Author Archives: Melody

Giveaway: Art Journaling Goodies!

By Melody | Published February 21, 2012

Did you catch my art journaling post last week?  If so, I hope you enjoyed it.  As you know, I’m a big fan of art journaling – I even volunteer-teach it to disadvantaged children – and I figured it was high time that I created a post including some of my practices, featuring photos of some past [...]

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My Art Journals

By Melody | Published February 16, 2012

Art journaling – also known as visual journaling – is a combination of written word and visual art.  It’s a creative marriage made in heaven as far as I’m concerned.  After all, it combines two of my favorite things in the world: art and writing.  And though there are guidelines and suggestions for this practice, [...]

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Galleries & Published Works

By Melody | Published February 14, 2012

Hi y’all!  Happy Tuesday! Just wanted to take a moment and invite you to check out some of the pages here at my website.  For example, my Galleries page and my Published Works page. You’ll find images of my artwork in the GALLERIES, including photography, collage, and mixed-media. Here are a few examples of images [...]

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Making Cork Stamps

By Melody | Published February 9, 2012

Making stamps from corks is a great way to reuse something you might otherwise throw away, and the resulting stamps can be used to embellish anything from a place card to the pages of your art journal! This cork-stamped place card project is my latest Design Team project for crescendoh.com, and I hope you like [...]

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Dim Sum – Yum!

By Melody | Published February 7, 2012

Have you ever had dim sum?  I’m definitely a fan.  Not only is the food delicious, the overall dining experience is, too!  For those who are unfamiliar with dim sum, and who didn’t read my Chinatown post from last spring, the folks at Wikipedia tell us that dim sum is a Cantonese term for a type [...]

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A Chocolate Box Transformed (Your Heart’s Desire)

By Melody | Published February 2, 2012

Melody the Magpie? *  In case you haven’t noticed by now, I’m a bit of a scavenger.  Whether I’m up-cycling metal food cans or using cardboard packaging to make mobiles, I’ve always got an eye out for cast-offs that can be used in a new way.  I enjoy making something wonderful from something simple.  Today’s “something wonderful” is [...]

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Corn Bread Recipe

By Melody | Published January 31, 2012

I LOVE corn bread – it’s one of my favorite baked treats from childhood.  Unfortunately, I’d lost track of the corn bread recipe from years past, and was on the hunt for a new one.  I’d tried a handful of different recipes, and finlly found “the one” online.  Submitted to allrecipes.com by Nicole Callen, it’s [...]

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Haiku: Lavender

By Melody | Published January 26, 2012

Lavender petals and a deep yellow pollen – exquisite beauty. I love taking a stroll around the nursery, drinking in the beauty of the plants.  Between the shapes, textures, patterns, colors and scents I’m in heaven – it’s such a treat for my senses.  I yearn for the day when I’ll finally have a garden, [...]

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Creative Pilgrimage Giveaway Winner!

By Melody | Published January 24, 2012

I’m pleased to announce the winner of this month’s giveaway. The prize? A signed copy of the book Creative Pilgrimage! Congratulations, Karen Pruzansky, you won!  I’ll mail out the book once I’ve received your mailing address, and hope you enjoy your copy of Creative Pilgrimage. Thank you to all of you who entered the drawing [...]

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My 2011-2012 Art Journaling Classes for Disadvantaged Children

By Melody | Published January 19, 2012

Remember the Art Supply Drive I had in October?  Where I gathered supplies so I could teach art journaling to disadvantaged public school children?  Well, thanks to many wonderful people (including many of you) it was a big success!  In fact, I received enough supplies that I could teach TWO classrooms of children this year, instead [...]

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