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Planning and creating in 2021!

November 9, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 6 Comments

I’ve got exciting news to share. I’ve designed and had printed a gluebook/planner with weekly prompt assignments, for the whole year of 2021.  I had the idea to create a gluebook as a designated place for the assignments after I saw so many of you enjoying working on them week after week.  Here’s what the …

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Zine swap — now open

October 6, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 6 Comments

The last swap of the quarter is here, and it’s zines!! You can send in up to 8 copies of a single zine, which are letter size (A4), and have been done in a collage-art style. Additionally, at least a third of your papers need to be vintage or vintage styled papers. Zines are due …

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Learning from example

February 7, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 6 Comments

I’m a firm believer in learning from example. I totally love the idea of copying a style or technique until you learn from it, and your own style emerges. Since we are in the middle of the current postcard swap on “home”, I had been looking for some inspiration to get me motivated for creating …

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The “Books and Authors” postcards

November 22, 2019 By //  by Margarete Miller 13 Comments

I mailed out the “books and authors” postcards for the fall swap today. I was a little behind because I waited for a last letter to arrive from Italy. The postcards were outstanding, and though I couldn’t photograph each one, I did take photos of different groups of cards to share with everyone.  Overall, by …

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Thoughts on the ATC postcard swap

August 26, 2019 By //  by Margarete Miller 18 Comments

The postcard swap for summer 2019 — the vintage ATC postcard swap, is done, and all cards have been mailed out. I did, however, want to provide some thoughts, as well as share some photos of postcards. I’ll also explain why we won’t be doing another of these kinds of swaps going forward. The bad …

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