I’ve decided to get into hand lettering. My art journaling has stalled out, and I want to try something other than the mixed media look. Most of my journaling focuses on the words anyway, so...
What’d I tell ya about not actually doing a poem a day? I’m back. Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to “write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene of the movie of your...
I am very tired all the time (having a baby will do that to you, I guess). But, in little moments of quiet, I feel very happy (plus tired).
Today's NaPoWriMo prompt was to to write a poem about a mythical person or creature doing something unusual. Bren (my creative director) suggested "when dragons go bowling." I wrote this for JP (when she's old...
Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to write a poem in the form of a poetry prompt. I don’t think mine is going to help anybody. 😉 Step 1 Approach the keyboard, hesitate. Spin around, stop! Double-take...
The NaPoWriMo prompt today was a glosa, where you take four lines from another poem and use those lines to end each respective stanza (first line = end of first stanza, etc). I had a...
April is Poem a Day month according to both Writer’s Digest (WD) and NaPoWriMo (NP). I doubt I’ll actually do a poem a day, but I thought it’d be fun to dip into the prompts—maybe...
My dance teacher uses this phrase in class a lot and I love how metal it sounds. Also, I like that the skulls also kind of look like very concerned ghosts. I used a masking...
Variations on a theme: wanting to be liked. I had to get the crayons out because I don’t always have time for the full-on Painting Experienceâ„¢
The only way to get any journaling in when your baby is new is to make it as quick and easy as possible. So: colored pencil scribbles. Since she would only sleep in her crib...