I Was Bitten While Feeding a Shark

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How often do you get to hand feed sharks with teeth while swimming with your 9 year old? My oldest refused to get in the water. She never regretted that decision!

Granted these aren’t Great Whites, but when you are in the water with them they look a lot bigger…They were very interested in eating the fish in our hands. So were the stingrays, but they are much more polite and gentle…I was bitten and blood was drawn while we were feeding the sharks. Not too much blood, but enough to make me fuss. Oh, you probably think the shark bit me. No, it was a pelican who thought my shiny water camera was a fish. It really hurt- but I kept my camera!

I’ve finished my virtual vacation and now it’s time for the giveaway! I was thrilled to have so many friends join me on vacation! Congratulations to Paula from Buenos Aires- just send me your address acolorfuljourney at gmail dot com).

Confession time- there was a plexiglass wall between the sharks and us. We fed them through the holes and we were very careful not to put any fingers in those holes!

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Embrace the Ocean

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The first color I associate with the ocean is blue but the more I thought about it the entire rainbow is in the ocean. The plants, fish, birds, the driftwood, the shells, all the stuff in the ocean is full of color. I started with blue for this journal page but ended up adding a color I usually don’t use- red. Linking up with Paint Party Friday and Art Journal Every Day– stop by both places and visit lots of blogs full of creativity!

I have embraced the ocean for these 2 weeks on my virtual vacation with my friends! It did just what I hoped it would, recharge and rejuvenate! There is still time to join in for the giveaway. I’ll be randomly choosing the winner sometime on Saturday so as long as you are linked up before it’s picked you’re good!

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Turks and Caicos

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My virtual vacation is taking to Turks and Caicos today! This page brings back such wonderful vacation feelings for me. I can almost hear the waves and see my kids para-sailing high above the beach. Notice I said my kids, not me.

Best thing I brought in my traveling art case- the black clips to hold the pages so they didnt’ blow around.

I scanned the page and boxed in the words that spoke to me. Then I went back and added a bit of stream of consciousness journaling.

Scribbled with blue reinkers to add a bit of blue color. Staring at the ocean had me stuck on the color blue for some reason…

The blue was way too busy so a bit of gesso pushed it back. As a bonus a bit of the color bled through and mixed with the gesso.

Added a bit of color with gelatos and inktense pencils.

Added the words with paint.

Added black Pitt pen to make the words pop out.

Thanks for grabbing your luggage and joining me for my virtual vacation! If you’d like to win the V.V. creativity kit just link up your vacation blog posts, photos on flickr (or other site), or your vacation inspired art! You can find all the details here. Remember that everyone is welcome on this vacation, even if you’ve never done a link up before. I’ll be randomly drawing for the winner on Saturday, June16th!

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