Old News

A victory

This past Sunday, I picked up the very last Sunday print edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The AJC was a tradition for many of us in the metro Atlanta area for many years. A cultural icon on newsprint for 157 years at the time of its final edition.

Stick to It

I recently sat down with my young niece to show her how to make her own stickers. We grabbed some old magazines, scissors, clear packing tape, and a bowl of water for this easy project. First I had her find and tear out some images she liked. The magazines had lots of animals, including a favorite of hers, the axolotl. So we cut out the tiny pink animal. I helped her make a smooth, close cut around the image.              

              

                                 

Once we had a nice cut-out, I had her press the image (facing the sticky part) onto a piece of the packing tape, allowing enough room for a border of tape around the image. Next, she dipped the piece of tape with the image attached into water. Once it was submerged, she rubbed the tape until all of the paper rubbed off.   

        

Once the paper was completely rubbed off, we were left with what appeared to be a faint, transparent image. I cut the tape to conform neatly to the image, leaving her with a sticker she could stick wherever she chose. 

           

She was skeptical, because looking at the transparent tape, she couldn't see the image clearly. But she promptly placed her new sticker onto her plastic cup. It was perfect!

        

She was then convinced, and we went on to make several more stickers, both small and large. If you try this, you will need to place several pieces of tape adjacent to each other to create a larger image. 

  

             

If you'd like to see this technique in action, I have a video on my YouTube channel where I demonstrate it. It's a great, easy way to create your own stickers. Just a note: it's only ever worked on glossy magazine or catalog pages for me. Cut out images of food, animals, flowers, letters, words, and more to turn into stickable art. 

Happy creating♡

 

Throwback Thursday: Family Fibers

 As a multimedia artist, a natural side quest of mine is, well, to do a little, well, collecting. 

Wordless Wednesday

credit: Renée Parker 

 

Nosy Neighbor

 It's me. I'm the nosy neighbor. Ever since I spotted this doorway, I've had my little telescope (and now my phone camera) poised to capture possible movement. 

Sew Many Moments

 Recently, I had the opportunity to plant a seed and pay forward something that was given to me many years ago. I had an idea to pass on some knowledge my grandmothers shared with me when I was a child. 

Wordless Wednesday

credit: Renée Parker

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Things I Make for Me: Hard Reset

* This post was originally written on the previous Tuesday, 8/19/2025. 

Today was a routine series of events. Actually, no. It was not. Because some days I'm highly effective, moving through my to-do list like a juggernaut, blasting things off of my plate.

That's not quite how things went this day.

Wordless Wednesday

credit: Renée Parker

Weird Wednesday

I've had my eye on it for months. Today it just fell off! 

Pocket Passion

In my opinion, people should [as a rule] carry tiny notebooks or sketchbooks everywhere. It should be a common practice. And I don't just mean artists. Yep, it's an analog concept in a digital age. But hear me out...

For Keep's Sake

If you've ever encountered my work, you may know that recycling, reworking and reusing things is kinda my thing. Recently I took a gift given to a loved one and turned it into something else they'll hopefully continue to enjoy. 

Reading into Things

I try to be intentional with gratitude every day, but today, my gratitude meter has been hovering even higher than usual. Yesterday (on Christmas Day) I enjoyed family, food, and a fun gift exchange.

A Look Up

Autumn Artistry

The natural world is a common source of inspiration for many artists. We find endless amounts of color, texture, and form in nature to inspire our work. For me, being outside seeing trees, bodies of water, wildlife, and the changing seasons, will always and forever feed my soul. Whether in exotic far away locations, or natural beauty found close to home, there's just... a thing about nature. Something that is healing, centering, nurturing. 

Up, Up, and Away

A few weeks ago I decided to raid my inventory of stored work to find something to put in an empty spot on a wall. These are paintings that are (or have been) available for purchase online or elsewhere. 

Chaos > Stagnation

If you walk into my studio, you might wonder why I have SO many projects going at the same time. 

Almost everywhere you look in here, there is a work in progress. Some just begun and some just a few mere steps from completion.

paper Process

 It's been a busy start to the week. So much so that I've already missed one of my items on a new content schedule I've created for myself. More on that later. 

Anyway, since I'm in the trenches, I thought I'd just let you peek over my shoulder at one of the things I'm working to complete: a pair of remakes of an ornament that sold last year in my Etsy shop. These are a customer request. Here are snapshots of just a few of the steps.

An Ode

I've long felt that part of an artist's (of any discipline) job was to move people to see the world around them from a fresh perspective. And since color, texture, and pattern have always stirred the muse for me, I'm sharing this.