diy
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DIY Family Costume: Alien Abduction
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? Halloween, hands down. My most popular blog posts are my DIY family costumes, like lifecycle of a butterfly, deep sea creatures, and Elvis jumpsuit costume. A picture from my Hamilton family costume post is going to be published in a textbook in Africa(!!!). I even… Continue reading
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My First Metal Sculpture: Weekend Welding Workshop at The Steel Yard
What makes you nervous? The Oxy-Acetylene Torch Continue reading
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What is Carnivalcore? Dopamine Decor?
Comparing interior design trends: Dopamine Decor and Carnivalcore, which was inspired by Cara Delevingne’s home that burned down in a fire March 15, 2024 Continue reading
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DIY Large Circular Yin Yang Weaving Wall Art
Several years later, my large scale circular woven art with a hula hoop is still a popular post. If you’re a longtime reader, you may remember it from my old midcentury modern inspired living room or when I added framed it out. Now it hangs in my master bath. But I also have another large… Continue reading
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Inspired Seal Painting
I meshed a couple of my son’s interests, Jean-Michel Basquiat and seals, to create a work of art for his room. Continue reading
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DIY Fabric Scraps to Curtains
I’m a tree-huggin’, environmentalist type. I like to be thrifty, avoid overconsumption, and consider my overall impact before I make a purchase, like a good ol’ privileged millennial. Though I like to be resourceful, I also like cohesion. This project checked both boxes. Continue reading
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Creative Constipation
I was introduced to the concept of Creative Constipation a few years ago through the book Start Finishing by Charlie Gilkey. Creative Constipation is a clever name for what happens when you’re full of ideas you aren’t executing on. Whether time, resources, or executive function are to blame, when you have many things you want… Continue reading
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Valentine’s Day Weekly Creative Round Up
Last week was my first rendition of my Weekly Creative Work Round Up, where I combine everyday creative endeavors, ‘fit pics, and other aspects of art/writing/life balance to discuss ways in which I’ve worked to strengthen my creative muscles through the week. Continue reading
About Me
I’m an artist. Sometimes I paint impressionist townscapes in oils, other times I sketch out what I’d rather be painting in pencil. I design intentional environments in my home, and sometimes I get around to projects that the design consists of. I flip thrifted clothes, or I let ideas pile up like used fabrics overflowing from a box in my basement. This is a metaphor, but also a fact.
I’m a writer. Sometimes that means bad poetry. I often meander in my prose, as I find it hard not to mention every detail, what something reminds me of, and all of the background information you could never want.
I’m an explorer. Sometimes I explore the great outdoors, or other countries. Other times, my nose deep in a book, I’m exploring the universal human experience, nature science, ancient wisdom and impacts of colonialism. Often, I’m exploring my own inner experience through train-of-thought journaling.
I’m restless in my curiosity and consistently creative. To an outsider, it’s clear that leading a creative life involves output: paintings, outfits, decor, a garden. The creative knows that this output requires a frequent stream and synthesis of that input. This blog is the space I use to organize and sort my meandering thoughts and pile of ideas.