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
Finger painting artist date Read More »
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
Mid-week baseball break Read More »
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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I work on my art and craft projects on a wooden table and though it is rather old, I like to protect its surface from paint splatters and glue globs. Usually I use deli paper, large sheets of newsprint or filler packing paper under my works in progress. This time I used a rather large
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Are you a coffee or a tea person? I love both. My favorite way to start the day is with either a cup of hot tea or coffee, a crisp non-hazelnut biscotti and my morning quiet time. What could be better? This ritual starts my day at a calm pace, focused on the moment and
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I found this old journal at a thrift shop a few years ago, it has taken me awhile to actually write in it. I am naturally attracted to books and journals both. This one is interesting to me because of its age and also because of the items tracked within the pages. There is a
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