Here is what I made with my painted canvas – a playing cards case. Of course, I could have made a variety of other things with this painted canvas including, but not limited to, journal covers, zip purses, and wall hangings. However, the reason for choosing a playing cards case, is that on vacation Dave…
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April Calendar Journal Completed
I’ve really enjoyed my monthly art calendar journal. I wasn’t sure when I started this back in January if I would keep it up, but I have. Here is my completed April Journal. I found I really enjoyed the larger writing area, so I made a big change for my May journal. First of all,…
Read MoreMary wrote her life story!
I just have to share with you a blessing I received this week. It was wonderful after all of the sadness that we’ve all experienced since last Friday. Two years ago I taught one of my “Writing Your Story” classes at a local university. I blogged about the class on this post. Below are a…
Read MoreIt’s a new year!
Happy New Year everyone! Before I get started with this post I wanted to thank you all for all of the kind comments and emails about Sidd. Those kind words have meant so much to me. We buried him down next to Shel by the beehive. Years ago Deeg had given me rocks with painted…
Read MoreBeing Grateful
I really love Thanksgiving. It’s not about the food (we usually eat a small, non-turkey meal on Thursday after volunteering at Christian Life Center). To me, this day is all about being grateful. In the past, I’ve made gratitude journals. It’s a great place to have all of these thoughts in one place. In…
Read MoreWatercolor Card Class
Yesterday I stopped by Make Time To Create, a local craft studio/store, to attend a watercolor card class. I bought these Twinkling H20s several years ago in Nashville, Indiana on a getaway with hubby. We were checking out all the quaint little stores and there down an alley was a great shop with all kinds…
Read MoreAll Things Must End
Last night was the fifth and final session of my Journal To The Self® class. This was the first time I’ve taught this basic introduction to journal writing class in many years. What a wonderful group of women and a man! I’ve been asked many times over the years why would anyone need to take…
Read MoreGoodbye Heartwriting
Many of you don’t know this, but for years I have had a website called Heartwriting. Originally it was heartwriting.com. In 2007 with selling houses, buying a house, and getting married, I took down the site to get settled. I reopened the site as heartwriting.biz (.com was gone). From those sites I taught many online…
Read MoreStrathmore Visual Journaling
We just completed Workshop One of Strathmore’s Online Visual Journaling Series. This month’s topic has been Recycled Journal pages. We started creating with one page made from copies of previous journal pages we’ve created. Here is my original journal page I created a while back that was the basis of this workshop’s page. Each week…
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