Working on the Resource Zine

Art & Art Journaling

Hello, friends! It’s a bit quiet around here as I’m spending a lot of time getting a resource zine together for our art journaling workshop in Grand Rapids. That’s a photo of my own notebook made with a variety of scrap papers that includes all our workshop notes and zine-to-be info. More tomorrow!  I hope you [...]

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Guest Posting over at The Local Cook

Art & Art Journaling

Hello! I have a post up today over at The Local Cook for Wendy’s 40 Days of Nourishing series.  She asked me to write up a post for beginners, so I talked about how art journaling can be whatever you want it be, and then dug into some of the things it could be for [...]

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Making Beauty

Art & Art Journaling

I cannot possibly tell you how much I love this page! I want it as art on my wall, I resonate with it so much!! This is the work of my partner-in-crime and fellow teacher, Holly Bechiri, who is teaching the art journaling workshops with me in Grand Rapids. I have had this photo opened [...]

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Daily Life in Instagram Snapshots

Daily Life & Family Love

Hello, friends! These shots are from last Thursday through today.  I’m amazed at the end of every week how many photos I can take without even really trying! From top left to right, 1-5 Super cool metal palm leaves in the Tommy Bahamas section in Macy’s at the mall that I’d love to replicate! A [...]

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Art Journaling: Make Peace with Our Own Memories

Art & Art Journaling

“We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that made us flinch.” Surya Das A few weeks ago I spent some time in front of the TV playing with old book pages and markers, circling words, drawing lines, and then later, tearing pages along folds and outlining the [...]

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Finished Crazy Quilt!

Crafting with Kids

Yay!! Our crazy quilt is finished!! While we were off on our snowy weekend, Sue finished backing and quilting the quilt & got it hung up in the boys’ school to entice people to the raffle before I could get any more pictures of it. It was so fun to walk in and see! Jordan [...]

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Bright Things: Paintings by Alma Woodsey Thomas

Art & Art Journaling

Hello, friends! I’ve discovered the painter, Alma Woodsey Thomas, and I’m in love!  I’d die to have this piece, Starry Night and the Astronauts, in my house!! Two days ago I bought this wonderful Maya Angelou book at what has become one of my favorite shopping opportunities of the year, the PTA baked goods & [...]

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Into the Woods: Snowy Weekend

Into the Woods

Headed out to this place again. Packing one handed’s proving to be a challenge. Hoping to bring you back lots of good winter snow photos & no more sledding injury reports! Have a great weekend, friends!

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What Goes Up

Daily Life & Family Love

Hello! This past Monday the boys had the day off for Presidents’ Day so we went sledding at this great hill down the road at the local high school. We discovered a super fun mogul built & left by others. (Don’t you love that sort of stranger kindness?!) It was all fun & games, as [...]

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Crazy Quilt Love

Fabric, Textiles, & Sewing

Happy Belated Valentine’s! I hope that this short, yet long month of February is full of love for you! Theses are more shots of the crazy quilt we/ve been making for school. We used the foundation piecing method mentioned on the bottom. Great for scraps!

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