"A living, breathing, kinetic journal of our hopes, dreams and concerns" is how Vivika Hansen DeNegre describes the
Prayer Flag Project,
a group she founded in 2011.
Prayer flags are an ancient Buddhist tradition now being embraced by artists of all religious and spiritual backgrounds. Flags are made of cloth decorated to the artists liking or vision. Through design, symbols or words each flag expresses a prayer or affirmation.
Flags are hung outside and the prayers of hope, healing and peace are carried by the wind throughout the universe.
Gail, of
Creative Workshops, has a free tutorial on making prayer flags (sewn or glued-you don't need to be a seamstress!) open to all.
After watching her tutorial I made my first prayer flag....
This flag will be traded in a new swap hosted by Lenna, of
Creative Swaps.
As part of the swap, Lenna also provides a tutorial and links to several prayer flag sites. (At the time of this post there were still 7 openings.)
I first learned of the Prayer Flag Project and swap via Terri of,
Artful Affirmations.
She shares photos of her beautiful first prayer flags on her blog.
Call them prayers, affirmations, positive energy....it doesn't really matter. This is a feel-good project with heart.
This is the front and back of my August submissions.
L-R: Kim, Becky, Karla, Michele, Wendy
L-R: Linda, Elaine, Mina, Sandi, Kimberly
I picked up this old type tray at a garage sale and have been filling it with swapped mini cards, altered matchboxes and twinchies.
Sign-up or join the group HERE!
from the doors that open to the deck and yard
to the large double side windows.
a display of swapped atcs
a little Kelly Rae Roberts
my "catch all" table of quirkiness
a vanity tray housing heartfelt gifts from blog friends, lavendar from my garden
and doll parts (which might seem odd to some, but certainly not this audience!)
and my ever changing feather tree of inspiration.
boxes..and bins
and piles of "stuff".
baskets of fabrics
one of my flower stashes
inside one of my trims boxes
and some baubles, beads and tattered pearls (many thanks to those who actually do clean out at garage sales).
It's exhausting work but someone has to do it!
Many, many thanks to Karen for hosting this amazing party!
There are 16 of us participating so this will be one fat fatbook!
This picture was perfect for the back
of these vintage beach-themed pages for our monthly gluebook page swap at 
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