[So… most of this post was thrown together well before yesterday’s tragic events in San Bernardino. This is not a post about grief or guns. But those things, rather than paint and sketchbooks, are what I’m actually thinking about today.] This week was sort of…
Art and Creativity
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Today: Get Messy Art Journal | Magic, Week 2
With Thanksgiving this week, I didn’t get much done in the way of creating (except for a plate of super easy, semi-lazy, delicious onion tartlets) until last night. For the second week of Get Messy Art Journal‘s magic theme, I went semi-dark. Once I broke…
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Today: Happy Thanksgiving.
This quote has always been one of my favorites (and you know how I feel about doodling in white on black paper and, like, cutting stuff out when I should be doing other things). Gratitude really does unlock the fullness of life. I’m grateful for a…
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Today: Get Messy Thursdays | Magic, Week 1
Get Messy Thursdays, on a Friday. A blame my tardiness on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions and other senior citizen-ish things that have had me preoccupied this week. The new season of the Get Messy Art Journaling program just started, and the theme this time around…
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Today: Being responsibly indulgent.
The change in seasons, the end of Daylight Saving Time, and the final weeks of my pregnancy have combined forces to make me, basically, an exhausted grouch. I had a routine appointment with our midwife last week (and am headed to see our ob-gyn this…
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Today: Get Messy Thursdays | Throwback Thursday
Don’t worry. This isn’t the kind of Throwback Thursday where you have to see a photo of me with braces and curly bangs and pretend I was cute. We have a little break between Get Messy Art Journal seasons, so Julia wisely suggested we go…
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Today: Halloween 2015 | A strawberry and a lobster.
I sort of have a love/hate relationship with Halloween. Actually, it’s more of a hate/hate relationship. Like, aren’t people creepy enough already, without having to dress up like zombies and murderous clowns? Also, I’ve said it before, but I’m not a fan of fall…
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Today: Get Messy Thursdays | Words, Week 6
It’s the final week of this season of the Get Messy Art Journal program (learn all about it here), and the inevitable has happened: I have run out of ideas and thoughts and brain power and found myself quoting Justin Bieber. There is a little…
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Today: Get Messy Thursdays | Words, Week 5
I don’t have much in the way of actual words to share this week (which… let’s be honest… you’re likely 900% okay with this). I stuck to basic materials (scissors, paper, magazines, glue and a few pens) and made some equally basic pages. Sometimes basic…