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Why a year of Being Thankful?

  • Can you believe 2016 is right around the corner?

  • We can almost see it!

  • Galina and I have decided to have a theme, for our Mid week bonus, the theme of Gratitude.

  • Did you know there is something to truly, be thankful for each day?

  • Why start this challenge?

  •  I think I am not so good at expressing my gratitude, either, and sort of sits there, bottled up, and then sort of fizzes out. I think expressing gratitude and seeing how it impacts people is rewarding. This mid week bonus, filled with monthly themes, arting themes, and prompt responses, will help me, as well as you, if you are like me, come out of the FIZZ!So, the next few days MOLD over Gratitude. Start talking about the good things going on in your life.This first week bonus, will look something like this :

 

Monthly Theme : Be Thankful for Family the word of the month is Family
Arting Theme : Water Colors
Prompt response : Conquer the idea of being thankful! EVERYDAY!

Supplies

This is a gratitude bonus, be grateful for what you have. Use what you have, collect items and such around your house for this. Use a journal you already have and art over current pages that are already started but not finished, you know those journals. I have one, and I will be using it. Galina and I have our favorite supplies, if you must use what we have, then send a personal message and we will send you a list of our favorite things. But you do not have to use them, because we like them.

 

Happy New Year Everyone!

 

The first prompt will be up on Jan 6th, unless yall want a prompt on Wednesday Dec 30th!

January Prompts

6, Be thankful for the smallest thing your family has

 

13,

Be thankful for family adventures, new and old, or ones that haven't happened yet.

 

20,

It is very important to live the life of focus, focus on the good things you share dearly with your family!!! Be thankful for common interest your family shares!!! Are you all musicians? Are you all ones who love to read and have quiet time together? Are you all movie goers?

 

27 We can be grateful in resting with our family. We can be grateful we have a bed, with a roof over our heads, a comfortable MOO MOO, a soft blanket, a pillow to lay our head on, and best yet, waking up next to family, and having family in the house when you get up in the morning. Take the time out to relax.... WHY? FRANKIE SAYS SO LOL :)

 

In January, we will be focusing on being thankful for our family. Those that we currrently have, and those that are no longer with us.

Each prompt will be out by noon on the dates provided above.

 

Monthly Theme : Be Thankful for Family the word of the month is Family
Arting Theme : Water Colors
Prompt response : Conquer the idea of being thankful! EVERYDAY!

 

February Prompts

 

In February, we will be focusing on being thankful for love.

Each prompt will be out by noon on the dates provided above.

 

Monthly Theme : LOVE! Be thankful for everything about the word LOVE & what it means!

Arting Theme : Sprays

Prompt response : Thank you for reminding me what butterflies feel like :)

 

Feb 3rd

Feb 3rd prompt


Monthly Theme : LOVE! Be thankful for everything about the word LOVE & what it means!

Arting Theme : Sprays

Prompt response for Feb 3rd.
How have you taken time to love yourself? Me, I've been on vacation with my husband and resting, relaxing and enjoying nature. Thankful and blessed for times like these in our rv!

 

Feb 10th

February 10th
There's something about gratitude that you have to be thankful for love. As an act of love. Use and receive gratitude, essentially the way you do for loving. Draw or sketch this image (the one in the comments below that matches the date with this post for feb 10th,  in your journal and in one word, describe how you've felt about love and gratitude lately. Using one word only! Write it in the hearts. Enjoy! My one word was grace!

 

Feb 17th

I chose to do a one page spread today. ust got home from a romantic get away. Sitting down to work on this weeks gratitude prompt. Here's the before and after.
Be thankful for love in all directions. Sometimes we proceed things with caution. Sometimes we stop loving things that we once loved, sometimes all green is go and we fall in love with those things again! Be thankful for the directions your heart tells you to go. Remember you think with your mind, but always listen to your heart ♡


Prayer of thanks for today,
Father, when I am in a situation where I'm not sure whether to proceed or not,  help me to hear, Your voice. I thank you that you have a clear direction for my life, and that you will lead me and guide me into your plan for my future. (daily devotional Joyce Meyers!)

 

 

Feb 24th

No prompt. Hey guys taking this week off! I live just an hour away from pcola and waiting to hear from a few friends this morning. I just have to say, I watched the Drone video of the tornado damage around Pensacola this morning. Off Scenic Hwy and I-10. Just take a time out today to show gratitude for what you already have, and be thankful and if you can say positive thoughts for this area highly affected by the tornadoes last night. Mobile was spared, hardly any rain where I live. No prompt today!

March Prompts

2, 9, 16, 23, 30

 

In March, we will be focusing on being thankful for for things about spring.

 

Monthly Theme : SPRING! Be thankful for the "Gratitude Garden!"

 

Arting theme : Stencils

Prompt Response : Thank you for letting me grow in your Gratitude  journey

 

Today's prompt March 2nd

 

Three bonus' if you will,

use a doily 

think of a word that reminds you of spring, use it in your art somewhere. I chose nurturing 

use stencils! 

 

Some spring time words...

 

galoshes
green

bunny 

daffodil

kid (baby goat)

June

polliwog
puddles

vernal equinox 

rebirth

 

Use this word, to get you started on being thankful for what it means to be thankful for spring! Gratitude comes in many shapes forms and sizes and yes even in nature! It's very nurturing! How the cold winter, comes on in, and brings new growth after the ice and snow melt, and little daffodils bloom and trees turn green and green grass grows where it once was dead and waiting for spring! 

 

Like if you chose green, use it as a background color, like I did. I also chose blue for my background color, green grass, and blue sky's are signs of spring! :)

 

Wed March 9th

 

What is something about spring that you are most thankful for? Me, I love the time change, Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2016 begins at 2:00 AM on

Sunday, March 13! An extra hour of day light, no more long winters! More time for fishing, and sleeping in LOL

 

Challenge use a stencil, dont forget, and use TIME somewhere I used a time stencil and time in my quote!!!

 

Wed March 16th

 

A NEW DAY A NEW YOU!

Art about a new experience you've had recently. Or be thankful for something new. Since spring time means new stuff is in bloom, ect. Think about something recently God blessed you with, in a positive way. Something new. Was it an experience, or was it just going outside and taking in the day? Take it easy, and  be thankful for this gratitude journey, Surf this new wave! Embrace it!

 

 

March 23rd

 

Easter break, spring break. Take a break this week and try something you've been wanting to try all year and be thankful for finally making time. I sat down and finally bible art journaled! The prompt this week is enjoy something you've been wanting to try and be thankful for finally doing it. Done is better than perfect! ♡ Bonus, add a stencil of a flower! (I did an arrow stencil, but it's spring!) And I drew a flower!! <3

 

Be thankful for fertilizers! They help you grow! Grow your gratitude garden now!

Turn the negative into fertilizers for the positive! Be thankful for fertilizers! They help you grow! Time to grow your gratitude garden!

 

 

Wed March 30th!!!

Take something old full of negative thoughts you've had making a page. Turn the page into new. Let those negative thoughts be washed away by a new fresh page. Let the positive thoughts be thankful thoughts. Turn the negative into fertilizers for the positive! Be thankful for fertilizers! They help you grow! Grow your gratitude garden now

April Prompts

Monthly Theme : Humor! Be thankful for those silly humor ahhh moments.

Arting Theme : Texture

Prompt Response : Gratitude turns having what we have, into enough.

 

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http://galsthatliv.blogspot.com/

 

Wed March 5th posting early!

It's a new month! And wow!

What a break we've had! I'm posting the Wednesday prompt a day early!

 

Monthly Theme humor!

ARTING THEME texture!

 

So what adds texture? Paper, tissue paper, washie tapes and note cards flaps. Plus tons more.

 

Try experimenting with them this week

 

!Prompt... Be thankful for an Epic fail! a spectacularly embarrassing or humorous mistake, where you really LOLd at your self after and learned from it, and grew from it!

 

 

 

Wednesday April 13th

 

Let the theme of the week be, Take the simple approach to life. Decorating my art room has been really enjoyable for myself and my husband. Do what ever you create this week, with EASE And make it EASY! Use the kiss method. Keep It Simple Stupid.,. See the humor there, Yes, be thankful for EASE and KISS! Draw a mouth on your page. Use the word KISS and a thought bubble, and remember no matter what you face, if you will ask yourself the KISS method, you will be amazed at how many creative ideas you can come up with! Write those ideas down in the thought bubble! You can teach yourself simplicity if you really want to learn! (see the humor there>!>!)

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