Week three's theme at yoga class was the Bramavihara Mudita, or celebrating the good in others. This is a fun one. It inspired this silly little page in my art journal, and reminded me of a few thank you notes I should send. Dylusions stencil, Tim Holtz stencil, vintage alphabet stamps, and probably Dylusion inks …
No, I will not tell you how long I've had these water brushes, but I will show you how fun they are to use, especially when you combine them with Distress Crayons. A little teaser of a painting I'm working on, maybe you'll get to see that next week! The Old Man in the Mountain! …
Let's relearn taking inspiration from our natural surroundings. More often than I care to admit, I find myself scrolling on Pinterest for what seems like hours. I have convinced myself I need to find projects, ideas, inspiration, just the right vintage refrigerator for my kitchen . . . . Most of those things, if I'm left to …
I've been in a using up mood. The other day I pulled out the plant pot full o' bits and dug in. . . I found some gelli prints, some solid card stock I had previously intended for another project, lots of strips of patterned paper, and many already stamped images and sayings. I even …
I thought I would share a review of Elisabeth Dunker's book, Fine Little Day: Ideas, Collections, and Interiors. Dunker's book is made up of clips and excerpts from her blog of the same name. It is filled with inspiring images of studios, homes, and Scandinavian woodlands. I grabbed this book off the library shelves to …
I've been asked to share a paper project for kids at our local 4-H Craft Jamboree this Saturday. In classic me fashion, I am still perfecting (read: designing, planning, creating) my plans. And since I don't want to give anything away (next week I'll show you what we made), I thought I would share my …
One of my favorite times each week is yoga class. For me, it is a time to be calm and learn about myself. Sure there's sweating and stretching, but it is more about taking time to be in the moment while the world is spinning by. Today's class focused on the idea of beginner's mind, …
The wind has been whipping here the last couple of days. Today, we lost a big hunk of maple tree and when it fell, it took down an old unused cable tv wire. I'm hopeful the cable company will come and remove it. Fingers crossed! When the pup and I went out to investigate, her …
I love doing custom orders because folks have such great ideas! Today's win is a great mash up of two of my classic items; wooden notebook and address book. A member of my book group has always said if I ever made a wooden covered address book she would certainly buy it. I had been …
The Christmas rush is over. We are trying to squeeze out every minute of fun we can out of our holiday before we go back to work. We are thinking about cleaning the house and making New Year's resolutions. Who knows if we'll get any or all of that done, but here's the one thing …
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