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every single moment you are . . . .
every single moment you are . . . .

. . . writing the story of your life. While I was re-watching this video the other day, I realized instead of simply capturing “moments” —this video was really about my healing. Realizing this was like a light bulb went off.

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FamilyLenna Young AndrewsDecember 14, 2011Steve, Nia, family, dance
purple section: sketchbook project 2012
purple section: sketchbook project 2012

I've been working away on my 2012 sketchbook project, finishing up the 3rd section of folded pages (out of 4). This section was painted with purple Lumiere.

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Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsDecember 13, 2011sewing, Sketchbook Project
sketchbook project 2012: blue to purple
sketchbook project 2012: blue to purple

More progress with my Sketchbook project… Moving from the blue section to the purple section . . . This is a single page that flips over revealing another folded section.

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Rubber Stamps, Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsDecember 8, 2011rubber stamps, Sketchbook Project
sketchbook project 2012: next section
sketchbook project 2012: next section

I have started into the next section that I created in my 2012 Sketchbook, which is due January 31st.

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Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsDecember 7, 2011rubber stamps, Sketchbook Project
shells of love
shells of love

I made this for my son Dallas and his new wife Liz. They married on October 1, the same day my dad died…

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Family, MiscellaneousLenna Young AndrewsNovember 23, 2011steven's art, family
moving along: sketchbook project 2012
moving along: sketchbook project 2012

I have made some progress in my 2012 Sketchbook Project and that is a very good thing because the Sketchbook Project Special Edition arrived in my mailbox the other day!

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Sketchbook Project, ChallengesLenna Young AndrewsNovember 21, 2011rubber stamps, Sketchbook Project
Intro and first page: sketchbook project 2012
Intro and first page: sketchbook project 2012

More diving in. I typed up what I wanted to say and used my xyron to adhere the paper to the painted pages of my sketchbook/journal. Click to enlarge & read.

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Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsNovember 16, 2011rubber stamps, Sketchbook Project
painting and preparing: Sketchbook Project
painting and preparing: Sketchbook Project

There are 4 sections that fold out now, since I transformed the pages by taking them out of the moleskine journal and taping them together.

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Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsNovember 15, 2011steven's art, Sketchbook Project
First step is to start
First step is to start

I am glad I wrote about the Sketchbook Project 2012 earlier today because it got me going in a direction I needed to. The first step for me in creating anything is to make myself start . . .

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Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsNovember 12, 2011Sketchbook Project
The Sketchbook Project
The Sketchbook Project

The idea is you register, choose a theme, work in your sketchbook and send it back to the art house co-op by the deadline. All of the sketchbooks are bar coded and enter the Brooklyn art library (home of the art house co-op). The Sketchbooks are also taken on tour as a travelling art exhibit!

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Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsNovember 12, 2011Sketchbook Project
Nia: through movement we find health
Nia: through movement we find health

I feel very fortunate that I am able to participate in Nia, a body-mind-spirit fitness program, a few times a week. In Florida, I have the option of taking classes on the beach!

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Dance, PhotographyLenna Young AndrewsNovember 11, 2011Nia, Florida, dance
Sanibel Sweethearts
Sanibel Sweethearts

..my husband Steven and I were on nearby Sanibel Island, celebrating seven years together as a couple…we always celebrate the day I called him. I really love this photo and had to share it!

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FamilyLenna Young AndrewsNovember 8, 2011Steve
Dance SRQ and photoshop
Dance SRQ and photoshop

I found out about a Conscious Movement class held once a month on Sundays through my Nia teacher, Kathy Oravec. This class is held in Sarasota and sponsored by Dance SRQ

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Dance, PhotographyLenna Young AndrewsNovember 8, 2011Nia, dance
quiet creativity
quiet creativity

If you could see me, you'd find me taking lots of photographs and even a video or two, traveling to state parks & discovering Florida on my "date days" with Steven, tweaking my blogs and websites, talking with my husband…

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Photography, FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 31, 201113208 State Route 72, Sarasota, FL 34241, USASteve, Nia
beautiful and soothing beach day
beautiful and soothing beach day

The 9:00 am light was so delicious for taking pictures and the Longboat Key beach I went to was a particularly lovely one with lots of shells.

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Photography, DanceLenna Young AndrewsOctober 22, 2011Nia, Florida
creativity, photos + The Ringling Museum
creativity, photos + The Ringling Museum

Taking photographs and perhaps playing with them in Photoshop elements has been the only way I have been creative since my dad passed away October 1st.

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Dance, Miscellaneous, Photography, FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 18, 2011dance
melon and mauve ATCs
melon and mauve ATCs

This post shares the October combo of ‘melon and mauve’…

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ATCs, Stencils, Art SwapsLenna Young AndrewsOctober 13, 2011ATCs
remembering my dad
remembering my dad

My dad passed away after a long illness on Saturday, October 1st, 2011. Doing this photo tribute allowed me to honor him, and also help me process his passing.

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Family, PhotographyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 5, 2011family
A tribute to my father
A tribute to my father

Dale Andrews…

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FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 1, 2011family
Dallas and Liz get married
Dallas and Liz get married

My son Dallas and his fiance' Liz are getting married today in Northampton, Mass.

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FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 1, 2011family
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