This was a boiling point for me. The first few weeks of school were behind me, but the stress of the year had been piling up. It was my second...
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Creating an artistic pumpkin is much easier than you may think. All you need are a few everyday items and some art supplies, and you can creat...
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  Being born and raised in the south also means that I was born and raised with the Braves. Growing up I remember rooting for Chipper Jones, J...
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I was thrilled when I finished my first visual journal cover to cover, and I couldn’t wait to start my new book. When I first found my s...
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This is my most recent mixed-media painting. I was commissioned to create something with blues, greens, and yellows, but other than that it wa...
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I finally reached the end. I reached the end of my journey, the end of my first visual journal. I worked cover to cover until every page was f...
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           I was married, a wife, had my own house, and my very own husband. I had grown up to be a big girl. My parents married me off and se...
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An Alice and Wonderland-inspired tea set. A teapot that includes all Alice in Wonderland characters and a two teacups.
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THE STORY I wanted to capture multiple moments of my wedding in my journal, which meant multiple pages. I wanted to keep my favorite picture p...
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This journal page is tied with only one other page as my favorite in my book. I absolutely love it. Perhaps I love it because it took hours to...
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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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