Top 17 of 2017

Best of...

December is always a time of reflection for me. At the end of the last four years, I have looked back over the previous year's blog posts to see which were the most popular based on hits. This not only lets me work toward creating a better blog but helps me to take the pulse of the art community. If you want to look back, click here for 2013, here for 2014, here for 2015, and here for 2016.

As in years past, my top posts revolve mostly around giveaways, video workshops, art products and new product releases, collaborative art projects and postings, artist issues and trend watching.

#17

10 Techniques for Mixed-Media Artists

#16
Make it Your Own: 11

#15
#ARTifacts: Exhibit One

#14

Take my Pulse Giveaway

#13

Time to (Card and Photo) Play

#12

Make it Your Own: Broken Maze

#11

Embossed

#10

Extra Special

#9

PaperArtsy: Sneak Peek

#8

Baked Texture: My Line of Embossing Powders

#7
Ray of Light

#6
Technique Tutorial

#5
Spellbinders Hop and Win

#4
ARTifacts: A Collaborative Project for 2017

#3
Top Ten Trends in Mixed Media Art in 2017

#2
Shop Mom and Pop

#1
Make it Artsy Giveaway

Top 16 of 2016

Best of...

December is always a time of reflection for me. At the end of the last three years, I have looked back over the previous year's blog posts to see which were the most popular based on hits. This not only lets me work toward creating a better blog but helps me to take the pulse of the art community. If you want to look back, click here to go to my top 13 posts from 2013, here for the top 14 of 2014, and here for the (you guessed it) top 15 of 2015.

For 2016, I am counting down my top 16 blog posts based on hits. The most popular posts are connected to giveaways, artist issues and think pieces, collaborative art postings, product line releases, video tutorials and trend watching.

#16
Purge or Splurge


#15
New Spellbinders Collection

#14

The Week Links: 102

#13

Reviving The Pulse

#12

Webinar: The Magic of Mixed Media Layers

#11

The Week Links: 109

#10

The Week Links: 108

#9

Live Action Demo

#8

7 Ways to Own Your Own Voice

#7
The Week Links: 108


#6
Overcoming Creative Obstacles


#5
New DVD 1: Card Play


#4
#artistsforlove


#3
Make it Count Giveaway


#2
Top 10 Trends in Mixed Media


#1
StencilGirl and Impression Obsession Giveaway

Top 15 of 2015

December is always a time of reflection for me. At the end of the last two years, I have looked back over the previous year's blog posts to see which were the most popular based on hits. This not only lets me work toward creating a better blog but helps me to take the pulse of the art community. If you want to look back, click here to go to my top 13 posts from 2013 and here for the top 14 of 2014..

For 2015, I am counting down my top 15 blog posts from 2015 based on hits. The most popular posts are mostly connected to trend watching, giveaways, online collaborative art events, art tutorials and my product line releases.

#15

New Stencil Release & Giveaway

#14

Mixology 101.5

#13

CHA 2015

#12

Spellbinders CHA Roundup - Day #5

#11

The Artists from the Pulse Project

#10

8 Years and a Giveaway

#9

My Own Mixed Media Line

#8

Living with Art: 2

#7

Revealed: My Own Stamp Line

#6

Life: Documented

#5

A Look Back: Studio Table

#4

Living with Art: An Online Project

#3

See You at CHA! Blog Hop: Sneak Peek and Giveaway

#2

Top 10 Trends in Mixed Media

#1

Trends to Watch

Book Reviews

It is always exciting -- and surreal as well -- for me to come across one of my books on the shelves in a bookstore. It never gets old and reminds me of just how fortunate I am.

On the shelves in Barnes & Noble in Manhattan Beach, California

It is equally exciting when I see reference to my book on the pages of a magazine. 

I am honored that my newest book The Mixed-Media Artist is among the first to be included in Book Club, a new section within the current March/April 2014 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine. For each of the books included, sample pages and artwork are shown and thoughts from the author are provided. In addition to my book, No Excuses Art Journaling by Gina Rossi Armfield and Delight in the Art of Collage by Lisa M. Pace are also included.

There is also a review of the book in the Cover to Cover section of the current Spring 2014 issue of Scrapbooking & Beyond. It begins with "You'll want this book by the bed or your easy chair - it won't go on the shelf any time soon." I love the fact that the book is being introduced to the scrapbooking community as I like to bring mixed media to as many different creative people as possible.

A review of The Mixed-Media Artist can also be found in issue #7 of the online Mixed Media Art Magazine. If you are not yet familiar with this magazine, check out the link. And stay tuned for an upcoming post sharing more from this great publication.

Thank you to the people behind these publications who have helped get the word out about my book. And thanks to all those who have sent me such positive feedback about what they have found on its pages.