tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81625267677190742812024-02-07T14:48:23.693-08:00AbiyahAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06929479023807701342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162526767719074281.post-17996666043840242612010-12-11T12:17:00.000-08:002010-12-11T13:07:31.995-08:00Painting with the Father<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKHX8nlpAHp4ofycAlz-qTov9Y_XdKbxo5_l0940vAhNpbpL3AJ7oJsDDFW_DZCvp8foH_wZWUQpZZ7QjP6jt7WOpAiLDbHdvP9-vVdLQOwrFCOUlXbZQD0l6VqXlNwP5kZuqwB73UZBo/s1600/12-11-10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549530341813135858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKHX8nlpAHp4ofycAlz-qTov9Y_XdKbxo5_l0940vAhNpbpL3AJ7oJsDDFW_DZCvp8foH_wZWUQpZZ7QjP6jt7WOpAiLDbHdvP9-vVdLQOwrFCOUlXbZQD0l6VqXlNwP5kZuqwB73UZBo/s320/12-11-10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Since October I've gotten my desire to paint back after </div><div align="center">attending a <a href="http://www.restoringlivesinternational.com/">Restoring Lives International Conference</a>.</div><div align="center">Since then I have been painting as I never have before.</div><div align="center">It's much more personal. </div><div align="center">For the past 6-8 years I've had no desire to pick up a paint brush.</div><div align="center">And even before then I had struggled with what to paint...it was always</div><div align="center">something someone else had wanted..not necessarily something I had wanted, or enjoyed</div><div align="center">painting. I like to copy others work as practice and became quite good at it..</div><div align="center">but, it wasn't my work. My initial idea.</div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNnAlSL2k7_dHfw-HnH7AIoW1fpUH6POcIu2ebl1BSAbj2Fz3LFxz_7gCg_S36On3cM-IirsUk1Z6HFMg4Wx95Ph49m4_V77Ij2rawZRzD-eOtp3lK0fFqpu2QoB82nrXJXz4SlwFk0oG/s1600/12-09-10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549527973511117330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNnAlSL2k7_dHfw-HnH7AIoW1fpUH6POcIu2ebl1BSAbj2Fz3LFxz_7gCg_S36On3cM-IirsUk1Z6HFMg4Wx95Ph49m4_V77Ij2rawZRzD-eOtp3lK0fFqpu2QoB82nrXJXz4SlwFk0oG/s320/12-09-10.jpg" border="0" /></a> I've read some on prophetical painting (painting with the </div><div align="center">Holy Spirit) and since October I've been practicing. Praying</div><div align="center">before hand for God to give me images as I listen to</div><div align="center">praise music....mostly <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSzqzkvcOA">Jason Upton</a>.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7WqCvsAQYE7cHF7s0MTfEjbbCxus9FOmVaaJpLS9OZRizxwXD_DexJYLr9s26CC6k1nbClzN6lQsIdYGAUDZ3OM8zfPbd3HH8zJ0BiiP88o9nW8Kroi2s2Atx-JAj105WoL_FvbCkG_h/s1600/oct10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549527969776928898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7WqCvsAQYE7cHF7s0MTfEjbbCxus9FOmVaaJpLS9OZRizxwXD_DexJYLr9s26CC6k1nbClzN6lQsIdYGAUDZ3OM8zfPbd3HH8zJ0BiiP88o9nW8Kroi2s2Atx-JAj105WoL_FvbCkG_h/s320/oct10.jpg" border="0" /></a> His music is so passionate and beautiful..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSTltz2IpU_3lNf34lbGSUgL4PgWwgrT_UVoEEU8XCy_Ee2Sa8EXlqTSOrhV5OlTeD94EpsX7uu83wZp7DyqX1RPyGSzVpchk9a7sSKZUapjVGacdXu60IYjWqeL23V2qZuRXbSYoIpk8/s1600/10-10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549527327631625634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSTltz2IpU_3lNf34lbGSUgL4PgWwgrT_UVoEEU8XCy_Ee2Sa8EXlqTSOrhV5OlTeD94EpsX7uu83wZp7DyqX1RPyGSzVpchk9a7sSKZUapjVGacdXu60IYjWqeL23V2qZuRXbSYoIpk8/s320/10-10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Isabella has also been doing as I have done..</div><div align="center">I have her pray to herself and paint what she sees or</div><div align="center">is feeling God is telling her..here is one of her paintings and </div><div align="center">a drawing from a few weeks ago..<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549530355691699650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9gDd6aSGLnOjurDVGOpA48U3CUDWd635GST7SEig82X782wLBqvfxbmlFkJhT5Po5yJkOtS_fd0Auo3Dm95ZAeNihSUKxfQu4PHW8mSAHMSV0915czpARrmJtLYvYQppzRk9xWsdI51i/s320/isabella2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549530345849027586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZp7Mc03cNm-fFjYhiM0G6J6_qOy42P5BXK2FR2vMsnsmAyCvxdKkuUGVe14J70Ld2IyjrM2JebFKv-2QbyWmliiQ-JYI063rWY8R26s4opBJ_x3nKsa2tKIf9moj07dfS_VwiBoc9KQm/s320/isabella1.jpg" border="0" />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06929479023807701342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162526767719074281.post-80623672834636813272010-03-24T06:08:00.000-07:002010-03-24T06:23:10.753-07:00My latest project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc7Cg6BX7bMYwjn32Lo0Y22yDLH-rJP5NRuZJILuS2vmzSgdcOqga9hPpPGqyV0y_-6iJy7snmEMgKHqiMur_paj3dMXIJXMLWmEsj26p6_prv_rdaZVSjZXA1R53YPyDnWXpQHhfaTrO/s1600/DSC_0040.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 217px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452188624591625298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc7Cg6BX7bMYwjn32Lo0Y22yDLH-rJP5NRuZJILuS2vmzSgdcOqga9hPpPGqyV0y_-6iJy7snmEMgKHqiMur_paj3dMXIJXMLWmEsj26p6_prv_rdaZVSjZXA1R53YPyDnWXpQHhfaTrO/s320/DSC_0040.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>I recently started making camera straps and may have found my new love! They are so simple, yet so enjoyable to make. After making one for myself and my sister I now want to make a whole collection. Off to the right of here you will see a picture of the one I made for my sister, if you click on it, it will link you to my etsy shop where you can purchase one! Here's a photo shoot...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYZ0e7mt2hLym9LFJ6Hf41jNkoGw01Fv3YgpTvDLKf2EXPRbiYbQ5f9CXUozEq_Z2RKrcHAYyiTgqxlAe8vXsiu9NK1odz_7PZOU74yzexVe5IGWjkNeRRBMGlfEfQNCSo7zfqWZPQNk_/s1600/camera+strap1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452188607325100578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYZ0e7mt2hLym9LFJ6Hf41jNkoGw01Fv3YgpTvDLKf2EXPRbiYbQ5f9CXUozEq_Z2RKrcHAYyiTgqxlAe8vXsiu9NK1odz_7PZOU74yzexVe5IGWjkNeRRBMGlfEfQNCSo7zfqWZPQNk_/s320/camera+strap1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMG5ogkRQka45wjtI53iCuvcKSjbnGth3zyhVYtWAK4pngASI1I5iOrK8cws4q-PHvEUijkPc30tkr0LDEbuwuaUjV3W6yQPi2XmLuTNCqYfm5FMY4uVlwzjwAPuqxduXd0C-S9Bok049/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 145px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452188615897209314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMG5ogkRQka45wjtI53iCuvcKSjbnGth3zyhVYtWAK4pngASI1I5iOrK8cws4q-PHvEUijkPc30tkr0LDEbuwuaUjV3W6yQPi2XmLuTNCqYfm5FMY4uVlwzjwAPuqxduXd0C-S9Bok049/s320/DSC_0035.JPG" /></a></div></div></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06929479023807701342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162526767719074281.post-75561156157011244632010-01-30T08:12:00.001-08:002010-03-02T06:35:09.676-08:00<span style="color:#663366;">I'm feeling led to start yet another blog. <em>Another</em> you might ask?? Yes, this is the 3rd. I do love to write you know. The first blog AdventuresofIzandEl was geared only towards my children. The name of your blog should, I feel, have a lot to do with what you are writing about. It is however a title. Well as I continued writing on AdventuresofIzandEl it started becoming more about my life, our life at home, etc. So I started anew on AmyLou. After writing on AmyLou for a while God placed it on my heart to start Abiyah. I wanted a place I could retreat to. A place I could journal about my spiritual life and my walk with Christ. I also wanted a place to keep track of all my creative doings.<br /><br />We declared at the beginning of the year, this was a year for change. God has moved in our lives in so many ways in the last 3-4 years. Since I am leaving my job and leaving my future up to Him, it's going to be a time of learning to trust and lean. So this will be a place for me to journal as I find my place as an artist and how that connects to the One that owns my heart and soul...<br /></span><p align="left"><br /><span style="color:#663366;"><em>Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.</em> </span><strong><span style="color:#663366;">James 1:17<br /></span></p></strong><div align="left"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#663366;"><em>Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive and inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.</em> </span><span style="color:#663366;"><strong>Colossians 3:23-24<br /></strong><br /></span></div><div align="center"><em><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Abiyah</span></strong></em></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">Hebrew.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">meaning "</span><a href="http://www.20000-names.com/male_y_names.htm#YAHWEH"><span style="color:#663366;">Yahweh</span></a><span style="color:#663366;"> is my father." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">In the bible, this is the name of a son of </span><a href="http://www.20000-names.com/male_s_names.htm#SAMUEL"><span style="color:#663366;">Samuel</span></a><span style="color:#663366;">, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">the mother of </span><a href="http://www.20000-names.com/male_h_names_3.htm#HEZEKIAH"><span style="color:#663366;">Hezekiah</span></a><span style="color:#663366;">, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">a member of the tribe of </span><a href="http://www.20000-names.com/male_b_names_2.htm#BENJAMIN"><span style="color:#663366;">Benjamin</span></a><span style="color:#663366;">, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">a king of Judah, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663366;">and several other characters. </span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06929479023807701342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162526767719074281.post-83816806082041916082010-01-12T06:37:00.000-08:002010-03-02T06:30:11.780-08:00<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaIYIRk8WTO_grXcW5xDeb_ObYNqSO_Otx41qBeZ8pYW5eO6sOtmmQU7VHUPKhHIJPC38rhAxVkmI7sjcVxFwE0CE_r9TjPnbKutIx4Yb_e2fAkHwSSi3WQtSIbesZYkJeLgl5-OPfumF/s1600-h/DSC_0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425862773194756802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaIYIRk8WTO_grXcW5xDeb_ObYNqSO_Otx41qBeZ8pYW5eO6sOtmmQU7VHUPKhHIJPC38rhAxVkmI7sjcVxFwE0CE_r9TjPnbKutIx4Yb_e2fAkHwSSi3WQtSIbesZYkJeLgl5-OPfumF/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" /></a> A section of my journal from college.</div><div align="center">Flowers from Juarez.<br /></div><div align="center"><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLg0AVXdOUlOyS24CmByTUbjNHmTphCFnNWZaCeuwRDBbH3xLdHSJ2sdliHsKPj1zt_s9vcfd1R7XSUAOnzv0he0KWUb6vcnzaSYYTKo5ZSCzGRlrBbRWD219wG8aG7qr7dNfCxLEBpja/s1600-h/DSC_0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425862768185005634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLg0AVXdOUlOyS24CmByTUbjNHmTphCFnNWZaCeuwRDBbH3xLdHSJ2sdliHsKPj1zt_s9vcfd1R7XSUAOnzv0he0KWUb6vcnzaSYYTKo5ZSCzGRlrBbRWD219wG8aG7qr7dNfCxLEBpja/s320/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Acrylic on canvas</div><div align="center"> This is a study of another artist and I</div><div align="center">can't remember his name but, I don't </div><div align="center">get credit for the original idea!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06929479023807701342noreply@blogger.com0