'7th Blog-O-Versary Giveaway is ending soon - who will win!? Deadline extended!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Last chance to win!

I'm giving away a slew of art supplies to 1 lucky winner! Everything you see in the photos + MORE to 1 lucky winner.

This GIVEAWAY is to celebrate the 7th anniversary of my blog PLUS over 110,000 views!

You will love these Giveaway prizes!

 

In this prize package you'll win:

 

a top zip tote bag with pocket and removable shoulder strap, a scoring board, Strathmore sketch pad, background stamp, adhesive backed foam, multi-tool, tape, die cuts, stickers, embellishments, Ranger blending tool, and MORE!

 

This fun prize package also includes a small cosmetic bag - I use mine as a mini Art Journal Travel Kit!

Open to my Followers worldwide!

 

  

HOW TO WIN - IF YOU HAVE A BLOG:

1. Become a follower AND
2. leave a comment on this post - that comment must contain 

• the link back your blog post about this giveaway AND that comment must contain
• what kind of posts you want to see here in future.

HOW TO WIN - IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BLOG:

1. Become a follower AND
2. leave a comment on this post - that comment must contain 

• your email address AND that comment must contain
• what kind of posts you want to see here in future.

Extended Deadline: March 27, 2017

I will select one winner from those eligible entries on March 27, 2017 from the comments on this post. Winner will be notified via email by March 31, 2017 and I will get your postal address. So your blog must contain your email address for me to be able to contact the winner.

If no one meets the eligibility requirements, the prizes will be awarded in a subsequent Giveaway.

 

  

 

Thanks' for stopping by and following my blog. I l-o-v-e your comments!

 

GOOD LUCK!

Peace,
LuLu

"How to Travel Light with Wet Art Supplies - or What's In My Art Kit and Travel Bag?"

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,


How to Travel Light with Wet Art Supplies!

I'm a Mad Scientist At Work!

This travel bag  is another experiment to try to travel light with a small amount of wet supplies in my art kit for Art Journaling on the go. I'm using small travel-size bottles - store bought, old film canister and empty vials from complimentary hotel toiletries.

 

SUPPLIES - WET ART KIT

1. Clinique clear makeup pouch (I found a 'lot' of used makeup pouches at a cheap price on eBay)
2. snack baggie - vertical/portrait
3. snack baggie - horizontal/landscape
4. water brush - fine tip
5. water brush - broad tip
6. wet glue pen - 2 way (perm and repo)
7. medium - matte medium 'Liquitex'
8. medium- gloss medium 'Claudine Hellmuth 'Studio'
9. h2o
10. acrylic paint  - gold 'Lumiere' fabric paint - opaque
11. acrylic paint - glitter - gold
12. gesso - white  'Claudine Hellmuth 'Studio'
13. gesso - clear
14. gesso - black  'Claudine Hellmuth 'Studio'
15. homemade acrylic glaze - warm color
16. homemade acrylic glaze-  cool color
17. glitter glue - silver 'Stickles'
18. hand sanitizer gel
19. clip - 'bulldog' binder clip

Note: The book with embossed map cover is from sale at Michaels craft store. It's my travel diary, not an AJ. It's to prop up the supplies. I bought several because I really like the map cover.

YOUR TURN!

Do you separate your WET supplies from DRY?  Do you travel light with your art journal supplies? Or lug 'the kitchen sink'? Do you like to use the new water brushes by Tim Holtz, etc.? Have you tried filling them with colorant instead of water? India inks? acrylic inks?

I would love to see what's in YOUR art kits/travel bags! Reply to this post with a link to your blog post.

Thanks for stopping by - and stay tuned. Fun posts are coming soon!!! Please become a Follower if you're not already.

Peace,
LuLu

'WOYWW - 02/23/11 - Tidy, Tidy and Todo!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and welcome,

This week I can luxuriate in my tidy, tidy  'current project' rack - and focus on some mini-projects.

And I owe it all to WOYWW which helps me take an objective look at my workstation. Now I see what you see - and sometimes it's just not pretty. But this week it is!

 'Workstation in Winter craft studio - North view'

Legend below

TODO

1) Craft iron and embossed wax paper: for a resist project to make backgrounds for art journal pages

2) Mallet, container of chipboard and new metal dies: for noisy project to hammer dies into damp chipboard and quiet project to rubber stamp chipboard with ink

3) Glittery chipboard stickers: for wet project to distress chipboard stickers with tinted gessos, acrylic paints and inks

4) Vinyl pouch (one of my old Lancome makeup bags) and list of supplies from CPS mag: for assembling my watercolor sketch 'go! travel bag'

5) Tidy, Tidy 'current project' rack - yay! This scrapbook rack was bought as a casualty of another scrapbook store closing. It's designed to display scrapbook layouts and open scrapbooks. I bought all three at the going out of business sale. Also, I take these racks to my annual family reuinion to display the heritage scrapbooks I made using my grandmother's antique photos. Very popular scrapbooks! (Granny was the original family historian and scrapbooker. I'm 'saving' her acidic scrapbooks - she left about 30 books. I'm removing the pix into acid-free books and using acid-free supplies. Every 1st Saturday of the month, my 78 yr old father and I go scrapbooking at his 94 yr old aunt Alma's house. She identifies the people and locations, Daddy organizes the piles and I'm the scribe and superviser. We have a great time - it's like an archeological dig!)

What do you think of my Tidy, Tidy 'current project' rack? How many days, weeks or months do you think I can keep it Tidy, Tidy???

Take a look at more WOYWW studios here...

Thanks for stopping by. Please comment and Followers are always encouraged.

Peace,
LuLu