tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823153690384170442024-03-13T16:40:39.012+02:00Between Cupcakes and TeaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-69382098028405474932015-06-08T12:34:00.000+02:002015-06-08T16:56:19.977+02:00What a journey<div style="text-align: center;">
125 more views and we will have 80 000 views</div>
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What a highlight!!</div>
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Thank you !<br />
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This is now five years and 320 posts later.<br />
Benice and I really enjoyed our journey.<br />
We learned, laughed, cried, painted, planned<br />
and packed a lot.<br />
And we stitched a few things together.<br />
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Things change and life moves in different directions<br />
so today will be my last post on this blog.<br />
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Benice will still be creating, sewing and writing<br />
articles.<br />
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I will still be blogging, sharing, teaching and creating.<br />
So now I want to introduce you to my new blog.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thegreyladder.blogspot.com/">www.thegreyladder.blogspot.com</a><br />
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As with many things, the grey ladder has a story.<br />
My Grandfather made this ladder over 90 years ago.<br />
He made it out of Bamboo and wood.<br />
He used it a lot and when he passed away it was<br />
left unused and in storage for a long time.<br />
When we built my studio I knew I wanted this ladder<br />
to hang from the roof.<br />
So now it is in its new place and every one that visits the studio<br />
notices it. So what better name for my studio than<br />
The Grey Ladder.<br />
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Back to Between Cupcakes and Tea,<br />
these are our top six posts:<br />
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Decoupage on Canvas Sneakers - 2786 views<br />
Memories of a Princess - 2520 views<br />
Into Bracelets - 1591 views<br />
49 Today - 1516 views<br />
Birthday Calendar and Note pad - 656 views<br />
Nine Love Stories - 614 views.<br />
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There are many things we shared with you<br />
over the past 5 years, please browse through<br />
the blog and enjoy.<br />
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Keep well.<br />
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Last week Thursday we made book covers.</div>
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This collage cover was made by Kim.</div>
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This one was made by Esther.</div>
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This one was made by Gail. She will use the green dotted fabric</div>
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We all enjoyed the class.</div>
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Thanks Girls!</div>
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Tomorrow is our Market Day.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">her name is Niki.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-54840743521409545772015-05-28T11:20:00.000+02:002015-06-01T11:20:53.115+02:00Crepe Paper Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I attended a flower making class and</div>
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It is something I can get hooked on.</div>
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I know shrink plastic is hard to find at the moment.</div>
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It can be cut with scissors or with your </div>
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Spellbinder or Sizzex dies.</div>
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Here are the tools that I used to make the broaches.</div>
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Co-ordinate your felt colours with your embroidery thread colours.</div>
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A bead needle and two strands of embroidery</div>
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thread will make your life easy when you</div>
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I used Sharpies to colour the images on the shrink plastic.</div>
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The step by step of these broaches are in the 12th edition </div>
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of the Creative Hobbies magazine that are on sale at the moment.</div>
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It's Friday....wow..</div>
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Tomorrow I am attending a Flower making class.</div>
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I am going to learn how to make huge </div>
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I am very excited. Hope to share my creations with you!</div>
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These are the felt broaches that I am busy making </div>
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for an upcoming market.</div>
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I think they would also look lovely on a headband.<br />
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On my studio table I have a few projects going.</div>
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Cards for an upcoming class,</div>
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a decorated tin that is nearly finished </div>
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and the art journal techniques and samples</div>
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for the students.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-81741463716292911872015-05-20T11:03:00.002+02:002015-05-20T11:10:06.807+02:00Art Journal Creative Hobbies 11<div style="text-align: center;">
When you do a step by step for a tutorial, you take a lot of photos!</div>
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Here are a few more photographs of the Art Journal that I made for the magazine.</div>
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Here are most of the supplies that I used.</div>
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For all the pages of the Journal I used a 200 gsm</div>
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mixed media pad. This paper can take the punch!</div>
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You ink, stencil stamp and emboss.<br />
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Anything can also be added to your Journal.</div>
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Envelopes, craft paper dividers and scrap pieces of papers,</div>
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Art Journaling is a way to express yourself....without</div>
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These are my absolute basics. </div>
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A4 Heavy duty mixed media pad</div>
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Micron pens</div>
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Glue</div>
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Aqaurelle pencils</div>
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Water colour paints.</div>
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If you feel like creating, writing, doodling, drawing, scribbling,</div>
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painting, stenciling, texturing, gluing, spraying, stitching,</div>
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cutting and playing..... you are invited! </div>
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We will start off with one class a month. </div>
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One for the girls who can make it on a Thursday</div>
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and one for the girls that can make it on a Saturday. </div>
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<b>Thursdays: </b></div>
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18 June</div>
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16 July</div>
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20 August </div>
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17 September</div>
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15 October</div>
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19 November<br />
all classes 09:00 - 12:00</div>
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<b>Saturdays:</b></div>
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20 June</div>
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18 July</div>
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22 August</div>
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19 September</div>
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17 October</div>
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21 November<br />
all classes 10:00 - 13:00</div>
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I will teach you the basics:</div>
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Where to get inspiration</div>
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how to create a background</div>
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how to use the different products</div>
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The aim of the class is to learn how to be comfortable to create</div>
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( if you don't have a style yet, don't worry!</div>
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if you miss a class, don't worry !)</div>
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Available for class use:</div>
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stencils<br />
stamps</div>
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die cuts and machines</div>
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embossing folders</div>
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punches</div>
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and all the other non consumables</div>
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You need two things to start with:</div>
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A4 mixed media paper pad (photo)</div>
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Micron pen. 0.4</div>
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<a href="mailto:wohlitz@mweb.co.za" target="_blank">Reply by e-mailing me.</a><br />
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Using different mediums on a canvas can be challenging.</div>
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Will the tissue paper tear? Where do I put my embellishments?</div>
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For this class we:</div>
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Covered the canvas with gesso.</div>
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Painted it with two colours of distresss paint.</div>
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Blended the colours by wiping it with a baby wipe.</div>
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Used gel medium to adhere the tissue paper and the </div>
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Then we used stamps and ink to create some depth.</div>
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We created shadows by using distress markers and a water pen.</div>
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Each of the students brought their own individual touch to the canvasses.</div>
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Here is a list of the supplies that we used:</div>
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6 x 6 inch canvasses</div>
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Gesso</div>
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Distress paint</div>
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Distress markers</div>
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Distress stains</div>
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Gel medium</div>
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Tissue paper</div>
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Die cutting machine</div>
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Chipboard words</div>
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Experiment with these techniques in your art journal.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-45280670165393012082015-03-23T09:00:00.000+02:002015-03-23T09:00:05.939+02:00Cards in a Bottle<div style="text-align: center;">
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The Mason Jar is filled with cards to give as a gift.</div>
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The jar is decorated with washi tape, ric rac, lace tape, a paper rose</div>
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The paper Strawberry is filled with special treats.</div>
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It closes with the ribbon on top.</div>
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The Paper cones have small thank you notes</div>
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The Pilot Frixion Pen is a miracle. </div>
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Because she has Dementia it is not always easy and there are challenges.</div>
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All the small cloths made by grandmother and </div>
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This is a Christmas gift for my niece.</div>
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There is a little secret to embroidery these days.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-91367417781294991992014-11-03T10:30:00.000+02:002014-11-30T17:47:00.947+02:00Altered Suitcase<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is the sweet little suitcase.</div>
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The inside was done with paint, serviettes and gel medium.</div>
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We put up the stall and table on Tuesday and </div>
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These clip boards are my favorites. Both landscape and portrait.</div>
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All of them stenciled! Some of them aged.</div>
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Then to add something cute to the table I also painted this small suitcase.</div>
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I think it belonged to my sister. It was hers in Grade 1. </div>
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There is only space for your pencil and your lunch.... and</div>
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maybe your jersey if you really tried hard.</div>
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For this small art journal, these are the products I used.</div>
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The paper I chose to work on was 200gsm Water Colour Paper.</div>
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These two pages was coloured by using the distress inks.</div>
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Here I used the Distress paint to colour the paper. Then a mask</div>
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<a href="http://www.rangerink.com/">Distress paint</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.rangerink.com/">Distress stains</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.rangerink.com/">Distress Markers</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.rangerink.com/">Distress ink pads</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.rangerink.com/">Applicator tool</a></div>
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heart doily</div>
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gel medium</div>
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tissue paper</div>
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heart die</div>
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I made two hearts and then decided on the pink and white one.</div>
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Paint the word with distress paint and let it dry.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-6943196806460218322014-08-01T10:27:00.001+02:002014-08-01T10:27:25.975+02:00Art Journal Cover<div style="text-align: center;">
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This is the cover of the art journal.</div>
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I found the letters for the cover in my stash. </div>
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That was what my intention was with this journal.</div>
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A bit of colour therapy.</div>
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It is like a pair of new shoes, you need to look at them.</div>
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This is half the pleasure!</div>
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The next step is to journal in your own handwriting.</div>
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That needs a bit of practice, but I will definitely get there.</div>
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Between the other projects on my table and the ones in my head,</div>
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The quote on the first page is so true, I love it!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05427329690048184800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682315369038417044.post-50517116408934149372014-07-04T09:56:00.001+02:002014-07-08T16:36:25.241+02:00No Rules<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have no formal art training so I kept my ears and </div>
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eyes open when reading articles as I started on my journey</div>
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So on these pages my only guideline was to keep it colourful,</div>
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If you look closely, you will see a lot of techniques.</div>
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It doesn't really matter what you do, the main thing is you </div>
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I printed a lot of my favorite quotes, cut the words out and</div>
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but as I said, no rules.</div>
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This is a form of Art Journaling. Have a look at this website </div>
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Try this yourself and use all your "stuff "and techniques.</div>
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It is relaxing. It is therapy! Create with no rules.</div>
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I will post more pages and show you how I will </div>
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Maybe sew it, or bind it.....</div>
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