Welcome to Grow Your Blog! I am participating in this event to bring more readers to my blog and as a way for me to find other creative sites. I love adding more artist sites to my blog list!!
I began my blog in November of 2013. I wanted a way to make myself feel accountable for creating as life is so busy I find it a challenge to fit it in. In the short time I have had this blog I have managed to create more consistently than I have in the past decade or more since I graduated from art college!
I live in Eastern Canada, I homeschool my two boys and I used to photograph weddings and families (I have a Fine Arts Degree and a Photography Degree from way back in the film days!!!). These are a couple of my favourites – my business used to be Ladyshark Photographic (image taken from my old blogsite).
For years I only had a photography website. As of about this time last year I quit ‘the biz’ and now only help some of my friends with photographing weddings as the second shooter. It’s a lot less stress and no editing and I love that, plus I still get to shoot.
That said, you will find me from time to time posting photographs, sometimes shot with a film camera like these below. 🙂
As of later today, January 25, 2015, I am going to my second last shift at my part-time job in a photography specialty shop. It’s a great place to work but even working part-time, home educating my children and shooting on the side has been too much, with squeezing in creating art too. So I made the big decision to stop working part-time and focus on my boys and my art and the occasional wedding. My husband works from home and is a trained Graphic Designer and Web Designer/teacher. Very handy for me!!! 😉
I am a pencil artist for the most part but in the past couple of years I have ventured into colour and found that I love acrylics and watercolour. I have recently created a piece for a local group artist show entitled Permafrost. It feels like a great way to start off a year of being an artist for real!
I took Carla Sonheim’s Year of the Fairy Tale course last year and it opened up my eyes to so many wonderful techniques. Carla is an amazingly awesome artist!
I have just recently begun art journaling. When I say recently I mean today. Haha! So true and so far I am a bit terrified but enjoying the process. I will have something to show soon. I am following along with The Documented Life Project where there are so many amazing art journal artists. I love it!
You can go to the ‘About Moongirl’ (that’s me!) link at the top of the page for more information about myself and how I got to where I am today.
Did I mention that I knit?
Thank you for visiting!
I have a plethora (I love to use that word!) of ways you can connect with me. At the top right of the sidebar you will see a group of fun icons to choose from. Click one to follow along, or more if you like! 🙂
You can also add your email address below the icons and get an email notice when I post! Thank you so much!
Happy creating!
This is awesome and very serendipitous for me as I too am working on a blog launch! Can’t wait to chat with you.
I loved reading this post!
Is this an online event?
Ah never mind, I see the link on the side of your blog now !!
Visiting from GYB! Thanks for sharing your photography and artistic talents…what a beautiful blog!
Thank you, Heather! 🙂
Greetings from Eastern Ontario! i too was a homeschooling mom to three sons, now 24, 26, 27. I love your work. your drawings are wonderful!
Wow! I love meeting fellow home schoolers – that’s amazing!! 🙂
love your blog and I totally resonate with what your doing.. I have been living as artist for the past five years. It is my heart and soul .. i’ll love it if you could follow my blog too!!! Welcome to the party …
HI Tammy! I love it when I meet a fellow artist doing what I dream to do! I’m off to visit your blog. 🙂
I’m so glad to see you blogging on a regular basis again! And I’m thrilled that you’re following your passion. 🙂 I adore your art, and I can’t wait to see what you do with The Documented Life Project! I’m participating as well this year, so I’ll be eagerly following along!
OH hello Elizabeth!! I often think of you from time to time – so good to have you visit! 🙂 I am also excited to hear that you, too, are doing the DLP – awesome! Can’t wait to share!! xx
Your photos are out of this world. If I ever get married, I will call you (Grin). I love your work. I scrolled down and saw more of your photos, too. Color me impressed, even when it’s black and white!
Loved this first visit, and of course, I’m visiting from GYB. http://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2015/01/grow-your-blog-blog-hop-event.html
Hello Hello! I know your blog from a couple of years ago when I did Create Every Day! Happy to see you doing GYB as well and thank you so much for the compliments. They always warm my heart and keep my moving forward. Off to your blog! xx
Wow, your drawings are some of the best I’ve seen on this blog hop!! You’re truly skilled and I’m so looking forward to checking out your blog.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much! *insert blush* Words like yours keep my trudging on. xx
Oh my goodness, thank you so much! It’s comments like that that keep me trudging on. 🙂 xxxxx
I agree with you saying that having a blog makes you accountable – it has worked that way for me. I feel a definite need to be creative so that I have something I can post about. So nice to meet you!
Thank you, Mary Anne. It certainly keeps me in line! Off to visit you. 🙂
Hi moongirl – happy to meet you on the Blog Party! Your blog is great and I really like your work. I wish you all the best with your new direction! enjoy! I am at: http://deborahstanleyinspirations.blogspot.com/ please stop by when you get a chance – I am a fellow artist/watercolorist and CEA member. 🙂 deborah
Hello Deborah! Thank you for visiting and I am excited to meet another watercolorist – yay! off to visit 🙂
still GYBing! (It’s a long list!) love your drawings!
Thank you Brenda! and thanks for visiting!
ps: following you with interest! all the best for 2015.
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