It's that time of year—time for spring cleaning. You know that I am by no means a minimalist. I like my vintage finds (aka someone else's junk), and I like my spaces cozy. BUT, there's something amazing about clearing out and turning loose of the things that are cluttering your life. You know how to clean closets and cabinets, but do you do the same for your creative space? Do you take the time to make it a place you want to be?
Spring Cleaning Tips for your Create Space:

• Get rid of the clutter! My craft room can be  the catch-all. Put those things in the rooms where they belong.
• Take everything off the shelves and wipe them with something that smells refreshing. I like a Pinesol/water mix, but make sure you know your surfaces.
• Throw away old, dry paints. No, you are not going to use them. No.
• Reorganize by color or media. Try something new if you dare!
• Purge old magazines. Am I the only one with stacks of Farmhouse Style and Where Women Create???
• Treat yourself to a new (or vintage) organizational piece.
• Shop your own stash! Pull out and organize supplies for a new project.
• Create something amazing!

Now that we've got that cleaned up, what about your spiritual life? Could you use some spring cleaning there?

• Ask yourself: Is my time with God cluttered or overshadowed by... you fill in the blank--social media, busyness, work, the world's junk...
• Start a new Bible study.
• Set time for prayer. Keep it.
• Journal as you walk with God.
• Be a Holy Spirit Secret Agent. If you look and listen for Holy Spirit nudges, you'd be amazed at how many opportunities to work for God will pop up.
• Ask God what clutter you need to shed. Then do it!

Sun and Ned are out on another adventure to send some special Valentine hugs to you!

Not only do I love sunflowers, I love quirky animals! Animals with attitudes… animals in glasses… there was this Polish chicken with crazy hair just screaming to get out of my brain… I'm not the only one with crazy ideas rolling around in her head, right?
Anyway, as I was painting, I lost all concern and focus on the outside world. I enjoyed painting the sunflower so much I decided I needed more of them. In fact, I set a little 100 Sunflower Challenge for myself and the fun continued. We will see where this takes me!

There's so much going on in our world right now with COVID-19, that my focus hasn't been on making art. In fact, drawing seems almost trivial when I think about the gravity of the coronavirus. God and I were talking this morning, and I asked about being creative. My total desire is to glorify Him in everything I create, and in who I am. I think it's not so much whether I create art or not. I believe the important thing is in being a child of God. He's made me who I am, and that happens to be a creative who can't get enough paints, pencils, papers...you get the idea.
So I decided to go back to work on my 2020 goal today. I had set a goal to practice illustrating children's illustrations by taking the same characters and drawing them in different scenes, turning them in different directions, and such. I started the year off with a MiniMe and her mule Ned. They've been on several adventures.
Today's illustration - Teatime at Granny's

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