michelle ward

CLS 2017 sneak peek

Have you signed up for Creative JumpStart yet?  You can still get an early registration discount of $45 until the end of December. (Regular pricing of $50 on 1/1/17) Why not get enrolled now, before the ramped up activities of the holidays?  Sign up and and sit back, knowing that throughout January you can re-motivate your creativity on a daily basis with videos by 27 artists.  Treat yourself!  Click HERE.

Here's a sneak peek of the supplies I use for my project video.  Debris from your table will work!

Reminder: Crowning Glories

Just a reminder that if you are interested in registering for the Perrella/Ward Crowning Glories workshop, we will begin taking deposits September 1st.  Both classes filled up quickly last year.  The dates are May 2-4 or May 9-11, 2014.  Scroll down to see the full announcement, or if you're reading through a feed click HERE.

I've been sorting through files and finally moved some over onto the tutorial page which is still under construction.  I've completed carving stamps, cutting stencils, digital tricks, and mounting stamps.  More to follow at a later date.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

cut it out

The new Somerset Studio arrived.  My column is about making stencils and masks.  I've updated the tutorial page with information about cutting your own.  I love investing time in making some cool patterns to use over and over but I also advocate for making a stencil or mask that is fleeting, made from just a scrap of paper, that can be used directly on a page once it has served its purposed by guiding an application or two of paint. 

Visit the tutorials link on the right sidebar, or go directly to the new stencil page, click HERE.

I've been absent from here as it has been a busy week with school wrapping up.  Thanks for sticking with me and offering your congrats to Sam for his performance at the Special Olympics.  As I mentioned earlier, it is a milestone month.  Tomorrow my parents arrive and Thursday he graduates.  I'll be back with pictures and other news soonish.

Happy Summer ~ it's here!

how to press your luck

This is my favorite time of year for finding four leaf clovers.  The patches are just emerging from the sleepy earth and the friendly green weeds are perfect and unblemished (and not yet mowed).  I've already scored about two dozen this month.  My mission, being so early in the gathering season, is to find a tiny one.  Here's what I know:  if you find one four leaf clover, you are likely to find another in the same patch.   Most people walk away with their luck before taking a second look.  Here's my How-To for Pressing Your Luck, literally.

 

I'm thinking I might be pressing my luck, of another kind, by purchasing a lottery ticket.  Hey, why not?  It's been fun to watch the bounty raised for the MegaMillion drawing tonight.  If I win, Shamrock Shakes are on me.  Our son Peter came home from his convenient store job last night very tired from standing at the lottery till all evening.  The lines were long at the ATM as neighbors collected cash then relined up at the register to wish on a number.  Good luck!

 

And while I'm talking about How-To, let me direct you to a new button in the right sidebar.  TUTORIALS will take you to a page I'm working on.  The cool thing about typepad blogs is you can set up static pages where you can easily re-post visuals and information from previous posts.  I'm culling my blog for useful information that can be organized and easily referenced on the tutorial page.  It's a work-in-progress.  So far I have completed reposting archived data on Carving Stamps to support an upcoming article I will have in Somerset Studio (May/June 2012).  The article will discuss WHY to carve.....didn't want to waste the real estate on HOW, since that information can be found in many places, and now HERE.

So tell me....

1.  Have you found a four leaf clover?

2.  Did you buy a MegaMillions lottery ticket this week?

3.  What tutorials are you interested in seeing?