Two links to personal essays from my time working at Get Messy Art Journal. A digital roundup to my personal experiences about art making.
My back catalog
The art of book writing with Misty Granade
Thrilled to announce that I’m on the Get Messy Podcast this week talking about How to Create Your Art Practice and the messy middle.
My Stay at Home Art Journal
The story of my Stay at Home art journal starts like a lot of my other journals. I bought it used so I could pull out the illustrations use them…
Why do I art journal?
A friend asked me this question on Facebook last week and I loved it so much I wanted to share it, and my response (which I’ve expanded with pics and…
Season of Habit flip through
Finishing this journal was very so good! I started it in a flurry and then trailed off working on it while I dedicated all my energies to the Sand and…
Video of a Season of Habit Journal Spread
Some set up for this video. I didn’t add music because I hate trying to find royalty-free music for the Utubes. So please add your own. I listened to Lizzo…
Junk Journal Flip Through
I started this journal in 2018 and then sorta forgot about it for a while. I found it again recently and decided to finish it up. It was made from…
Weekly Recap: August 6-12, 2018
Monday, August 6 A couple of inchies! Tuesday, August 7 Working in a traveling journal today. Finished this shawl I’ve been working on for 3 months. Wednesday, August 8 Trying…
Weekly Recap: July 23-29, 2018
Monday, July 23 I took the pieces of my 100 Day project and turned it into a book! Tuesday, July 24 Rest Day. Wednesday, July 25 Working on the Season…
Weekly Recap: July 16-22, 2018.
This week was big adventure week! Loved it all!! Drove to Asheville, NC to meet up with Caylee and Lauren to do the Get Messy 2018 Summit which is where…
Weekly Recap: July 9-15, 2018
Monday, July 9 98/100: Love Stamps. Tuesday, July 10 99/100: The Seahorse. I made some journals. The red one is for me for a class I’m starting and the purple…
Trusting Myself as an Artist
One of my new favorite things that I get to do at Get Messy is interview our creative team. Two weeks ago I did my second interview this year with…
Weekly Recap: June 18-24, 2018
Monday, June 18 77/100: Pink Mushroom. Tuesday, June 19 78/100: Eat. This is my in person Tuesday night craft group. We eat, laugh, work, and enjoy each other. Wednesday, June…