“And who am I? I am Precious Ramotswe, citizen of Botswana, daughter of Obed Ramotswe who died because he had been a miner and could no longer breathe. His life is unrecorded; who is there to write down the lives…
Category: Art Journaling
Welcome to Eclectica Monday! (Note: I worked with Paper Artsy to create a range of stamps. They’re designed to be used for art journaling and cardmaking…and whatever else you can think of! In this blog series, I want to share…
Last week I got a great email from an industry colleague, Judi Kauffman, who reviewed Kick Start Art Journaling for her new column, Discoveries! on the website Scrapbooking.com. Judi took four classes from three teachers (Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Carla Sonheim…
My little video class for Creative Workshops has turned into a production process reminiscent of Titanic, Ben-Hur and/or Gone with the Wind. What I originally planned to be a pretty straightforward class on Gelatos turned into a class on art…
I’m working on a new video class for Creative Workshops, set to launch in September. The class is called Journaling with Gelatos and I’m super-excited to share all of these cool Gelato techniques (blending! stenciling! stamping!) plus 15 journaling prompts…
There’s something about a pencil box that makes me think of school supplies. I love my little flowered tin, which is currently bursting with pens and pencils for art journaling. It’s a great way to store pens vertically, and having…
I love this quote from writer Maya Angelou: “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” May Angelou has been one of my favorite writers since I was fifteen and read I Know Why the…