The prompt for week 4 was to write a secret message and then paint over all of it but one word.

After writing the first sentence for my secret message I realized the word I wanted to use was focus.  I then decided I wanted to make it visible 3 times and larger. I then finished my message and gessoed over everything but the word focus. I covered the words with masking tape to make sure that when I painted everything else with watercolors I wouldn’t accidentally paint over them.  I then doodled on the page.  I really liked how it turned out.

Below is my completed week 4 pages. I used the masking tape I had covered the word focus with and wrote about some things that happened this week on them.  I decided to include some doodles on this page as well and I printed out a picture of Waffles in his tie.  There were some other things I planned to include but the page already had too much on it and I didn’t want to clutter it or add another page in.

The prompt for week 3 was to add an envelope.   I decided to use two envelopes that I had received from my friend Ruth which she had drawn on.  I made them into pockets and altered them a bit and did my best to not loose any of her art.

Below are my planner pages for the week. They are best viewed if you click on them for a larger image. Since the prompt was to use an envelope I decided to use other mail related items on my pages.  The card that says “Love Yourself” is actually a postcard I had made of a picture I took two years ago.  See the second image below to see the postcard’s picture.  The card on the right hand side is from a credit card offer.  The stamp below that is from the first envelope I altered for the prompt.

The prompt for this week was to incorporate a selfie into the planner.  I don’t like pictures of me.  I hate them. So I decided instead to use a picture I took a couple of years ago where I wrote on my hands words that described me. I then stamped some of the words on the paper and added some spirals and flowers.  Its simple but it gets the message across.

The prompt for week 1 was to photograph, sketch, paint or incorporate your front door. Even though I created my door on the 1st I wanted to wait to post it here until I was done with my week one planner pages.

Rather than take a picture of my door I decided to draw and paint my front door.  However I decided to paint it in the colors I wish it was instead of the green it currently is. Though I really would like a black door but my husband has said “No one paints doors in black”. Though I have been told by several of the members in the facebook group that people do indeed paint them black and one person even sent me a pinterest link to show him.

For me the front door is the entrance to my sanctuary. My home is where I feel the most comfortable and the safest to be me. I enjoy being home. Though I have become too accustom to it and really only go out into the world during the weekend. It has never really bothered me because like I said I enjoy being home but its something that seems to bother other people and I’ve been told I need to change; as I am apparently becoming a hermit.

When creating my door I decided to allow it to open so I could write behind it.  I wrote “The front door is the entrance to my sanctuary. To the place I feel the safest to be me.. To those I hold very close to my heart..  But I fear I have grown too accustom to it. I know that in order to grow I must step into the light every now and then…”  I also drew in my two kitties looking out of the window.  I included them because this home is also their sanctuary.  They both had a rough start at life before we adopted them from the shelters and now they are both safe, healthy and spoiled.

Here are my planner pages for week one.  I included things from the new year’s event we attended, the prompt for the week, an expensive scratch off ticket I bought and wrote about things that happened this week. I also doodled a bit. You can click the images to get a larger image that will make it easier to read.