It is once again Flash Card Friday, where I discuss techniques used in Dreaming From the Journal Page. I don’t know why, but for years I had a very hard time remembering what negative space was. I had a mental block. Then one day my pal Angela looked at a stamp I had carvedContinue reading “Flash Card Friday: Negative Space”
Author Archives: Melanie (Melly) Testa
Traveling with Paint
During the webinar a few weeks back, Barbara asked what I would carry were I to travel to France. And while I have no plans to travel to France (though I would love to), I do know what I would carry were I to do so. The above palettes, as I talked about before, areContinue reading “Traveling with Paint”
Thimble Cinch Add-on Pattern Blog Hop Tutorial
Thimble Cinch Add-on Pattern <———Click to download pattern. It is tutorial time again and this time I present the Thimble Cinch Add-on Pattern. This pattern is made in response to and improvement upon, the Gather your Sew-plies!! Pattern. There will be a few more printable patterns in this series. So far I still have yet toContinue reading “Thimble Cinch Add-on Pattern Blog Hop Tutorial”
Please don’t feed the hipsters.
Once a week my Man and I walk up to our favorite coffee joint and help open it. And now, as the weather improves, I have begun to walk afterward. I love walking. I walk fast enough that you might call it running, I can’t slow it down. But when I bring my camera, thatContinue reading “Please don’t feed the hipsters.”
Numinous thoughts.
Kass Hall and I speak to one another through Facebook, she is also a (4 time) cancer survivor and she has written a book, soon to be published about Zentangles, called Zentangle Untangled. Kass recently wrote a review of Dreaming from the Journal Page on her blog. Then she went and wrote this post. AndContinue reading “Numinous thoughts.”
Progress is perfection
You know that saying, ‘progress not perfection?’ Let’s change that. I use that saying a lot and don’t really like it. I am working on ‘journaling’ my clothing. If you aren’t caught up with this idea you can read about it here and here. To start I have been completing my Sew-plies Purse. I will discussContinue reading “Progress is perfection”
Flash Card Friday: Stencils
Here is the scoop, Chapter 3 of Dreaming from the Journal Page contains a lot of the techniques I use to play around in my journals. I encourage you to mix and match these ideas by engaging with the concept of ‘Throw Downs’, A Throw Down is a challenge or a creative ‘Double Dog Dare’,Continue reading “Flash Card Friday: Stencils”
The Webinar and a travel journal update
Oh my goodness! I just finished the Webinar with Create Mixed Media and I think it was a success. I was a bit nervous, but that is to be expected. If you attended, thank you so very much for coming and for checking out my website, blog and… ahem…. my new teaching website, The Clever Guild.Continue reading “The Webinar and a travel journal update”
Mom’s Jelly Roll.
Rethinking the button.
So, Sheryl suggested a snap. This idea resonates, because a snap will take up less room inside the pouch. A small snap may be all that is needed. I can try it. For a week and see how it goes, at least right now, no buttonholes have been cut. If the snap is too small,Continue reading “Rethinking the button.”
Melanie Testa 