Made By Humans
Now that we have these great empty books, it’s time to get them from being empty to having something in them as quickly as possible. I find that when I have nice books, or even books I’ve made or that are made for the purpose of art journaling, it can be difficult to start. The […]
This is a little bit of a cheat day because there’s nothing exciting happening here, just putting our DIY journal together. Unless of course you get inspired and start filling up your book, too, which is great if you do! Take your signatures that you made yesterday, pile them together, and put glue on the […]
Yesterday we talked about pulling together supplies to make an art journal — or any other kind of DIY journal you like! — and I mentioned that we’d be putting the pages together in signatures for this project. Each signature is like its own little book, and depending on the size of your cover material, […]
I’ve taken part in the Iron Craft challenges from Just Crafty Enough off and on for a few years, though I’ve taken about a six-month break from them. It’s always fun for me to use someone else’s challenges and prompts instead of my own, so I’m going to try to keep up this year. The […]
I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff lately about making your own sketchbooks and art journals, and I thought it would be a great use for some of the embarrassingly massive collection of paper I have. I wanted to spread the process out over several days because we don’t need to rush, and it’s fun […]
This month’s topic for #NWArkCares is civil rights. It’s another one that’s hard for me to write about. I feel like, as a white, straight person, I don’t have a right to talk about racism, bigotry and homophobia. I will never understand — as much as I can empathize, or try to imagine what it […]
Another thing I found while cleaning my office, in addition to the magnetic poetry kit, was a bunch of old business cards. These are from my job at About, which I still have, but the email address on them is no longer valid, and the company hasn’t been part of the New York Times Co. […]