The holiday season is here and it’s a good time to find a Christmas-themed project to work on. I’ve got one for you, and I’m calling it The Twelve Pages of Christmas. I often save tags from Christmas presents, pieces of pretty wrapping paper, or greeting cards. I’ve got a large envelope filled with these …
A gluebook is a collage journal. It can be an altered book that you turn into a glue book, or it could be a junk journal that you turn into a glue book.
The fun we’ve had with the Christmas Gluebook
December is almost at an end, and I’ve been really enjoying The Collage Art Gluebook, Vintage Christmas Edition! Many others have been enjoying it as well, and I wanted to share some of the amazing pages of collages people have been putting together. I mailed out over 700 copies with the pre-order in October, so …
The new Collage Weekly Planner gluebook (Volume 2)
The new CW Planner, Volume 2 is now available, and I’m happy to share it with you! When I published the first CW (Collage Weekly) Planner at the end of 2020, I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t know if people were going to enjoy 52 weeks of assignments, or if their interest …
Playing with money
Did you ever play “bank” when you were a child? Maybe you cut up pieces of colored paper. Maybe you borrowed the pretend money from the Monopoly board game. Money is fun to play with, isn’t it? It’s also lovely to admire. Just like postage stamps, governments put a lot of resources — talent, money, …
Preparing for holiday collaging
UPDATE: On sale now: https://shop.margaretemiller.com/products/the-collage-art-gluebook-vintage-christmas-edition It’s Christmas in July! Well, for me it is, anyway. I’m working on a holiday collage gluebook. It will have 32 collage assignments for the month of December and new year’s day. It’s a holiday art journal that will be in full color with lots of vintage illustrations to …
