This week’s question isn’t so much a question as a statement: 5 Things You Believe to be True. I love making lists, and a Top 5 (or 10 or whatever number you choose) is a great art journaling prompt. I…
Author: Sara Naumann
This morning I am reveling. See that picture on my desk? This is something new for me: Painting over an image on a magazine page with Shiva Paint Sticks. LOVE. I first painted the page with gesso because magazine pages…
Last weekend I escaped to Hamburg for the Weihnachtsmarkt—or Christmas Market. Most German cities have a Christmas market with stalls full of handmade gifts, ornaments, leather goods, hats, scarves, gloves, sweaters, and of course, traditional bratwurst, potato pancakes, hot corn…
This week’s Art Journaling question is: What do you want to let go of? This week I’ve heard a lot of people talk about things they’re letting go of. For some, it’s commitments that no longer make sense. For others,…
Last week I was reviewing some pendants I made. I first layered a Lazertran photo on top of vintage paper, then punched with a circle punch. The circle is glued into the metal bezel, then set with Ice Resin. The…
It’s been dark and rainy here the past week—the kind of dark where nightfall comes at around 4:00 in the afternoon. This is a house around the corner from us; what I love is the light from the window reflecting…
This week I was listening to a podcast that talked about creating a morning ritual to set the tone of your day. I already do this, and this week have altered it somewhat to re-introduce yoga into my existing routine…
Last week I was working on projects for my column in the British magazine Crafts Beautiful. That particular column is on Tea Dyeing (not Tea Dying, which would be tragic and really gets my inner editor all riled up). Anyway,…