Time of Big Changes

The last couple of weeks have been full of big changes for me inwardly and outwardly.

Weather is unusually warm, and on most days - sunny, but the trees know, it's autumn.

Love my hometown Liepaja! It (actually "She" in Latvian) is so beautiful at any time of the year! :)

Step by step, I'm returning to my usual cheerful and hopeful self, that sees beauty and goodness in everything.

And the sandplay therapy is helping me a lot.

And I have a day job. Since last Thursday, I work in a flower shop.

The salary is low and the working week is long, but there are lots of benefits as well. The biggest one: the shop is in a building right next to our home. :)

And things in the shop, that was ready to sell my creations, have started out really well, especially - regarding jewelry with semi precious stones.

The owner is interested in all kinds of cooperation with me.

So, I decided to spend a couple of hours every week in the shop to take in orders and jewelry for repair. And my desk at home looks mostly like this, when I get to it.

But I still started a new painting last night. :D

Thank goodness for the slow years and months before! My life seems gathering speed very quickly right now. And I love it!!! :D

To see more inspiring creativity jump over to these sites

Paint Party Friday

Creative Every Day

And you know I'm always happy to hear from you, right?

Please, feel free to leave a comment here or contact me at ritajc(at)inbox(dot)lv

My Creative Space - Color Challenge Yellow

There is a creative color challenge hosted by Louise Gale on her site. The color for April is mustard yellow. As I really like yellow, the color of sun, daffodils, dandelions, and bananas, I wanted to participate. Unfortunately, this month was pretty stressful for me, so I completely forgot about the color challenge. Yesterday, I received an e-mail from Louise, that there is a wrap up open to link to our creations. But I had nothing to show!

But than I thought: hey, it's still April, isn't it? So I grabbed a piece of water color paper and my so far unused dandelion stencil, and started to play! I challenged myself even more and decided to use only this one particular stencil! For now, it's just a piece of decorated paper, but who knows, what it will become some day... And I had so much fun creating it! Thank you so much, Louise!

To see other challenge entries visit the wrap up post and/or the Flickr group. Feeling inspired? It's still April! That means, you can still catch the last train and join the fun!

Saturday Shopping Day

 These are the items listed in one of my Etsy shops in the last couple of weeks

To see more handmade beauties and to show yours visit Sandra's and Annemarie's

My Creative Space - Gardenwork in Autumn

Weather is fresh and sunny here in Latvia lately. So I was working in my garden. It is still beautiful.

Some of the bushes and trees have got colorful leaves.

Some of the flowers are finishing, some only starting to bloom now.

Some plants have got very beautiful fruits.

But the most amazing are these strawberries, still blooming and fruiting.

The creative challenge for me is now to find some good movies on-line to watch, while preparing a large bucket of apples for a jam. :D

To see other creative spaces and to share yours visit Kirsty's blog

My Creative Space

Our garden is blooming in spite of the heat (temperatures around +30C really aren't the ones we are used to here). So I went to the garden, shot some pics and cut some herbs. Preparing them now for drying.

To see other creative spaces visit Kirsty's blog

My First Garden Day

Today was the first time in this year I could work a bit in my garden.

A couple of weeks ago it was only a pond.

Today it was dry enough to set my feet into it.  Weather was sunny and warm, so I could work outside in a T-shirt with short sleeves. For the first time in this year, too.

I want to share with you some shots of the first blooms and the first friend and helper I met there. Sorry for not so good pictures: as there was some breeze the blooms were moving constantly.

My Friday Shares / Mani piektdienas atradumi

My shares for today: a hosta flower from my archive and some web sites

http://www.manifestingsecrets.com/

http://billeblue.blogspot.com/2009/10/live-life.html

http://icraft.ca/index.php

http://www.buygems.for-less-dollars.com/

http://www.eckharttolletv.com/

Have a great Friday, the 13th!!! :)

Mani šodienas atradumi: hostas zieds no mana arhīva un dažas web lapas. Ja nepieciešams tulkojums, lūdzu, dodiet ziņu: +371 27848959 vai ritajc@inbox.lv.

Lai jums lieliska piektdiena, 13. datums!!! :)

Etsy BeadWeavers November Challenge Beauty of the Flower

You can see all the entries and to vote for them on the Etsy BeadWeavers' Blog.

New Ceramic Roses / Jaunas Keramikas Rozes

These are my new ceramic roses listed in my ceramic shop on etsy.com.

Šīs ir manas jaunās keramikas rozes, ko esmu izlikusi savā etsy.com keramikas veikaliņā.

Flower bed on my balcony / Puķu dobe uz mana balkona

Yesterday I planted 6 tiny balsam seedlings in two boxes on my balcony. I took a picture of 3 of them. If you wish, you can look in here every Monday night to see, how they are doing.

Vakar divās kastēs uz sava balkona iestādīju 6 mazītiņus balzamīņu stādiņus. 3 no tiem nofotografēju. Ja vēlaties, varat atgriezties šeit katru pirmdienas vakaru un apskatīties, kā tiem klājas.