Listen in and meet art friend, Joanna Grant! Here are a couple of photos and you can see more of her art below the podcast.
Visit Joanna at her Joanna Banana blog to see more of her work and keep up with what she is currently doing! Thank you, Joanna! Here is some of Joanna’s work- ENJOY!
Here is the first episode of the Artful Adventures podcast!
Don’t run off yet, because I want you to stay tuned! We are about to launch the first podcast series, “Everyday Artist,” where we will interview a variety of women from many walks of life. We want to know how they find to work their arts and crafts into their busy lives, and how they feel it makes a difference in their life – not only to themselves, but to others!
Do you ever wish you could get away to attend a workshop that you think you’d enjoy? Or what about a whole artsy, craftsy, scrappy weekend? Ohhh that would be fun! However, that isn’t always something we can make happen. Therefore, Lain Ehmann came up with the brilliant idea to have just such an event – virtually! She calls it TrueScrap, and so far she has held four of them!
Now you can get any of TrueScrap 4 classes individually, and on sale!
Each on is just $9.95 until 12/25!
How about this class with Julie Fei-Fan Balzar! This is a fun class and you’ll get to watch her in action and learn techniques you can try for yourself. Click here to view more details on Julie’s class.
Or maybe you want more scrapbook ideas. Heidi Swapp shows Your Memory File scrapbooking techniques, and you can get some great ideas on ways to incorporate a lot into a small space. You can learn to take your scrapbooking a new direction! Click here to view more details on Heidi’s class.
Have you accumulated more arts and crafts supplies for your favorite hobby than you know what to do with? Would you like to find some ways to use them?
Whether you like to scrapbook, stamp, make cards, art journal, create mixed media, or any number of other hobbies, you probably have a stash of items that you are not really using on a regular basis. This picture depicts a very tidy space, but many of us don’t have things this organized (and you know who you are)! The fact remains, if you’re not using your stash of goodies, they are just taking up valuable real estate in your space! If you are like most hobby enthusiasts, there is no telling how much money you have invested in these items.
This isn’t about making you feel guilty for not utilizing all that great stuff. Instead, it’s about creating a plan to use it up! We often get in a rut and use the same products over and over, and the rest just begin to collect dust. In part, Artful Adventures is about helping you find new ways to use stuff you already have on hand! We are going to dig in and find what you have, and help you find some ways to use it up!
As we get ready to do that, I would urge you to get started by finding out what you have. Put like with like so that you begin to see what you really have. Once you begin to do that, you’ll know what you have and it will be so much easier to move forward. That way, as we talk about ways to use different products, you’ll know if you have it on hand, or if it looks like something that could work with others things you have, you won’t end up having duplicates.
I’ll confess right now that my arts and crafts items have finally made their way into a single area, and it so much more efficient! However, I had been carrying items all over the house and using them when the mood hit me. I am afraid that method has cost me several black markers I was using on some lettering projects. Ouch. I still hope they turn up before I need them and end up replacing any or all of them!
Not only are we going to talk about ways to use products, but we’ll talk about using them to cross from one thing to another: (come on say it with me) whether you want to use it in scrapbooking, stamping, card making, mixed media or art journaling!
What kinds of products do you have that you just aren’t using these days? Leave a comment and let’s see what we can do!
Joanne Sharpe is such a gifted artist and teacher and I would be remiss if I did not share her wonderful free class she is doing now! It is called Five Golden Letterings and is yours to enjoy at no cost!
She is already on day 3 of the class, so if you watch the videos, you’ll have an idea of what you may have on hand that you can already use. You could also use the techniques you’ll see and use whatever colors you want! Shhh… I won’t tell you didn’t use gold!
So far she has shown some great ways to spiff up some wrapping paper, gift bags, and cards! It’s amazing how a handful of supplies can be used to de-stress and make something artful and useful all at the same time! You are sure to pick up a some ideas to artfully add some special touches to your holidays!
Stop by and check out her Five Golden Letteringsclass! Then come back and share with us what you’ve made!
How about this class with Julie Fei-Fan Balzar! This is a fun class and you’ll get to watch her in action and learn techniques you can try for yourself. 
Joanne Sharpe is such a gifted artist and teacher and I would be remiss if I did not share her wonderful free class she is doing now! It is called Five Golden Letterings and is yours to enjoy at no cost!