Creativity Knocking – Volume One!
Well, October was not blogging month around here! I MISSED you! So much has happened since last we spoke, that it would take a whole lifetime just to list it, let alone talk about it.…
Category Archives: Art Supplies
Morning Coffee #28 – Art Blossoms . . .
I love drawing and painting flowers. This photo was actually taken last fall when my love affair with Hibiscus was just beginning because I had bought some plants at Trader Joe’s! Sky dog had been…
Introducing Tech Tuesday . . .
Yes, actually, I do know it’s Thursday, but odd time-warp things are not unusual around here. Why not call it Tech Thursday? Just doesn’t sound as good. So, the fact that our first Tech Tuesday…
Connecting the Dots . . .
There have been many, many books written about creativity. Some recent ones advocate the throwing-things-at-paper-and-see-if-they-stick theory of awakening creative ideas, but most of the books I have read were written for the design industry, and…
Sheer Heaven Travel Palette
Back in the day – before Sheer Heaven became better known for making inkjet transfers than anything else – back in the Summer of 2004 in fact, I discovered that Sheer Heaven made a perfect…
Another Little Paintbox . . .
DH asked me the other day whether I liked making art or making art supply kits better. He has a point and I am not sure of the answer. There is something about “sets” of…
Water Resistant?
We have had dry conditions for the whole Spring and Summer, but now the monsoon season has finally arrived. Cloudy days are such a rare thing here that Dear Me! thought we should do a…
In Search of Glory . . . and the Perfect Journal
Morning Glory Sunshine © 2005, jessica wesolek, santa fe, nm The Glory is the Morning Glory, and we’ll get to that story in a minute. The perfect journal is much harder to find. In fact,…
In Search of True Things . . .
First, a few words about our last discussion re the UniBall Vision Elite Pens. I heard from a few different people who said they have used and loved them for years, but that they were…
More from the Journal Kit – Waterproof Uniball Pens
Because I use a waterbrush extensively in my journals, waterproof ink is imperative – even when writing larger blocks of text, because I often embellish by “highlighting” my writing with color, or add soft colored…