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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Futile Quest For Perfection
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of experimentation and forging into new territories…designing, illustrating and crafting even when I’m not sure if it’ll turn out nicely or not. In the past I always go forward only when I’m sure of some level of success, because the fear of failure and inadequacy stops me in my tracks. … See the full post »
More Journal Making and Messy Work
Hello everyone! I thought I would share my creative workspace today, joining the rest of the folks sharing their space on kootoyoo. Here are views of the messy state of my room. I’m still working on my novice bookbinding skills, making more journals and trying to figure out how to use the leather I … See the full post »
Graffiti Style Valentine Mini Digital Kit
Happy Wednesday to everyone! I have been thinking about creating digital kits for scrapbooking, cardmaking and general crafting for a while now and decided that today I was just going to do it. Sometimes your fears and hesitations really hold you back from experimenting, so I had to tell myself that this was just … See the full post »
A little patience
A new graphic art print is now available in my Etsy shop titled, “Patience.” It’s all about waiting for the right time and realizing that some things need time to be ready. This all stemmed from some realizations from prior posts about finding style and seek to be worth knowing. I’m also really glad … See the full post »
The Curiosity Group: From Flat to Flight
Oh wow…have you seen From Flat to Flight before? Talk about super cool and inspiring…now I need to go make the paper toy. You can actually print out the paper elephant to construct yourself. Happy Monday! See the full post »
Seek to be worth knowing
“Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.” -Confucius
If you haven’t already noticed, I’ve been slowly working on my blog design and structure, making it more neat and consistent. I really had to change up things because February rolled around and I still had a Xmas hat on owlie! I … See the full post »
Bookbinding experiments and ideas
Happy Thursday to everyone! I am working on an artsy baby journal for a friend of mine and wanted to share a bit of my novice bookbinding learnings through the process. At times I feel like a kindergartner, because I’ve managed to make everything a bit sticky from the glue magically invading and spreading … See the full post »
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My Valentine Coloring Card
Hi folks! Happy Wednesday to you. It’s hump day…middle of the week, you know? I wanted to share a little illustration with you…it’s an illustration I created for the Cool Mom Picks contest, but didn’t get picked in the end. I figured someone could use it for valentines, it’s meant to be printed and … See the full post »
Treasury Love
I’m so thankful for the great community out there because the lovely BobbiLewin has featured me in a treasury! It’s pretty cool that Etsy enables folks to curate a mini show, although I’ve seriously never been able to catch a time when treasury creation is open…it’s like Ebay auctioning, you have to wait and … See the full post »
