Author: Jennie Moraitis
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Make an Art Journal: Tree Collage Cover
Welcome to the seventh week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 3 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the weekend. Be sure to check back each week for new projects! This week is also week two in my How to Make an Art Journal series. I made…
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Monthly Recap: This Was July
When I was ten, one summer night, The baby stars that leapt Among the trees like dimes of light, I cupped, and capped, and kept. —Firefly July by J. Patrick Lewis We don’t have fireflies here in the Pacific Northwest but I loved them when I lived in Tennessee for college. The fact that these…
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The Benefits of Creative Prompts
When I was in elementary school, I had a teacher who wrote writing prompts on the blackboard (dating myself here) for us to use in our free writing. I’ve since been exposed to many different ways to use creative prompts, and they are one of my favorite exercises to do. I love how the word,…
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How to Make Book Page Leaves
Welcome to the sixth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 4 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the weekend. Be sure to check back each week for new projects! A few months ago, I shared some of my crafting disasters along with a book page art…
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How to Paint Map Pins
Welcome to the first week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 10 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the weekend. Be sure to check back each week for new projects! Do you have a package of plain map pins that need a little sprucing up? I know,…
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Nine Mistakes Creatives Make
Are you making these mistakes creatives make without even knowing it? Whether you’re just starting out on your creative path or work full-time in a creative field, you need to read this list! One of the things I’ve noticed in my life is that it’s really easy to fall into the same traps over and…
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Make a Wooden Bead Bracelet
Welcome to the fifth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 5 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the weekend. Be sure to check back each week for new projects! This is a project I’ve been wanting to make for a looooong time. I first came across…
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Make a Decorated T-shirt
A few weeks ago, I noticed my daughter’s t-shirts were becoming crop tops. How in the world did that happen? This was a sad discovery since I had just emptied a couple of bags of hand-me-downs into her dresser drawers. I went through them again and realized that some of those cute tops would have…
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Make a Doll Tutu
This is such a cute no-sew project! Make a doll tutu for ANY doll, even American Girl dolls. You can even use this same concept to make a matching tutu for the little girl in your life. Little girls and tutus go hand in hand, right? And you can’t go wrong with making an extra…
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Make a Clay Matching Game
Have you ever made a homemade matching game? Many years ago, I used to make them with the kids I babysat. We would draw pictures of like objects on little squares of paper and when we were finished, we would play the game. Folks, it’s the simple things. I always liked the idea of choosing…