It’s a good day for a free art mini-poster. Or maybe two. Or even all three! After all, they’re FREE! They’re PDFs. Each is designed to print on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper, with a small margin around them for matting. (The photos show what they’ll look like, framed.) Click on any image…
Category: At Home
Life at home for a mixed media artist. Cooking, decorating, and more.
Enthusiasm is Contagious – Free Poster to Color (or Not)
This has been a transformative week… in a year of “ah-HA!” transitions and cool discoveries. I’m re-energized and planning very cool projects. To celebrate, I’m sharing a door sign* that I created. It’s where my mind is, at the moment. You have two options. Or you can choose both. (Btw, neither of the prints have…
Easy Kitchen Gardens – Green Onions & Mint Cuttings
This Christmas – like last year – we started kitchen gardens for friends & family. They’ve been a great success. (My own green onions have been thriving for over a year now. I just keep cutting them back – to use in recipes – and the plants regrow bigger & more flavorful every time.) Today,…
Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree – 2012
This year, we chose some real, alternative Christmas tree options. We had two trees in our living room. (I’ve always preferred to have more than one tree for the holiday season.) One “tree” was actually a bunch of small branches, arranged in a large glass jar, so they looked like a small Christmas tree. I’d…
Grow Your Own Groceries – Back to the Future?
I’m about to swing wildly off-topic here. Blame it on my addiction to old newspapers and magazines. I cruise through them for cool images for collage, and — the next thing I know — I’m suddenly learning about handmade lace, pea soup recipes, or raising chickens. When I was a kid, I was convinced I’d…
Got Snow? Snowman Alternative
The weather has become… odd. Warmer than usual, much of the year. Colder at unexpected times. Generally… kind of odd. So, when I was browsing old magazines and newspapers, this article caught my attention. It’s about a “snow devil” alternative to a snowman. It sounds magnificent, and ideal for an outdoor art projects. The article…
Before Spring – A Photo Essay about New Hampshire
Yesterday morning, I went out to take some photos of the sunrise. They’re intended as reference photos for future artwork, but some of these may become art prints. Once I get started on an adventure like this, it can turn into a mini road trip… and that’s exactly what happened. About three hours later, I…
Art, The Secret, and Feeling Good
When I create anything artistic, I feel good. I’ve also noticed that my life goes better… I attract more good things into my life. So, when Bob Proctor sent me this quotation this morning, I knew I wanted to turn it into a mini-poster and put it on my wall. The quotation is: “It’s really…