Motivation Monday

It's time for another Motivation Monday post. I try to pick one thing that motivates me each week to paint, draw and in general be crafty. But lets switch it up. This week I'll show you what motivates my whole life.

Everything I do is simply a step towards my dream of owning a small piece of land and homesteading.

But what is homesteading? Well everyone seems to have their own definition. My explanation of my dream is simple; a small piece of land, a cob house I built with loved ones, some farm animals and a huge garden. If I still have to work in town to pay the bills, that's fine. I just want some space between me and the guy down the road so I don't feel so crowded. And if I can manage to go off grid someday, that'd be great too, but for now I'm trying to go one step at a time. And my step right now is Save Money. Then it'll be onto Buy Land, Build House and Live The Dream.

Here are a few pictures of other people who are living their dreams:

Cob Couch

Cob Kitchen

Interior Of A Cob House

Chickens On A Farm

Path To Freedom: Urban Homestead

Want to see more pictures of ideas and inspirations for my future homestead? Follow my Dream Home board on pinterest!

This is what motivates me, what motivates you?

Sneak Peek Sunday!

I am so, so very excited about today's sneak peek! It is for an all new, never before tried art project, and if it works? EEEEEEEK! Ok I need to calm down now. I'm off to the hardware store in a few minutes to gather supplies for this new project, and I can't wait to show you in next weeks Finished Friday!

I'm so excited I feel like I need to be secretive. So here is the only bit of sneak peek I can give you for now:

SAND!

Finished Friday!

Today is a day of finished projects! This week I worked on a whole bunch of eggs (it's still to cold to paint outside). So here are my finished projects!

All of the new eggs on a tree.

Here are some close ups of the newest eggs!

Ready for Valentines Day?

Sleeping Kitten

Be Mine!

Love

Marry Me?

Easter Bunny!

I'm so excited about all these eggs! I can't wait to have more eggs to etch. Its so fun picking designs and deciding which egg fits the design best. I've found smaller or more complicated designs work better on white eggs. Words or bulky designs work well on brown eggs, and the shells layers burn away differently, creating a picture that can be anywhere from white/grey to black or brown. Some eggs even look almost stamped! I am happy to say I will be continuing with these projects!

(Sorry this is posted a little early, but I'm excited about these!)