Sure, I’ve wanted to paint my mailbox for years.  It was a basic, cheap white mailbox and I knew paint could make it fabulous.  But none of the ideas I had before actually got me to paint the thing, until now! https://youtu.be/egpCVKMGmQM Watch Paint Pouring a Mailbox on YouTube. Want to know more about paint [...]

When you’re doing paint pouring, the paint often runs over the edge and into the box below. Is that paint wasted? NOPE! It becomes an acrylic skin that can be used in other art and play.  What can you do with that skin?  Lots!  In this video, I’m sharing how to use it as the background [...]

Wonder what you can do with all those poured canvases you’ve made? Of course, they look great hanging on a wall, but they can do so much more! In this video, I’m showing how to make paint pouring wearable- pins! https://youtu.be/UQYWxq7cs8A Watch Paint Pouring Is For More Than Just a Canvas on YouTube. How do you [...]

Ever want a big  statement piece of your art on your wall but a voice in your head says it’s too expensive or the pressure to decide what to make is overwhelming?  That’s how I was feeling when I looked at the open space above my sofa until I found an easy answer. https://youtu.be/KHbUclct3qI A [...]

Pattern making tools can come from anywhere.  While doing some home remodeling, the electrical outlets headed for the trash caught my eye.  The muse whispered in my ear that these would make great patterns for gel printing. My husband knows that look in my eye, so he knew to save every last one of them for [...]

There are a 1,ooo ways to use a gel plate and what do I do? One of the simplest, most basic techniques. Why would that be a good thing?  Because it kept me from falling into the trap of overthinking. Over thinking takes all the fun out of the play and I could feel my mind heading towards being stuck in the [...]

IKEA is one of those places I should never be left unattended. I find all sorts of things that I never knew I needed until that moment.  Like the big bin of cute little white mice. But they were a whopping $1 and adorable. BUT they were all white.  I began to wonder if I could use a little fabric spray [...]

Is it good or bad to be impatient?  Back before I had gray hair, I used to think it was a bad thing to be impatient.  But my impatience about waiting for a background to dry led to an even better than what I had planned.  In this video, I’m also sharing what I’m doing now [...]

  Can you use tissue paper to make gel prints? Absolutely!  It’s paper and paper works on a gel plate!  There is one important thing that if you know it, even when you have a juicy wet gel plate it is easy to print away on tissue.  In the video, you’ll see when it ripped for me, [...]