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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! It is now summer folks, which means time to start realizing those creative dreams……painting, journaling, crocheting, mosaic, gardening, the works! Summer is the time to inject that carefree attitude into your crafting, and who knows, you may just surprise yourself. And if you crochet, or knit, or embroider, or would like to, summer is the perfect time to do a take along project, something that can be done in the car, on a plane, or anytime you have a few moments to spare. I’ve been trying to get into embroidery for years now, as something to do on…
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Summer Doodling: Travel Inspired Doodles For A Travel Journal?
I just love this summer travel themed doodle that my daughter added to her drawing journal a few weeks ago! And it is a very nice addition to my little summer doodllng series, says one proud Mama. My daughter has shown us all that one can doodle with a theme, which is such a great idea. In other words, if you have a travel journal, you don’t have to actually sketch places you’ve visited, but you could start with a few architectural elements (like the arch and domed roof houses seen here) or symbols of the place you’ve visited, and doodle around these. Add words, and voila, it could be…
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Summer Doodling: Micro Doodles Are Amazing For Those With Patience
I’m not exactly sure when my daughter started making micro doodles, but as you can see she has become quite accomplished at the art of very tiny doodling! Originally she started making patterns like this using post-it notes, and now she has graduated to filling an entire 11″ x 14″ journal page, wow! I love the idea of little phrases amidst the doodles, and I’m thinking that she certainly has a future in pattern design, among other things! Want to make something like this yourself, or encourage a teenager in your life to doodle away? Lets get started……
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Summer Doodling: White Gel Pen On Black Paper
Ah, yes at long last a post showing that we are actually involved in creativity around here at CJM! What can I tell you, life is busting at the seams and have been working hard on so many projects other than blogging, but I promise, all this will change soon. in the mean time I have a few doodling posts to share with you, and summer is the perfect time to just relax and doodle, so I hope this inspires you to take pen to paper just because. Now of course I do have plans for these sheets of patterns but that will have to wait until next week. In…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here! As you may have noticed, the only creativity appearing on my blog these last few weeks (not including photography) has been from all the wonderful contributors to this party. I have been very busy in the creativity department with a few intense graphic design projects while finishing up an interiors project, and that simply leaves no time for crafting…….or even photographing recent projects that I have yet to share. Not complaining just noticing that the weeks are zooming by and I look forward to some sketching and painting, coming soon, or at least on our summer journeys.…
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Public Art In The Ukraine: Wall Murals In Kyiv!
On our Passover trip to the Ukraine I had neither time to do research before hand, nor internet access once on the trip, so the whole experience was very much a surprise, and things are still unfolding as I start to do research about many of the things I saw, and of course photographed! I’ll admit, I’m generally not a fan of huge wall murals, and especially those on historic buildings, but some of the examples I saw in Kiev (many from the car so no possibility of photographing them) were really quite interesting, and I actually really love the two examples that I did get to photograph! As it…
