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Some amazing weekly assignments for January 2021

January 24, 2021 By //  by Margarete Miller Leave a Comment

We’re already heading into the fifth week in January, and I’ve come across some amazing weekly assignments people are posting online. If you aren’t familiar with the weekly collage-art challenges, I provide 5 prompts and a bonus prompt every week, and people look for those things in their paper stash that they then use to …

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Postcard swap for January 2021

January 3, 2021 By //  by Margarete Miller 9 Comments

It’s a new year, and we are starting our artswaps with a postcard swap. The theme is  Planes, trains, and automobiles I chose this theme because we’ve all been stuck at home, waiting for this pandemic to subside. We’ve been anxious to get outside, to move freely, and for some of us, we’ve been waiting …

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Practice with simple collages

December 2, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 3 Comments

Recently, someone shared with me that she was feeling stuck on starting a collage. She said she would “go blank” and was indecisive when trying to assemble a collage.  I started a small gluebook with the idea of keeping my collages very simple. I started with some rubber stamping and then kept each page to …

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Holiday cards for purchase

November 30, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 2 Comments

It’s December already! Do you have your holiday cards yet? Last year I created some really cool Christmas postcards, all cut down from a large masterboard I created.  Now, I’ve taken those postcards and turned them into holiday greeting cards. A set contains 12 cards (2 each of 6 designs). If you are interested in …

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Some amazing zines

November 30, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 10 Comments

The last swap of the year is over and I have mailed out some amazing zines to 56 participants!  My dining room table turns into organized chaos when I start swapping. It’s super important to keep envelopes and contents very organized so I don’t make any mistakes with giving someone too many or not enough. …

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