Art
All things art from altered, couture, diy, tutorials and more.
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Amazing Brave Girl Soul Restoration Course Coming Your Way
Hello dear ones, On this Labor Day, I’d like to share something near to my heart. Speaking of labor, life can be hard at times. It can be painful (a different kind of labor) but it can also be victorious. Some of you know about Brave Girl Soul Restoration and some of you don’t. I wanted to take a minute to share as this week the revised Soul Restoration course will be released on-line at Brave Girl University. I had the blessing many years ago to be a part of a beginning of the Brave Girl movement. I went to the second camp and there Melody shared with us about our ‘soul…
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Flea Market Finds – Shabby Storage for the Art Studio * Winner Chosen
Gail Hutchinson . . . you’re our random winner. I’ll be sending an email to let you know. Wishing all an amazing day! As many of you know, I love old things and flea marketing. It was fun that my daughter and her friend wanted to join me. I had the lovely privilege of seeing a sweet friend as well. A sweet friend and her sister run Whimsy (where I’ve taught before) and put on two amazing flea markets each month. Find out more here and here. So I found some goodies on our trip; a caddy I’ll use for tools, a semi rusty basket and an awesome jumbo mason jar…
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Art Journaling – Video Gallery and List of Techniques
Oh how I love to art journal. I hope one day my daughter and her kids and my great grand kids might enjoy my art journals. I love to create in them and get my thoughts on paper in an artful way. I have so many different journals and over the years I’ve recorded my thoughts using numerous techniques. This video is around 15 minutes but goes quickly. But I might encourage you to pull up a cup of coffee or cool lemonade, kick your feet up and rest. I thought I’d share with you a video gallery of my journals as well as a list of just some of…
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Planner Clip Virtual Make and Take
Since I can’t be with you in person, I’d like.to do a.little virtual make and take (or tutorial) to make your own planner.embellishment. Enjoy. I’m using my friend Donna Salazar’s awesome and sweet products. You might be saying, what if I don’t have those particular supplies? They are awesome I tell you but if you don’t here are some other options I found. Download, size accordingly and print off a face such as this one from the Graphics Fairy which is seen here. Then print off a crown here or here. Cut out, color, embellish, glue to a clip and enjoy in your planner.
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My Planner, My Friend Part 1
Creative planners have been all the rage these last couple years. In many ways I’ve kept a creative planner for many years. I have tried putting appointments on my phone, tried electronic planners but they’ve never worked for me. I like seeing what needs to be done. I like to have it right in front of me. For years I’ve been doodling in my planner so it was natural when this became a craze . . . I embraced it. I thought I’d give you a peek into my creative planner. It keeps me on track, keeps me sane and I feel is like a faithful friend. I thought I’d…
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The Strength in Scars
Scars . . . we all have them. Some are visible, some not. Some are emotional, burned onto our soul while others are there for the world to see. Some are scars we just see. Some we hide, some we can’t. No matter, scars are reminders of where we have been, what we’ve endured and how we’ve made it out with the choice to tell our story. It’s been not quite 3 1/2 years since I had a double mastectomy due to a breast cancer diagnosis. About a year after this major surgery and several surgeries after that, I endured some very deep emotional scars due to a tragedy that took place in our…
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Paper Doll Brave Girl Winners
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Easy Bag Upcycle
Do you have odds and ends, scraps of beauty, little pieces, bits and baubles in your art/craft area or studio? If you’re like me, there are all those pretty bits that I have a difficult time saying goodbye to. So, recently I washed a linen bag with a logo on it and when I took it out of the wash, the logo was gone. I needed to add some loveliness to this comfortable bag of mine so I grabbed some beautiful pieces, made some fabric flowers, brought out some stamps, used some tacky glue and started to simply add some dimension and fun to my bag. It’s my mixed media bag . . .…
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The Love of Wonder
Oh how I love my journals. They are my friends. When I’m feeling down or happy, I love to create in them and often what is inside pours out onto the pages of my journals. It was no different with this page I titled ‘Wonder’. I thought I’d share and would encourage you to think about the following . . . What is wonder? 1 wonder play noun won·der \ˈwən-dər\ : something or someone that is very surprising, beautiful, amazing, etc. : a feeling caused by seeing something that is very surprising, beautiful, amazing, etc. : something that is surprising or hard to believe We can live busy lives and…
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Donna Salazar & Friends Girlie Grunge Blog Hop
Welcome. Please be advised that I have received product from manufacturers and sponsors of this blog hop to create the projects highlighted below. Hello and welcome to the Donna Salazar & Friends Girlie Grunge Blog Hop! We’ve arranged this hop to showcase all the new and exciting products that have recently been released from both Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® and Spellbinders®. We are sure that you will enjoy the projects that all of us have created for you AND… we’ve got PRIZES!!! The Donna Salazar Designs Prize Pack has a Denim Art Journal, Girlie Grunge Twine, and Silver Pigment Powder from Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® and a Jumbo…
