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Wanderlust 2025 Early Bird Happening Now!

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What’s the best part of Wanderlust? Is it the full year of step-by-step art journaling videos and printable pdfs? That it’s lifetime access with downloadable videos? Those are all reasons to love Wanderlust, but it’s the two kinds of inspiration that I love the most about Wanderlust!

***The early bird spots are 50% off, but the catch is there are only 2,000 of them and they sell out quickly. So if you want to get the whole year for $99 ( regular price of $199) then go here to see if any of the spots are still available***

First is the buffet of styles. Having 30+ teachers means a plethora of techniques and approaches to try throughout the year. You can see the full list of teachers here.

  • If you’re new to art journaling, it guides you step-by-step so you can get the most out of your art journaling. There’s an introductory pack already waiting for you in the classroom (including beginners guide to art journaling)
  • If you’re a more experienced art journaler, it is a powerful creative spark as you explore how the techniques blend with your style!

Second is the mountain of inspiration that comes from the pages your fellow Wanderlust Adventurers share. Seeing how others interpret the techniques and tutorials from the lessons means you get even more variations and possibilities for your art journaling! I know I keep using a lot of exclamation points, but if you’ve done Wanderlust before, you know I’m not exaggerating on those !!!!!

What will the lessons be centered around? This is the 10th year for Wanderlust and they make sure every year is unique!

Each lesson is built around one Hero Technique that each instructor has chosen for their lesson to provide a focus and a structure to the course. This also ensures that the techniques won’t repeat and that your learning experience is balanced. Each week brings something new to your repertoire!

2025 focuses on Seasons and Themes throughout the year. Within each season Wanderlust will be exploring different themes such as colors, supplies, feelings, capturing moments, different kinds of art journaling.

  • Season of New Beginnings
  • Season of You
  • Season of Storytelling
  • Season of Leaps and Bounds

This year, I’m teaching 2 of the 45 lessons. Speed Dating a Word of the Year and the Power of Play, Healing through Art Journaling.

The BONUSES!

When you get signed up, there are goodies waiting for you in the classroom right now! Videos where 5 different artists share their favorite supplies and how they use them, journal flip throughs, and printable goodies.

But there’s an extra bonus when you join before September 20th! Studio tours from 5 artists, including me.

In my bonus video, as I share how I organize my supplies, the focus is on the logic and reasoning behind the choices. Studios can be organized lots of ways and no two are ever identical. There’s no one magic answer for everyone so understanding the why behind a decision is very helpful when you’re making your space work for you!

Joyful, zero-judgement, freeing art can be a real game changer. Join Wanderlust to fill your cup and get busy creating art that expresses who you are, even if it’s for your eyes only!

$99

Early Bird price 50% off (available only for the first 2000 members) After that, it’s $199

Join Wanderlust 2025

Wanderlust 2025 includes:

  • 45 video lessons released weekly, on Fridays starting from the 3rd January 2025
  • 8 extra sessions (pre-recorded or live and recorded) with Kasia Avery to open and close each season
  • 19 bonuses waiting for you in the classroom as soon as you sign up
  • this year-long course is divided into 4 inspirational seasons for better learning and self-discovery experience, with three short breaks
  • host: Kasia Avery
  • 32 Guest Teachers (each teaching at least one lesson)
  • during the course you will be creating 35 art journal spreads and 10 other mixed-media projects
  • incredibly easy to use classroom and help whenever you need it from our team
  • access to the Adventurers Circle, our private, super suppportive student platform
  • printable handouts and supply lists with every lesson
  • life-time access
  • weekly encouraging emails with special inspirational installment from Kasia
  • all video lessons and handouts are downloadable
  • introductory pack already waiting for you in the classroom (including beginners guide to art journaling)
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There Goes the Neighborhood Stencil Release

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The fun of building a playful neighborhood with stencils is there are no building codes to worry about! As I created this collection, I wondered what the HOA would say about these buildings. Bet you can guess why I called the collection There Goes the Neighborhood – now available at StencilGirlProducts.com.

In the video above I’m sharing 5 of my favorite ways to play with them including swapping out windows, reverse stenciling, creating abstract patterns with the windows and more!

What inspired these stencils? My fascination with buildings and of all the stories within their walls. Pun not intended, but there are stories in those stories! The stories of connection, of family, of friendship, of struggle, of growth, of changing times, all of it – past, present, and future.

Along with using the stencils and masks exactly as they are, you have options! Use just part of a building, overlap the buildings, use the windows as standalone elements, so many possibilities! The print below was made by layering the stencils and masks on a gel plate. If you’re curious about gel printing, you can find out more about it here.

These stencils and masks let you quickly build a neighborhood on a gel plate. I could have used a plain piece of paper to take the print, but went for one with colorful lines this time. Those lines were made with a dryer vent and you can see how in this video.

Another option is to add color and pattern to the buildings using stencils from your stash. Below I used Diamond Waves Small, Music Score, Corrugated Lines Small, and City Map Mask with the There Goes the Neighborhood collection Towers, Houses, and Warehouses.

What if you want to put different windows on a building? Easy peasy! In the video, I show you how to mix and match them.

Go abstract with the buildings. Create patterns by using only the windows.

Overlap one building to create a dreamy abstract vibe.

Combine part of a building with another stencil. Below I used one of the There Goes the Neighborhood houses with the vintage book leaves stencil

These stencils surprised me by how much I enjoyed using them on book text. Usually, I want to add copious amounts of color to my stenciling, but not with these on book text. Creating the positive and negative with a stencil is a snap, and in the video I share how to do it.

All the play with these stencils today has involved a gel plate in one way or another but that’s just one of the art mediums you can use with stencils. Watercolors, markers, crayons, spray paints, encaustic, fibers and embroidery, modeling paste, paints, pastels – any art supply you have in your stash can work with stencils!

You can find all of my stencil designs, including There Goes the Neighborhood at StencilGirlProducts.com and if you’d like to go deeper on gel printing with stencils, check out my online workshop, Stencil-rific Layers!

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Why there are NO ADS on my website

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It was horrible! All I wanted to do was read an article online and there were so many ads loading slowly and impossible to close pop up videos that I couldn’t actually get the information I needed without raising my blood pressure.

This is why I have never put ads on my website and use affiliate links instead to help offset the cost of running a website. Affiliate links are a win-win. They cost you nothing and I get a small percentage for referring you when you make a purchase.

The wild thing about affiliate links, like at Amazon or Dick Blick is, that they work even if you don’t buy art supplies. For example, let’s say you use this affiliate link to look at the art books I’m reading lately.. But perhaps you already have them so you keep shopping on Amazon to buy those vitamins you just ran out of.

Since you clicked on my affiliate link to start your shopping at Amazon, I’ll get a small percentage of the vitamins purchased or anything you buy that day. Even if it isn’t art supplies. So when you get vitamins or sandals or a smoke detector, you’ll be supporting the arts! Any artist who has affiliate links you can support this way!

With Amazon Prime Days coming up, you can support the artists you enjoy! If you’re so inclined to click on one of my affiliate links as you start shopping I’m sending you a great big THANK YOU! It really does make a difference and keeps my website completely ad free! 

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