I'm busy with lots of projects-in-process at the moment.  My studio (and my living room and my kitchen for that matter) look like they've exploded.  Here's a peek into life around here:

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I'm busy and happy.  How about you?

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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.

90 thoughts on “Around Here

  • Hi thanks for all your inspiration♥

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  • Hi thanks for all your inspiration♥

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  • Hi thanks for all your inspiration♥

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  • Hi thanks for all your inspiration♥

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  • Hi thanks for all your inspiration♥

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  • Julie,
    Your place looks like home to me. Great art work.

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  • Julie,
    Your place looks like home to me. Great art work.

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  • Julie,
    Your place looks like home to me. Great art work.

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  • Julie,
    Your place looks like home to me. Great art work.

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  • Julie,
    Your place looks like home to me. Great art work.

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  • Every picture more beautiful than the next! Most of all, glad you are happy!

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  • Every picture more beautiful than the next! Most of all, glad you are happy!

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  • Every picture more beautiful than the next! Most of all, glad you are happy!

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  • Every picture more beautiful than the next! Most of all, glad you are happy!

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  • Every picture more beautiful than the next! Most of all, glad you are happy!

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  • I’m so inspired by all you do!

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  • I’m so inspired by all you do!

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  • I’m so inspired by all you do!

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  • I’m so inspired by all you do!

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  • I’m so inspired by all you do!

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  • Color = Happiness! So glad you have color going on in your world too 🙂

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  • Color = Happiness! So glad you have color going on in your world too 🙂

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  • Color = Happiness! So glad you have color going on in your world too 🙂

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  • Color = Happiness! So glad you have color going on in your world too 🙂

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  • Color = Happiness! So glad you have color going on in your world too 🙂

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  • Thanks for sharing Julie. Love, love, love the lady you painted. Can’t wait to see the rest of her.

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  • Thanks for sharing Julie. Love, love, love the lady you painted. Can’t wait to see the rest of her.

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  • Thanks for sharing Julie. Love, love, love the lady you painted. Can’t wait to see the rest of her.

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  • Thanks for sharing Julie. Love, love, love the lady you painted. Can’t wait to see the rest of her.

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  • Thanks for sharing Julie. Love, love, love the lady you painted. Can’t wait to see the rest of her.

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  • I LOVE to use bubble wrap and paint together.
    I like your attitude about finding a mate.
    I bet that you’ll be having fun meeting new guys in the BIG apple Julie. You are a special lady and I wish you the best.

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  • I LOVE to use bubble wrap and paint together.
    I like your attitude about finding a mate.
    I bet that you’ll be having fun meeting new guys in the BIG apple Julie. You are a special lady and I wish you the best.

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  • I LOVE to use bubble wrap and paint together.
    I like your attitude about finding a mate.
    I bet that you’ll be having fun meeting new guys in the BIG apple Julie. You are a special lady and I wish you the best.

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  • I LOVE to use bubble wrap and paint together.
    I like your attitude about finding a mate.
    I bet that you’ll be having fun meeting new guys in the BIG apple Julie. You are a special lady and I wish you the best.

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  • I LOVE to use bubble wrap and paint together.
    I like your attitude about finding a mate.
    I bet that you’ll be having fun meeting new guys in the BIG apple Julie. You are a special lady and I wish you the best.

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  • OK – I give. What is that white-gridded ‘thing’ in the pumpkin photo. There’s no paint on it at all, and I just want to use it for a stamp!
    Love this post – looks like home!

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  • OK – I give. What is that white-gridded ‘thing’ in the pumpkin photo. There’s no paint on it at all, and I just want to use it for a stamp!
    Love this post – looks like home!

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  • OK – I give. What is that white-gridded ‘thing’ in the pumpkin photo. There’s no paint on it at all, and I just want to use it for a stamp!
    Love this post – looks like home!

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  • OK – I give. What is that white-gridded ‘thing’ in the pumpkin photo. There’s no paint on it at all, and I just want to use it for a stamp!
    Love this post – looks like home!

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  • OK – I give. What is that white-gridded ‘thing’ in the pumpkin photo. There’s no paint on it at all, and I just want to use it for a stamp!
    Love this post – looks like home!

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  • A respirator!

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  • A respirator!

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  • A respirator!

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  • A respirator!

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  • A respirator!

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  • loved those jelli print papers. 🙂 and your creations..you are always an inspiration Julie!

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  • loved those jelli print papers. 🙂 and your creations..you are always an inspiration Julie!

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  • loved those jelli print papers. 🙂 and your creations..you are always an inspiration Julie!

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  • loved those jelli print papers. 🙂 and your creations..you are always an inspiration Julie!

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  • loved those jelli print papers. 🙂 and your creations..you are always an inspiration Julie!

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  • Julie, you make my heart smile…every.single.time. 🙂
    Peace & Love,
    Barb

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  • Julie, you make my heart smile…every.single.time. 🙂
    Peace & Love,
    Barb

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  • Julie, you make my heart smile…every.single.time. 🙂
    Peace & Love,
    Barb

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  • Julie, you make my heart smile…every.single.time. 🙂
    Peace & Love,
    Barb

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  • Julie, you make my heart smile…every.single.time. 🙂
    Peace & Love,
    Barb

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  • This is a gorgeous mess: Mine should look like this!

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  • This is a gorgeous mess: Mine should look like this!

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  • This is a gorgeous mess: Mine should look like this!

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  • This is a gorgeous mess: Mine should look like this!

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  • This is a gorgeous mess: Mine should look like this!

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  • I love your home, looks perfect and happy to me. Happy to see the pumpkins in the middle of the art photos.
    I am busy and happy too, October is my favorite month, FALL!!

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  • I love your home, looks perfect and happy to me. Happy to see the pumpkins in the middle of the art photos.
    I am busy and happy too, October is my favorite month, FALL!!

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  • I love your home, looks perfect and happy to me. Happy to see the pumpkins in the middle of the art photos.
    I am busy and happy too, October is my favorite month, FALL!!

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  • I love your home, looks perfect and happy to me. Happy to see the pumpkins in the middle of the art photos.
    I am busy and happy too, October is my favorite month, FALL!!

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  • I love your home, looks perfect and happy to me. Happy to see the pumpkins in the middle of the art photos.
    I am busy and happy too, October is my favorite month, FALL!!

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  • Julie, Your tidbits are delightful – I only wish you had time for captions. Love the creative litter.

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  • Julie, Your tidbits are delightful – I only wish you had time for captions. Love the creative litter.

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  • Julie, Your tidbits are delightful – I only wish you had time for captions. Love the creative litter.

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  • Julie, Your tidbits are delightful – I only wish you had time for captions. Love the creative litter.

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  • Julie, Your tidbits are delightful – I only wish you had time for captions. Love the creative litter.

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  • Love your beautiful chaotic mess. Looks a lot like my studio…..FUN
    Nina

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  • Love your beautiful chaotic mess. Looks a lot like my studio…..FUN
    Nina

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  • Love your beautiful chaotic mess. Looks a lot like my studio…..FUN
    Nina

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  • Love your beautiful chaotic mess. Looks a lot like my studio…..FUN
    Nina

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  • Love your beautiful chaotic mess. Looks a lot like my studio…..FUN
    Nina

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  • I saw the photo of the bubble wrap on the Gelli Arts page and I thought I would tell you what I did here as well in case you miss it. If you press the mucky paint coated bubble wrap onto a wet plate then give it a moment for the damp paint to loosen the paint already on the wrap, then press the wrap onto another damp print, the layers of painty goodness will peel OFF the bubble wrap and stick to the print. It give a really textural addition – and of course all those nifty layers of colour really add to a print. I’m thinking if you maybe LIGHTLY mist the bubble wrap with water (or what about glimmer mist??) and let it sit you might actually get even MORE of the paint off, but haven’t tried it yet.
    My desk rivals yours for utter chaos 🙂
    Thanks for inspiring me
    Mary Anne

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  • I saw the photo of the bubble wrap on the Gelli Arts page and I thought I would tell you what I did here as well in case you miss it. If you press the mucky paint coated bubble wrap onto a wet plate then give it a moment for the damp paint to loosen the paint already on the wrap, then press the wrap onto another damp print, the layers of painty goodness will peel OFF the bubble wrap and stick to the print. It give a really textural addition – and of course all those nifty layers of colour really add to a print. I’m thinking if you maybe LIGHTLY mist the bubble wrap with water (or what about glimmer mist??) and let it sit you might actually get even MORE of the paint off, but haven’t tried it yet.
    My desk rivals yours for utter chaos 🙂
    Thanks for inspiring me
    Mary Anne

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  • I saw the photo of the bubble wrap on the Gelli Arts page and I thought I would tell you what I did here as well in case you miss it. If you press the mucky paint coated bubble wrap onto a wet plate then give it a moment for the damp paint to loosen the paint already on the wrap, then press the wrap onto another damp print, the layers of painty goodness will peel OFF the bubble wrap and stick to the print. It give a really textural addition – and of course all those nifty layers of colour really add to a print. I’m thinking if you maybe LIGHTLY mist the bubble wrap with water (or what about glimmer mist??) and let it sit you might actually get even MORE of the paint off, but haven’t tried it yet.
    My desk rivals yours for utter chaos 🙂
    Thanks for inspiring me
    Mary Anne

    Reply
  • I saw the photo of the bubble wrap on the Gelli Arts page and I thought I would tell you what I did here as well in case you miss it. If you press the mucky paint coated bubble wrap onto a wet plate then give it a moment for the damp paint to loosen the paint already on the wrap, then press the wrap onto another damp print, the layers of painty goodness will peel OFF the bubble wrap and stick to the print. It give a really textural addition – and of course all those nifty layers of colour really add to a print. I’m thinking if you maybe LIGHTLY mist the bubble wrap with water (or what about glimmer mist??) and let it sit you might actually get even MORE of the paint off, but haven’t tried it yet.
    My desk rivals yours for utter chaos 🙂
    Thanks for inspiring me
    Mary Anne

    Reply
  • I saw the photo of the bubble wrap on the Gelli Arts page and I thought I would tell you what I did here as well in case you miss it. If you press the mucky paint coated bubble wrap onto a wet plate then give it a moment for the damp paint to loosen the paint already on the wrap, then press the wrap onto another damp print, the layers of painty goodness will peel OFF the bubble wrap and stick to the print. It give a really textural addition – and of course all those nifty layers of colour really add to a print. I’m thinking if you maybe LIGHTLY mist the bubble wrap with water (or what about glimmer mist??) and let it sit you might actually get even MORE of the paint off, but haven’t tried it yet.
    My desk rivals yours for utter chaos 🙂
    Thanks for inspiring me
    Mary Anne

    Reply

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