(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…
As anyone can tell by looking at my blog — I’ve been away from my cyber life for awhile. Actually, I’ve been away from my every day life for awhile, too. My official — and deliberately vague — story is that I’ve been dealing with a flare up of a chronic illness. If you been…
Here is this week’s ArtFire Colection. Enjoy! Pretty in Pink Curated By: MixedGrillFav… ArtFire.com Craft Tutorials
Well, Saturday morning, I sent my piece (Hope and Confidence) off to Massachusetts to be auctioned off to raise money for the youth powered organization, Hope For Creativity. I’ve never done anything like this before, so I’m very excited. I hope that someone loves it enough to take it home with them. I put a…
Jamie Ridler has this amazing talent – She asks a wishcasting question each Wednesday and she almost always asks just the perfect question! This week’s question is: What do you wish to immerse yourself in? My first thought was beauty; I’m planning a move and my house looks it! I would love to have more…
There is so much lovely art and jewelry for sale on ArtFirfe! I have decided to start featuring a collection each Tuesday. These are items that I’ve run across in my hopping about this online sales site. I hope you’ll stop by and see what’s available there! All kind of goodness … Mixed Up Mixed…
