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FOUND! Fridge Art

If you read through my blog here you will find that personally I ADORE found art!  I find it everyplace I go… but then again I’m always appreciative of all art whether from nature or man made.

So one of the ways I keep my creative juices flowing, even if I’m not blogging, doing a year-long challenge, writing a children’s book or drafting my next business (all of which I’m currently doing) I engage myself in some harmless but vibrant FRIDGE ART!

I’ve been collecting magnets for years and now give magnet gift sets to friends so they too can find all the quirky beauty of looking at a new fridge design every month or so.  This is my April 2012 Fridge Art, entitled “April Showers and Flowers!”

And here is last month’s (March) Fridge Art…

And I even go to town at my workplace when I can!

But if you know me and my family you will know the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!  My mother is an AMAZING interior decorator in my book… giving me and my sister a grant gift of “Tchotchke Decorating” from a young age… just look at how she decorates every corner of her house for every holiday/season!

So no matter where I find the art… I’m always going to appreciate the moment and the message, no matter how it’s created in the world!

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A secret path

When I was a girl growing up on my parent’s farm I was constantly in a world of awe and wonder at nature.  I had my “secret” places, which would change from time to time.  Places I would hide treasures in, places I would hang out in to get away from my annoying younger brother and sister, places where for a couple of moments of my day… I could just sit and be at peace with myself and nature.

This is a path that was created by one of these secret spaces…

It is called the “island” by my family, and it’s FULL of hidden places.  I’ve shown my older son one of my secret spaces in the last couple of years and I’ve now started to take my younger son to some of these secret places to… I hope that one or both of them eventually see the magic I witnessed as a youth.

No matter what they end up seeing, I’m constantly amazed at how just one image can transport me back to my childhood and give me my “secret” space again to escape to during hectic times in my now-adult life!

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