You Are Not Alone...

Whooohoo!  I'm a featured guest designer over at Stencil Girl's blog his week.   If you haven't fallen 'victim' to the stencil craze...oh my, you are missing out on some big fun!

Read on about a special project I did using Seth Apter's newest Stencil "Numbers":
(excerpt taken from Stencil Girl).

Hi Everyone!

My name is Jodi Ohl and I’m a mixed media artist, writer and work shop instructor out of central North Carolina. I’m here today to feature my friend Seth Apter’s newest stencil  release with a project that I created that combined printmaking, collage and mixed media techniques. 

  Seth’s stencils are great because each and every one has a variety of elements that can be used together or on their own. In a sense, you actually get a variety of stencils all in one.  One useful way to work on a project is to find a few areas that you want to work on and in essence, create your own surface design with those elements within Seth’s Stencils.

 ......For the rest of the project, click HERE!:)))


Have you seen this?  New class starts November 11th~

One by One They Fall

Hello friends! So much going on that I barely know where to begin, other than I know I just need to begin again with something.

  

 Inspired by my trip to CT last week and the AMAZING trip up the state to our destination of Mystic on a side road trip after Art Is You,

 

 I wanted to share a project with you that I previously did for Luminarte in September.     Even though this is a post featuring a past project, it is in perfect time for these chilly but cozy fall days.    I'll be back later this week with SEVERAL exciting announcements and some recaps on my latest adventures.
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 Okay so now onto the project with a little slideshow Tutorial:

If you'd like more information on the project and supplies used, please visit our blog post over at Luminarte:)

Thank you for visiting today!  I'll be back soon with more fun artsy news and tutorials for you!

In the meantime, please visit my shop to see what's new~!

---Jodi Ohl

A Few More Ideas To Add To Your List

(picture from Marie Claire Idees)

Today I'm short on pictures but big on ideas, so let's share some project ideas to make your life so much more complete once done. Crafting is the sure fire way to medicate any illness, cure any stress, cause much stress (especially when you procrastinate many a to-do list), bring a smile to your face, bring a tear to your eye (especially when you've spent your allowance..hee..hee..on way too many supplies and then subsequently go about ruining the precious material you have purchased on projects gone oh so bad), and pass by many hours when in reality, you should be doing laundry or otherwise be saving the world.

So here goes:

Homemade Fragrance Gel

Easy Peasy Decoupage Plates

Lotus Bag Approximate Pattern Tutorial

Altered Board Book

Cigar Box Purse

Make an Apron Already--Everyone's doing it

More Trays!

My actual list of wanna do's could take up a day and half of making links, so for right now this list will have to suffice as it's way past my bed time.

Why is it that we find better things to do when we should be doing that which needs to be done? Age old question---procrastinators, UNITE.

Till next time,

lucy