By my count, it has been almost six weeks of self-quarantine. It's the new normal. It's a lifestyle. On today's podcast, Mom and I are chatting about creativity in these odd times. Why don't people have creative mojo when they're stuck at home? What makes creativity flourish? Listen in as we discuss escaping to HGTV, unfollowing on social media, and much more!
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- opera signer, Jakub Józef Orliński
- The 100 Day Project
- 20 Art-Related Things to Do While You're Stuck at Home
- My upcoming online class on Working with a Limited Palette.
- MASS MoCA
We discuss a lot of the issues that being at home and living through social media might be bringing up.
I also chat a bit about how the pandemic is influencing my business.
Here are our recommendations this episode:
- Eileen: article: Read Plays Out Loud
- Julie: The Amazon Show, Making The Cut.
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Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Hi Julie and Eileen,
I really enjoyed listening to this episode when I was walking the dog today:) I wanted to share an idea for getting unstuck creatively during lock-down. I decided to use up all of my scrap paper. I keep paper scraps in a hanging file folder crate in folders by color and after about 2 years it is full even though I go to the scrap folder first when making projects. Usually at this time I take the crate to the local library and do a free art class on collage, quilling or paper bead making and let the kids take home any leftover paper but since the library is closed I decided to tackle this on my own. First I stamped and die cut Laurel Burch cats (stamps and dies from Stampendous, set is called Tribal Cats) from leftover gel prints. Then I chopped down larger paper to 4″x5 1/4″. I tore, punched and cut into strips the smaller scraps and glued them down on the trimmed card front sized panels and trimmed off the excess paper from the back so I had loads of interesting card backgrounds ready to go. I stamped over some of the panels with metallic ink and ran some through embossing folders. This gave me a quilted look. Do you remember “serendipity squares?” It was pretty much that technique. I made 30 cards with the cat theme and have hundreds of background panels ready to go for quick cards, honestly it would be a shame to cover some of them up. I figure it will be nice for sending quick happy mail letters. I loved having this project out on my desk over the last week as it gave be something to get started on as soon as I walked in my studio rather than trying to think of something to do. Maybe this idea will help someone else get started. I hope you are well, happy crafting!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
Super fun idea! Thanks, Lindsay!
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.
carolyn montgomery said…
i would make the lexicon quilt and milla bag, love these colors and prints.