit of something special inside. And I find it so unique and so interesting.

Recently a woman came to me, and asked me if I could make a card design for her to give to her newborn granddaughter. I thought this was a very special and powerful request. Because what are the gifts that we want to give to a new born child? A girl coming into this world, all new, all blessed.

As ever so often (thank you Universe!) the images that I create do not come from hours of thinking and drawing and creating. Most commonly they come from an inside place, and they stand out, they shine. When I see this picture inside I KNOW this is the right image. I see it and I can feel the image.

Then I start to sketch and draw what I see. And the first sketch is often very powerful. This sketch fixates the composition in the picture, who is in it, and where they are.

In so many ways this newborn girl (who is not yet born - but just getting ready!) is just like so many other girls being born. She has the same nose as most, the same eyes and the same body as most newborn girls. And then, in so many other ways - this girl is special! This girl is so unique with her own story, her own family tree and her own roots. In so many ways, there is none else quite like this girl - and that's what I wanted to express, with my card.

But I also wanted to express the love and support commitment from the Universe around this special girl. Inspired by Disney's Snowwhite and The Seven Dwarfs I found myself drawing an image much like the scene in the woods (if you remember the fim), where the animals stand watching. They are observing - they are watching. They are the witnesses of the birth as well as the human family. Perhaps they too are depictions of Spirit, like the Eagle in the tree, and the tree itself.

In this card I used a little bit stronger, darker colour than what I usually do in my watercolours.

Every girl is special. Every person is unique.

Here are pictures from my photo shoot and the final design.
The artwork A New Life is available in my webshop.