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Three Creative Ways to Play

A guest post by Carolyn Dube What’s the #1 reason why I create art? It’s not to make a canvas or complete an art journal. It’s for creative ways to play. Why is play so important to me? Sure it’s …

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Artist Gift Giving Ideas: Part 2

*A guest post by Victoria Rose Martin. Last month I discussed artist gift giving ideas for the creative person in your life. With less than a couple weeks left in the holiday gift-giving season I wanted to provide 10 last …

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Creative Goal Setting

creative goal setting

*Guest post by Amanda Judd. This is the second post of a three part series about ways to encourage your daily art journaling practice. The first post addressed the importance of showing up for yourself as an artist. Establishing a …

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Creative Kickstart: Art Journal Fun!

*Guest post by Kristin Peterson. Art journal work can be anything that you want it to be. My journals are sometimes for experimenting and seeing how my products are going to work together – or not work together – or …

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Creative Kickstarts: How to Apply Paint with a Cloth

*A guest post by Art Journal Kickstarter contributor Theresa T. Mirabile. Art excites me—color, shape, texture. It wakes me at night and keeps me from doing the everyday things I should be doing; gratefully, I am at the point of …

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Trash to Treasure Ideas Demonstration

trash to treasure ideas

*A guest post by Carolyn Dube. Things don’t always start for me, they emerge. They show up when they are ready, not when planned. This art piece started when I was cleaning off brushes and painty fingers. It was a …

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Creative Heroes In All Art Forms

*A guest blog post by Melanie Rothschild. You would be in very safe territory to assume that I’ve never, ever, written anything having to do with sports – until today. My inspiration? Chris Borland, who at age 24, after one …

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Do Something Creative, Anything

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*A guest post by Tammy Garcia. Visit her at: http://daisyyellowart.com. In the states we have jelly bean displays at the grocery store where you can fill a clear bag with colorful candies in flavors like tangerine and licorice. The jelly …

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DIY Valentine’s Day Ideas

DIY Valentine's Day Ideas

*A guest blog post by Victoria Rose Martin. The Greeting Card Associations states that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the United States. And according to the Huffington Post the average person will spend $130.97 on Valentine’s …

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Art Ideas to Silence Your Inner Art Critic

A guest post by Carolyn Dube   Start Somewhere With Your Art Ideas I stood in my studio looking around like a deer in the headlights. Couldn’t make a decision on what to create. Art journal page? Canvas? Card? Tag? …

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