Day Off

I don't want to add to the glorification of busyness because I am a moderation kind of girl, and I do build in good life breaks like sister lunches, girlfriend teas, and daily long forest walks with Mr. Darcy. But I had not taken a whole Day Off since the first weekend of October (which  in itself was nice enough to carry me through the month by itself), and I did greatly enjoy myself yesterday. Truly, I'm not great at taking a whole day off unless I'm off dancing somewhere. I tend to draw a lot even on vacation, but that's the fun part of being an artist. I've been doing a lot more of the nuts and bolts work lately, though, and a day off sounded good.

So yesterday I treated myself to a massage to celebrate the end of the show. I got myself a Muddy's cupcake for lunch to celebrate National Chocolate Day. I took a long walk and a snuggly nap with Mr. Darcy.

And then I had a two hour design committee meeting for Overton Park. Sigh. So I sketched. Because what else are you going to do in a two hour design committee meeting? (Even though it was good, and I was glad to be there to have some input.)

I also tried making some wine cork journal stamps. A photographer friend sent me a photo of some online, and I couldn't resist playing around with them. I hate to throw out good cork, so I had a bunch in a drawer, and I got out an exacto knife and had fun.

There is likely a better material to carve stamps from, since the cork doesn't have a totally flat and printable surface. But they are handily shaped, and it was fun to try. I may use this as a fun project at the seminary. Stamps for Christmas cards would be neat. A very simple, short, and satisfying sort of project.