Back from our honeymoon!

Hey guys,

We just back back from our honeymoon to Hawaii (Maui, Kauai, Oahu) late last night but I just wanted to pop in and tell you all that we are back and had an amazing time. The wedding in Orlando was beautiful and everything went off without a hitch thanks to our amazing wedding planner. I will have lots of photos to share with you soon and lots of fun little things I made for the wedding to show you too. We don't have all of the photos back yet but here is an awesome engagement slide show the fabulous Roots made for us and here are a few sneak peeks at the wedding photos.

I am kinda sad that the party is over. The planning was such a huge labor of love for me and it was fun to see it all realized. But, I am very very happy to begin this new exciting chapter, to be able to get things at home back to normal, and have more free time to work on my art, my classes and spending more time chatting with all of you. I have deeply missed it.

Lots of love, hugs and thanks to all of you who have sent us your well wishes and love during this wonderful time of our lives.


*HUGS*

Sarah

Oh yeah, It's back baby!!!

****Collage potpourri is back in a whole new way!!!****
For those of you who enjoyed these prompts you will LOVE the new Soul Journaling Collage Potpourri: A Tweet A Day! Every day for the next year, (that's 365 ideas!) I am going to post to Twitter a new material, short instruction, or idea for you to add to your journals. You can use these "tweets" when they inspire you, add each one to a page somewhere in your journal every day or collect them in a jar to grab randomly when you are working on a page. For those of you who are new to twitter you can join here: www.twitter.com Make sure you "Follow me" so you can read my tweets every day. They can be read online or through your cell phone if you have internet access. http://twitter.com/Sarah_Whitmire

This is a great way to add a little to your journal every day even if you are short on time!

The tweeting begins tomorrow on November 3rd. Join us!

XO

Sarah

Great new press!

Hey guys,

I just wanted to share with you some great new publications I'm currently in. This is a very exciting time of the year!

I'm on the current cover of Rubber Stamp Madness Holiday 2009 magazine. There's also an awesome full page article in there about me.

I've got a beautiful 4 page article in the newest issue of Somerset Studio November/December 2009 issue.

Here's a sneak peak:

And Alpha Stamps choose one of my pieces to be in their new ad. It's running In Somerset Studio, Cloth Paper Scissors and I think Quilting Arts.

I'm going to be taking a short hiatus next year on publishing so that's gonna be it for a while while I concentrate on online classes and Soul Journaling. :)

XO

Sarah

Soul Journal Yahoo Group Goodness!

*****I love my Soul Journaling Yahoo group girls!!!!*****
This time they inspired ME to make a art journal page this afternoon. I used the Soul Journaling writing prompt " I'm afraid that if I start dreaming I will..." with this whimsical poem by Shel Silverstein.

Invitation

“If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer…
If you’re a pretender, come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in!
Come in!"


I left a lot of my words showing through my thinly applied paint because I love the writing prompt and wanted to keep much of what I had written.



PS. I used a bit of Rub 'n buff on the edges of these pages. It is even more beautiful in person. If you've never used it before I urge you to RUN to your nearest Micheal's, Joann's, or hardware store and grab some. It's a few dollars per tube and comes in lots of yummy rich colors and creates a great effect when rubbed into your pages. LOVE it!





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New Altered Matchboxes

Hey guys,
I am sorry I have been so lax in regards to updating this blog. I have so much going on right now with my wedding coming up and a few health problems that something has have had to give. Unfortunately, that means my blog and website are in serious need of some new art postings. Even though there hasn't been much activity here I assure you there is a lot of new juicy art in my studio right now. I just need to find the time to photograph and upload it all. :) So expect a huge influx of arty goodness after December. In the mean time, here are a few pieces I just finished to wet your appetite!
These are altered matchboxes in two sizes done with acrylic paints and mediums, mica, found objects and more. These were demo pieces for Alpha Stamps so the blank matchboxes, many of the metal embellishments and collage images can be found on their site. Enjoy!

"The Meaning of All"

"Hearts Fire", The following piece is for sale in my Etsy store.

"Bleeding Love"

"Relic", the following piece is for sale in my Etsy store.

Altered Journals class begins Oct. 6th!

Hi Guys,

My Altered Journals class at Joggles is set to begin October 6th and registration is open now. This is a fun self paced class, great for anyone new to the properties of acrylic paint!

Here's the link: http://www.joggles.com/store/catalog/index.php?cPath=75_873

Hope to see you there!

See me in Somerset Home!

My gorgeous new copy of Somerset Home (Volume 3) has arrived and I am thrilled to see my "Let Them Eat Cake" painting and article in there. (pg. 72-75) This is one of my favorite pieces to date and Stampington did a wonderful job with the photography. The Magazine is sold at booksellers around the world and at craft and hobby stores such as Micheals and Joanne fabrics. Great eye candy in here guys...go grab your copy today! :)

Here's a sneak preview of my article:

Have a sweet day!!! :D

(sorry, couldn't resist)

XO

Sarah