This is a journal page I made using my ‘harvest’ technique. (The gathering of odds and ends in a cigar box) noted in a previous post. The verbiage for the main verse is taken from the cover of an old church bulletin. I also use the bulletin pages to make interesting die cuts. I like […]
A friend that is a ceramic artist once told me that sometimes our best work is what we do while taking a class. At the time I was discussing the inability to capture drawing the same way I did in my college art classes. There was a focus then that I do not have now.
I prefer actual printed photos instead of the digital ones. Digital is good when I want to quickly share a photo from my phone or iPad. But, I enjoy sitting down and thumbing through our family photos. Either way, our photos are the little snapshots of our celebrations, family times, outings and our day to
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A fun way for me to prompt creative ideas is to challenge myself to make projects using a limited amount of supplies. Painting a background page with a limited color palette or using one rubber stamp in a variety of applications are a couple of ways I challenge myself creatively. One of my favorite project
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I love paper! Books, drawing pads, journals, paper crafts… I also enjoy making it. Summer is a great time for a papermaking project. The paper dries quickly and working with the wet pulp has a cooling affect. For my paper pulp I use the discards from our shredder. I put these shreds in a blender
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Have you ever had what seemed like an endless battle with your yard? I mentioned before about the yardwork we did in the front yard. Victoria shoveled wheelbarrow loads of dirt as we attempted to level out the multiple gopher mounds and fill in the holes they made. Well, after all that they moved to
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I love messy studio time!!! It is a time when it does not matter where the splattering paint landed. I am naturally drawn to bright colors and patterned clothing especially florals. When these get paint on them the splatter does not stand out. The paint splatters on my clothing either become part of the fabric
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Not too long ago a happy mid-week surprise came my way when I won 4 tickets to the ballgame. At first I thought “What? For real? Me?” Needless to say I was very excited and stressed at the same time. I had 48 hours to find two more people to go with us. When I
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I do not know what mailing lists we ended up on, but we receive quite a few random notepads in the mail. Even though pen and paper are my preferred way of making lists and taking notes there are too many notepads for me to use anytime soon. I love pretty much all types of
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Last Mother’s Day my daughter gave me this dwarf Jade Bonsai. It is a miracle that it has survived for a year. I have never been able to keep a bonsai alive for longer than about three or four months. This one must be determined to survive, it is growing larger than I think it
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