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"Speaking to Clouds" is alcohol ink on Yupo paper attached to a wood panel and resined. This artwork sold in 2019. How to resin art just got a lot easier with my 3-step process. For me, watching someone resin art is a great way to learn, so I decided to film these videos for all …
Resin art will take your artwork to the next level. Learn how I resin art in my 5 video "how-to" series! I describe Step 1 in this article and video. "Garden Fire" is one of my resined pieces of art. It is an 8" x 10" on Yupo paper, attached to a canvas. I framed …
by Lynn S. Schwebach This post, article 4, follows my first three articles on how to establish and use a bullet journal. To follow my steps from the beginning, also read articles one, two, and three. After using my bullet journal for a month, I decided that this bullet thing keeps me more organized than …
by Lynn S. Schwebach One of the best lessons I learned starting a bullet journal focuses on over scheduling, and for some reason, writing it down the old fashioned way—analog—made me see this better than any other organization system. (For an overview on the rhyme and reason of bullet journals, see my article, "Bullet Journals …
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by Lynn S. Schwebach After a few weeks of my new bullet journal sitting in its shrink wrap on my desk, I finally opened it, and I started my new organized life. My friend Chip introduced me to the bullet journal concept, and she came to my house to show me her FABULOUS (a.k.a. artwork …
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by Lynn S. Schwebach I think my friend Chip (her Vietnamese name is Pham Van Anh) and her “bullet journal” will change my life, but first let me explain. Plain and simple, a bullet journal is a way to get your "to do" list and future goals on paper—in a systematic way. But any kind …
When I was in college, a friend matted a couple of her flower photographs and gave them to me as a Christmas gift. One of the most unique, best gifts I had ever been given, I kept these matted photographs on a shelf in every place I lived. They are with me today, 30 years …
by Lynn S. Schwebach Creative individuals roam through garage and estate sales with their minds running on a cerebral treadmill. Imagining how we can “makeover” or use another’s junk for yet another project – proposed or ongoing – fires our thoughts into a manic sprint. So it happened to me with this ugly green table …
by Lynn S. Schwebach Call me a curmudgeon, but I detest wrapping Christmas presents – or any presents for that matter. I don’t like wrapping paper full of smiling, generic snowmen, sappy snowflakes, and flatulent-looking Santas. Worse, I hate forking over money for paper that’s going to have a quick moment of glory only to …