Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

As everyone loads up their new backpacks with crisp and untouched school supplies, I realize how grateful I am that the school chapter of my life is over. I love back-to-school supplies, though, and the feeling I get around this time of year (even though the student...

Monthly Mailings

Monthly Mailings

The reason you haven't seen much on the blog about my mailings is because I haven't been documenting anything! I completely fail in this area, and I'm sorry. You guys have sent me so many lovely things, and I'm so grateful! They deserve to be photographed. I honestly...

Demotion Day

Demotion Day

I don't really enjoy talking about politics that much. There are, however, a handful of issues that I feel very passionately about. Abortion, marriage equality/gay rights, animal cruelty, hover cars, and Pluto. Eight years ago today, Pluto was demoted from being a...

Oh, Internet

Oh, Internet

Every month I do a round-up of things I've found on the internet that have made me laugh or think enough to share. I hope you enjoy it! Feel free to add links in the comments.   Colorful curtain photoshoot A timeline of Charlie Kelly's illiteracy on It's Always Sunny...

Snail Mail Playlist

Snail Mail Playlist

Whether you're writing a letter to Santa, scribbling a postcard on vacation, or putting together a thoughtful birthday package, you might enjoy a themed soundtrack to get your creative juices flowing. I made you a playlist with songs on my iPod revolving around all...

New York City

New York City

I had four bucket list goals involving New York City, and this Summer I got to cross two of them off! I had only ever been to New York in the freezing cold Christmas-shopping-season, and I desperately wanted to experience that crazy city without worrying about...

Get Messy Art Journal

Get Messy Art Journal

Happy Thursday! Since Thursdays are the day that we share our art journal pages at Get Messy, I thought I'd make a page dedicated to it. The right page uses a brown paper bag as a background, and an image I found a long time ago but never used. (Can we talk about how...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Tuesday through Friday I was in New York, so a very large portion of my week was spent in a place that I actually plan to cover in a future post. So this week, I'm going to focus on very small things that brought my happiness. One amazing thing is that I got to see...

Inspiration Blog Hop

Inspiration Blog Hop

Caylee tagged me in an Inspiration Blog Hop last week, and now it's my turn to answer four questions about my creativity. What are you working on? Right now I am working on my Get Messy art journal (in the red Moleskine), preparing for a pool art performance piece...

Weekly Challenge: Play

Weekly Challenge: Play

It's Monday, so it's time to continue my new feature, where I provide you with a challenge for the upcoming week. I encourage you to share your interpretations, reactions, and results to these prompts wherever you so choose. Maybe you'll share on social media with the...