Another one - WOW

Am feeling a bit overwhelmed - but deeply touched that I've been tagged with an award again!! This time from a dear friend Gail @http://artbygail.blogspot.com/ for a Lemonade Award for "Positive Attitude Blogs". Thank you Gail I adore your work - but feel very blessed to be considered your friend!!! Thank you.
If you're on the list below and wish to pass on the award:

1. Display the logo on your blog.
2. Nominate up to 10 blogs that show great attitude.
3. Link your nominees with your post & let them know via comment that they're lemonaded.
4. Link the post to the person who gave you the award!
Here are a few blogs that show such amazing "Positive Attitude" I adore reading them and look forward to getting to know their wonderful owners better! They inspire me!

Gypsy @ http://gypsy-warrior.blogspot.com/ - She is the essence of an Old Soul!! Beautiful in spirit and a daily inspiration to me!!

Sherry @http://byrumart.blogspot.com/ - I adore her and their art!! She is one who has kept me working - even when I didn't feel worthy!! I consider her a friend - and am blessed for it!

Renee @ http://circlingmyhead.blogspot.com/ - What can I say - Renee is an inspiration to me in a hundred ways!! Although I have only recently met her - I feel she has been a friend for a very long time!! I am blessed to know her!!!

Julia @ http://eastofthesunart.blogspot.com/ - I love reading her blog and gazing at her amazing art! She has such grace and it clearly comes through in her art and her words. She inspires me to be a better artist!!

Jane @ http://janeaugenstein.blogspot.com/ - Another I have recently met - but feel a connection with - I love her blog!! It is filled with her beautiful pictures and words!! Her pictures and her spirit inspire me!!

Karmen @ http://moonwillowstudio.blogspot.com/ - I am blessed to have this wonderful woman not only as a friend online but here in my town too!! She is the reason I stepped out and started seriously doing my art!! Her friendship means the world to me!! Her spirit never fails to amaze me!!

Mae @http://tatteredcowwings.blogspot.com/ - I love her work and honestly she cracks me up!! It is a gift this girl has- she makes us laugh!!!

Anne (my sister) @http://aginglite.blogspot.com/ - What can I say - she amazes me! She inspires me to reach higher and work harder! Her grace and love are always present! Well... I love her!

Crystal @http://funkyfairyshoppe.blogspot.com/ - Another local gal who I am blessed to know!! Her strength,grace and amazing dedication never fail to amaze!!! She is amazingly talented too.

Heather @ http://witchhollowprimitives.blogspot.com/ - Heather is an amazingly old soul - grace and caring all wrapped up in an amazing artist! She has inspired and encouraged me along my art path - but more than that she has been an amazing friend!

Wow Two Awards!!

Here is the first...Sherry at Byrum Art..http://byrumart.blogspot.com/tagged me back with a lovely Art blog award! Sherry is someone I not only adore - but have huge respect for! She is always there for me encouraging and cheering!! She and her husband Ron have set the standard for artwork and selling online!! I'm touched and honored that she likes my work!!!! I will do a quick 7 - as I wrote the heavy stuff before...
1. I adore ice cream - preferably Coffee.
2. My other favorite treat - a latte - with Creme d Menthe.
3. I love to read - almost anything!!
4. I love the smell of leather in a saddle shop.
5. I love beach glass - blue and green are my favorite.
6. I love the sound of crunchy Fall leaves under my feet.
7. I love the smell of the ocean or the desert after it rains.

I will send this award to.....
Annie @ http://chickadeeprimitives.blogspot.com/ I really enjoy her blog - she is a free spirit - looove it!!
Jamie @ http://creepycreations.blogspot.com/ I looove her art!
Mae @ http://tatteredcowwings.blogspot.com/ - because I loove her art and - she cracks me up!!!!!

One Word Wednesday! JOY

I Was Given an Award!!

I have been given my first blog award!!! From Gail @ http://artbygail.blogspot.com/ I adore her art - her horses and ravens are amazing! She is more importantly (to me), someone I look to for good advise & consider a treasured friend!!! She has a soft and gentle spirit that is a constant example to all those who know her. Thank you hon - I'm honored!!! So I need to offer up seven things that I love. Sarah

1. My husband Jim, my children & my sisters. My dear friends here and online. I have met soooo many wonderful folks online!!!

2. Music – I adore a good sweeping soundtrack. I think we should all have a soundtrack to our lives!!! James Horner’s soundtracks seem to strir me deeply (Braveheart, Man without a Face)!! Listening stirs my imagination!! I love anything I can harmonize with. I enjoy most anything that isn’t rap.

3. Fall…Autumn.. Halloween!!! My very favorite time of the year!! I adore the color, the snap in the air, sweaters, school starting, harvest- I love it all!! I’m a Halloween artist & adore the holiday!! We celebrate big in our family!!

4. I love to walk and dance. Walking is my meditation, when I’m stressed or bent walking will bring me back to center. I would rather walk than any other kind of exercise. Although we don’t have a car, the walking is not a burden – I love it! I recently took up belly dancing… I trained as a dancer for 14 years – when I was younger. I had forgotten how very much I loved to dance. I love the belly dancing – Jim doesn’t mind so much either – lol!

5. I love that feeling you get when you reach a point in a piece you are working on, that you know it’s going to honor the vision you had in your head!! Or when a piece you have created gives someone else joy!! I also love looking at what others create – wips are wonderful – to see how others process works!!!

6. I love words, word puzzles, word play, Latin and Greek roots, “Free Rice.com” wonderful word game that donates rice for all the ones you get right. I adore Shakespeare. I know...I am a geek- lol. I’m ok with that!!

7. Nature – the mountains and the ocean, well water of any kind. The changes of the seasons, watching wild animals and birds, plants growing. Wild crafting and identifying wild plants is a joy to me. I adore the ocean – it calls to me often and loudly. We are a ways from the sea – but have a huge lake only blocks away – it works for me.

So I would like to pass along the joy... here are a few of my favorite art blogs - so many to choose from....
Karmen @ http://moonwillowstudio.blogspot.com/ - I adore her art and consider her a friend and mentor!! She is a joy & a blessing to me!!

Renee @ http://circlingmyhead.blogspot.com/ - Although she is not an artist in the painting sense - she is a writer that can paint emotion in amazing ways! I adore her and wait daily to see what she will post next!

http://backattheranchjewelry.blogspot.com/ I love her Southwest jewelry - am a cowgirl art heart.

Karen @http://moonlightandhares.blogspot.com/ I have just found her - but her art and illustrations are amazing - a joy to the eye!

Sherry and Ron @ http://byrumart.blogspot.com/ . I am blessed to know Sherry! She is beyond dear to me!! She has encouraged me and kept me spirits up!!

Josie @ http://skeletoninmycloset-itsdarkinhere.blogspot.com/! Her work always amazes!! She tickles me with her creations - check out her latest kit - giggle!!

Heather @ http://witchhollowprimitives.blogspot.com/ Another friend who has encouraged me in my artsy walk! She is sweet and always there when you need her!! I adore her & her Halloween art!

Seeking Input!!

I have a couple of ACEO's (2 1/2" x 3 1/2" miniatures)that I need input on listing. Everyone who looks at these sees something different. I'm curious... what do you see? I find them soothing to look at. When I doodle - this is what it frequently turns into. I added color this time. So... please tell me what they look like to you and what you think I should name them. I am ever so grateful!!!
Sarah

Pimping my Sister - lol!

I'm so excited - my sister Anne has started a blog!! http://aginglite.blogspot.com/
She is an amazing woman and I'm very proud to pimp her site. She has a Master's in Gerontology, has published a wonderful book for women & is a motivational speaker!!! She is deeply committed to bringing a better lifestyle to women. You can read all about the amazing things she is doing on her blog!
She may not say so but she does stunning pen and ink art!! She owns several fur kids and a couple of beautiful horses. Not to mention my wonderful niece and nephew!!! She is my inspiration to get fit and stay that way! Hugs Anne!!