Mixed Media Morsels & more

Tips, Ideas, and Inspiration

I really enjoyed creating some altered tea bags in my recent Mixed Media Morsels, Dessert #9 video on my YouTube channel. It was my first time altering tea bags and I found it quite fun! I also did a “Second Helping” video, where I explained a little more about different tea bags and how they stain, …

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I had so much fun creating some little vintage-style tags from product packaging in my Mixed Media Morsels, Dessert #8 video. I really loved each one, but the little girl with butterfly wings was my favorite, so I decided to make a similar one for this month’s tag. After filming the video, I added a …

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“Play is the highest form of research.” George Bernard Shaw reminds us that, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” Hmm, maybe these guys were secretly mixed media artists, LOL! It’s so much fun to just play — paint, scribble, stick down papers, etc., with no expectation …

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Yep, I’m still taggin’ along… and this time I’m creating another tag to showcase a handmade embellishment from my Mixed Media Morsels, Dessert #3 video on YouTube. I had so much fun making several embellishments, using up scraps and bits from my stash. The little dragonfly embellishment I created in the video was a tag in …

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Ahhh, burlap… a rough, scratchy fabric, for sure, and kind of difficult to use easily in arts and crafts projects because of its tendency to unravel. But I found that if acrylic paint or glue is applied, it can become very usable! Check out my YouTube video, Mixed Media Morsels, Dessert #2, to see this …

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Well, I made a tag… with a wish on it, LOL! I wanted to share how I used one of the  wooden pieces I altered in my YouTube video for Mixed Media Morsels, Dessert #1.  Here’s how I created it: I cut a tag from card stock – it is approximately 3×5 inches. I covered …

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