The Creative Life: A Mixed Media Blog

Do you dream of living The Creative Life? Well, Ricë Freeman-Zachery lives it, eats it, breathes it and sleeps it! In her mixed media blog, explores matters of creativity, art, living the life and more! Some days the prolific Ricë takes on the hot topics of the day—social media, for example. Some days she doles out artist advice, relying on her tenure as a working artist to help her help others. Some days she shares a slice of her life as an artist—warts and all! We think Ricë’s is one of the best art blogs around—and we think you’ll agree.

Do you dream of living The Creative Life? Well, Ricë Freeman-Zachery lives it, eats it, breathes it and sleeps it! In her mixed media blog, explores matters of creativity, art, living the life and more! Some days the prolific Ricë takes on the hot topics of the day—social media, for example. Some days she doles out artist advice, relying on her tenure as a working artist to help her help others. Some days she shares a slice of her life as an artist—warts and all! We think Ricë’s is one of the best art blogs around—and we think you’ll agree.

Art Is You Guest Post: Kecia Deveney

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Art Is You instructor and attendee, Kecia Deveney, shares why the retreat is such an important experience for her and the other participants. Plus, she includes lots of amazing photos that will make you wish you were there!

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Summer Reading Give-Away: Art Journal Freedom

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Remember summer reading lists? Our own summer reading is filled with lots of inspiration, plus–hooray!–a chance to win free books. Ricë is hosting weekly give-aways, and the first one starts now, with Dina Wakley’s “Art Journal Freedom.” Find out how you can enter to win.

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Paper, Lovely Paper: Making Tiny Envelopes

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In our last using-up-that-paper project, we make teeny, tiny envelopes. What are they good for? Who cares: they’re cute! (Actually, they’re good for all kinds of things.)

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Paper, Lovely Paper: Making Library Pockets for Your Journal

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Today we’re using more of those scraps of fabulous paper and making library book pockets. You know, the pockets they used to put inside library books before everything went digital.

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Art is You: Go Forward & Retreat

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Sallianne & Ellen take a minute to tell why the Art is You Contest is so important to them.

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Paper, Lovely Paper: Making Page Corners

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Here’s the first of our quick-and-easy projects for making use of those bits and pieces of fabulous paper you can’t bear to throw away: page corners. Enjoy!

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Paper, Lovely Paper: Using Up That Scrap Paper

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Got paper? Like, maybe, rather a *lot* of paper? Not to imply that you’re a hoarder or anything, but if you’ve got paper, Ricë has some simple projects–with patterns–that will let you clear out the stash and make something you’ll love to use.

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Taking it On The Road: Tips for Working Away from Home

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Whether you’re sketching at a cafe or stitching on a long road trip, a little preparation makes it easy to take your work out of the studio and into the world.

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Scissors…Oh, My. It’s Worse Than I Thought, Part 2

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Ricë finishes up exposing her embarrassing scissor collection and shares her recommendations for your own (much smaller and more sensible) selection.

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Scissors…Oh, My. It’s Worse Than I Thought, Part 1

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Shears, snips, pinking shears, teflon blades, school scissors–who knew there were so many different kinds of scissors? And who knew one person could have so many pair and not even realize it?

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