Skull Disk Hoodie

When the spring winds blow stay warm and cozy in a Skull Disk Hoodie. It has a certain magnetic charm!

Cats Rule Hoodie...

 Her cat Mew Made Her do it. A stylized rendering of Mew on a Cats Rule Hoodie. It keeps her warm and protects her from the cool spring winds... so she can do her cat's bidding....

Don't Even Think About It!

Creating on demand. It can frighten the most creative souls. As a muse I can tell you the best way to deal with it... DON'T THINK! Turn off the chatter in your head. Just go for it! Follow your whims, wander in what ever way tickles your fancy. Experiment and trust in yourself!
Click on over and check out the Tim Holtz 12 Tags.

Then, if you feel so inclined, put on some music, listen to an audio book or podcast to distract your brain and create!

Yay, Artistgirl got a Craft Gossip link to her Archival Video with Tim Holtz!

Thinking Around the Box...

More inspiration from Tim Holtz! His 7th tag has a great video on his Kraft Glassine! Take a look and ideas will start multiplying! Creativity is in a festive mood!

Super Star Saturday at the Ice Resin Blog!

For the past few weeks she's been experimenting with resin. It's been exhilarating. My muse self has been whispering in her ear almost constantly! Her creative juices are flowing and there's so much more for her to try! Susan Lenart Kazmer's Ice Resin is awesome! So easy to use and the results are magnificent! This content is no longer available on the site..She's thrilled to be featured on the Ice Resin Blog on Super Star Saturday! Click over to the Ice Resin blog and look around there's eye candy and lot's of great info! Enjoy! She has a bunch of projects featured... one of her favorites is this Birthday Candle Necklace!

December....Already!

Wow, where did November go? Time to start making presents!
She's loving every minute of it!

An Invitiation to Gratitude...

An Inbox invitation piqued her curiosity. It was from the wonderful, crafty Lisa Clarke. She accepted and posted a photo to the Flickr group 'A Month of Gratitude'. Keeping in the spirit of Lisa's "I’ll focus more on the little things for this", Artistgirl's chose clouds.
Come and join in the fun! Share & celebrate what you're grateful for! Details are on Lisa's Blog!

Continuous Growth

Learning, practice, stretching, experimentation, FUN!!!

Strange Things Afoot...ahem!....Apaw...

Something went awry. I was sending her some inspiration.

Alas, an upsetting and curious thing happened.

I think I'll start over tomorrow...

Back To Her Roots...

She's been playing with watercolors lately. Back to a medium she absolutely adores. Getting ideas for a class to post on CraftEdu.com. Warm weather and watercolors, a perfect combination!

She Hammers In The Evening...

She loves textured metal! A really fun way to impart texture is with a hammer...


Tim Holtz has a really cool Texture Hammer that comes with several screw on heads.


She wanted to simulate the feeling of tree bark, so she took a riveting hammer and added a slew of blows to the flat metal screw on head that comes with Tim's Hammer Set. Now all she has to do to get a wonderful bark-like look is to hammer her annealed metal with her custom hammer. Her mind is swimming with design ideas. Hmmmm...maybe she could get Tim to sell her the metal screw on heads in bulk???? ;-)

You spin me right 'round, baby. Right 'round...

Love can be like a tornado, it can sweep you off your feet and turn you right 'round baby.

What She Saw...

...lately she has the inclination to turn everything her creative mind sees into metal. For now she's put down her brush and picked up a hammer and jeweler's saw.

Artistgirl's In The House...

...Making Metal Jewelry and Loving It!

Twisted...

...in a good way! She's totally into metal lately. Yet she's twisting the night away!

Snow Storm = Studio Time

Lately, the thought of snow makes her happy. Being snowbound means more creative time in the studio. Playing with metal is her latest passion. She cut, hammered and texturized this copper heart and attached a filed a silver wire to make a pin. Let it snow!

Creative Cross Pollination...

After a week of CHA (Craft & Hobby Association) madness in Anaheim you might think she would just veg. It was much work, but lots of fun sharing the Ranger Make-it Take it table with Claudine Hellmuth, Suze Weinberg & Tim Holtz.
She got back to her studio and the what-if monster got into her head. She liked her Make-it Take-it Tim Holtz flower pin (below) but wanted a (another) purse for her iPod.
She covered The Grunge Paper (that was covered with a dictionary page adhered with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium, Matte and die cut with the new Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals die) with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky-Back Canvas. She used the Sticky-Back Canvas to make the purse, and painted it and the flower with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint. She attached a black cord for the shoulder strap. The flower was adhered with Multi-Medium and a rose button she made with polymer clay. Just another fun Sunday in the studio.

Hi Bud...

Beautiful weather in NJ today... warm enough for short sleeves! It made her think of spring, so, she made a polymer clay bud necklace for a dear friend.

Only on Halloween...

A Gypsy ironing a Witch's hair! Artistgirl Irons the lovely Ms. Patti Behan's hair. Bonnie Egenton is behind the camera!

The Glorious Web...

We love the web. The information highway is abundant with inspiration. Learn to Make Money From Your Art. Google a word, phrase or question. Get an (many actually) answer. Send an Instant Gift. Talk to friends from all over the world on Facebook. In a creative funk? Browse some blogs, play with Google Images, view some YouTube videos, look at some Flickr photos. The list is endless! Yes, we love the web!