Do you still own clothes that you wore when you were young, and just cannot trow away? Do you have clothes hanging in your closet that doesn't fit anymore but because you like them so much (or wore them on a special occasion) you just cannot find it in your heart to get rid of them? Do you ever wear … [Read more...]
Documenting (my) Life
I have not much time to 'document my life' lately... I'm two weeks behind on my Chronicles (my weekly art journal) and I don't create much in other journals/fields too... but in the weekend of May 2-3 (National Scrapbook day in the USA) I saved some time to be part of the online crop that Inside Out … [Read more...]
Documented Life Project – Acrylics & gelli print
After my 'watercolor experience' (see this post) I was glad the next prompts at "The Documented Life Projects" handled working with acrylics and using a gelli-plate. I am familiar with these materials/techniques, I like working with acrylic paint and am a huge fan of mono printing. So last week, on … [Read more...]
I suck at watercolors (Documented Life Project #14)
OhMyGoodnessOhMyGoodnessOhMyGoodness... I had some free time on my hands last week and I thought it would be nice to dive into the Documented Life Project and make another art journal with the challenges the DLP-team provides. It had been a few weeks since I looked at the site, so I surfed to Art to … [Read more...]
Me, well I talk about me… (The Documented Life Project)
A lovely Spring day in the Netherlands, and I thought I'd write a short blogpost to show you my latest art journal page and then go outside and walk in the sun... but it turns out otherwise. One hour later, and I'm still at the computer. That's what you get when you use one of your favorite … [Read more...]
Preparation & completion
Good morning all... are you looking forward to the Easter weekend? Any fun plans? I have... artsy plans! Yep, I plan on playing. I finally used my new gelli-plate yesterday and a bunch of beautiful background papers came out of that session. I plan on using those for covers of small note books I … [Read more...]
Across the borders
The other day, my neighbor (who follows my blog, hi Frederika!) said to me that she noticed that I write my blogposts in 'American English.' We talked about languages and why it is that I seem to write in (American) English so natural and easy - let me tell you, it is not always simple to find the … [Read more...]