Yesterday, Was One Of THOSE Days… HASTYPEARL Hi All…How are You? Good day? Crazy day? Challenging day? One of THOSE days? You KNOW the kind of day. OK, so mine was purple, and yours was ORANGE. They are all different… I mean, what we each deal with varies, but is Still significant to us. […]
An Easy Metal Letter Stamping Step By Step, For You ! Hastypearl Have you ever tried your hand at Metal Letter Stamping? I guess that’s a little misleading, because truthfully, this method is great for stamping other substrates, as well. I’ve stamped sheet metal, leather, wood, cardboard and even paper. If you are using another […]
Hastypearl: A Home Walk Through Done In Vignettes Just about everyone has heard of Instagram, Flicker, Tumbler or Pinterest. You probably are on them. I love Instagram and Pinterest, myself, but I only let myself pick two. (You can pop over to either, from the links provided on the right side of this page.) I was […]
Artist Question: Does What We See, Inform Our Art or Does What We Create, Inform What We See ? Hastypearl Pretty good questions, don’t you think? I started thinking it about it when I recently rewrote my Artist Statement. I kind of redo it every time it is asked for 😉 I guess it’s a […]
Art Journals, Avocados and Biogas: What Do They Have in Common? April Sustainable Souls Hastypearl Welcome to April’s Sustainable Souls topic; Alternative Energy, Solar, Wind, Water and Biogas. I felt I was familiar with the first four on the Sustainable Souls list for April, and thought that I needed to know more about the topic, […]
Easy Book Binding Technique Hastypearl Bookbinding. What a world ! There’s an endless amount of Book Binding Technique stitch choices out there. Some are so complicated, that even holding your tongue just right, doesn’t help ; ) Short of using a stapler, what I’m going to show you how to do…The Pamphlet Stitch…has got to […]
Distorting an iPad Panoramic Image Hastypearl So, do you have a tendency to play around with things on your cameras? To tell you the truth, I’m not particularly technically inquisitive. I tell people that I wish my 7 year old granddaughter Katherine Anne lived closer, because, she would probably already know more about such things […]
2017 Mail Art Exchange and The March Sustainable Souls Project Hastypearl I love it when TWO great things, overlap. This posting is about just that. Here’s why… A while back, I saw a friends Instagram post about a Mail Art Exchange group that she was in. One of her followers asked if she could join […]
Handmade Gift Tags by Hastypearl Hi guys! I’m so glad that you stopped by. I’m sharing a super fun and easy project that you can make ahead and keep on hand for your gifting. You don’t have to do it exactly like I do, in fact…PLEASE…DON’T do it exactly like I do 🙂 Your brain has […]
The Sustainable Souls Project and Reusing Paper Materials Hastypearl This posting, covers two of my favorite subjects. A group that I have become a part of, called, The Sustainable Souls Project. Reusing Paper Materials. The Sustainable Souls Project, is the brainchild of artist, Tina Walker. Its participants, will create art pieces, based on a list […]