Its been a whirlwind of creative activity around here and I have got lots to share. I have so much going on that I am splitting my updates into two days! Today I've got some shop updates and tomorrow I am announcing my 2013 studio class/retreat schedule. And I've got some fun giveaways both days!
Remember my post on stone statement rings? Well, I received so many emails inquiring if I would be selling them that I added a handful of one of a kind stone statement rings to the shop. I've collected smooth, flat stones from my favorite Oregon beaches and embellished them with pretty little doodles and then transformed them into rings.
You can view them HERE
I've also got new matted art prints made from recent paintings. My favorite is the one above called titled Trade Winds.
You can view all of them HERE
I have a very limited supply of sets of hand carved doodle stamps back in the shop.
You can view them HERE
I've got a fun, messy canvas printable download. 14 pages of messy backgrounds from my own paintings to use in your mixed media projects HERE
And last...I am giving away THREE $50 gift certificates for my shop!
To enter leave me a comment and let me know how you start your Monday!
Later in the week I will randomly select three winners
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 386 of 386I start my Mondays by walking my puppy and then come home to work on old music pieces that aren't finished
Starting this particular Monday being thank-full.
Preparing to paint an acrylic piece 30x40 for my daughter.
For the past 5 years, I've dealt with spine surgery and now approaching a redo. Last week had thyroid surgery and I am grateful to God for a benign biopsy. So, this particular Monday I am thank-full for the freedom to be creative, even if the pace has slowed a bit, but knowing it is a God given gift and privilege to paint. Yay!
Thank you for all if your beautiful work.
I started today as I do everyday by feeding the "oh I am so hungry" cat. She has to come first! Then I check out the blogs and get ready for work. Thank you for the chance.
I start my mondays with a big cup o java and a snuggle with my great dane puppy! Then pop the kids off to school of course
Getting dressed and then writing in my prayer journal
Nothing fancy here...our Monday starts with waking a boy up for school around 6am.
Monday - like any day - starts with breakfast and then the blogs... love the quilt and art blogs!
Hugs
my Monday usually starts like all other days. 4:00 am my lab / alarm clocks plops down on top of me and gives me kisses. I then wake up with my 30 min morning yoga routine and off to my studio with a cup of coffee for a little creativity before I'm off to my full time job.
Definitely have to start with a coffee and stretching. Then checking all my blog updates!
My Monday started off with getting my kids off to school :) To see them get excited to take on the day and go off into the world is scary and exciting, but I am grateful to watch them fly!! Thanks for a chance to win...Happy Monday to you!
I start my monday with a big ol cup of iced coffee helping me through my 8am :P
Mondays are my least favorite day, but they start the same as the rest of them: Clean undies and a cup o' joe.
At the gym...ugggh! Thanks for your generous giveaway!
Geez, you've been a busy girl... Monday starts like every other weekday - making müsli for the kids and getting them off to school.
Mondays are my husbands only day off so we spend the whole day together with our 2 year old daughter:) I usually get house work done on Mondays too;)
Truthfully? I started my Monday the same way I start most days: my three-year-old woke me up at six to wipe her bottom...
i start my mondays walking the dog.
I start my Mondays with coffee and my blogroll, then it's shower and off to work!
I started today by doing yoga with my husband. It's a great, peaceful way to begin the week :)
This week I started my Monday off with a good morning kiss from my guy, a large coffee, 3 hour drive and English final. It was long! =) Thank goodness they aren't all like this!
As with every day my computer is first stop...emails, then reading list (which is HUGE). all while having a cup of tea.
A gift certificate would be lovely. My Monday (and every morning) starts when my 3 year old boy crashes through my bedroom door with a box of lego to show me what he's created. Every day since we got him his first lot for Christmas. I can't get him to draw/paint very much but he sure can create some wacky stuff out of those bricks!
I start my Monday (and every other day) with a shower and a sit down on the sofa with my computer and cup of coffee. THEN I check out all the wonderful blogs I follow and with all honesty, your blog is at the top of the list. You inspire me in ways you could never know. Thank you for all that you do!
My Mondays start with sweet little boy voices calling to me from their bedroom: "Mama! Time to wake up???"
I don't like Mondays, but the week has to start somewhere. After sleeping in on weekends, it's my job to wake up the kids early in the morning and pretending not to be grumpy, so they don't get grumpy :) Then I take them to school and it's of to work for me, too.
switching off the alarm and....going back to sleep again:) and switching off the alarm and...big cup of coffee!!!
I start off my Mondays with a warm shower singing session! :)
I start everyday by going to the pool and swimming for 1 hours. I can do that because I am retired.....
I begin with coffee and breakfast with the family!
Would love to browse you store with a GC! I start my blog each Monday with a personal update of some kind; I start my Monday IRL getting the kids up of off to school.
Rinda
How do I start Monday?
growl and crawl out of bed, shower and head off to work...
I start my Monday with coffee and a trip to the grocery store (with my two girls, under two)
Just left a comment but forgot my name. Guess the coffee has worn off.
Monday mornings are mine. After a hectic weekend with the kids and hubby, the quiet is so calming. I try to start off Mondays doing something inspirational like watching the birds at our feeders or taking photos of the flowers our spring like weather has brought.
Well, usually I start my monday morning by getting up to go to class! I like to get up, grab my clothes quietly so that my husband can keep sleeping and then I grab breakfast and head out the door! Today I had to trudge through knee high snow to get to school because we had a big snow storm yesterday :)
hmmm, i start with oj and half a bagel...yummy...then out onto the porch to breath in the fresh air (with a slight o'de cow fragrance in the breeze!)
Hi Alisa, I start my Monday with a dog walk here in the Cotswolds. The mornings are crisp and cold over here in Blighty, lovely to blow away the Cobwebs and start a new week. Wishing you a good week. Louise xx
I work in an HR office and my Mondays start by doing payroll. It's usually a mad rush to get everything done so it's not completely uneventful... just not very exciting.
I adore your work! So inspiring. I usually start the week by eating some leftovers for breakfast. Cold pizza is a favourite. Today it was carrot cake. Usually I am very healthy! Ha. =0)
I woke up this Monday morning thinking it was still the weekend!! It took me a few minutes to realize I had to get up and get ready for work--but, it's all good--I managed to sqeeze in a little time for sorting vintage clothing before I headed out! Hope I win!
Pat, A Remade Life
I start Monday by rubbing my 4 year old's back and telling him that I know he's tired but we still have to get up. Then I have to console him when he bursts into tears trying to explain something but can't get the right words out. Kisses and hugs and tears wiped away.
This Monday I started the day with a cat jumping onto me to wake me up! :) We recently adopted a young cat and he is a handful! :) He loves playing with some of my art supplies - yarn, string, ribbon, fabric...He must have a creative spirit :) Thanks for all of your wonderful inspiration!!!!
Hitting the snooze button, drink some tea, update the to-do list, walk the dog...off to work. Love your blog and thank you for a chance to win. Happy Monday everyone.
After a family-filled weekend I'm always excited to get the kids off to school and spend some alone time in the studio.
I start Monday with a good cup of tea and some writing before heading into work.
I love to start with a fruit smoothie. If I start off with something that makes me happy, my day is usually great!
Start my Mondays off by thinking about what I have to do at work even before falling out of bed.
With a spontaneous yoga class, after a hectic morning of getting kids ready. Much needed!
I usually start with my morning reading and any work I missed over the weekend.
I start my weekdays sipping coffee in bed reading books (and a little email and game playing if i woke up extra early). I am often joined at some point by one of my girls who come bearing their own book ready to jump under the covers for a half hour!
Love your work! Love your blog!
Ana
Mondays__sleep in, coffee, quiet time, and then laundry.
Lots of awesome stuff you have in your shop! Monday is started like every other week day... wake up, shower, go to work.
i start my monday off with a cuppa joe, oatmeal and my laptop. i catch up on emails, fb and blogs, then i head down to the studio to work.
I need a good cappuccino to start my Mondays!
I started my Monday by my work out routine that I started in January. I'm feeling so much better since I started that. And then I had the balcony door open for quite some time as it is starting to feel spring-like. It's been a lovely day.
A nice big hot cup of coffee and silent prayers for all the good and bad things in my life.
You are so generous...thank you for the chance to win!
Last week i started in Rome but this one i started the week with a lot of things to do and my real work for lucky waiting.
I started my Monday with a cup of peppermint tea and hearty breakfast...then some spiritual online teaching. It has been a great day! Love your blog and check it often...thank you for sharing your art!
Mondays start like any other day - "gasp, coffee, breathe..."
I start my Monday with a glass of water and a workout with my brother via FaceTime. :-)
A cup of tea, 2 hardboiled eggs, and check my email.
SLOWLY!
Thank you for the giveaway.
Monday is "Me"day. I start off my Mondays by checking different art blogs that give me inspiration, do a little Pinterest browsing for some ideas to do later that night after class and Monday nights I watch a Mixed Media class on UStream. I LOVE Mondays! Thank you for the opportunity.
I start Mondays in bed, either reading, writing, or listening to music. Mondays are pretty lazy for me.
~Tracey Glass
usually Monday is my lazy day. today, it's extra lazy as I spent the weekend taking classes with donna downey. my mondays are never the same. one of these days i'll have a routine. :)
I start my Monday with a cup of tea.
lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com
I start my Mondays with a rockin' song to get me through the week!
So many goodies in your shop !
I usually starts my week with sending the intention of what I wish for it to be filled with (does this make sense ?)
thanks a lot for the giveaway.
A hot shower, coffee with my hubby and an hour of so of sitting together watching the news and me doodling in my sketchbook or art journal. Then off to work to play with 15 two year olds:) Not to bad of a start to a day, right?
Generally, I workout. Today, I walked to the train (I guess that's a workout too) so I could go to jury selection. Luckily I wasn't picked so tomorrow back to the usual workout.
Well, I have just started this Monday knowing that a week ago I became a grandmother for the first time. Sweet Charlie arrived two months early but is doing fine, progress is made in small steps. I just met him at the weekend but wasn't allowed to touch him as he's still in an incubator.
I love him so much!!
I'm looking forward to fun times like you have, Alisa, with your daughter.
Ulrike xx
Wow what a great prize. I start my Mondays with my usual cup of mocha and then visit my neighbor for our weekly coffee before coming home and turning on the computer to address the weekend emails.
Coffee and being greeted by my 20 photography students every morning!
I start my mondays like most mornings, reading my RSS feeds with breakfast. But on Mondays, I do it after the girls leave for school.
I go to my 7:30AM yoga class. Would love to win!
love your blog now and always
my husband and i begin each monday with a strong cup of coffee and head out to bbsit our three sweet-heart nieces. our mondays are filled with child-hood wonder, imagination, silliness, helping hands in the kitchen...mondays are good.
I started this Monday breast feeding my brand new baby girl! Seeing u be an engaged Mama and maintain a creative business gives me hope!
I start with going to work...not so much fun there!
I started my Monday dancing to a good song on the radio. Have a great week!!
I always start my monday with coffee and sleeping in. Our weekends are always really busy so I use Mondays to regroup and go with the flow.
I start my Mondays by thinking about what my lessons are for the week (I teach 6th grade science). I've already planned them, but my brain needs a refresher after the weekend!
Monday next week will be my first day at home after being made redundant. It's exciting and scary- so on Monday I will start with a fresh juice and then a play around in my sketchbook :)
I start my Mondays when my two year old hollers for me. I'm looking forward to the days when I regularly wake up because I wake up and not because someone else does.... Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I worked on my sister's birthday present, while I waited for my dr. apt at 9:15. I would love to win!
Awesome work! Would love to win and take one of yourfabulous classes
I start each Monday bright and early meeting with other teachers at my school. In addition to the serious stuff, it gives us an opportunity to bond as a team and laugh a lot!
I started my Monday catching up from sick kids and still had one at home. But, things are looking up. :)
I start my Monday with a lot of chaos getting the kids back into the swing of things for school, and lots and lots of coffee!
No matter what else is planned for the day I begin my Mondays with good coffee made by my sweet man and my journal.
Thank you for this generous opportunity!
Kisses from my 3 dogs! 1 1/2 hours at the gym distressing.... and working on the background of a new larger than life painting! So very wonderful. Would love to shop in your store Alisa. Yea.
Today I started by diaper changing, nursing and cuddling my baby boy followed by plugging in my Kindle (I read in bed until it died Sunday night). Then I made coffee and ate blueberries and fed my three older children breakfast.
I live and volunteer in a reforestation project in south India, so my Monday's start by waking up in a bamboo hut just before sunrise. It's a perfect way to start every day.
I started my Monday with yummy breakfast with my sweetie, worked on his website and then went to my studio to play!
A very good day! Thank you...would love to win!
whoohooo!! :) i start my mondays getting the kiddies ready and off to school. then walking the dog. then having a special date.breakfast with hubby. <3 <3 <3
I will be starting the morning teaching a grade 10 art class.
Lately I listen for the bird's to tweet me awake,particularly the dove's, then snatch about 30 min pinning or blog surfing, then it's a go go to start the Monday work grind!
I start my monday with coffee!!!
I start my Monday with a bit of drawing, 3 pages of journaling, a walk in the crisp dark air....then get ready and off to work!
Tea...Green tea!
I started my Morning dreaming about Friday :-)
My Monday mornings: shower, start oatmeal, slug down a freshly brewed double espresso then wake up the boys...hubby and 1st year college boy. Next it's check emails and assorted art blogs.
Each morning I make a strong cup of coffee, sit in my favorite chair and spend about 20 minutes doing one small drawing & journal entry. Great way to start the day.
I'm starting my monday with memories of my skiing vacation...
I'm starting my monday with the memories of ly last skiing vacation...
I start my day with a cup of tea and cuddling with my cats.
Greeting the day, greeting the dog, greeting the grumpy children with a smile! T J D Allen
Turning off the alarm and thinking ... do I really have to get up right now!! Then slowly heading towards the kitchen to fix my cereal with honey (gotta have honey and lots of it). Then chow down on my cereal, drink whatever juice is in the fridge all while looking at my art books for motivation still trying to wake up!! I'm not a morning person. Definitely a night owl.
Keeping fingers crossed.
I started a day with a kiss...I woke up my son by kissing him. He smiled I melted...What is the better way to start a day - with a kiss and a smile...and after that a hug of course...
Coffee, sleeping kids and reading blogs!
I start my Monday with coffee, a pen, and my journal. Morning pages, timed for 10 minutes instead of measured by length before I get ready for my day job madness.
I started my Monday listening to a crying two year old
I start my Monday finding all the necessary bits and pieces for school that have been distributed all over the house at the weekend - followed by a morning at my craft desk :) Thanks for the giveaway.
I start with email and reading my favorite blogs. I also enjoy everyone in the house going back to their regular schedules so I can have some fun, uninterrupted creative time!! :)
I start my Monday mornings being awakened by my cat. I put the kettle on for a cup of tea while putting his food out. Then while my tea steeps I feed the outdoor cat (a stray that has decided to make us his family). After that I take my tea to my studio and write my Morning Pages. Then as the sun rises I head out for a walk. My day is off to a great start. Thanks for this opportunity to win.
how did i start my monday? by unpacking boxes in my new apartment! i moved in with my boyfriend over the weekend and we have lots to do. the amazing part about this new place is that we will actually have a STUDIO! and i'm in the market for some new art for this place, a gift certificate would be a great help with that!
A cup of coffee and my favorite blogs...I came for the art but love watching Lucy grow too!
The first thing I do is thank God for the awesome week I'm about to have!
Thanks for the chance... my monday starts slow and easy...
I prepare for school... I teach 26 second graders ART on Monday afternoons. They are my craziest class and of course most creative. I read your blog daily so I can be inspired to be a better teacher for them! I'd love to use my GC to buy some stamps for the kiddos!!!
With gratitude. I practice gratitude every day, but on Mondays I offer it up on Facebook to let everyone post what they are grateful for. It is a positive way to start the week.
Oooo, I love that painting.
I start Mon. with coffee and three artist blogs, yours included. : ) Then I take my homeschooled son to his violin class in Atlanta, an hour away, and listen to the "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" podcast that we record for this trip every week.
With a cup of organic green tea and my Bible. :) Thanks for the chance to win!
It's especially difficult to get going on Mondays, since I am part of a house band for a speakeasy, and we play until 2am every weekend. So, I am typically not quite fully recovered by Monday morning. Caffeine, in either french press coffee or loose leaf tea, is a phenomenal way to kickstart my Monday. That, and a 10-minute morning yoga routine to stretch & get my blood flowing.
Lots of coffee! Then the dentist...not so much fun. :)
I start my Monday with the hardest things on my weekly to-do list. Makes everything else in the week feel easy. Thank you for the giveaway :)
I start my Mondays with lots of kisses from my 3-year-old puppy, then a tall mug of flavored coffee with skim milk! :)
Every Monday I hike for a couple of hours with my girlfriends, the it's home for breakfast, meditation and shower...in that order!
WOW! you've been busy!
I started my Monday with the gym - after a 2 wk absense from beiing sick! UGH! then it was errands, cleaning & i managed to carve out a little time for some art just before I picked up my daughter from school!
With coffee and music!
I like to daydream in the shower. Then it's off to get the boys up and ready for school. Then work out time followed by work! I have an art get together with my friends on Wed! Wish it were Mon and Wed!!!
Monday is my day off so I start with a mug of coffee and a quiet time in my favorite chair by the window.
I like to wake up next to my honey and cuddle a bit. Then coffee and the Today show! I can't wait to play with your stamps. Free or not I will be getting them :)
I start by getting the kids ready and off to school, then have a cup of coffee, eat and check emails, then I clean house.
Thank you :)
I started this Monday with a long walk with the dogs going at full speed! Love seeing what all goes into your shop!!
wow! thanks for this opportunity! i start my mondays with coffee and blog reading. :)))
Hi Alisa, I start my Mondays off with a cup of tea and catching up on my emails and fave blogs.Thanks for the chance to win, there are many classes I would like to take!!
I start my Mondays with a deep breath--and hope for strength to get through the work week. :)
I start with a glass of water and a stretch.
Mondays mornings mean either recording my podcast or preparing for the next podcast. Either way, it's a lot of fun!
How awesome! Oh Mondays...if I'm lucky and I can actually haul myself out of bed, I try to start my Monday's with a spin class at the gym. Wakes me up for the week.
I start my Mondays with prayer, then get ready for the day and enjoy my "Good Morning" from my dog, followed by coffee.
hi alisa i start my monday with a gentle yoga class helps set the tone for the week hope i win
Fun stuff. Always inspiring. Thanks for a chance to win something!
Aloha, Kate
Thanks for the giveaway.
I started my Monday by watering the garden.
A dawny before the Quicksilver Pro crew take over my favourite break - its tough living at the beach! (as you know)
I started my Monday morning at my computer, catching up with e-mails, and looking at my favorite blogs. Then, I work in my daily art journal. Thanks for the chance to win a gift certificate.
For me Monday is my day off! I spent this past one in my pjs all day making envelopes from old calendars!
With COFFEE of course!
I start my Monday with coffee and my cat!
I start out my Monday with a gigantic cup of coffee and an 8 AM abnormal psych class :)
i started my monday by a walk with my 3 little dogs in the wild park near our condo for this winter in south texas, then breakfast with a good smoothie and drank it and take my vitamins...and go to teach zumba to the island of South Padre...
I start my Monday with coffee in hand and standing at the front of my classroom watching high school students be creative and create wonderful art.
As a stay-home-mom and a relaxed homeschooler, our Monday's don't always look all that different from any other day of the week. We get out of bed a bit after Dad, some days we eat breakfast before getting creative, but other days the creativity is a driving force and so we must make something before anything else. Those are my favorite days :0)
This week we are making maple sirup in Québec!;) Isn't a great way to start a week! Miam!
Start with coffee... from my Keurig Vue:) reading my email and taking that winding road around the internet to see where it takes me!:) So fun.
I start my Mondays with Pop Tarts and a Pepsi One. Breakfast of Champions! ;-) While I'm eating I write my Morning Pages.
A cup of coffee, making lunches, then off to preschool for me, I work in the 2yo room - so fun those kiddos are.
i start my monday with frantic getting kids ready for school and a giant cup of coffee.
I start my Monday like every other day of the week (most of the time)... coffee and computer time. I love checking out the websites and blogs on my favorites list.... of course, Alisa's being one of them.
I usually start my Monday complaining that it's Monday and my wonderful weekend is over. I'm so not a morning person, so the alarm going off at 6:30 makes me grumpy.
I start my Mondays by hitting the snooze button at least twice before turning on dance music! :)
Getting ready for school and sketching
I start my Mondays stumbling out of bed after hitting snooze several times(not a morning person) get ready for the real job and dream about someday going to work will be going to my studio.
I like to start my Mondays with a catch up read on many creative blogs I like to visit. It is always inspirational and makes me smile and get ready for the week.
I start my Mondays by pressing snooze as many times as I can possibly get away with... ;)
I start Mondays with coffee, tea and emails! Not super exciting but, it is what it is ;)
I started my Monday with early work, and a cold...but I finished my Monday working away at some fun art journalling :)
I start my Monday with a cup of tea and catching up with my favorite art bloggers
I start my Monday by rushing to work (usually late) unfortunately! I would love to take your doodle delight class!
My Monday usually starts with me running late to work! I would love to take your Doodle Delight class!
Getting the kid off to school. And then a few hours of much-needed time alone!
I tried to post from my phone but it didn't go through... :-( Logged on the desktop this evening with the sole purpose of entering this giveaway :-)
I start my Mondays out with coffee and a smile!
Anxious for the week to be over so I can craft. Or with a healthy kick
I start my Mondays (and everyday) playing with my sweet dog Maxie!
A latte!!
Coffee! Love your blog!
Well I am visiting my sis and we started our day off by hitting the craft store for supplies that she needed to teach a girl scout troop a jewelry class.
Then of course we went to eatI
Headed home to CA tonight!
I start my Monday with pajama cuddles in bed with my one and four year old...then coffee.
Taking out trash. I enjoy that.
Fräulein Rucksack.
I started my Monday by packing the car, dropping Mom off at the nursing home to visit Dad, giving Dad a big hug goodbye, and hopping back in the car for the 5 hour journey home. This has been my every couple of weeks routine since December. I have watched the season change over Snoqualmie pass from mild to moderate winter, to crocus popping up and green showing through the snow. Soon wildflowers will be blooming and hopefully, so will Dad.
Hello!
I absolutely love your paintings and I was mesmerized by that first picture. How did you find or create your little work space? I was just asking because I am hoping to create one for myself soon and I'm not quite sure where to start. Any suggestions for me?
I start my Monday with coffee and milk! i'd love to win a gc!
I start my Monday's very sluggishly! I think the song lyrics, "I don't like Mondays" were written for me!
Shine on!
Kelley
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