How I Quit Feeling Overwhelmed

This is a something a little different for my ARRRT! blog – I usually post this kind of thing over at Wait… Come Back, but since this relates to my world of making stuff, I figured it would be good to post it here.
I have a habit of overbooking myself and then driving myself absolutely [...]

The Tree Fiasco

oops.
I swear I have a good excuse.
You see, this Tree – a red oak – was uprooted during a horrible storm with winds reaching 75mph last Monday April 13th (tree with a capital T since it’s 100 year life-span and 15-ton weight sort of make it a Tree). It fell in the direction of our [...]

Teachin’ summer…

This summer I’m teaching 2 classes at the local parks & rec! It’ll be lots of fun – I’m really looking forward to it!

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Yay Birthday!

Today…er Yesterday (the 19th) was my birthday. We’re observing on Sunday with a partay at my house w/ Greek food & Rock Band (or Guitar Hero World Tour). I didn’t get much in the way of presents (besides the two $100 checks from mom & mom-in-law – Thanks Moms!) but hubs told me to find [...]

Need last minute gifts for your creative friends?

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And a gift for you for the Holidays. Create your own holiday [...]

Five Things to Remember when Working with Polymer Clay

I have been working on a new project with polymer clay (photos & descriptions to come later). I’ve used it before but not to make so many things at a time. So here are a few things I’ve learned:

If you’re going to attach metal objects to the clay, just make an impression of it in [...]

Possibly switching gears

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I want my life to look. I am not a fan of mass-production, and don’t feel that I can take that route. I don’t think that selling my art & craft will be the way I make my living since it requires being a factory of sorts. [...]

1001 Journals

1001 Journals picked up where 1000 Journals left off. This is a wildly successful mail-art project that I tried to participate in, but all the journals were closed when I got word of it. So now I’m sifting through the current open journals to see which one I want to do.
I’ve also ordered the [...]

A Little Link Love

Some stuff that’s been keeping my attention lately:
Doodlage: a site devoted to doodling and a guide to interpreting your doodles.
Grrl+Dog: Journal artist, published in 1000 Artist Journal Pages
The Pen Addict: blog on pens… oh don’t look at me like that!

And these French notebooks are fantastic! I bought two at MOMA last week and gave [...]

It’s almost here!

About a year ago I submitted some journal pages for a book called “1000 Artist Journal Pages.” Today I got a glimpse of the cover, and realized it’ll be out in July! There are so many fantastic journal artists and I just can’t wait to get a copy. Go pre-order it from Amazon!.

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