I am stressed out, stretched out, and maxed out at this moment.  Overwhelmed too.  I've got a couple of enormous projects that I'm working on, not the least of which is prep for the new season of Scrapbook Soup TV!  We are taping next week and there is soooooooo much to get done.  I've been creating tons of art every single day for all of these projects, but nothing that I can really share.

So here is a total tease.  Just bits and pieces of what's on my desk…

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And now I've got to get back to work!

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.

80 thoughts on “Just a Peek

  • yea Scrapbook Soup will have a new season

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  • yea Scrapbook Soup will have a new season

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  • yea Scrapbook Soup will have a new season

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  • yea Scrapbook Soup will have a new season

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  • yea Scrapbook Soup will have a new season

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  • What a great tease. I love those cut letter openings…
    You were in my dream last night! You were teaching a huge class in a building in NYC and ended up showing us this secret passageway that led up through others apartments. I think I dreamed about you because I have gotten to know another artist that I had admired a lot so it is no longer inconceivable that I’d make it up there to take a class one day. Anyway, you were so happy in the dream, and relaxed, and will be again once this crunch is over. I can’t imagine how you get so much done all the time!!

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  • What a great tease. I love those cut letter openings…
    You were in my dream last night! You were teaching a huge class in a building in NYC and ended up showing us this secret passageway that led up through others apartments. I think I dreamed about you because I have gotten to know another artist that I had admired a lot so it is no longer inconceivable that I’d make it up there to take a class one day. Anyway, you were so happy in the dream, and relaxed, and will be again once this crunch is over. I can’t imagine how you get so much done all the time!!

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  • What a great tease. I love those cut letter openings…
    You were in my dream last night! You were teaching a huge class in a building in NYC and ended up showing us this secret passageway that led up through others apartments. I think I dreamed about you because I have gotten to know another artist that I had admired a lot so it is no longer inconceivable that I’d make it up there to take a class one day. Anyway, you were so happy in the dream, and relaxed, and will be again once this crunch is over. I can’t imagine how you get so much done all the time!!

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  • What a great tease. I love those cut letter openings…
    You were in my dream last night! You were teaching a huge class in a building in NYC and ended up showing us this secret passageway that led up through others apartments. I think I dreamed about you because I have gotten to know another artist that I had admired a lot so it is no longer inconceivable that I’d make it up there to take a class one day. Anyway, you were so happy in the dream, and relaxed, and will be again once this crunch is over. I can’t imagine how you get so much done all the time!!

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  • What a great tease. I love those cut letter openings…
    You were in my dream last night! You were teaching a huge class in a building in NYC and ended up showing us this secret passageway that led up through others apartments. I think I dreamed about you because I have gotten to know another artist that I had admired a lot so it is no longer inconceivable that I’d make it up there to take a class one day. Anyway, you were so happy in the dream, and relaxed, and will be again once this crunch is over. I can’t imagine how you get so much done all the time!!

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  • Group hug for Julie!!! You can do it – you always do and you come through with the best projects/art work!!!

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  • Group hug for Julie!!! You can do it – you always do and you come through with the best projects/art work!!!

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  • Group hug for Julie!!! You can do it – you always do and you come through with the best projects/art work!!!

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  • Group hug for Julie!!! You can do it – you always do and you come through with the best projects/art work!!!

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  • Group hug for Julie!!! You can do it – you always do and you come through with the best projects/art work!!!

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  • Go, Julie! Go, Julie! (Said with a more Cabbage Patch style than Rah-Rah-Siscoombah, cuz I know you are in da flow!) Thanks for throwing a sneak our way! Looks like it will be another great season! I love all of your artistic endeavors, but I discovered you first as a scrapbooker, and your heartfelt layouts still leave me swooning!

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  • Go, Julie! Go, Julie! (Said with a more Cabbage Patch style than Rah-Rah-Siscoombah, cuz I know you are in da flow!) Thanks for throwing a sneak our way! Looks like it will be another great season! I love all of your artistic endeavors, but I discovered you first as a scrapbooker, and your heartfelt layouts still leave me swooning!

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  • Go, Julie! Go, Julie! (Said with a more Cabbage Patch style than Rah-Rah-Siscoombah, cuz I know you are in da flow!) Thanks for throwing a sneak our way! Looks like it will be another great season! I love all of your artistic endeavors, but I discovered you first as a scrapbooker, and your heartfelt layouts still leave me swooning!

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  • Go, Julie! Go, Julie! (Said with a more Cabbage Patch style than Rah-Rah-Siscoombah, cuz I know you are in da flow!) Thanks for throwing a sneak our way! Looks like it will be another great season! I love all of your artistic endeavors, but I discovered you first as a scrapbooker, and your heartfelt layouts still leave me swooning!

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  • Go, Julie! Go, Julie! (Said with a more Cabbage Patch style than Rah-Rah-Siscoombah, cuz I know you are in da flow!) Thanks for throwing a sneak our way! Looks like it will be another great season! I love all of your artistic endeavors, but I discovered you first as a scrapbooker, and your heartfelt layouts still leave me swooning!

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  • Breathe and breathe again! But stay in AC comfort — it’s not even noon and it’s almost 80 F out there! This may not relieve your stress, but I always marvel at how everything you come up with is new and different. Your ideas and inspiration are endless! Can’t wait to see everything! Hang in there!!

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  • Breathe and breathe again! But stay in AC comfort — it’s not even noon and it’s almost 80 F out there! This may not relieve your stress, but I always marvel at how everything you come up with is new and different. Your ideas and inspiration are endless! Can’t wait to see everything! Hang in there!!

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  • Breathe and breathe again! But stay in AC comfort — it’s not even noon and it’s almost 80 F out there! This may not relieve your stress, but I always marvel at how everything you come up with is new and different. Your ideas and inspiration are endless! Can’t wait to see everything! Hang in there!!

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  • Breathe and breathe again! But stay in AC comfort — it’s not even noon and it’s almost 80 F out there! This may not relieve your stress, but I always marvel at how everything you come up with is new and different. Your ideas and inspiration are endless! Can’t wait to see everything! Hang in there!!

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  • Breathe and breathe again! But stay in AC comfort — it’s not even noon and it’s almost 80 F out there! This may not relieve your stress, but I always marvel at how everything you come up with is new and different. Your ideas and inspiration are endless! Can’t wait to see everything! Hang in there!!

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  • GO JULIE GO JULIE!! I know you can do it and everything will look amazing as always! Take it one day at a time and enjoy the process, it will all work out great when done!!
    I LOVE LOVE this peek, the first one, the quote and that last one of beautiful YOU are my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing so much with us even in your busy, crazy time, YOU ROCK!

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  • GO JULIE GO JULIE!! I know you can do it and everything will look amazing as always! Take it one day at a time and enjoy the process, it will all work out great when done!!
    I LOVE LOVE this peek, the first one, the quote and that last one of beautiful YOU are my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing so much with us even in your busy, crazy time, YOU ROCK!

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  • GO JULIE GO JULIE!! I know you can do it and everything will look amazing as always! Take it one day at a time and enjoy the process, it will all work out great when done!!
    I LOVE LOVE this peek, the first one, the quote and that last one of beautiful YOU are my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing so much with us even in your busy, crazy time, YOU ROCK!

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  • GO JULIE GO JULIE!! I know you can do it and everything will look amazing as always! Take it one day at a time and enjoy the process, it will all work out great when done!!
    I LOVE LOVE this peek, the first one, the quote and that last one of beautiful YOU are my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing so much with us even in your busy, crazy time, YOU ROCK!

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  • GO JULIE GO JULIE!! I know you can do it and everything will look amazing as always! Take it one day at a time and enjoy the process, it will all work out great when done!!
    I LOVE LOVE this peek, the first one, the quote and that last one of beautiful YOU are my favorites.
    Thanks for sharing so much with us even in your busy, crazy time, YOU ROCK!

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  • Everything looks awesome. I love all the details. I can’t wait to see more. Wendy

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  • Everything looks awesome. I love all the details. I can’t wait to see more. Wendy

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  • Everything looks awesome. I love all the details. I can’t wait to see more. Wendy

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  • Everything looks awesome. I love all the details. I can’t wait to see more. Wendy

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  • Everything looks awesome. I love all the details. I can’t wait to see more. Wendy

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  • WOW!!! I love everything you’ve done, especially using a beautiful floral print to cut your letters and words from.
    I love your fearlessness with with bold, beautiful color!!!

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  • WOW!!! I love everything you’ve done, especially using a beautiful floral print to cut your letters and words from.
    I love your fearlessness with with bold, beautiful color!!!

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  • WOW!!! I love everything you’ve done, especially using a beautiful floral print to cut your letters and words from.
    I love your fearlessness with with bold, beautiful color!!!

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  • WOW!!! I love everything you’ve done, especially using a beautiful floral print to cut your letters and words from.
    I love your fearlessness with with bold, beautiful color!!!

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  • WOW!!! I love everything you’ve done, especially using a beautiful floral print to cut your letters and words from.
    I love your fearlessness with with bold, beautiful color!!!

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  • aww Julie, you are such a tease!! Looking forward to the next season!
    Carmen L

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  • aww Julie, you are such a tease!! Looking forward to the next season!
    Carmen L

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  • aww Julie, you are such a tease!! Looking forward to the next season!
    Carmen L

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  • aww Julie, you are such a tease!! Looking forward to the next season!
    Carmen L

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  • aww Julie, you are such a tease!! Looking forward to the next season!
    Carmen L

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  • Even your bits and pieces are wonderful. Hang in there – we are all rooting for you.

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  • Even your bits and pieces are wonderful. Hang in there – we are all rooting for you.

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  • Even your bits and pieces are wonderful. Hang in there – we are all rooting for you.

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  • Even your bits and pieces are wonderful. Hang in there – we are all rooting for you.

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  • Even your bits and pieces are wonderful. Hang in there – we are all rooting for you.

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  • Always new and fresh and fabulous! I love opening my email to see what you’re doing.

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  • Always new and fresh and fabulous! I love opening my email to see what you’re doing.

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  • Always new and fresh and fabulous! I love opening my email to see what you’re doing.

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  • Always new and fresh and fabulous! I love opening my email to see what you’re doing.

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  • Always new and fresh and fabulous! I love opening my email to see what you’re doing.

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  • So excited that you’re doing another season! Everything here looks great (no surprise!) – can’t wait to see the completed projects!

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  • So excited that you’re doing another season! Everything here looks great (no surprise!) – can’t wait to see the completed projects!

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  • So excited that you’re doing another season! Everything here looks great (no surprise!) – can’t wait to see the completed projects!

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  • So excited that you’re doing another season! Everything here looks great (no surprise!) – can’t wait to see the completed projects!

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  • So excited that you’re doing another season! Everything here looks great (no surprise!) – can’t wait to see the completed projects!

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