I did something I almost never ever do in my art journal.  I kept things clean.  No smudges.  No smears.  Loads of white space.  Who would have guessed that is where the lightbulb would take me! This stencil is part of April’s exclusive StencilClub stencils.  Everyone who is signed up by April 15th will have [...]

Do you ever suddenly feel disappointed with your art journaling? Perfect is what causes that to happen to me.  Perfect is a thief I invite in to rob me of my joys. Not only do I invite Perfect in…it seems I send out engraved invitations some days…   I started playing with my 1700s Stencil with only [...]

Aimee over at Artsyville has designed the most playful and fun washsi tape!  6 amazing designs that capture the color of the rainbow and you know how much I love the rainbow.   And Aimee is giving one lucky commenter a set of 6! The plain kewpie doll I had on the shelf raised her plastic [...]

The new Spray Ink Pad is heavenly!  Absolutely heavenly!  Dyan Reaveley has done it again.  Since it comes uninked that means I could add whatever colors of Dylusion’s spray inks I wanted.  I had a blast playing and I’ve got a quick video today showing how I inked it up, ways I used it, and [...]

I ran across this old photo and it struck me how amazing my kid is.   When she wants something she makes it happen with whatever she has available.  She wanted to go boating at the lake but there was not a boat for her.  She made one out of a toddler swimming pool.  She actually [...]

Thank you to everyone for such kind and supportive comments after my last post.  I am feeling much better, have a plan for how I am going to meet my obligations AND a plan to keep from getting in this pickle again! Everyone’s comments brightened my day exponentially! I have been having internet trouble so [...]

It is hard for me to believe it has been 1 year since my first post.  I remember all the nervousness that went into a blog post in the beginning.   The scrapbooker in me decided to get my blog printed as a book (a very long book it turned out).   I used Blog 2 Print [...]

The mind is a funny thing.  I have been scanning old family slides and I was struck by how my memory of the events and people seem so different from what is in the photos.  I believe my memories to be accurate but the photos tell a different story.  I don’t think the slides magically [...]

I was so sad I wasn’t able to post last week for Paint Party Friday but I had a good reason- I had been out of town painting!  Happily, I have a post for this week’s Paint Party Friday! When I take a class it is a risk.  I never know how it will turn [...]