The mini art journals are nearly finished, but they have been temporarily put on hold. I will be sure to share more photos when I complete the last one (though it’s never the last one, let’s be real). I am working full steam ahead to keep up with the modules in the mentorship program. The … More 100 Paintings on Paper
It has been a sort of weird and busy season, and I feel like I haven’t had much time to just sit and catch my breath lately. I have been squeezing in creativity wherever I can in the spaces between and was hoping to do a big creative round up in this post. However, that’s … More New Floral Patterns Coming Soon!
I was finishing up the course I was working through by Roben-Marie Smith, and at the end she included a little bonus video about making mini journals from cutting book covers in half. It was a super quick video, but it was one of those moments where a spark got lit, and I immediately went … More Mini Book Cover Art Journals
For the most part, we have had an unseasonably warm spring this year. I keep thinking it’s summer. BUT, I think there are some important things to reflect on in each season, before rushing off to the next season (this is true in life too). Spring has always been a hopeful season for me, especially … More Thoughts on Spring
I took an online class this weekend by Roben Marie Smith about making salvaged journals from old book covers. It showed her entire process from how to remove the pages, add a book cloth to the spine, upcycling the cover with a new design, choosing papers, and sewing the signatures into the journal.. She also … More Steel Construction Journal
I just realized it’s been about two weeks since I last wrote a blog post. I kept meaning to get on here and write something, but last week we had three LONG travel days to get home, and this week we had to catch up on a month’s worth of yardwork and then clean the … More Snow Globe Spring
We are still here at our little home-away-from-home in our beloved Texas. We have been here for nearly a month and already feeling like the time has gone by too quickly. The kids have absolutely loved this new adventure and are really embracing this place as their own. That has been so good for my … More Streams Flowing in Desert Places
I have been working away in my various art journals the last several days and am starting to upload some new hand drawn designs to the shop. These listings can be used for many purposes: digital scrapbooking, printing physical copies to use in art/junk journals/scrapbooks, printing as art prints for the home, etc. I am … More New Hand Drawn Patterns in the Shop!
Well I managed to take some photos this week and am happy to be able to share some of them here. I am really loving all of the rainbow colors that are popping up all over the desert landscape. It has definitely been inspiring my fountain pen sketches. It has been so hot and sunny … More Texture Inspiration in the Desert
Everywhere I look lately, I seem to see fountain pens. Surprisingly I have never used one before. I bought a cheap one at the dollar store to use for calligraphy about a year ago but I didn’t even know that it was called a fountain pen. And I never got around to trying it out … More The Beautifully Simple Fountain Pen
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