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Weave Through Winter: A Month of Paper Weaving

I’m currently participating in “Weave Through Winter,” a project led by Helen Hiebert. The idea is to create a paper

Welcome back to my “how to stencil” series during which I’m also highlighting the stencils I designed for the most

I love the look of a quilted coat! I believe that all of these beautiful coats were made by the

I’m so pleased to share that I have designed six new stencils for The Crafter’s Workshop: Stencil links if you

Hello, friends! Here is a little bit about life around here right now: What are you working on? The 100

Today is my birthday! I'm just a little bit older than I was in this birthday photo. (And 5-6 years

A lovely artist named Froyle Davis shared several easy and fabulous techniques for making collage papers in this video, along

I recently finished a series of three 5×7 mixed media collages. (You can grab one in my shop, if you're

Believe it or not, it turns out that I make more things than I can share here on the blog!

Back in May, I bought myself a one year subscription to Scrawlr Box – a subscription art supply box from