Just a Mini Art Supply Haul

Hello, my little vanilla cupcakes! 

I hope you are having a wonderful start to your weekend. I know I sure am. I had such a busy week that I didn't have much time or energy to be creative which I don't like at all. It kind of puts me in a funk. Does anyone else get like that? I did get a couple hours of art time in tonight so I am happy about that! 

I thought I would share a mini art supply haul with you. I ordered two things off of amazon last week during my textbook order for summer term and then got a few more things tonight at JoAnns. I get weekly coupons texted to my phone for JoAnns and usually they are just 50% off one non-sale item and I rarely get to use them because it seems everything I want is on sale but usually only 30-40% off so that doesn't help. But every couple of months they send out a 20% off total purchase coupon which is a great deal! So my mom (she is an art addict too!) and I went shopping. Here is the loot (I spent $17 total!): 

These Fiskars cling stamps were in the clearance section for .97 each. Major score! 

Tim Holtz Butterfly ménage stamp set

Ranger Dylusions ink spray set: Pure Sunshine and Postbox Red. My Dylusions collection is almost complete! I also got a Tim Holtz stencil but didn't take a photo. 

From Amazon I ordered a Dylusions stamp set and a black Stazon Ink pad. That stuff works great! 

I am happy with my new art supplies and look forward to working with them more! Already have a page in progress! 

What are some of your favorite art supplies? 

Have a great weekend lovelies!

XO, Alicia 

New Tutorial: Freedom From Your Acceptance

Hello, my little Hot Tamales! (mmm, my fave!)

I am in a good mood today! The sun is shining and it's almost 70 degrees here today. I only have class tonight and next Thursday and then I finished with the term. I will be happy to have a couple of weeks off before Summer term starts. I plan on doing A LOT of art journaling and of course hanging out with my little man, Tucker. We are about to head off to the park, but before we do I wanted to let you all know that I just uploaded a new art journal tutorial on my YouTube channel. You can find that here: https://youtu.be/giKO4UnzuH0

The picture to the right is the page I did the tutorial on. I am loving this journaling journey and I hope you will continue with me. I would love for you to share some of your pages with me as well! Thanks for stopping by and I will be back soon!

XO, Alicia

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A Beautiful Weekend and New Art Supplies!

Hello, my little chocolate kisses! I hope that you have had a relaxing weekend, or if it was busy that you at least have a few minutes of quiet to relax and recharge. I used to hate Sunday nights because I knew it meant the weekend was almost over. Now that I am in graduate school and only work about one day a week subbing (but 24/7 Mama) I don't mind them. I know eventually I will have to enter back into the weekly rat-race and so for now I am truly grateful for the time I have at home with Tucker and enough money to pay our bills. We have been truly blessed.

We have been at my parents' house this weekend and the forecast originally called for rain all day Saturday, which isn't anything new at the coast, but it only rained in the morning and turned out to be a beautiful, sunny weekend. Tucker had a lot of fun yesterday when his grandpa and I took him down to the boardwalk to look at the boats and to run around. Today my dad took him to this park down the street that has a huge pond with ducks and geese and swans. There is also a fun playground and a walkway goes around the whole pond. I love seeing my dad and Tucker together, they have such fun together and are like two peas in a pod.

Painters pens and Pen-touch pen

Using Painter pens

While I am here I always make a stop by the JoAnn's. We have one in my town, but it is so small that I hardly ever go there. It is really only fabrics with limited arts supplies. I have been watching a lot of YouTube videos about art journaling just to see the techniques that others use and on one of them the woman was using a paint pen that looked great for sketching backgrounds and highlighting. I asked her what they were and she replied thankfully! They are Painters and can be found at JoAnns and come in different colors and different point sizes. There are fine, medium, and chiseled. They are a bit like having spray paint in a pen! I have found that they are especially helpful when doing hand lettering on a piece of art I am working on for my apartment. So much easier than doing it with a paintbrush! The pen in the bottom of the picture is a black Pen-Touch which is similar to the Painters. It is an extremely fine point pen but again, uses paint instead of ink. Each of these pens were about $3-4 each.

I will leave you with these art pages I have completed over the weekend. Have a great Monday and make time for art!

XO, Alicia

Art Journaling, YouTube, and Branding

Guys! I know, I know, its been almost a year since I have posted. Life is crazy hectic. Between Tucker, graduate school, and life in general, the blog has been put on the back burner. I also have been focusing on my YouTube channel, as well as my newest obsession, Art Journaling! I even made my first ever tutorial. So here it is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGZ_NEWbsrM

If you are new to art journaling or need some advice on supplies to get started I have a video on that as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwxohk2-hys

Another goal is to really work on my branding because I feel like this art and crafts stuff is something I am really passionate about and I want to share my passion with others. I am in the process of creating a logo and figuring out where I really want all of this to go. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will keep coming back!

XO, Alicia