REVolution

BIG news!

i'm still a bit in shock: but i'm going to teach in Finland in april 2012! what? YES! Finland! í am teaching at: the Intohimona Skräppäys 2012 (”Passionate about Scrapbooking”) event in the spa hotel Peurunka near Jyväskylä in Finland. All information about this event can be found on the Intohimona Skräppäys blog, not only in Finnish, but also in English.

how freaking amazing is this? and for me it's extra amazing. cause some of you might know i'm so incredibly freaking scared to fly. yes i know i know, don't talk to me about statistics cause i know the stats. it's just a feeling. about loosing control. about not being able to GET OUT when i think i need to get out. about trusting somebody else is having the best day of his or her life when flying that plane. about me being away for 4 days from my sweethearts, and i'm choosing that myself. for myself.

but i know if i want to free myself from anxiety's (i have plenty, trust me) and live the way i imagine to live, i need to push myself. i need to let go, and just GO (and how funny that's my word for 2011).

lucky for me my bestie and amazing artist Birgit  is going to teach at this event also!! so i can squeeze her (not her hand, no HER) while in the plane, and probably before. she might has to give me some kind of calming stuff but i'm sure i will be ok.

that said: i cannot wait to go to Finland and teach some workshops to you! Finland must be so gorgeous, from what i've seen online and heard from friends, so i'm hoping of a little extra sight seeing too. 

life is good. grab those oppurtunities and let GO of the fear girl. talking to myself obviously.
rev 

i am not afraid...

to show myself. to be vulnerable. to be honest and say: i look really silly on video, but i go ahead and do it anyway. and post it on my blog for the world to see and judge. arm pump for me!

i watched this video twice and it's funny & stupid at the same time. my English sounds horrible. i keep looking to the wrong side: not IN the camera, but i look at myself speaking :). i talk while i'm searching for stuff so you need to pump up the volume to hear what i am saying. need i go on?

but you know what? who cares! i just want to share stuff and this is a fun way doing it. and maybe we can forget a little bit about being perfect. maybe we can just be WHO WE ARE. share the pure us. and maybe we don't have to judge. ourselves or others. maybe we can just create whatever whenever we want. and use the supplies we want. old or not, is that really a big deal? i love to go with whatever feels good and let go "what others will think". practising this in real life too, and you know what? it feels pretty dang good!

so. have a drink. sit back, relax and laugh. especiallly the wink on the end. killer nerd!

 

life is good. share it!
rev

scrapstreet magazine & project 52 & dreams

and another little pub. looks like this chick is on a roll again. a little while back Romy asked me to place one of my layouts in Scrapstreet Magazine. heck ya! you can see it here (scroll down). saweet.

did you know by the way that today is THE day i'm going into the right direction?  made some serious decisions and it feeeeels so good. this train is moving and i am so happy i jumped on it. making plans, fulfilling dreams, having happy thoughts. dang it feels good to just GO for it.

tell me, what's your dream and what is holding you back?

just decided that this pic is so sweet it's perfect for Project 52!!

life is good. where's the sunshine???
rev 

spill it.

so now that i've poored my heart & soul out here about dreaming becoming that fulltime artist, i better keep you lovelies informed on my plans. so you can dream get there with me.

first of all, one very very talented lady called Leigh-Ann Keffer from Freckled Nest is tackling my blog makeover. yes. going professional here. like Arjan loves to say about me: when you do something, you really go for it all. (of course he meant shopping). for me it seriously always is all or nothing. so i better stick with all.

i am very very busy with working on a schedule and some features for that new blog. if there is anything you like me to have as a feature on my blog, please go and spill and i'll be happy to make you happy.

always thinking up some new tutorials for mini-albums. they laid low for awhile, but i feel the time has come to refresh and renew. maybe there's even a new workshop in the making. who knows?

exploring my world into making more canvasses, aquarel pencils and paint. gotta go and leave that safe house. feel awkward, forcing myself to think other plans and other ways. swimming without help.

another crappy photobooth pic i happen to like. even love photobooth. 

writing up a fun tutorial for valentines day cuteness. watch out for that one.

surfing the web like crazy cause there's so much inspiration to share.

life is good. start making plans. i'll meet you halfway.
rev