I love the backsides of postcards almost as much as the art on the front! iHanna Dear Mail Art Artists & DIY Postcard Fans, do you put in as much love and attention to the backside of the postcards you send as you do the front? I am guessing no, you might not. Painting and […]
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Customized Note Pad for quick scribbles
Today I’ll share a quick tips on how to create a customized Note Pad Cover. You know the cheap kind that have ugly covers but are still great to use? Well, I like those too. But I do think everything that is not already handmade will be better if it’s personalized, altered, or customized in […]
365 Collages | Week 44 | Weaver’s Edition
Can You Pick Just One? Hi ya’ll, welcome to week 44 of my 365 Collages in 2013 project! I really like paper weaving, but that’s not what this week’s collages are about. Instead, it’s the Weaver Edition because I’ve used a vintage color chart showing weaving thread photos and their corresponding order numbers. I love […]
365 Collages | Week 30 – the Post It Note Edition
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. Mahatma Gandhi Taking Notes 1 It’s week 30 of my project 365 Collages and I’m still loving every single aspect of this project! This week though my seven collages are a bit different than before. They’re all made from my […]
Art journal peek: Home of random things
Another quick glossy collage in my art journal, contradicting the “art” part but very much feeling like “a journal”. Like a home of random things, of my ephemera. Again, a thousand circles living on one spread: polka dot wrapping paper and recycled office/meeting doodles! Each page includes so many different elements and ideas. If you’re […]
Ephemera collection
Ephemera refers to written and printed matter published with a short intended lifetime. Something transitory; lasting a day. [from answers.com] My ephemera collection is growing. Flea markets are the only place where I can afford as beautiful things as these curled up borders. Paper that some may consider trash makes my heart flutter. This white […]
Flea Market Challenge
My breakfast this morning. I love summer days! I read about Myra’s flea market challenge after breakfast this morning, just as I got to my mothers house today and we headed to our favorite summer places and got down to some real find hunting in the sun! I don’t need a challenge to go to […]