SASSY girls and a Good Idea
In November, two months ago, egads how time flies, I invited some enchanting ladies to join me in the mountains for four days to make art and plans for making more art. Carol Sloan, Kim Rae Nugent and Liz Kettle and I rented a cabin and filled it with art and fun. We call ourselves Smarty Artists’ (Sumptuous) Summit, or S.A.S.S. We had an elk head on the wall we named “Bernard.” We dressed him up and drew him. We had a view out our window of the Rocky Mountains, and the forest. The dining room table soon filled up with...
read moreCalifornia and Haiku
It is the week after Christmas and I am in California. This is where I was born and raised, and where my heart is. I love the sea, the salt air, the palm trees with their ridiculous trunks. I have been journaling. I have been crafting it up in my mom’s extraordinary sewing room, making creatures from socks and parts of socks. Even crafted a sea monster. We have been visiting, drinking tea, eating fabulous meals, watching old family movies and running the dogs on the beach. We went whale watching, and saw no whales, but had our faces in...
read moreAnd the Stencil winner is…
Judith Reynolds in Texas! Congratulations Judith, and thank you all for participating. I wish you all joy, love and comfort in this holiday season.
read moreA Big Day for Giveaway!
Today is the last day to enter the stencil giveaway Visit these blogs, leave a comment to have a chance to win. 11/30 Right here! My blog. 12/03 Sketchbook Challenge Guest post 12/04 Seth Apter 12/07 Tracy Verdugo 12/08 Anne Gaal 12/09 Effy Wild 12/10 Dawn DeVries Sokol 12/11 Aimee Myers Dolich 12/12 Sue Bleiweiss 12/13 Pam Carriker 12/14 Jane Davenport One more! Ends Tues, Dec 18th, copy of Personal Geographies Giveaway Susan Tuttle’s blog Thanks to all of you for coming by, look for more exciting stencils in the...
read more12/12/12 and my Facebook Friends
What does this date mean in numerology? “It’s just a cute day,” said Underwood Dudley, a retired professor of mathematics at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., and author of “Numerology.” Today I celebrate having 2102 Friends on Facebook. I thought I would fly in the face of fate and manage to collect 2012 friends on 12/12/12. Why not? May even buy a lottery ticket today. Thank you friends, for hanging out for my stencil giveaway, my holiday tutorial hop, for checking out my teaching schedule for 2103, for...
read moreTap-In with Susan Tuttle
Today I am featured on a blog by Susan Tuttle that she calls “Tap-In”. It is a feature on her blog that showcases different art professionals, and she does a wonderful job. Head on over to read it. Susan is the author of three five-star rated books on digital photography and mixed media. She is filled with talent herself, and I am very much looking forward to the arrival of her newest book, Photo Craft: Creative Mixed Media and Digital Approaches to Transforming Your Photographs. Will be back here to show off what I...
read moreMini Book Ornament and Haiku
I have been making book ornaments for about 15 years. I love books, love the holidays and what is not to love about combining the two? This year was special because I got to decorated them with papers I made with my new stencils. I started with a saturated piece of paste paper. Added a layer of Silks (acrylic glazes) using my stencils. I kept adding layers until I was satisfied. Love that. Did a few more papers. And a few more. For this project you need: 2 pieces decorative paper 3″ x 3″ 2 pieces mat board 2.5″ x...
read moreArtspark Winter Tutorial Blog Hop
Here are all the projects my Artsparks partners have done for you, for free! Dec 4 Lyric Kinard, Snowflake Pinwheel Ornament Dec 5 Tracie Lyn Huskamp, For the Smell of It Dec 6 Judy Perez, Speculatius Cookies Dec 7 Jill Berry, Mini Book Ornament Dec 8 Traci Bunkers, Star Garland Dec 9 – Lisa Engelbrecht, Easy Gilded Letters for...
read moreTEXTures Stencil Launch and Giveaway!
I have exciting news! I have been busy, and one of the things I have been doing is designing stencils for Artistcellar. Their stencils are both beautifully made and designed, and I am excited to be the first of their “Artist Signature Series.” My stencil set is called “TEXTures”. There are four stencils, all made from my calligraphy, which is pretty much letters telling a story that might not be legible. They are meant to add text and texture to your pages or projects that might need some storytelling. The...
read morePulse Points with Seth Apter
Today I will be featured on Seth Apter’s blog in a feature he calls “Pulse Points”. This is a feature also of CreateMixedMedia.com, where you can read other artists’ answers to questions he posed to us about being/living/art-making and balance. It is easy to think my experience as a mixed media artist and author would be comparable to those around me. We work in the same places, often with the same people. We make art when not teaching or writing. Beauty is a thread that binds us, but from there it varies as to what our...
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