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  This visual journal page is very sentimental, it captures a piece of our wedding, a piece of the commitment we made to each other. By t...
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                            I survived my first year as a teacher. It wa...
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  I knew that eventually Nick and I would find our home… and we did. It took a couple of months of constant searching, disappointme...
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I knew the wedding registry was going to be a fun, stress free part of wedding planning. I couldn’t wait to go out and pick out gifts fo...
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As I have said before… house hunting can be a bit of a roller coaster ride. When we first started looking for our house, I couldn’...
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In addition to my mixed media paintings and visual journal, I love using clay. I fell in love with it in high school, and had amazing professo...
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This mixed media piece was made to go with my other mixed media piece, “Caged“. They are meant to hang next to each other, and ref...
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THE STORY Exactly one week after I got engaged, I bought my wedding dress. I went to one store, tried on a few dresses, got an idea for the st...
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This is a painting I recently finished using oil paint, modeling impasto wax, image transfers, and fabric. If you are interested in learning h...
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A visual journal page about an art fundraiser called Empty Bowls. To learn more about visual journals visit my website.
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Sometimes negative experiences inspire art. In this case, an art teacher lowlight of clogged sinks turning into works of art was the base.
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Teachers are often looked to as superheroes. But what happens when you don't feel like the superhero to all students? This is my story.
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