Life around here has been busy but happy.  So many creative projects going on!  I think the chaos is my house reflects my busy schedule.  Or at least, that's my excuse for dirty dishes in the sink!  Take a peek:

from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016
from the Balzer Designs Blog: Around Here: November 2016

Doesn't everyone have a unicorn balloon in their living room?! (For the whole story, click here.)

Thanks for stopping by!

P.S. Carve December starts tomorrow!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed-media artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops, her online classroom www.balzerdesigns.com, and through monthly membership at www.MyArtPractice.com.

42 thoughts on “Around Here: November 2016

  • Doesn’t everyone’s house look like this around this time of year?? ☺ Love the pictures above your couch! Can’t wait to start carving!!

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  • Doesn’t everyone’s house look like this around this time of year?? ☺ Love the pictures above your couch! Can’t wait to start carving!!

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  • Doesn’t everyone’s house look like this around this time of year?? ☺ Love the pictures above your couch! Can’t wait to start carving!!

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  • Doesn’t everyone’s house look like this around this time of year?? ☺ Love the pictures above your couch! Can’t wait to start carving!!

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  • Doesn’t everyone’s house look like this around this time of year?? ☺ Love the pictures above your couch! Can’t wait to start carving!!

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  • Doesn’t everyone’s house look like this around this time of year?? ☺ Love the pictures above your couch! Can’t wait to start carving!!

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  • I see you are a Blendtec person – I’m team Vitamix – not sure what I did before I had it. Thanks for the reminder about Carve December – I’ll be spending it doing your class. 🙂

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  • I see you are a Blendtec person – I’m team Vitamix – not sure what I did before I had it. Thanks for the reminder about Carve December – I’ll be spending it doing your class. 🙂

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  • I see you are a Blendtec person – I’m team Vitamix – not sure what I did before I had it. Thanks for the reminder about Carve December – I’ll be spending it doing your class. 🙂

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  • I see you are a Blendtec person – I’m team Vitamix – not sure what I did before I had it. Thanks for the reminder about Carve December – I’ll be spending it doing your class. 🙂

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  • I see you are a Blendtec person – I’m team Vitamix – not sure what I did before I had it. Thanks for the reminder about Carve December – I’ll be spending it doing your class. 🙂

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  • I see you are a Blendtec person – I’m team Vitamix – not sure what I did before I had it. Thanks for the reminder about Carve December – I’ll be spending it doing your class. 🙂

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  • Your house looks like a real home, messes happen in reality, we all have them. Really looking forward to #carvedecember.

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  • Your house looks like a real home, messes happen in reality, we all have them. Really looking forward to #carvedecember.

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  • Your house looks like a real home, messes happen in reality, we all have them. Really looking forward to #carvedecember.

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  • Your house looks like a real home, messes happen in reality, we all have them. Really looking forward to #carvedecember.

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  • Your house looks like a real home, messes happen in reality, we all have them. Really looking forward to #carvedecember.

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  • Your house looks like a real home, messes happen in reality, we all have them. Really looking forward to #carvedecember.

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  • Love your vlog – I am an ex-New Yorker – all good. You and your Mom are so inspiring. I am so look forward to taking all your classes in St. Petersburg next week. Paints, papers, journals….yay!

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  • Love your vlog – I am an ex-New Yorker – all good. You and your Mom are so inspiring. I am so look forward to taking all your classes in St. Petersburg next week. Paints, papers, journals….yay!

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  • Love your vlog – I am an ex-New Yorker – all good. You and your Mom are so inspiring. I am so look forward to taking all your classes in St. Petersburg next week. Paints, papers, journals….yay!

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  • Love your vlog – I am an ex-New Yorker – all good. You and your Mom are so inspiring. I am so look forward to taking all your classes in St. Petersburg next week. Paints, papers, journals….yay!

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  • Love your vlog – I am an ex-New Yorker – all good. You and your Mom are so inspiring. I am so look forward to taking all your classes in St. Petersburg next week. Paints, papers, journals….yay!

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  • Love your vlog – I am an ex-New Yorker – all good. You and your Mom are so inspiring. I am so look forward to taking all your classes in St. Petersburg next week. Paints, papers, journals….yay!

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  • Hey there Julie,
    Loved your Vlog. Looks like it was an awesome trip. Interesting seeing some of the Ma places you went to. I went to Me for Thanks Giving and was on 495 around Boston. I was thinking of you as driving through to 95.
    I loved the foil creation pillow using the foil. Did you cut that with you scanncut? I am so interested in the foils. I cannot wait till they come out.
    You are making me think to go ahead and buy some third party foils and give it a go with my scanncut. Are you laying the foil face down or face up?
    I did follow your latest canvas blog using the weld, divide and subtract functions etc.. Oh I really like that now I feel like I have really learned something solid for my scanncut canvas from your video.
    I did it with the heart and triangle square like you did then I did it with the leaf boarder. What awesome stencils this would make not to mention cut outs on the front of greeting cards. For stencils I just generally take a design and cut it out on paper or the stencil kit and go from there.
    When I first tried it out on my own I wanted to separate the Halloween boarder with the bat and pumpkin boarder. I cannot figure it out but I know there is away to do it. I want the bat and the pumpkin and the face on the pumpkin separated so that I can use them as other things.
    Awesome friend, wow the unicorn balloon etc was very nice. The house looked fine what mess are you talking about? The painting is really coming along I also like what you did to it. Fabulous. You went to Salem:) I love Salem but a bit touristy.
    Happy Wednesday,
    Fawna

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  • Hey there Julie,
    Loved your Vlog. Looks like it was an awesome trip. Interesting seeing some of the Ma places you went to. I went to Me for Thanks Giving and was on 495 around Boston. I was thinking of you as driving through to 95.
    I loved the foil creation pillow using the foil. Did you cut that with you scanncut? I am so interested in the foils. I cannot wait till they come out.
    You are making me think to go ahead and buy some third party foils and give it a go with my scanncut. Are you laying the foil face down or face up?
    I did follow your latest canvas blog using the weld, divide and subtract functions etc.. Oh I really like that now I feel like I have really learned something solid for my scanncut canvas from your video.
    I did it with the heart and triangle square like you did then I did it with the leaf boarder. What awesome stencils this would make not to mention cut outs on the front of greeting cards. For stencils I just generally take a design and cut it out on paper or the stencil kit and go from there.
    When I first tried it out on my own I wanted to separate the Halloween boarder with the bat and pumpkin boarder. I cannot figure it out but I know there is away to do it. I want the bat and the pumpkin and the face on the pumpkin separated so that I can use them as other things.
    Awesome friend, wow the unicorn balloon etc was very nice. The house looked fine what mess are you talking about? The painting is really coming along I also like what you did to it. Fabulous. You went to Salem:) I love Salem but a bit touristy.
    Happy Wednesday,
    Fawna

    Reply
  • Hey there Julie,
    Loved your Vlog. Looks like it was an awesome trip. Interesting seeing some of the Ma places you went to. I went to Me for Thanks Giving and was on 495 around Boston. I was thinking of you as driving through to 95.
    I loved the foil creation pillow using the foil. Did you cut that with you scanncut? I am so interested in the foils. I cannot wait till they come out.
    You are making me think to go ahead and buy some third party foils and give it a go with my scanncut. Are you laying the foil face down or face up?
    I did follow your latest canvas blog using the weld, divide and subtract functions etc.. Oh I really like that now I feel like I have really learned something solid for my scanncut canvas from your video.
    I did it with the heart and triangle square like you did then I did it with the leaf boarder. What awesome stencils this would make not to mention cut outs on the front of greeting cards. For stencils I just generally take a design and cut it out on paper or the stencil kit and go from there.
    When I first tried it out on my own I wanted to separate the Halloween boarder with the bat and pumpkin boarder. I cannot figure it out but I know there is away to do it. I want the bat and the pumpkin and the face on the pumpkin separated so that I can use them as other things.
    Awesome friend, wow the unicorn balloon etc was very nice. The house looked fine what mess are you talking about? The painting is really coming along I also like what you did to it. Fabulous. You went to Salem:) I love Salem but a bit touristy.
    Happy Wednesday,
    Fawna

    Reply
  • Hey there Julie,
    Loved your Vlog. Looks like it was an awesome trip. Interesting seeing some of the Ma places you went to. I went to Me for Thanks Giving and was on 495 around Boston. I was thinking of you as driving through to 95.
    I loved the foil creation pillow using the foil. Did you cut that with you scanncut? I am so interested in the foils. I cannot wait till they come out.
    You are making me think to go ahead and buy some third party foils and give it a go with my scanncut. Are you laying the foil face down or face up?
    I did follow your latest canvas blog using the weld, divide and subtract functions etc.. Oh I really like that now I feel like I have really learned something solid for my scanncut canvas from your video.
    I did it with the heart and triangle square like you did then I did it with the leaf boarder. What awesome stencils this would make not to mention cut outs on the front of greeting cards. For stencils I just generally take a design and cut it out on paper or the stencil kit and go from there.
    When I first tried it out on my own I wanted to separate the Halloween boarder with the bat and pumpkin boarder. I cannot figure it out but I know there is away to do it. I want the bat and the pumpkin and the face on the pumpkin separated so that I can use them as other things.
    Awesome friend, wow the unicorn balloon etc was very nice. The house looked fine what mess are you talking about? The painting is really coming along I also like what you did to it. Fabulous. You went to Salem:) I love Salem but a bit touristy.
    Happy Wednesday,
    Fawna

    Reply
  • Hey there Julie,
    Loved your Vlog. Looks like it was an awesome trip. Interesting seeing some of the Ma places you went to. I went to Me for Thanks Giving and was on 495 around Boston. I was thinking of you as driving through to 95.
    I loved the foil creation pillow using the foil. Did you cut that with you scanncut? I am so interested in the foils. I cannot wait till they come out.
    You are making me think to go ahead and buy some third party foils and give it a go with my scanncut. Are you laying the foil face down or face up?
    I did follow your latest canvas blog using the weld, divide and subtract functions etc.. Oh I really like that now I feel like I have really learned something solid for my scanncut canvas from your video.
    I did it with the heart and triangle square like you did then I did it with the leaf boarder. What awesome stencils this would make not to mention cut outs on the front of greeting cards. For stencils I just generally take a design and cut it out on paper or the stencil kit and go from there.
    When I first tried it out on my own I wanted to separate the Halloween boarder with the bat and pumpkin boarder. I cannot figure it out but I know there is away to do it. I want the bat and the pumpkin and the face on the pumpkin separated so that I can use them as other things.
    Awesome friend, wow the unicorn balloon etc was very nice. The house looked fine what mess are you talking about? The painting is really coming along I also like what you did to it. Fabulous. You went to Salem:) I love Salem but a bit touristy.
    Happy Wednesday,
    Fawna

    Reply
  • Hey there Julie,
    Loved your Vlog. Looks like it was an awesome trip. Interesting seeing some of the Ma places you went to. I went to Me for Thanks Giving and was on 495 around Boston. I was thinking of you as driving through to 95.
    I loved the foil creation pillow using the foil. Did you cut that with you scanncut? I am so interested in the foils. I cannot wait till they come out.
    You are making me think to go ahead and buy some third party foils and give it a go with my scanncut. Are you laying the foil face down or face up?
    I did follow your latest canvas blog using the weld, divide and subtract functions etc.. Oh I really like that now I feel like I have really learned something solid for my scanncut canvas from your video.
    I did it with the heart and triangle square like you did then I did it with the leaf boarder. What awesome stencils this would make not to mention cut outs on the front of greeting cards. For stencils I just generally take a design and cut it out on paper or the stencil kit and go from there.
    When I first tried it out on my own I wanted to separate the Halloween boarder with the bat and pumpkin boarder. I cannot figure it out but I know there is away to do it. I want the bat and the pumpkin and the face on the pumpkin separated so that I can use them as other things.
    Awesome friend, wow the unicorn balloon etc was very nice. The house looked fine what mess are you talking about? The painting is really coming along I also like what you did to it. Fabulous. You went to Salem:) I love Salem but a bit touristy.
    Happy Wednesday,
    Fawna

    Reply
  • LOVE THE DINOSAUR SKIN ART FOAMIE!
    I HAVE THAT SAME BROTHER SEWING TIN!!

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  • LOVE THE DINOSAUR SKIN ART FOAMIE!
    I HAVE THAT SAME BROTHER SEWING TIN!!

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  • LOVE THE DINOSAUR SKIN ART FOAMIE!
    I HAVE THAT SAME BROTHER SEWING TIN!!

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  • LOVE THE DINOSAUR SKIN ART FOAMIE!
    I HAVE THAT SAME BROTHER SEWING TIN!!

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  • LOVE THE DINOSAUR SKIN ART FOAMIE!
    I HAVE THAT SAME BROTHER SEWING TIN!!

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  • LOVE THE DINOSAUR SKIN ART FOAMIE!
    I HAVE THAT SAME BROTHER SEWING TIN!!

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  • Love seeing your set up. I love the Diptyck of the eyes in a tapestry face. There are many times I feel like leaving my dishes piled up, but then I never like coming back since it is usually to prep in the kitchen. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.!!

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  • Love seeing your set up. I love the Diptyck of the eyes in a tapestry face. There are many times I feel like leaving my dishes piled up, but then I never like coming back since it is usually to prep in the kitchen. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.!!

    Reply
  • Love seeing your set up. I love the Diptyck of the eyes in a tapestry face. There are many times I feel like leaving my dishes piled up, but then I never like coming back since it is usually to prep in the kitchen. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.!!

    Reply
  • Love seeing your set up. I love the Diptyck of the eyes in a tapestry face. There are many times I feel like leaving my dishes piled up, but then I never like coming back since it is usually to prep in the kitchen. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.!!

    Reply
  • Love seeing your set up. I love the Diptyck of the eyes in a tapestry face. There are many times I feel like leaving my dishes piled up, but then I never like coming back since it is usually to prep in the kitchen. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.!!

    Reply
  • Love seeing your set up. I love the Diptyck of the eyes in a tapestry face. There are many times I feel like leaving my dishes piled up, but then I never like coming back since it is usually to prep in the kitchen. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.!!

    Reply

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