Yes, I’m getting back to my creative roots. I’m a third-generation artist, and one of the very first bloggers. For the past couple of years, my husband and I have been exploring where to put down roots. It’s been quite a journey, but – as we’re narrowing our focus – I now have more time
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Updating this website, I stumbled upon these doll patterns, and decided to make them available again. All of these patterns are free to print and use. But… these are OLD patterns from ~15 or more years ago, designed to print on 8.5″ x 11″ paper, but at a very low resolution. (I’m working on improving
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When I received this camera – in return for an honest review – I did NOT expect much. I mean, really… it looks like a toy, and it’s called the KOKODI Kids Camera. As usual with many imports, the instruction manual was pretty difficult to understand. That’s partly because this camera takes photos, and makes
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These are some of my coloring books, and a free sample page from each one. Coloring books – Bold and Easy Coloring Pages First, here’s my “bold and easy” coloring books story. I’m the one who – in 2015 – published the very first “bold and easy” coloring book. Yes, I’m the one who started
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Would you like a free Halloween coloring page? Click the image to download and print it. (The actual page is 8.5″ x 11″) More Free Art and Downloads! Also at this website, you’ll find many Halloween and ghost-themed art ideas, and a few freebies. Some are a bit dark and/or ghoulish. (In my semi-Goth teen
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SO… this will be a weird post, but I have to share this because it’s so astonishing. It’s how I realized that electro-sensitivity is a thing, after all. Also, in the future, I don’t plan to include many non-art posts like this (they’ll be at my “Art and Other Things” Substack, instead), but this is
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“Swaps” are where a certain number of people agree to swap… Well, something, usually handmade, and they’re usually multiple, identical (or nearly identical) items. It’s a fun way of sharing art, usually through the mail, but sometimes in person. Zine swaps In this case, a “zine swap” is where you send a certain number of
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(This Disney World birthday post was copied from my Substack blog.) This week, I celebrated my birthday. Of course, that meant going to Disney for a romantic evening with my husband. We went to our favorite park, Epcot, and it was a lovely, surprisingly cool-ish night. Not too crowded, either. Yaayy for romance and yaayy
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Artistamps are part of a larger art form called mailart. It’s been popular in different eras, most recently in the 1970s, then in the 1990s, and now – in the 21st century – it’s growing in popularity again. Wheeeeee! WHAT IS MAILART? Mailart (also called “mail art”) is art sent through the mail, and it’s
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What is a door sign? It’s a hand-drawn sign with an uplifting message, usually placed on my front door. My door signs began in Orlando (Florida) during the peak of the Covid lockdown. Many neighbors – especially Disney World Cast Members, unemployed while the parks were closed – were stressed. To cheer them, I started
