Happy Friday everyone! Although I think some people might be in a frustrating situation right now because of the Iceland volcano. Lots of people were evacuated and the news says there might be health risks related to the fall out. It’s also causing cancellations of flights – including all travel between Europe and North America. [...] See the full post »
Today I continued my new project of making a little book…that actually turned into making multiple little books. I took the paper I had and tried the gluing method. I didn’t have two clamps, so used my heavy duty hole puncher to weigh down the stack of little papers as I drenched glue on the binding. [...] See the full post »
Another hump day…that’s what I call Wednesdays since I learned the term in grade school. Sigh sigh…middle of the week, doesn’t feel like a fresh start, but doesn’t feel like you are close enough to the weekend either. I had a bunch of projects lined up to be worked on today, but I just didn’t [...] See the full post »
Most of my art journaling is with a black pen. I just grab a mark making utensil and draw, because it feels the most natural to me when I want to create. I move my hand around and somehow, a picture appears. I scribble here, write there and especially like to draw female faces. Last [...] See the full post »
I’m always thankful for how the internet has made so much accessible from the comfort of my home, in my PJs. Online video is really becoming more and more normal on the web, as broadband bandwidth gets more prolific and technology improves. I love to watch videos of people making art and creating. You can [...] See the full post »
Happy Friday – TGIF, right? I’m glad the weekend is coming around, giving me time to catch up on a few projects and just chill with my brother that is visiting from the States. All my rushing around and frenzy-like projects got me to thinking about letting things just go on hold and stew a [...] See the full post »
Happy Thursday to everyone. I’m especially excited today because my brother is visiting from the States! It’s nice when folks travel to Europe for work because it’s just a short hop to visit us here in Tuscany. I’ve been rushing around wrapping up work assignments and the plan was to finish a few things ahead [...] See the full post »
Today would probably be the ideal example day for living in the Tuscan hills of Italy – sunny warm and happy bright weather. It’s the scene I think folks probably picture in their minds when I say that I live in Tuscany. You can almost feel the warm sun on your skin, hearing the birds [...] See the full post »
Happy Tuesday to everyone! It’s time for me to share some art journaling pages I’ve been playing with this week. I started with random backgrounds on several pages…collaging in some papers and painting with whatever colors I had lying around. The nice thing about art journaling is not having to plan anything really…just let your [...] See the full post »
I’m sure many of you know of Lotta Bruhn and her wonderful designs. You can follow her blog lottabruhn.typepad.com and see more of her work there. I’ve been following her for a while, just because it makes me smile and happy to see her work. Her illustration is super cute and totally the style that [...] See the full post »
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