On my lap....

On my lap this morning........What a wonderful way to start my day!  Happy Sunday friends :)

Sometimes....

Sometimes things need to fall apart, in order to be built up again.  Sometimes people need to break, in order to heal and be stronger.  Change is good and necessary and part of life.  I have faith that there are reasons beyond what we can comprehend at the time, but that someday the reasons will become clear.

If there was no dark, there would be no light...no rain, no rainbows...no change, no butterflies.

I have faith that we will all fly again.

 I am listening with an open heart.  I will keep my faith and stay in the light.  I will heal and grow and fly again.

I have faith and I have hope.  For now that is all I need.

She Found Peace

SHE FOUND PEACE
16 x 20
Mixed media, acrylic, ink, collage

Heading out for some art....

Tomorrow I'm heading out to California for the weekend and I'm sooooooo excited!   I'll be taking a painting class from the incredible, Flora Bowley!  Her work is beautiful...so full of color and imagination!   When I look at her work, I feel like a little kid in a candy store, overwhelmed for a second as I soak it all in, then just not sure where to begin!  I really love her creations.  I love the way they look and I love the feeling they evoke in me.  I'll take lots of pics to share.  I know it will be magical!

Hearing Aids for me!!!!

So today was the big day!  I had my hearing aid appointment!!!!!  These tiny little things are amazing!  They are from a company called Phonak and they aren't really hearing aids, but more of a hearing system for single sided deafness.  Here is what they do:   The one on my left ear (my deaf ear) has a reciever on it, so it picks up the sounds on my left side that I would normally not hear.  It takes the sounds into its reciever and  instantly sends them to the piece in my right ear.  That one then takes the recording and plays it into my right ear (my hearing ear)!   So now it feels like I hear in both ears!  And it adjusts itself to different background noises and such, so that I get the best quality hearing.  I just think its amazing!  I'm still not able to locate a sound, but this will help me so much when I am in stores or restarants or anywhere where there are lots of people or noises.  I'm really excited about this.  Here are a couple of pictures from today.

This is what they look like.  The red one is for my right ear and the blue one is for the left.  You cant even see them when I have them on.  Technology just blows me away!

I'm a happy girl!

Progress....

A little more progress tonight on my latest.....

Also.....drum roll please......only THREE more days till I get my hearing aids!!!!!!!!  I'll keep ya posted and in the loop!

Whoop Whoop!!!!!

I'm so excited peeps!   I totally have NO CLUE how to do these things, but I actually DID IT!   My new art website is up and running and I even bought my own domain name!!!!!!!!

www.kellylish.com

I feel so professional now!  I just can't get over the fact that I did all this computer work by myself....I just followed along on all the steps and if I got stuck, I either started over, or called for support from the site!  I'm so not a computer person....I'm just in shock right now! hahaha

Anyway, I hope you like it and I hope you know that if I can make one, ANYONE can! hahahaha

Love,
Kelly

Beginning a new painting....

I'm beginning a new painting today.  It feels so good to get my hands messy after sitting at the computer ALL day yesterday!  Computers are NOT my style-haha

Website News!!!!

I have literally spent 8 hours and 21 minutes, working on a website for my artwork...My neck is killing me! haha   But....I think I did it!  I will try to post a link here on this page, and hopefully all will work as it is supposed to!  Wish me luck!

KELLY LISH ART WEBSITE

My website is at
http://www.wix.com/kellylish01/art#!

p.s.  eventually I will change the website address to something that is easier to remember-but for now it's free, so I'll have to leave it as it is.   I hope you like it!

Puppy Love

All finished....

Puppy Love
12 x 12
acrylic

A fun little gift to give....

I was sooooo excited about going to BGC to serve on the staff.  I wanted to make a gift of thanks for Melody and Kathy.  This is what I came up with.

More from BGC....

The best part of Brave Girl Camp are the relationships you come home with.  Here are some pics of the beautiful women I had the pleasure of getting to know.

 Everyone of us has a story.  Everyone of us needs to be heard.  Everyone of us deserves happiness.  God bless us ALL.

Some more memories from BGC

Here are some more wonderful memories from Brave Girls Camp, a week ago.  Oh how I miss each of the wonderful women that I had the honor of spending time with and getting to know.  Life can be so good if we let it!

This is all of us on the very last night...Look at how happy we all look!

Our beautiful home for that week....

Then when you enter, it gets even more magical....

A little peek....

Here's a little peek at what I've been working on for the last couple of days.

Fall is in the air....

Fall is definately in the air around here...it's beginning to get that festive feeling that comes every year at this time!

Halloween is just around the corner-BOO!

Brave Girl Camp October 2011

I am home now from an AMAZING week, feeling so blessed.

Somehow God has placed me with the most amazing souls.  Our week was full of laughter and tears, music and singing, crafts and yummy food, walks in the woods,  healing and miracles.  I'll post more pics as they come in over the week.

There is definately something magical that happens when we are all brought together and open our hearts to one another.  It is truely life changing, in the most wonderful way.

Can't wait to post more......xo

A little trip....

I have the most wonderful trip coming up.  I leave on Sunday to fly to Boise Idaho, then from there to Beautiful McCall Idaho.  I can not wait!   I 'll be heading to Brave Girls Camp, but this time I won't be a guest, I'll be serving the new Brave Girls!  I know it will be amazing and I can't wait to share the pictures and stories when I get back.  I'm just so honored to get to go and be part of the staff.  I can't stop smiling!

Here is a link to the Brave Girls site, incase you would like to check it out.  They are wonderful women, with a message that I hope the whole world gets to hear one day.  Brave Girls Rock!

Here's a few pics from my trip last year.  It was magical!