It is so lovely being back in the studio after the summer break. The first project on my mind when I got back was the butterfly reminder from week 5 of the Artistic Mother by Shona Cole, even though I dragged my feet a little towards the end (until Trudy gave me some common sense, […]

  This is the 4th project from The Artistic Mother by Shona Cole. It took a while for this to come together, I fiddled with it quite a bit, but am happy with how it turned out. I printed my vision statement on a picture of Aoife blowing bubbles on our back porch a while back. Above […]

  It seems I’ve found my groove again. Yay! I was so happy to be back crafting and creating again, I ended whipping this up in an afternoon (I prepared the fabric about a month ago, before I lost my groove), and really enjoyed the process. Yes, I Carin, enjoyed sewing! Wonders never cease! I have […]

I loved making this. I use a lot of pretty notebooks and journals in day to day life, often paying a fortune for the pleasure, so buying a relatively cheap notebook and decorating it myself was a real treat. I will definitely do this again for other journals. I used two of my background papers […]

  I loved making these backgrounds for week 1 of “the Artistic Mother”. They were so soothing to make and I can see many different uses for them. My mind is already full of ideas. My first project was making an art action plan as described in the book. Now I just have to start […]