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- Category: Aisling's Blog
- What’s on Your Desktop?
- 2020 – The Year We Decided: The Future is Art!
- Art and Inner Critics: Danielle Krysa
- Notes on Tidying Up – A First Pass with KonMari
- The Importance of Your Art
- What’s on Your Desk?
- Start with Why – Simon Sinek
- Advice for Artists – John Cleese on Creativity
- Art Journals – Beauty is in the eye of…
- Before Spring – A Photo Essay about New Hampshire
- Inspiring Quotes about Creativity
- Category: Art in the Mail
- Swaps and Documentation
- Swaps and Postage
- Doll Swaps – How the Numbers Work
- Art Swaps – How the Numbers Work
- Category: Digital Art
- ACEOs – Production-line shortcuts
- ATC – Spalding Inn, NH
- ATC – A Simple Rose
- ATC – City/Stars in pen & ink
- ATC – Desk chair
- ATC – Pen and ink, fan
- ATCs in Pen and Ink
- ATC Tutorial 4 – Memories – Finishing the ATC
- ATC Tutorial 3 – Memories – Giving it meaning
- ATC Tutorial 2 – Memories – Adding more layers
- ATC Tutorial 1 – Memories – Digital ATC
- Nevermore – Gothic ATC – Edgar Allan Poe
- Midnight in New Orleans – ATC
- Memories – A Digital ATC
- Reality/Imagination – A free poster and Artist Trading Card (ATC)
- Face Behind the Words – Free digital ATC
- Gold Leaf – ATC Tutorial
- Gold Leaf – a Free, Printable ATC
- Spirits in the Old Saloon – a Texas ATC (R-rated)
- Everlasting – free digital ATC
- Dreamcards – from an ATC swap
- Dream – a free digital ATC (artist trading card)
- Choose Your View – printable ATC
- By the Light – printable ATC (artist trading card)
- Free ATCs to Print
- Foggy New Orleans Morning – Free Printable ATC
- Category: Mailart & Artistamps
- Disneyland Tribute for My Mom (Fantasyland game)
- Artistamps – Digital swaps! (2010)
- Resizing Your Art for Artistamps
- How to make a Sheet of Artistamps with Adobe PhotoShop
- Perforations for Artistamps
- Real, Exotic and Foreign-looking Stamps
- Glues and Adhesives for Artistamps
- Glue Recipes – Artistamps
- Artistamps – Definition
- Aisling’s Artistamps 2000 – 2005
- Art Day 2005 Mail Art Call: Art in the Streets
- Category: Zines
- Category: At Home
- Category: Books by Aisling
- Category: Business & Career
- More Copyright – Rules and Resources for Stock Images
- Stage Fright, Perfection, Flow, Teaching, and Art
- Art, Matthew Diffee, and Mother Sea Turtles
- Art and the Economics of Giving
- Copyright, Flickr and Google Images
- While I’m Talking About Public Domain…
- Copyright and Free, Royalty-Free Resources… again!
- Art Journals v. Artist’s Journals
- Why Art?
- In Business? Who Are You Reading?
- Magpie logic
- Cheap Art Manifesto
- Crafts Fair Marketing – On-site ideas
- Planning for your future
- The importance of leverage
- Art Consignment for Beginners
- Recommended: Annual meetings
- Choosing an unjuried show
- Keys to successful art shows: Have fun
- The Quadrants, revisited, by Robin Retallick
- Trademarks, original ideas, and copycats
- Copyright and the ‘three stroke’ rule
- 9 Ways to Communicate a Rock-Solid Identity
- Be friendly at shows
- When a student copies
- Copying and coincidence in art
- Video: 3 step formula for creative success
- Copyright and art
- Write About Your Art? Yes, You Can!
- “Plan B” Teaching
- How to start teaching art
- How much do artists earn?
- How do you face your creative fears?
- Whose fault is it…?
- Ultimate Creative Conspiracy Theory
- Why New Year’s resolutions fail
- How to pace your art classes
- Art, energy and originality
- What art teachers are paid
- When NOT to Teach
- Sell your art locally
- What is ‘true art’?
- Teaching at National Art Events
- Category: Collage & Mixed Media Art
- Fore-Edge Book Art – Historical Examples
- Look at These Early Selfies! 1839 – 1913
- The Return of the RR – RR #2 images
- How to Organize Images for Your Mixed Media Collages
- Composition Book Artists Journals
- Sewing Onto Your Journal Pages
- Foam Brush Notes
- Artists’ Journal RR #2b – Debbie O’s pages
- Alley Hauldren’s Journey to Winchester, TN
- Alley Hauldren’s Third Journal Pages
- Alley Hauldren’s Second Pages
- Round Robin Journal #2b – Alley’s Art
- Round Robin #2b – First pages
- RR Journal #1 – Final American Scans
- RR #1 – Pages 11 through 15
- Round Robin Journal #1 – ArtistsJournals Group
- Torn-Paper Collages – How-to video
- What’s an Artist’s Journal?
- A debt of gratitude, from journalists
- Artfest 2004 Collaborative Journal – 2
- Artfest 2004 Collaborative Journal – 1
- Rubbings in Your Art Journals – Not Just for Halloween!
- Elegant Rubbings with Art Foil
- Easy Embellished Vinyl Tote Bag
- How to Collage in Your Art Journals – 2008 Art Journaling Update
- Journaling Your Past – Free eBook
- Wax Paper and Artists Journals
- Gesso – What It Is and How to Use It
- Art Journaling with Mixed-Media Collage – Tips for Beginners
- Artists Journals – My Letter to Erin
- Category: Art Journaling
- Another Journey – Mixed Media Collage
- Art Journaling Ideas – Complex and Detailed (Video)
- Word Art, Fonts, and Resources
- Art Journaling? Resist! A Sneaky Way to Add Excitement
- Art Journaling Inspiration – Vintage Diaries (Video)
- Guerilla Art Kit and Other Journaling Ideas – Keri Smith
- Art Journaling – Making the Everyday Different
- Cute Ways to Draw in Your Art Journal
- Mixed Media Ideas for Art Maps and Landscapes
- A Curious Lifestyle and Super-Creative Art Journaling: Dan Price
- Short, Fast Art Journaling Inspiration – Art of Danny Gregory
- Adding Collage Layers in Your Artists Journals
- Art Journaling? Travel Journal Inspiration!
- Art Journaling Backgrounds – The Excitement Starts Here!
- Make Your Own Magpie Journals
- Art Journaling with Magazines – Part 1
- Folded Paper Art Journals
- Altered Book Art Journaling – How-To
- Journals as Story Bibles
- Journal Your Way to Happiness
- Category: Art shrines & assemblages
- Homage to Dr. John – mixed media collage
- Breakthrough Shrines – Notes
- Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
- Tammy Fae Pocket Shrine
- Superman Mini-Shrine
- Prosperity Pocket Shrine
- Art and Alchemy Pendant Shrine
- Otherworld Shrine
- Superman Shrine – Pringles Lid
- Art and Science of Pocket Shrines
- Elvis Matchbook Shrine
- ‘Create’ Pocket Shrine (winged)
- Creativity Pocket Shrine
- Layering Paint and Polyurethane for Rich Depth
- Embellishments for Mystery & Dazzle
- Applying Plaster Gauze to Your Art Shrine
- Art Shrines – Add Texture with Plaster Gauze
- Edgar Allan Poe Shrine – Free Print
- Asparagus Wand
- Capolan exchange: Relic Room Assemblage
- Family history shrines
- Category: Torn-Paper Collages
- Category: Drawing, Sketching & Painting
- Category: Fabric Art & Figures
- How to Make Sock Dolls – Step-by-Step
- Sock Doll Swap – Jul 2010
- Choosing Fabric for Your Cloth Doll
- Cloth Dolls – How to Choose Your Doll Stuffing
- Cloth Dolls – Should You Preshrink Fabrics
- Dolls’ Faces – Easy Homemade Molds
- Ambermoggie — doll artist interview — part two
- Ambermoggie – doll artist interview – part one
- Free Cloth Doll Patterns
- Stefania Morgante – doll artist – interview
- JJ Buch – doll artist interview – part two
- JJ Buch – doll artist interview – part one
- Alice C. W. Dennis – doll artist interview – part three
- Alice C. W. Dennis – doll artist interview – part two
- Alice C. W. Dennis – doll artist interview – part one
- Barbie, Clearasil and ‘Green Ear’
- Voodoo Barbie
- Altered Dolls
- Annie Faerie Dolls
- Faerie Grandmother Pindoll
- History of Paper Dolls – Part Two
- History of Paper Dolls – Part One
- More Dangerous Women
- Artfest Doll
- Dangerous Women Reaching for the Stars
- Teal Magic Doll
- Category: Quilts & Wall Hangings
- Fresh Designs – free design book
- Rust and Teal Pieced Bodice
- Purple Fabric Art Jacket 1
- Disney Fabric Art Jacket
- Easy Rolled Cloth Beads
- Ribbon Embroidery and Beading
- Baby’s Blocks Gone Wild
- Baby Quilt – Pink and Red
- Rocking chair – reseating
- Interested in Fabric Art? Start Here.
- Cotton v. Polyester fabrics
- Category: Freebies
- Category: Gallery
- The Journey – Mixed Media Collage
- Dreaming a Story – Torn-Paper Collage
- When We’re Ready – Torn Paper Collage
- We Are / Enough – Torn Paper Collage
- She’s Back – Torn Paper Collage
- Resilient – Torn Paper Collage
- Disrupted – Torn Paper Mixed Media Collage
- Peace of Mind – Torn-Paper Collage
- Play… with Elegance – Torn-Paper Collage
- Winning Vision – Collage
- Torn-Paper Collage – Authenticity in a Time of Challenge
- Dreams / True Story Collage
- Category: Product Reviews