Paris Love Stories - An Artful Life

 Last week I was reading Etsy's "Quit Your Day Job" that

features one of Etsy many talented artists and how

they have made their dreams a full time reality.

This is the first time one of the individual's dreams

caught my attention totally.

Meet Janice MacLeod who I can happily say is from

Ontario,  Canada.  Janice was a copy writer in an advertising

agency who quit her job in 2011 and decided 

to explore the world.

During her travels, she started mailing letters from the road to

friends.  When she moved to Paris, she painted letters about 

her life in Paris and the letters were sent snail mail to

people around the world.  Each letter is personalized.

 She came up with the idea of painted letters from another artist.  

She purchased a watercolor set and started adding little

paintings to her travel letters.

Isn't this a wonderful idea?  You can purchase a subscription

of letters in 3 months, 6 months  or 1 year subscriptions on

her Etsy shop JaniceArtShip.

I did and I can't wait to receive

my first painted letter.

Janice also has a blog that I thoroughly enjoyed reading in bed

all Sunday morning.  She too followed Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way

as I did before I started my art endeavor Priscilla Mae et al.

I am such a strong proponent of Julia Cameron's Morning Pages.  That

exercise can change your life as it did both mine and Janice's.  Janice

left her copy writing job and I started painting for the first time in my life.

I wrote about Morning Pages in an earlier blog post.  I haven't done

Morning Pages for about 2 years but yesterday, I started again.

Ideas were pouring out onto my journal.  I got them out

of my head onto a page where I can see them.  I even

made an idea board to hang in my studio so I can

write ideas and goals and they will sit in front

of me everyday.  I am anxious to see what 

will become of these potential plans.  I

do know that Morning Pages will help me 

to focus and dream once again.  

I am so glad that Janice's Paris Love Letters

appeared on my computer screen.

Very inspiring.