Monthly Archives: June 2011

Notes to Myself – Cover and First Pages

If you would like to learn about the Notes to Myself project from the beginning, check out the introduction post here. So the first step to creating my minibook was to decide on the structure. I’m not huge on planning when it comes to these types of projects, because it’s supposed to be fun and [...]

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Notes to Myself Scrapbook Art Project

I feel that is important to remember, record, and reflect upon our creative journeys – both the good and bad. I like the idea of taking challenging experiences and turning them into life lessons that empower and propel me forward. Sometimes, I really need those reminders, those encouraging thoughts…to get me through tough times. So [...]

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Copic Love

I’m probably not the first person to have fallen in love with Copics before truly understanding how it all works. I had first been exposed to the Copic brand through the manga community and used their black multiliner pens for drawing. But after seeing the beautiful coloring techniques of many cardmakers and scrapbookers – I [...]

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Imperfectly Beautiful Minibook

I’m a big fan of KarenĀ Gurnberg, a scrapbooker, a mom, a manager, a photographer…an inspiration for all. A while back I had registered for her free class at Big Picture Classes, Embrace Perfection…but didn’t really have the time to go through it properly. But I suppose that was an excuse in some ways…perhaps I simply [...]

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