Hi there! I hope you’ve had a beautiful weekend? Mine was great. You can still sign up for the DIY Postcard Swap, but later next week I am closing the swap and will start sending out addresses via e-mail to all +200 participants. If you haven’t gotten your addresses by Friday, please check your spam […]
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Month: April 2014
Blogging for 10 years – how and why it happened
To achieve the impossible, you must attempt the absurd… Jon R. Michaelsen Today is my 10th blogoversary, which means I have been writing blog posts for this blog for the past ten years! That is a long time to keep doing anything, and in the blog world I must be considered to be one of […]
Dear Photo Diary | Celebrating Perfect Days
If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful. Aimee Mullins This year, like the year I was born, my birthday happened in conjunction with […]
Art Journal Peek: Wishes
I wish I was as free in life as I feel inside of you, dear Art Journal. Related PostsArt Journal Peek: Dark Nightmares vs. Summer Light Very Chunky Altered Book [a video flip-through] Summer Crush: Hello Kitty – my old friend Monochromatic Pink Art Journal Page Art Journal Peek: Season Greetings
Video | Views from my Creative Life
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” Gabriel García Márquez It has been such lovely weather this entire week, my birthday week. And now Easter is here, with family time and bird chirping in the trees outside my window. I am […]
Postcard Storage Binder with Dymo Labels
I love ring binders, especially these tiny ones that I have made for myself! Last week I posted a video tutorial on how you can make a custom-sized ring binder too, using a vintage book cover. I’m sure you can come up with lots of fun things to add into yours, like loose leaf journaling, […]
Good Mail Day – A primer for Making Eye Popping Po
Book review time again! Let’s dive into a book called Good Mail Day, written by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler. This book came out in 2009, so you might have already seen it, and I hope you have. But I just bought it on Amazon and read it with much joy last week. It […]
Dear Photo Diary | Creative Snaps
Spring colors are singing inside of me. So I am gathering them up around me too. I’ve decorated white envelopes but have yet to make Easter cards, not sure there will be time to send any out at all. Related PostsDear Photo Diary | January Creativity Dear Photo Diary | Commence to see things Creativity […]
Why pay to be in a Postcard Swap
I am charging a small fee for participation in the postcard swap that I host. But why would you pay to be in a Postcard Swap you might ask? You’re making the postcards and paying for the postal stamps, right? You’re the one doing all the job! So it’s a good question that I want […]
Video tutorial: How to create a Ring Binder
A small, personal ring binder is the perfect storage for postcards and mail art. I so love mine, made from vintage Reader’s Digest books. The covers are all different, totally adorable, green patterns. Love! Today I found the video files of when my dad helped me put this project together. So I edited it, added […]
Art Journal Peek: Blue Tulips
Wanna take a peek into my art journal? I don’t mind opening it up for you guys. Peek-a-boo! Tulips, dots, an owl drawing, watercolored. It’s night time, as you can see. The owl that lives on this page is just waking up… A page with a lot of different elements added in at different times. […]
Collage is about Self-Discovery
Collage is part of a perpetual voyage of self-discovery and refinement – an intellectual grand tour through philosophies and civilizations… distilled in the “tearingness” of original edges. Robert Motherwell My collage voyage continues with a fresh start this year, and lots of inspiration to explore new possibilities. It’s a few months after my big project […]