(Picture provided by the Project on Government Oversight, under a Creative Commons License.) Let me be frank: I suck at follow-through. I can make schedules and commitments to myself to get/stay on top of things. I’m really good at planning and list making. And I do really well at it. For awhile. Until the day that…
I absolutely love books. Especially art books, with their colorful illustrations and pages of inspiration. And, I’m a bit of a collector. Put the two together and you can imagine what that means to my house! Some of these books were Christmas gifts; others are the fruit of Amazon’s pre-order and Gold Box programs. And, I was lucky enough to catch…
A few days ago, I was visiting the blog of fellow Fly Triber, the talented Kelly Lahl, and I saw one of the most beautiful pieces of fabric I’ve ever seen — a hand-dyed lavender and tangerine silk scarf with doodling on it. I immediately fell in love and decided that I had to have it! I bought…
I was a little bored last night and feeling the need to do something creative, so I broke out my Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate. I ordered it a few weeks ago from Interweave when I ordered the 2012 Cloth Paper Scissors Mixed Media calendar (beautiful and on sale!). I’ve been wanting to try gelatin…
It’s a new year, so you know what that means: New Years’ resolutions! A lot of people are skipping those resolutions this year in favor of setting an intention of a single word to represent what they want to embody for the upcoming year. I’m not sure where this idea originated, but I first heard…
