Category Archives: creative progress

All posts relating to my personal work that I like to call creative progress…instead of the usual work in progress. Sounds a lot more fun that way! From digital musings to illustration to painting to bookmaking to sewing and general crafty merrymaking. Take a peek…

Pensieri Art Zine – Issue 03 – Decorative Knots Digital Download

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Decorative Knots is issue 3 of my zine, Penseri and now it’s available as a digital download. It’s all about the fine art of making knots to include in our crafty projects – a compilation of what I learned as a child in Chinese school – combined with research and experimentations as I grew up [...]

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Peek Into My Sketchbook

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Doodling away variations of girls. A head here and a head there…brewing in my head! I think it’s going to end up being a cute little print…

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Pensieri Issue 2 – Pockets Galore! Digital Download

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Want to learn how to incorporate paper pockets into you art journaling, scrapbooking and crafty projects? Well, issue 2 of Pensieri is all about pockets! Dive into 28 pages of ideas with details and full color photos, plus 6 templates for creating some of the custom pockets I’ve designed. I’m sure you’ll have lots of [...]

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Peek Into My Sketchbook

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The week has flown by and I haven’t had much time to stop and journal or sketch. It’s a frustrating experience for me and more than a few times I have lamented my situation. It’s a silly situation, because there’s the miracle of having your baby and spending time with your little one… but at [...]

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Pensieri is Digital! Download your copy immediately…

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At long last, Pensieri, my art zine is now available  in PDF digital format. That means you can save on the price and download it immediately! I’m going to be digitizing all issues, but for now issue one about art journaling is in the shop. It’s always been my most popular issue and makes sense to [...]

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Peek Into My Sketchbook

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Got a chance to do some digital coloring, using my sporty birdie sketch. I like how the digital coloring turned out… seems sort of natural and soft to me. I like it… but then again I’m not sure if it’s “done.” I’ve been held up in my birdie series project because I can’t seem to [...]

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Peek Into My Sketchbook

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Spending time getting organized and less time in my journal. But did play a little. Just randomly drawing with a big fat Sharpie marker… Then I decided to add color very loosely. What have you been up to?

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Peek Into My Sketchbook

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I was put into place this week as I started to lament not having time to do this or that… then the news flash came on about the Boston Marathon bombings. Yeah, we all have our own problems and challenges, but it’s never helpful to wallow. Chin up and move on. Sending love out into [...]

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Peek Into My Sketchbook

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Random musings in my sketchbook these days. I haven’t been able to spend much time playing around with all my baby duties in full swing. Just a few minutes – literally  - here and there. Lots of collaging and collecting of bits and pieces. Sometimes it’s a creatively frustrating experience to not have the time. [...]

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My Sketchbooks and Journals

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While Spring cleaning here and there, I thought it would be nice to share a peek into my collection of sketchbooks and journals. I’ve actually collected a lot of old work and scraps and bound them together into a journal as well. I often doodle on loose sheets, so my journals are in no way [...]

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