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Pirate Costumes... arrrr!

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It's that time of the year..... order your pirate costume now!  Great for Halloween, pirate night on cruise ships, and birthday parties! https://www.etsy.com/listing/199957132/pirate-costume-boys-or-girls-sizes-2-6 https://www.etsy.com/listing/199957298/pirate-costume-boys-or-girls-sizes-7-12

Art Therapy Journal Pages

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Here are three layouts that I have been working on in my art therapy journal.  I also do a lot of writing on the pages in between but I will just share the actual artwork that resulted from my musings and personal rantings.

Smashbook Art Therapy Journal

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So I'm in my second year of Lifebook with Tamara Laporte ( http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/  ) and have learned so much from Tam and all of the other artists.  They have helped me grow as an artist and as a person. This week's lesson was from Catt Zelda Geller ( www.streetlightpeople.org ) and MAN am I so excited!  I have been thinking about how to go about the whole Art Therapy Journal and this method was perfect!  I LOVE the way she puts together her smashbooks and makes them so personal. I used two of my pieces of art for the front and back cover.  I glued them to a plain composition notebook and reinforced the spine with some washi tape.  Since the art was printed on my printer at home, I sprayed them with fixative and then, after that dried, went over it with matte medium.  I then glued two of the interior pages together at a time using a glue stick.  One thing I love is texture.  Catt showed us how to crumple up the glued pa...

It's costume time again! Arrrrgh!

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Let's get ready for Halloween and Fall Cruises!!! https://www.etsy.com/listing/199957132/pirate-costume-boys-or-girls-sizes-2-6 or larger size https://www.etsy.com/listing/199957298/pirate-costume-boys-or-girls-sizes-7-12 I can also create custom sizes and colors!