Wreath Painting

My big sister, Debby Ditta is a baby photographer. 

Go see her work. Her talent shines bright. 

http://debbyditta.photoshelter.com/

I have been helping her lately with her shoots. It is a hard job that I really never thought would be. It takes a patience and creativity that only certain people have, people like my sister. I am making this wreath for an addition to her picture props. I am praying that every baby that lay inside this wreath be blessed and surrounded by His Peace for their long life. 

I drew the wreath with a pencil very lightly first. 

I then used water soluble markers and outlined the leafs. I changed in varying shades of greens, grays and browns to add variety. 

Leaving the inside of the leave white, I started to paint with a small brush using only water. This blended the colors together to make unique colors. 

THE END

Mercy Me... and Debby

At the concert... 

Love you Deb

  Ok Debby, you did it! 

So you are officially forgiven for all the mean things you did to me as a kid... sike. Love you!

My sister, Debby, nominated me for the Mercy Me, Beautiful contest. She called the station telling them about me, her little sister, and my painful circumstances. 

http://ksbj.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=V&c=99997&s=40827355

It turns out she won us the tickets to go see Mercy Me and get a personal photo shoot with them! I am so excited to go and hear them live and am expecting to just feel the Lord so incredibly when I go. I am looking so forward to this... Listen to my sister sweetly speak of me here.

https://soundcloud.com/joeyandcoppelia/debby-wins-mercyme-photo-shoot

Their song, Hurt and the Healer, really helped me through a hard time in my life. I posted this to my other art teacher blog in 2012 to share the healing. I had avoided art that was connected to my emotion for a whole year because the pain was deep, but this song birthed a very important picture for my healing process before I became a widow. See here...

Read the post below on link...

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2012/04/healing-through-hurt.html

Now, after hearing the song through a widows heart, it is an entirely different experience. I am more open with my art now. I know that He can take my pain inside and use it in a beautiful way to share with others, in the process of helping them and ministering to them.

I am so grateful for the way the Lord works out our tragedy and pain. I know He has plans for me and my girls, The opportunity to go see Mercy Me and meet them is a sure manifestation of the Lord showing me his love by putting people in my life that think I am "beautiful".

Love You Debby,

Your Little Sister

Ta-Ta Pooper