A few days off...
Hello lovelies,I'm taking a few days off to recuperate from some minor surgery. I should be back in full swing next week!!Thanks so much for following my blog and for supporting me in my art...
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Woo hoo! I'm in Jessica Brogan's Inspirational Card Deck Swap AGAIN! :)This was SUCH a great swap. I made a deck of 52 inspirational cards (which was much quicker than I had initially imagined!) and I...
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My Gluten-Free Take on An Old Favourite
I'm trying more and more to eliminate wheat from my diet. The reasons why are for another day, but in the meantime, here is my variation on an old favourite. (full recipe at the bottom)Yummy...
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New Ready-To-Go Art Journals!
ahhhhh. I LOVE making journals. I LOVE picking out papers and layering them together and finding great colour combinations to bind in.I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!My Ready-to-go Art Journals are selling like...
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I've made some journals.I think they're my favouriteItem to create. Check out my etsy shop :)
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My BEST Journal
I've been meaning to tell you about my Fused Plastic Bag BEST Journal. It is probably the most fun I've every had creating an art journal, and it has so much neat stuff inside.Have a look:The cover is...
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Collection Addiction
I've recently decided that I have an addiction to collecting vintage train cases. And yes, those are three new ones that I acquired in ONE day, sitting on the floor in the updated photo below. But...
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Frosty Gardens
We had some frost here this week. I just LOVE the way that the frost becomes three-dimensional in the soil. I thought I'd snap a couple of photos of the glory of below-zero gardening :)When I was...
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A Customized Wall Hook
While taking advantage of some after-Christmas sales, I came across this awesome $8 decorative wall hook on clearance for a buck!It has a heavy-duty metal hook and a solid wood plaque. I masked off the...
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Journal Backgrounds - Warm and Cool
I'm going to start scanning in my journal backgrounds for downloading through my etsy shop and for including as pages in my Ready-To-Go Art Journals. These pages are essentially a getting-started point...
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Why Yes! It IS a Unicorn!
I recently received an order of THREE cameo pendants from Zombot on etsy. Why did I buy THREE of them?Well, they're awesome, and they're cheap like borscht!Go ahead. Go check out the shop. I bet you'll...
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Making Books
I attended a workshop a couple of weeks ago at Stampadoodle in Bellingham, WA on bookbinding.I've made loads of books in the past with all sorts of different bindings, but one thing about this workshop...
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Postcard Swap Deadline!
Hello lovelies!!Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to send out your cards for the International Mixed Media Postcard Swap V.3.0!I LOVE doing this Swap and I hope you are loving it...
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New Collage Sheets - Cards and Mixed Media Goodness
You may have noticed that I've added a page to my blog called Collage Sheets. I've also added a button for Collage Sheets to the right ------------->I have some AWESOME collage sheets for you to...
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A True Labour of Love (And a Bit of Obsession!!)
I've been working on this journal since before Christmas - step-by-step, that is. Before Christmas, I painted on a sheet of Tyvek with acrylic paints: light brown and gold. I marbled it and gave my...
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Help? Advice? Anyone?
I need some tips on how to display my journals at the upcoming Blim Craft Show.The tricky thing is that all of my journals are different. I can't stack them or bury them behind one another; I want to...
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Inspiration Card Deck Swap
I'm participating in Jessica Brogan's Inspiration Deck Swap again!I must tell you that creating a whole deck of cards like this is so satisfying and fun. I am even considering registering TWICE and...
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I'm Learning: Watercolour Trees
I've been working on my watercolour techniques. I've always liked the way that watercolours dry with so much texture. The texture seems to be a result of the amount of water used combined with the...
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More Bound Journals!
I've been having a GREAT time making more beaded-spine journals in my studio!Number one: Green and PurpleVarious textured papers in purple, green, and brown (on the inside cover) with glass bead...
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