I have a lot of ribbons. I realized recently just how often I use ribbons on cards and other papercrafts—I love wrapping matted quotes with ribbons, adding a bow as a finishing touch or length of twine around the fold…
Tag: organization
I love my magazines. I mean, I really love my magazines. Art magazines, craft magazines, stamping magazines, fashion magazines…I love the photos, the projects, the colors, the excitement of opening the page to see what’s new this month? I love…
Why “self-lifting”? Because I really couldn’t think of what else to call it. Scraplifting was the phrase used when you copied someone’s scrapbook page layout for inspiration. “Card lifting” might be appropriate if you do the same for handmade cards,…
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…
Not so long ago (just seven months, actually!) my “studio” space consisted of a nook off the kitchen in our tiny Amsterdam apartment. Most art supplies were stored in the hall closet or the bicycle shed out back. Now I…
Art & Soul Virginia is coming up soon! It always happens like this: If you want to teach at an art retreat like Art & Soul, you have to submit workshop proposals (with descriptions, photos of the projects and a…
I think I’ve described my bicycle shed art space before, right? Here are the things I like about it— 1) It’s a dedicated room so I can leave projects-in-progress 2) It’s a place where I can paint and glue and…