With my home and business as my canvas and a shoestring budget my medium, I demonstrate how to create high impact projects, solutions, and mini-remodels in your home or business as well as unique and playful artistic creations. The bravery required to create art and the gutsy determination to try DIY are birds of a feather!
How to Make a Custom Personalized Award Rosette Ribbon
Award Ribbons are great for many occasions. In this post, I’ll be showing you how to personalize a blank award…
How to Create a DIY Portable Light Box for Tracing, Art, and Hand Lettering
Before downsizing, I purchased a light box for my art studio. It was handy and worked great for finessing my art,…
How to Make your Own Cement Dye – A Concrete Art “Dye DIY”
DIY cement dye is a tough job. Cement is often a dark media (my favorite crafting variety, Rockite, however, is…
How to Make a DIY Photography Reflector with Insulation
In Seattle, homes are not designed to be air-conditioner friendly. It was during one particularly hot streak last summer that…
Cement Art: How to Create Marbled Gold Veins in Poured Concrete
Whether you are creating fine art or a first-time concrete user making DIY planters for your houseplants, metallic gold can…
No-Mess DIY Silicone Mold Making – An Easy How To
Before making a tutorial, I’ve usually completed the project successfully a few times and know how to add my…
Make Resin Look Like Splashing Water with this How To Guide
In 2017 I was commissioned to create 5 sculptures riffing on the themes in Henri Matisse’s painting “La Danse.” The…
5 Methods for Cleaning Vintage Suitcases
In the Midwest, cute vintage luggage can be a rare score in flea markets and thrift stores, but in Seattle,…
Reviewing the Molotow Masking Fluid Pen – Plus Tips and Tricks
On the second-to-last day of my last trip to Rome, I was tired, lost, and wandered upon an art supply…