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Artful Mojo Rising
Creative mojo is a fickle thing. It comes and goes. You never know when it’s going to visit and when it goes it can be gone in a flash. Very rude of mojo to behave that way. At the very least it could give you some warning it’s leaving town, so you don’t get all dressed up and have nowhere to go.
Dollar Store Score – Play!!
Play Time! Last week I shared my Dollar Store Score video – showing you all the goodies I scooped up at my local dollar store.
Score! Cool Art Tools!
Score!! Cleaning up a computer’s hard drive is a real chore – especially for someone like me who has a 3TB hard drive! I have over 50,000 photos and a bazillion other digital images – scans of my art and Photoshop files necessary for my business.
Adventures in Card-making
Card-making … have you ever tried it? As I’ve mentioned previously, I discovered my creativity rather late in life. And frankly, it was sometimes an appalling experience.
Summerish: Watercolor Play
I’ve recently discovered a passion for watercolor paints.They are not the easiest medium to work with because they tend to have a mind of their own (like me) when it comes to how they move on paper. But man oh man, even just trying to get used to them is fun!
Art Adventures: Keeping it Simple
“Keep it simple stupid” (“KISS”) is a phrase coined in the 1960’s (I think) to illustrate the principle that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated.
Mixed Media Walk Through: You Just Never Know
It's been some time since I shared any of my art and the truth is that stressful family matters have completely deflated my creative mojo. I know what you're thinking - stressful times just scream for the release of art play. While I know that intellectually, I just...
Trash into Treasure: Using Ephemera
Have you ever heard the word “ephemera” and wondered what it mean? Or how to use it?
Almost Spring! Digital Scrapbooking Kit
The air is clean and the temperatures have started to warm up! This digital scrapbooking kit celebrates the start of a new spring season!
It’s Almost Spring!
Our normally golden (ok, dried up) hills are very green, the oak trees are starting to leaf out and color is starting to appear in the garden. Spring is my favorite season – our temps have warmed up, the days are sunny and clear and the little rain we’ve had is enough to bring the daffodils up!
Beacon of Light
At the risk of annoying those of you in the middle of some very harsh winter conditions, I have to tell you that I am thoroughly enjoying the 80 degree temperatures here in Phoenix, Arizona.
Fearless … still.
In 2014, I chose the word “fearless” as a guideline for my approach to life in general and my art and business more specifically. “How’d that work out for you?” you might ask. Trying to be “fearless” didn’t solve all of life’s problems, of course – and it may well have have caused me to stir a pot or two that might have been better off left alone