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Personalize Your Business Cards with Watercolor

Sarah White January 30, 2020 Life / PaintingLeave a comment

I don’t know the last time I went to an event where I felt like I needed business cards, and I’m so much of an introvert I probably didn’t hand any out anyway. But if you need business cards, it can be fun to personalize your business cards in a …

Amazing Uses for Gesso You Might Not Have Thought Of

Sarah White July 10, 2019 Art / PaintingLeave a comment

Gesso is more versatile an art supply than you might think, as these common and more unique uses for gesso will display. What is Gesso? If you are not a painter, you might not have heard of gesso. It’s a substance that can be purchased, or you can make your …

Homemade Paint Pouring Medium Recipe

Sarah White July 2, 2019 Art / PaintingOne Comment

Acrylic paint pouring art is a lot of fun to make, but the pouring medium can be expensive, so I wanted to develop a homemade pouring medium recipe. What is Acrylic Paint Pouring? Acrylic paint pouring art is a kind of trendy technique in which you add a pouring medium …

Painting with Shells and On Shells

Sarah White August 10, 2016 Kid Crafts and Activities / Painting2 Comments

There are so many different ways to paint, things to paint with and to paint on, that you could really do a different painting activity every day of the year. If you don’t believe me, check out more than 200 painting ideas at Emma Owl’s Paintathon page. We’re excited to …

Marbled Paintings with Shaving Cream

Sarah White June 10, 2016 Kid Crafts and Activities / Painting2 Comments

We’ve been doing a lot of fun crafts while the girl has been home, so much so that I haven’t had a lot of time to write about them. But one thing we’ve done that was super fun, easy setup, great for kids and adults (and super messy!) was making …

Her Daily Craft: Color Mixing

Sarah White May 25, 2016 Kid Crafts and Activities / PaintingLeave a comment

It’s funny what happens to the kids of bloggers. These are kids who will do something cute and ask if you’re posting it to Facebook (well, that’s probably everyone’s kids these days), who take pictures for their own pretend blog posts or play making videos because that’s what their parents …

Painting with Fingernail Polish

Sarah White May 19, 2016 PaintingLeave a comment

Over Mother’s Day weekend I decided I wanted to paint my toenails, so the girl decided she wanted me to paint her toenails. And her fingernails. And my fingernails, too. I don’t wear fingernail polish very often, because between typing and crafting it never looks good for long. And in …