Artist & Aesthete

You may be thinking it is too early for Christmas posts, but in reality, there aren’t that many weeks left until the holidays start and we all get into the Christmas spirit! Who doesn’t love a good Christmas craft, right? Which is why today I am reviewing the new book, Handmade Christmas, by CICO Books! Here is a blurb about it by the published: Save money and have fun with this beautiful collection of Christmas makes. Split into three chapters covering a wide range of differ

Today I am over on the rukristin blog sharing this but I just had to show it to you guys as well! This is the journal/mini album I made to use partially as a December Daily album, partially #30Lists and also a little bit of a Christmas art journal, all rolled up into one. I know, I know, it’s January, and everyone is moving on from Christmas, but I wanted to show you guys my album! I am using a recycled book for my album base. I used an old Readers Digest book, because I thi

Can you believe we are only one month away from Christmas (well, Christmas Eve)? It’s true, people. Are you ready? I’m excited And since Christmas is fast approaching I wanted to do a small blog post series with gift ideas for crafters! I’m going to be splitting these up into categories, like “gifts for quilters”, “gift for scrapbookers”, etc. Today I want to share with you 20 fun gifts for art journalers! Stocking Stuffers- Under $5 Markers- Brands I love are Sharpies, Micro

I already shared a few pages of this album when I was first decorating it. You can see those here. I made this album to use it to document my December and the Christmas season! Sort of like December Daily. I am adding journaling, photos, embellishments and I am also adding in lists from 30 Days of Lists. Some are Christmasy, some aren’t. I have so many pages in this album I’m sharing them in multiple posts. This is part 1 (the first 7 days) I’ll be posting more of my pages la