Circles of Love

Today's Run With Scissors' prompt was to create a design about how you love.  I decided to do a heart, with the way I love all around it.  So here are what I think are the key things about sharing love:

• listen well
• speak kindly
• give without expectation of receiving
• when you receive, be gracious
• give the benefit of the doubt
• share the joys and the sorrows

These are written around the heart.  Initially, I was just going to paint the heart with a watercolor wash, but instead, I used the  Diva's Challenge  to use "eccentric circles" (i.e., not perfect), to fill in the heart.  And of course, there are lots of oddly shaped circles around it too.

Yesterday's Run With Scissors' prompt was to make a list of projects to complete over the summer.  At first, I couldn't think of any!!  Maybe it's laziness or maybe it's getting older, but I don't have lots of "to-dos."  So I created some, including cook dinner 2x a week.  We tend to order in a lot, so cooking 2 dinners a week will be a big improvement over take-out.  I used Julie Fei-Fan Balzers' Edith stencil to begin the face, and then made it my own.  I might give her a bindi -- doesn't she look like she might wear one?  By the way - one of my designs was featured on Julie's blog today.  I feel very honored.