How am I helping myself play this month? I’m finding art supplies at the hardware store! These items weren’t intended to be art supplies by the manufacturer but that doesn’t matter one bit! How does finding supplies there help me play? I can get an unlimited supply, the items are usually quite cheap, and there [...]
Let’s Play
Each month for Let’s Play, there is a $50 gift certificate given away and February’s was to Amazon.com. I am so grateful for random.org because I couldn’t even begin to pick a winner- so many wonderful people playing! Who did random.org pick? Janet Joehlin! Congratulations Janet and keep an eye out for my email with the details! [...]
Once I started looking around my studio for neglected supplies, I found there are plenty of them. The good news is that it gives me plenty of ways to let myself play! For this week’s Let’s Play link party, I’m using Tim Holtz’s Tissue Wrap. How does showing some love to neglected supplies help me play? [...]
What neglected supply did I find to play with today? A roll of stiff white lace. Anything that is white in my studio begs to have some color added. But what colors? Darker colors that I rarely use. Why? Using often ignored supplies makes playing exciting because it is almost like the supplies are new again [...]
Ever stumble across an art supply that was made for kids but you just had to try it? That’s what happened to me. Loved these paint sticks when I found them, used them a few times, and then forgot all about them. The embarrassing thing is they were actually on a shelf where I saw [...]
Have any art supplies that haven’t been used in a while? I definitely do! I’ve bought things, enjoyed them, and then somehow they just end up in the bottom of a drawer for a very long time. But not today! I’m going to use one them, glass floral marbles which have been collecting dust in [...]
Things don’t always go as planned…and when it is play…that is more than okay! The plan was recycle tissue paper that had been gift wrap and old dried out rub ons in my art journal for this week’s Let’s Play video and link party + giveaway. Now, those rub ons really surprised me. When I found them in [...]
What’s the play for this Tuesday? It’s a grocery bag! I’m using something I would have thrown away as my canvas for a little Gelli Plate® and stencil mask play. Technically this wouldn’t have been thrown away…it would have been recycled the traditional way. The “rules” for the Let’s Play link parties are open to interpretation… [...]
For this week’s Let’s Play link party, I’m upcycling an old picture frame, mixed media style! This frame had no glass in it…no photos…and the backs were missing. Why was I keeping it? No idea but it was either time to get rid of it or add some color to it! So how does [...]
Why is play important? Why is happiness important? They are the same question to me. If we talk about kids, most would agree it is necessary for children to play. It plays a significant role in how they develop socially, their physical well being, and cognitive development. But why is it just good for kids? [...]
