Dapoppins

My son made it to the Worlds Robotics Finals in Houston Texas and it caught us off guard financially. This is a great nonprofit team organized by 4H that encourages STEM careers and teamwork. There are even some super amazing young women on his this team. I want to support them so I will be auctioning off (or giving to the highest interested donator) my Steampunk Jane book. More info to come about this as we figure out the best way to do it. • • • • • What is a “STEAMPUNK JANE”? One Book, two mini books, flip outs, fold outs, pockets, tags, hardware, Jane’s chatelaine, tons of papers to spark your imagination and encourage your introduction to a Steampunk Jane Austen World. As a journal there is also space to write and make up your own Steampunk Jane adventures.• • • • • #steampunk #janeAusten #minibook #artJournal #junkjournal #artbook #junkjournaljunkies #bookbinding #handmade

🦉 I have to admit that there was a good foundation on this page already but I added more papers, paint, crackle paste and the owl today. I’m feeling like happy quote would work perfectly here too, but I can’t think of one, can you? 🦉 #useitupfillitupchallenge #the100dayproject #mixedmedia #owlart #quote (at Vancouver, Washington)

🦄. Just a little reminder from my art journal. 🦄 #faith #unicorns #watercolor #arteveryday #creativityeveryday

I’m not great at reading directions. I find that there are two types of creative spirits - those who read directions carefully and make a plan, and those who glance at the directions and just go for it. I kinda just went for it when I made this book and as a result had to leave out at least 15 of the pre-made pages. What kind of creative are you? 📚 📖📚📖📚📖📚📖📚📖. #bookbinding #handmade #scrapbooking #ephemera #junkjournal

When we worship in Spirit and in truth Heaven responds. - I think this one is finished. #Faith #love #instaartist #bibleverse #biblejournaling

This little bunny is going to the dentist today and would just rather not. 🐰 She needs so very much dental care for pretty chompers. Or it looks like she will have to eat baby food carrots. 💰 And her pockets to pay are empty. See? She doesn’t even have pockets. 💰 So she does what she can do and it’s never enough. UGH. The most painful thing about the dentist is the impossible cost. ⭐️ But God She says. Gratitude she remembers. It will be okay, she knows. 🐰 It will be okay. • • • • • #bunny #illustration #TrustGod #mixedmedia #yellow

Someone made a comment about my work and called these characters, “Little Baldies.” 💕💗I love it! 💗 💕 this Little Baldie says, “Hello, what are you working on this week?” #illustration #snailmail #creativity #happy #artplay #artbook #artlife #mixedmedia

Collaboration can be a beautiful thing. My daughter was 8 when she let me use her drawings to create this collage. Now that she is 14 we have very different art goals and styles but we are still collaborating where we can with really interesting outcomes. Have you ever collaborated with a kid? #inspiration #creativity #art #collage #painting #kids #kidart #illustration #fox #bunny

I’m sending out more snail mail this month to girls and tweens. This may become a thing. A big thing! It may need it’s own Instagram kinda thing! But whatever happens I’m super excited to share some encouragement and inspiration via a stamp and an envelope one girl at a time. #snailmail #happymail #girlsonly #fortheloveofpaper #paperpassion #stationary #zine #artshare #freeart #spreadart #creativity #inspiration #encouragement

Sending this little girl and her friend off - I made them ages ago - but they will find a new forever home with dear friend, whose huge heart who has helped me grow and shaped my own heart (her and her family) and that’s as it should be. #mixedmedia #collage #homedecor #color #artplay #art #painting

Little bits of stained grunginess ...Steampunk Jane is an industrious, confident woman, who didn’t mind a little bit of well earned, travel stained grit. You’d be confident too if you wore a steel corset. #steampunk #janeausten #minialbum #handmade #junkjournal #junkjournaljunkies #minibook #artbook

Any day now, I keep telling myself. And then I collage, punch, and embellish 10 more things. But my Steampunk Jane book REALLY is almost done. Periscope at Dapoppins on Thursday Feb 22 - if not the full flip through video. #steampunk #minialbum #handmade #artbook #minibook #junkjournal #janeausten #janeausten

So close to finished with a new vintage, steampunk #minibook #junkjournal #artbook. It’s been dominating my head space for a month now. It won’t be perfect or exactly what I hoped for - tons of mistakes. I measure and remeasure and cut wrong repeatedly - but done is better than perfect and I am so excited to almost be done. #vintage #steampunk

It doesn’t look like much, but Here’s hoping. I am putting together this and that to make a mini book and use up some of the paper bits I have laying around. Problem is- I just seem to somehow make more paper bits. #artjournaling #artjournal #primitive #paperpassion #minialbum #minibook #artbook #artlife

With the new year and all I need to make some decisions. Ive always worked as an independent contractor so it is not a huge deal to become an official sole proprietor of a Creativity business - can I morph my care giving - nanny life into a people oriented art life? I don’t even know where to start but I’m pretty sure it would be a good thing to write off art supplies... #startup #artbiz #selfemployed #artlife #mixedmedia