tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81040625874734267552009-11-11T06:46:32.997-05:00How to please yourself every day in every wayLoraine Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05523397514605065718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104062587473426755.post-43108426923009348122009-09-08T20:58:00.002-04:002009-09-08T21:03:51.199-04:00One of the things that keeps me sane while being alone is pasting pictures on artist's canvas or boxes of frames. I glue these on in a collage fashion, and the whole thing is called decoupage -- a French word for cutting. The link above (under the title of this message) will take you to my shop on etsy.com, a place where artists sell their handmade art pieces, usually for very reasonable prices. For a small shipping fee, the art is mailed to the buyer. You can pay by PayPal or by check.<div>I will be posting some pics here of my artwork. I love making this art. I still like photography and writing, but now I'm totally absorbed in this.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8104062587473426755-4310842692300934812?l=livingalonecreatively.blogspot.com'/></div>Loraine Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05523397514605065718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104062587473426755.post-70268180028473241482008-12-30T11:03:00.000-05:002008-12-30T11:14:39.721-05:00Look at my blog photo and you can see the clutter behind me. No one's going to tell me to clean it up. Unless I nag myself, which I do sometimes, but mostly I just shrug and say, "That's me." This photo shows me posing in front of my iMac, which, it turns out, takes pictures like a camera. I do it a lot -- and there's no one here to make fun of me. Of course, now that I'm blogging about it publicly, I'm opening myself up for ridicule, but hopefully you'll be easy on me.<div><br /></div><div>Living alone can be lonely, and the thought of being cooped up here alone in a snowstorm makes me sad, and the thought of getting really sick and having no one around to help scares me. But on the whole, life is good. I started this blog so others can share the pros and cons of living without another person there to share your home life.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd love to hear comments.</div><div><br /></div><div>Loraine</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8104062587473426755-7026818002847324148?l=livingalonecreatively.blogspot.com'/></div>Loraine Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05523397514605065718noreply@blogger.com5