Artist & Aesthete

It’s the season of gifts over at Get Messy, So for the next few weeks I’ll be working in my Gifts journal. Get Messy Art Journal is an art journaling program that is a school, art playground and family. We are a group of like minded art journalers who have come together under this art form to learn, share, practice our skills and push past our creative limits with hopes to inspire. Our community values consistent creating, encouragement and suppport and trying new things. We

Hey guys, today I wanted to show you these gelli print mandalas I did that are SO much fun to make! First off, what is a Mandala? Let’s see what the google says: man·da·la noun- a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. It is a pattern in a circle, sometimes complex, sometimes abstract, but always in a circle. I just love them as a design. I though it might be fun to paint my own mandala patterns using the Gelli Plate by Gelli Arts. Gelli

I’ve been gelli printing for a few years but for some reason until last month I never thought to combine my Hazel and Ruby masks with my Gelli Plate. They work together so well, I really should have done it sooner! This week is a blog swap between Hazel and Ruby and Gelli Arts so today I’m up on the Hazel and Ruby blog sharing this hand bound coptic stitch journal I created! If you want to know how I combined Hazel and Ruby + the Gelli Plate, hop over to the Hazel and Ruby bl

Hey everyone, Merry Christmas Eve! Are you ready for the Holiday? 🙂 Just fair warning, This is a long post. When I get up in the mornings (after playing on facebook and drinking tea) I’ve been spending time doing the days 30 Days of lists prompt and working in my December album, adding in photos and memories from the day before. I’ve shared a little bit about my December album here on the blog already. If you want to, read more about it here: Putting together/Decorating my D

I created this art journal spread using Paper Wings Productions July Nesting Components Kit, which is tea themed. Hop on over to the PWP blog to read my post! #artjournal #gelli #PaperWings