Visual Commonplacing in My Zibaldone
I've decided I don't like the words 'art journal' anymore. Art journals have expectations. They want you to fill them with beautiful works of art. Sometimes I'm okay with that but sometimes I'm not....
View ArticleMy First Visual Zibaldone
Today I am commonplacing in my first visual zibaldone....and trying to define exactly what that means as I go. Since a zibaldone is such an obscure type of book and by definition it means hodgepodge, I...
View ArticleSpirograph aka My Super Fun Hypotrochoid and Epitrochoid Maker!
Yesterday I pulled out my 1967 almost mint condition Spirograph and sat down to play. I bought this little gem on eBay a few years ago because it was one of my most favorite things to do when I was...
View ArticleThis is how I shop for groceries.
Monday: I really needed to get groceries today but I had to film a quick video for Daddy Van's since it's already overdue. I thought I might get groceries afterwards but it ended up taking all dang...
View ArticleFour on The Pelvic Floor
Sometimes I run across stuff on the internet that I just can't ignore. I know I should ignore it but I just don't have the strength. Today I was browsing through the opportunities on a couple of the...
View ArticleMy Favorite YouTube Comments
These comments left on some of my YouTube videos are among my favorites. They're mostly negative, sometimes snarky, but always entertaining. Most of them were left on a video that has over 700,000...
View ArticleDear Emoji Makers
Dear Emoji Makers,Thank you for your fun little characters that we can use to express ourselves in our Facebook PMs when words fail us. I know that half my friends would have no idea how I was feeling...
View ArticleThe good news is that I'm still medicated.
My husband lost his job yesterday which is pretty much a bummer. Yes, that is an extreme case of minimizing a major tragedy. Right now I am a little temporarily insane like that. We went through this 2...
View ArticleHow Not To Buy Insurance
You don't have to be elderly, uneducated or naive to get taken advantage of. It happened to me yesterday. Although I am not uneducated in general, I am uneducated when it comes to details about health...
View ArticleThe Inspiration Conspiracy
I'm obsessing over a new project. It's called The Inspiration Conspiracy and it's a mentoring program where larger, more established YouTube channels help smaller channels by increasing their exposure...
View ArticleInspiration Conspiracy Continues!
On October 8, 2015 we had our second Inspiration Conspiracy video hop and it was another screaming success! When I left the first hop group (Genesis) to create the new group (Lazarus), the Genesis...
View ArticlePrem Ratan Dhan Payo aka Elvis Does Disney
I needed to get out of my own head for a little while this afternoon so I went to see Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. It's a 3 hour long Bollywood musical comedy subtitled in English. It was like the love child...
View ArticleThe Prince of Tides Lunch
I have a really sad story to share which is unusual for me since I like to keep things light and happy, but I feel the need to write about this so I'm going to do it here.I was back in my home town...
View ArticleEn Masse Collection Journal 2016
My first obsession for 2016 is my En Masse Collection Journal inspired by: Kagedfish's Scavenger Hunt Glue BookKeri Smith's Wreck This Journal Keri Smith's The Pocket Scavenger DeDe Willingham's...
View ArticleHow to Participate in an Inspiration Conspiracy Video Hop
Christmas is over but I've just started making my list and checking it twice for the Spring Inspiration Conspiracy Video Hop!Inspiration Conspiracy is a mentoring program I started where 3 or 4 large...
View ArticleCanvas Corp Brands Creative Crew 4 x 4 Canvas
My first project for the Canvas Corp Brands Creative Crew is this 4 x 4 canvas that we were asked to decorate in a way that reflects our personal style.My style is lots of layers but not a lot of...
View ArticleMore Citra Solv & NatGeo Fun!
These gorgeous papers are the impressive result of not very much effort! All you need is some Citra Solv Cleaner/Degreaser and a National Geographic magazine. Check out these awesome results:
View ArticleColoring the Trashy Junk Mail Journal
I recently made a fun junk journal out of junk mail that was destined for the trash. In this video you can see how I added some color to all those fun junky pages!Here are some of the products I...
View ArticlePolished Stone Technique With Tattered Angels Paints
This is a simple technique for making paper look like polished stone or pieces of agate! These are the supplies I used in the following video:Glossy pages from a magazine or travel brochure (request...
View Article7Gypsies Wanderlust Artist Book
This videos shows a detailed flip-through of the Wanderlust Artist Book I made for Canvas Corp Brands. Following the video are lots of photos. Enjoy!
View ArticleSome of my favorites (and not so favorites) from #NAMTA
I was very fortunate to have been able to attend NAMTA's Art Materials World here in Houston last week. It's a trade show similar to CHA but caters more to those in the fine art world. The show was...
View ArticleDecoArt Easy Abstract
Get ready for the easiest awesomeness ever! Okay maybe that's overstating it a little bit but this video shows how you can get spectacular results with minimal effort and just a few inexpensive DecoArt...
View ArticleCanvas Corp Brands New Social Media Team
I have some exciting news! I got a little part time job that I wasn't even looking for! It sort of found me and I swear we are a match made in heaven. I am now the Social Media Connector for Canvas...
View ArticleShannon Green's Abandoned Treasures & Mini Spinner Rack
I've been a little busy over the past few months including moving to NW Arkansas and adjusting to some pretty major life changes. But I know things happen for a reason and in the end it's all good!Over...
View ArticleWhat I learned in 2020
Remember last January when World War III nearly broke out? I remember thinking, "Oh this could be bad..." but so much has happened since then that I honestly can't even remember why I felt that way. I...
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