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Instagraming my Artful Adventures

I am obsessed with an iPhone app called instagram.  Kelly told me months ago that I had to join, but I just didn't get it.  But now I've joined and it is so super awesome!  

Basically, you follow people and then you get a feed of all of the photos they share.  You can leave comments on their photos if you want to.  You can also instantly send those photos to Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, etc.  I love it because it makes it so easy to share what I'm working on and thinking about.

Here are a few images from the last week:

Adventuresinarting

Alphabetstamps

Alteringabook

Eileen

Flowerstamp

Meinstudio

Moma-outside

Moma

Momainspiredstamp

Papercutting

Projectlife-taxi

Projectlife

Storagecontainers

Twofaces

You can see from these photos that I spent the last seven days carving stamps, working on Project Life, going to MoMA, working on an altered book, and generally having some crafty fun!

I'm finding that instagram is a great way to keep track of what I've been doing with my time!  Plus I love seeing other people's messy desks and bits of their crafty projects or what they're eating.  I'm definitely having fun sending out a picture or two (or more) every single day.  Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a painter, printmaker, and collage artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Her artwork investigates the interplay of identity and perception, inviting viewers to take a longer look. Julie works in layers, both physically and metaphorically, exploring what is visible and what is concealed. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops and her online classroom at MyArtPractice.com. Julie's achievements include high-profile clients, multiple publications - including her book, “Carve Stamp Play” - and exhibits in New York City and throughout Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Brown University.

100 thoughts on “Instagraming my Artful Adventures

  • Wow, I love the stamps you have been carving. So very cool.

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  • Wow, I love the stamps you have been carving. So very cool.

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  • Wow, I love the stamps you have been carving. So very cool.

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  • Wow, I love the stamps you have been carving. So very cool.

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  • Wow, I love the stamps you have been carving. So very cool.

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  • oh, love the way you give us a picture of your trail around town… interesting, I can see how you’d get into it! will have to look into this…
    thanks I love the dark blue rectangular stamped pages…
    theyre great!

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  • oh, love the way you give us a picture of your trail around town… interesting, I can see how you’d get into it! will have to look into this…
    thanks I love the dark blue rectangular stamped pages…
    theyre great!

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  • oh, love the way you give us a picture of your trail around town… interesting, I can see how you’d get into it! will have to look into this…
    thanks I love the dark blue rectangular stamped pages…
    theyre great!

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  • oh, love the way you give us a picture of your trail around town… interesting, I can see how you’d get into it! will have to look into this…
    thanks I love the dark blue rectangular stamped pages…
    theyre great!

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  • oh, love the way you give us a picture of your trail around town… interesting, I can see how you’d get into it! will have to look into this…
    thanks I love the dark blue rectangular stamped pages…
    theyre great!

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  • Love that stamp of your Mom. Looking forward to our carving class today…sad that the class is almost over…but now have all the techniques to carve all kinds of stamps…Thanks.

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  • Love that stamp of your Mom. Looking forward to our carving class today…sad that the class is almost over…but now have all the techniques to carve all kinds of stamps…Thanks.

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  • Love that stamp of your Mom. Looking forward to our carving class today…sad that the class is almost over…but now have all the techniques to carve all kinds of stamps…Thanks.

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  • Love that stamp of your Mom. Looking forward to our carving class today…sad that the class is almost over…but now have all the techniques to carve all kinds of stamps…Thanks.

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  • Love that stamp of your Mom. Looking forward to our carving class today…sad that the class is almost over…but now have all the techniques to carve all kinds of stamps…Thanks.

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  • I hate instagram. (It is not for Android). LOL. I am loving the woodcut alphas … now I just might have to do one of those! Okay, when is the next carving class??? I am addicted to seeing you twice a week! that sounds bad….

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  • I hate instagram. (It is not for Android). LOL. I am loving the woodcut alphas … now I just might have to do one of those! Okay, when is the next carving class??? I am addicted to seeing you twice a week! that sounds bad….

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  • I hate instagram. (It is not for Android). LOL. I am loving the woodcut alphas … now I just might have to do one of those! Okay, when is the next carving class??? I am addicted to seeing you twice a week! that sounds bad….

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  • I hate instagram. (It is not for Android). LOL. I am loving the woodcut alphas … now I just might have to do one of those! Okay, when is the next carving class??? I am addicted to seeing you twice a week! that sounds bad….

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  • I hate instagram. (It is not for Android). LOL. I am loving the woodcut alphas … now I just might have to do one of those! Okay, when is the next carving class??? I am addicted to seeing you twice a week! that sounds bad….

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  • I love those stamps!!!

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  • I love those stamps!!!

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  • I love those stamps!!!

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  • I love those stamps!!!

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  • I love those stamps!!!

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  • That drawing of you Mom is cool and captured her smile nicely.

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  • That drawing of you Mom is cool and captured her smile nicely.

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  • That drawing of you Mom is cool and captured her smile nicely.

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  • That drawing of you Mom is cool and captured her smile nicely.

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  • That drawing of you Mom is cool and captured her smile nicely.

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  • It’s fun and amazing! Sadly I have a work PDA and that means Android since they banned iPhones due to their performance issues with our email server.
    I love your stamps – especially your Guy with the hat and your Mom. I sure hope some savvy stamp company gives you a stamp line!
    Cheers!
    Deb

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  • It’s fun and amazing! Sadly I have a work PDA and that means Android since they banned iPhones due to their performance issues with our email server.
    I love your stamps – especially your Guy with the hat and your Mom. I sure hope some savvy stamp company gives you a stamp line!
    Cheers!
    Deb

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  • It’s fun and amazing! Sadly I have a work PDA and that means Android since they banned iPhones due to their performance issues with our email server.
    I love your stamps – especially your Guy with the hat and your Mom. I sure hope some savvy stamp company gives you a stamp line!
    Cheers!
    Deb

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  • It’s fun and amazing! Sadly I have a work PDA and that means Android since they banned iPhones due to their performance issues with our email server.
    I love your stamps – especially your Guy with the hat and your Mom. I sure hope some savvy stamp company gives you a stamp line!
    Cheers!
    Deb

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  • It’s fun and amazing! Sadly I have a work PDA and that means Android since they banned iPhones due to their performance issues with our email server.
    I love your stamps – especially your Guy with the hat and your Mom. I sure hope some savvy stamp company gives you a stamp line!
    Cheers!
    Deb

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  • Love, love, love the stamps. I am not good with sharp instruments, so I hope your stamps will be coming soon to a store in my neighborhood!! 🙂

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  • Love, love, love the stamps. I am not good with sharp instruments, so I hope your stamps will be coming soon to a store in my neighborhood!! 🙂

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  • Love, love, love the stamps. I am not good with sharp instruments, so I hope your stamps will be coming soon to a store in my neighborhood!! 🙂

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  • Love, love, love the stamps. I am not good with sharp instruments, so I hope your stamps will be coming soon to a store in my neighborhood!! 🙂

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  • Love, love, love the stamps. I am not good with sharp instruments, so I hope your stamps will be coming soon to a store in my neighborhood!! 🙂

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  • Loving the carved stamps. So fun.

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  • Loving the carved stamps. So fun.

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  • Loving the carved stamps. So fun.

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  • Loving the carved stamps. So fun.

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  • Loving the carved stamps. So fun.

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  • You are a busy bee! I love when you share bits that inspired you and the manifested result of that inspiration. Makes me look around myself with different eyes. Also, the stamps, of course, are amazing-especially love your bow-tie clad hubby(?). And, your PL is so very cool, and so very you, therefore=perfect!

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  • You are a busy bee! I love when you share bits that inspired you and the manifested result of that inspiration. Makes me look around myself with different eyes. Also, the stamps, of course, are amazing-especially love your bow-tie clad hubby(?). And, your PL is so very cool, and so very you, therefore=perfect!

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  • You are a busy bee! I love when you share bits that inspired you and the manifested result of that inspiration. Makes me look around myself with different eyes. Also, the stamps, of course, are amazing-especially love your bow-tie clad hubby(?). And, your PL is so very cool, and so very you, therefore=perfect!

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  • You are a busy bee! I love when you share bits that inspired you and the manifested result of that inspiration. Makes me look around myself with different eyes. Also, the stamps, of course, are amazing-especially love your bow-tie clad hubby(?). And, your PL is so very cool, and so very you, therefore=perfect!

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  • You are a busy bee! I love when you share bits that inspired you and the manifested result of that inspiration. Makes me look around myself with different eyes. Also, the stamps, of course, are amazing-especially love your bow-tie clad hubby(?). And, your PL is so very cool, and so very you, therefore=perfect!

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  • You temptress! An altered book??!?! Cover only and your blade…hmmmmmmmm I daresay a post on that would be most
    influential!

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  • You temptress! An altered book??!?! Cover only and your blade…hmmmmmmmm I daresay a post on that would be most
    influential!

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  • You temptress! An altered book??!?! Cover only and your blade…hmmmmmmmm I daresay a post on that would be most
    influential!

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  • You temptress! An altered book??!?! Cover only and your blade…hmmmmmmmm I daresay a post on that would be most
    influential!

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  • You temptress! An altered book??!?! Cover only and your blade…hmmmmmmmm I daresay a post on that would be most
    influential!

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  • I enjoy seeing all your instagrams via your Twitter posts. I have the Instagram app but just haven’t used it for myself.
    I love your carved Day is Done letters……is that a certain font or did you hand carve this. I love how you did it in the wood carving style. So sad to see that today is the last day of class. Hope you do another stamp carving class soon. Thanks…..it was so much fun and I know this is something I will always do now.

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  • I enjoy seeing all your instagrams via your Twitter posts. I have the Instagram app but just haven’t used it for myself.
    I love your carved Day is Done letters……is that a certain font or did you hand carve this. I love how you did it in the wood carving style. So sad to see that today is the last day of class. Hope you do another stamp carving class soon. Thanks…..it was so much fun and I know this is something I will always do now.

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  • I enjoy seeing all your instagrams via your Twitter posts. I have the Instagram app but just haven’t used it for myself.
    I love your carved Day is Done letters……is that a certain font or did you hand carve this. I love how you did it in the wood carving style. So sad to see that today is the last day of class. Hope you do another stamp carving class soon. Thanks…..it was so much fun and I know this is something I will always do now.

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  • I enjoy seeing all your instagrams via your Twitter posts. I have the Instagram app but just haven’t used it for myself.
    I love your carved Day is Done letters……is that a certain font or did you hand carve this. I love how you did it in the wood carving style. So sad to see that today is the last day of class. Hope you do another stamp carving class soon. Thanks…..it was so much fun and I know this is something I will always do now.

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  • I enjoy seeing all your instagrams via your Twitter posts. I have the Instagram app but just haven’t used it for myself.
    I love your carved Day is Done letters……is that a certain font or did you hand carve this. I love how you did it in the wood carving style. So sad to see that today is the last day of class. Hope you do another stamp carving class soon. Thanks…..it was so much fun and I know this is something I will always do now.

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  • Its not a certain font, I just made it up.

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  • Its not a certain font, I just made it up.

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  • Its not a certain font, I just made it up.

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  • Its not a certain font, I just made it up.

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  • Its not a certain font, I just made it up.

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  • I love your Instgr.am feed! These are fantastic. I always forget to swing by MoMA on free friday- on my list for this week!

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  • I love your Instgr.am feed! These are fantastic. I always forget to swing by MoMA on free friday- on my list for this week!

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  • I love your Instgr.am feed! These are fantastic. I always forget to swing by MoMA on free friday- on my list for this week!

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  • I love your Instgr.am feed! These are fantastic. I always forget to swing by MoMA on free friday- on my list for this week!

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  • I love your Instgr.am feed! These are fantastic. I always forget to swing by MoMA on free friday- on my list for this week!

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  • your PL is wonderful, finally someone making it her own. You are super.

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  • your PL is wonderful, finally someone making it her own. You are super.

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  • your PL is wonderful, finally someone making it her own. You are super.

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  • your PL is wonderful, finally someone making it her own. You are super.

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  • your PL is wonderful, finally someone making it her own. You are super.

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  • Julie, I’m AMAZED at how good you carve those portrait stamps! You Go Girl!!!

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  • Julie, I’m AMAZED at how good you carve those portrait stamps! You Go Girl!!!

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  • Julie, I’m AMAZED at how good you carve those portrait stamps! You Go Girl!!!

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  • Julie, I’m AMAZED at how good you carve those portrait stamps! You Go Girl!!!

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  • Julie, I’m AMAZED at how good you carve those portrait stamps! You Go Girl!!!

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  • Hi Julie,
    Every time I see your hand-carved stamps, I want to OWN them. 🙂
    Any plans to have them produced for retail sale?
    Mary

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  • Hi Julie,
    Every time I see your hand-carved stamps, I want to OWN them. 🙂
    Any plans to have them produced for retail sale?
    Mary

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  • Hi Julie,
    Every time I see your hand-carved stamps, I want to OWN them. 🙂
    Any plans to have them produced for retail sale?
    Mary

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  • Hi Julie,
    Every time I see your hand-carved stamps, I want to OWN them. 🙂
    Any plans to have them produced for retail sale?
    Mary

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  • Hi Julie,
    Every time I see your hand-carved stamps, I want to OWN them. 🙂
    Any plans to have them produced for retail sale?
    Mary

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  • I love the stamp of your Mom! You are awesome Julie!

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  • I love the stamp of your Mom! You are awesome Julie!

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  • I love the stamp of your Mom! You are awesome Julie!

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  • I love the stamp of your Mom! You are awesome Julie!

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  • I love the stamp of your Mom! You are awesome Julie!

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