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Conservation and Recycling
I have been working on learning better uses for my stencils. One of the most popular techniques right now is using dye-based sprays with them. I haven't done so well with this yet but I'm sure with a little practice I will finally get the right touch to get the look...
Back to the Real World…
Unfortunately--or fortunately, I really should say--I have a job to return to today. I have so enjoyed my vacation from the daily grind and I really don't want to return today but life goes on and I need to make more money for more vacations and more ART SUPPLIES!...
Stencils and Journaling
As mentioned in a previous post, I have really been enjoying Dina Wakley and her freedom in art journaling. I have been spending a lot of time with her and Julie Fei-Fan Blazer on-line, in books and through videos to learn how to use all the stencils that I could not...
Vacation & Art!
It has been a busy couple of months with some BIG deadlines both at work and personally at church and some other areas of my life. I am going home today but I have spent the last week with family at a rental home on the beach on Hilton Head Island, SC. It has been a...
Spiral Done!
So, I'm breaking my rule from the previous post. Here is the finished Spiral Journal page. 🙂 Have a great Friday!
Spiraling Out of Control
I have been watching a lot of news lately. What I see saddens me and disappoints me in the general behavior people. I could go on with what I really feel about it all in more detail but I am sure that nobody else really wants that much information! LOL! Anyway, it...
Serendipity 2
I am still enrolled in several online classes. One of those is Serendipity 2 with Juliette Crane. She is a really great instructor. However, being a novice in drawing and painting original pieces of art, the course has presented quite a challenge for me. It is NOT...
Hello–again….
Sorry I have been "gone" for so long! I have a very stressful job and the first three months of the year were really tough and exhausting this year. At about the end of the stressful work season, we lost my oldest dog, Sasha (a Blue Heeler and my baby for over 13...
DLP Week 1 Challenge
Finally! I finally felt like doing something a little more substantial than mindlessly painting some backgrounds in my day planner! I want to participate as much as possible in the Documented Life Project. This year they are concentrating doing a full-sized journal...
Changing the Subject…For Just a Short While
I am participating (well, every now and then) in a free blogging tutorial or collection of blogging prompts called blogging101. It is designed to get bloggers jump started into creating their blogs and to kind of guide them through different parts of the blog...
Best Laid Plans
Well, I had wanted to do something more than just working on my planner backgrounds this past weekend but that is not how it turned out. I don't know if it is just the weather but I have been totally exhausted for about the last week to week and a half. Going back...
Planning My Life Away…
I'm still working on getting some more planner page backgrounds completed. It is difficult to do with everything that goes on around here during a normal week. Tomorrow is Saturday and I'm really hoping to get to do a little something more than just some planner...
More Planning
Unfortunately vacation has come to an end for me for a while. I have to come back to the real world and go back to work like so many others--who are fortunate to still have jobs in this economy. I want to really stick with use of my creative planner this year so I am...
The Original Documented Life Project 2015
Started my DLP planner for 2015. I am going to do the journal but I wanted to get my planner started first. I like the bright colors. Click the link in the left sidebar if you want more information about this free wealth of creativity. It is a great way to get...
Happy New Year 2015!!
It has been a long and busy year. My goal last year was to try to do art daily and if not that then at least weekly and if not THAT then at least more than I had been making art in the previous year. Well, I might not have achieved the first goal and I was able to...