new home.... {same journey}

is moving to a new home! yes..... i did say moving.

i have contemplated this for quite some time. patiently waiting and mulling this over.

you all know i am only techy enough to really be dangerous- but, this is where having a great friend comes in. (i will introduce you to my great friend today)

but you know the one i am talking about - the friend with skills. 

and good advice.

business sense.

and a fantastic creative eye.

someone you trust.

and so, today you will find a new website and at noon, a new blog post at my new home:

alteredstatesstudio.com

and i say farewell to this comfort zone that has fostered my art journey and brought new friends and followers.... and i ask you to take a small leap of faith with me.

thank you. thank you. thank you.

for the views and quick peeks. 

and for all of the comments. 

new home. same journey.

happy friday.

xo. kristin

serendipitous..... {the100dayproject- a video}

so earlier this week i posted that i was going to participate in the 100 day project- but, when i posted that accountability, i really hadn't thought it all the way through- as i really didn't have a plan as to what i was going to do.....

i was thinking maybe tea bags, coffee filters, and maybe just small squares of paper...... but, over Easter our youngest son and i were shopping and i purchased a package of timecards. my son of course, thought i was crazy! why in the world would you buy those? well to make into art of course- i just didn't realize at that time what destiny those timecards would have. 

so when i grabbed the package to head to the studio and start my 100 day project i noted this..... my package of timecards was 100 count.

as soon as i saw that i knew that a little serendipity had occurred, and i had my hands on the right substrate for this 100 day project.

check out this video of my first timecard....

serendipity.

timecards.

the100dayproject.

xo. kristin

calendar..... {april}

happy april. 

not sure where you are at, but here in midwest we are technically in spring- but if you were to visit....oh wait a minute- you probably couldn't get here due to a winter storm, which then made roads icy and difficult to navigate.

as we received another 6" of snow yesterday with wind making it bitterly cold and glazing sidewalks and roads.

 and this morning the temp is 5 degrees F; and with the windchill we feel like -7. 

seven below on april fourth.

where is spring?!

so her irritated, slightly crabby, stern look is exactly how i feel about april right now. 

xo. kristin

speak her actions..... {accountable-the100dayproject}

she would need to put it in writing and speak her action in order to be held accountable.

especially because life was busy. 

and she was putting extra pressure on herself to create (which leads to nothing. and when i say nothing....that is what she is able to create when she thinks she has to create to sell and not just make for herself).

she is mildly lost at this moment.

and so, she will speak her action and commit to doing the100dayproject.

xo. kristin

fingerprints....

and she would leave her fingerprints on anything.

and everything. 

a little dna.

left behind as a secret and part of her visual story. 

to be shared with those looking, watching.

happy friday. 

xo. kristin

resonate.....

sometimes you need to be willing to take work apart to get to something better. 

had worked on this coffee filter; even hand sewing on this vintage picture- only to rip apart.

i have a few things in the works and this theme is resonating throughout.

taking the good things, and leaving the rest behind to get to something better.

working hard to get to the next steps.....

stay tuned. big things coming.

happy wednesday.

xo. kristin

courage.... {show up}

creativity takes courage- Henri Matisse

i have still been thinking about the class i taught recently and how truthful this statement really is. 

all those people had huge courage to try new things. new concepts. new colors. new techniques.

courage to collage. to paint over. to write on.

today i encourage you to try something new. glue something down that you wouldn't have used. spray some ink on that.... and if you can, sew on something- even some little hand sewing.

find your courage. show up in your space. just create.

xo. kristin

tgif....

tgif.....

life has been busy. waiting for a moment of calm to feel the paint on my fingers and use my small stabilo pencil to draw into the wet paint.

move it. smear it. tone it.

it is a bit dull; and yet can and will be sharpened. 

again.

happy friday. 

xo. kristin

coffee filter..... {layered}

when the stencil and colors are good.

happiness.

coffee filter. stenciled. painted. stamped.

goodness.

happy wednesday.

xo. kristin

coffee filter..... {painted}

had a great time procrastinating and painting up a coffee filter.

stenciled, painted, wrote on, collaged, and even a little fabric and sewing.

happy friday. 

xo. kristin

taming the colorful mess..... {stenciled}

when the colorful, playful painting fun has gotten the best of you.... use a good stencil and tame that page. 

tamed.

xo. kristin

journal..... {love}

gesso'd, collaged, stamped, painted, scribbled.

art journal love.

happy monday. 

xo. kristin

layered & stenciled

collage layers, acrylic paint, hi flow acrylics, and white paint through a stencil

happy saturday.

xo. kristin

mini..... {polka dot goodness}

playing in my mini art journal that i made with found papers in my studio. this particular page happened to be a bit too thin, and managed to stick to the next page.

the poor thing tore of course, when i tried to separate the pages.

but, i am perfectly ok with that. 

it is what is. 

and it is part of this book's charm.

happy wednesday.

xo. kristin

tea tag..... {mixed media}

small tea tag. washi tape. ink. acrylic paint.

xo. kristin

march.... {month clip}

march.....

• spring
• shamrock shakes
• birthday month

and tgif today.

xo. kristin

tagged.... {stencillove}

i made these tags using the woodland collection art pops card and traci bautista new stencil with some payne's grey acrylic paint and a little sewing with sari ribbon.

on this bottom one i also used RobenMarie's inked rubber stamp and a woodland collection mini circle sticker on my art pop.

mini..... {fido}

working in my mini art journal yesterday lead me to fido.

i made this art journal with "found" papers within my studio and i love the map image at the bottom of the paper and how the previous page shows as well. that is the far left edge- is actually the previous page.

the red/ pink strip is actually artpop tape (woodland collection) available at paperbag studios. 

the stamp at the top of the page is the inked rubber stamp set.

happy monday. 

xo. kristin

tgif.... {little video- cigar box}

painted up some colorful goodness on a cigar box for someone special.

loved the new stencils from StencilGirl.

tgif.

xo. kristin

black and white..... {balance}

latest work on canvas..... at least the second (maybe third) rendition. 

was really checking my painting values and balance.

but totally feeling like life balance is off right now. too much due all at the same time. 

hoping to find my own balance.

xo. kristin