I'm so delighted that summer appears here to stay. I love that it stays light for hours and hours. Life just seems so much fuller in the summer, doesn't it? Here are five images that tell me that summer is here:
Bare feet!
Summer dresses!
First sunburn of the season! My scalp still hurts!
A backyard wedding! (It was lots of fun, btw!)
Art journaling outside!
What are the signs of summer for you?
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If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, there is a short introduction here. All of the previous posts can be found archived here. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Remember, it's just ten minutes of nourishing your creative self every day! No need to finish anything or even like it. If you've done some art journaling this week and you've blogged about it, or put it on flickr, please leave a link in the linky list at the end of this post. Thanks!
I brought my handy dandy travel watercolor kit with me on this last adventure. I had some flight delays, so it came in handy for entertaining myself. I spent the time sketching the people I saw.
I don't consider myself to be a talented sketcher, so I'm always shy about sketching in public and try hard to avoid the prying eyes of those around me. I'm also super nervous about getting caught by the subject of my drawings. So I do a lot of sketching of people who are on their phone or sleeping. I usually start out each sketch convinced that there's no way I'll be able to capture what I see. And then I'm (usually) pleasantly surprised by the outcome. It's a lesson summed up best by the following quote:
found on Pinterest
So, I'm going to keep trying and hopefully I will get better and better!
Here is this week's linky list:
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The thing that makes Scrapbook Soup TV work is the awesome guests. We had so many wonderful guests come through the studio. There were a few locals, plenty of people who flew in from across the country, and even one guest who came from Poland! I am so grateful for all the hard work of the guests and their willingness to share their crafty knowledge with the rest of us!
Here's who you have to look forward to this season:
Jenny Barnett Rohrs from Craft Test Dummies
Jenny is the mini book queen. She's sharing lots of good ideas for little albums.
Joe is super creative and Mr. Flea Market. His projects literally left my mouth hanging open.
Ali is the wisest storyteller I know. I particularly enjoyed talking to her about her thoughts about memory keeping in a new segment called "Behind the Page."
Kelly Purkey's graphic design skills always blow me away. I think you'll enjoy the wonderful ideas she has for you!
Ronda shares tons of artsy-made-easy tips. If you ever get a chance to take a class from her, do it!
Kim Hupke from Spellbinders
Kim brought some amazing project with her. I had to touch absolutely everything because I couldn't believe it was paper.
Nancy has a great theory about transforming scrapbook pages into cards. You are not going to want to miss that segment!
Stacy Caron from Spellbinders
Stacy is lucky that I didn't rip those earrings right out of her ears. They're super amazing and made with the help of a Spellbinders die cut machine! Love it!
Sara is super sweet and created lots of easily accessible projects. She came all the way from Poland!
Paula Nelson Hart from Purple Cow
Paula is super! I have never wanted to do encaustic, but she got me excited about the Purple Cow version, which is so easy. I can't wait to play with it at home!
Vicki shared two fantastic off-the-page projects with a vintage theme. I love that Scrapbook Soup is not just about scrapbook pages, but about all sorts of ways of playing with your crafty stash!
So many talented and crafty ladies and gents! I'm really excited about this upcoming season of Scrapbook Soup TV! I hope you plan to watch. (Check out the Scrapbook Soup website for local listings.) If your local PBS doesn't carry the show, please write to them and ask for it by name! And don't forget, you can watch the show online as well!
Next week I'll share some of the things I made for the show.
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There's so much prep that goes into a very short end result. I'm talking about Scrapbook Soup TV today.
The segments are each about 6 minutes long. In order to do those six minutes, there's all the prep we talked about yesterday. And then when you get to the studio, there's makeup...
Jenny Barnett Rohrs in the makeup chair.
And wardrobe...
L to R: Kelly Purkey, Ronda Palazzari, Ali Edwards, Nancy Nally.
Yep, they're all wearing blue. With a pink set, it's a good choice for on-camera!
I had a little shirt problem -- mine was too big, so they safety pinned two big darts in the back. But I don't think you could tell from the front!
There's also a mic to put on.
Ali Edwards getting mic'd up.
And I have an ear piece to wear as well.
There's lots of prep work that goes into setting up the table "just right."
Producer, Kathie Stull, cameraman, Mike, and Paula from Purple Cow.
And then there are all the logistics to go over with the floor director.
Top: Vicki O'Dell with floor director, Billy.
Above: floor director, Brett with Sara Naumann and sound guy, Kevin.
Not to mention the run through that I do with each guest, the producer, the director, etc.
And everyone pitches in with touching up makeup. (All those lights get awfully sweaty.)
Top: me getting powdered by cameraman, Mike.
Above: Producer, Kathie Stull touches up Kim Hupke from Spellbinders.
And our two on set Moms, Patsy & Katherine, take care of feeding us and making sure that everything runs smoothly.
And finally, your project is all set and you are ready to rock!
And then it's off and running through six minutes that go really quickly!
I'll be back tomorrow with more!
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Last week I was in Cleveland taping the new season of Scrapbook Soup TV. Yay! The show is being taped in a brand new studio. Yay again! Over the next few days I thought I'd take you behind the scenes and share a bit about what goes into putting the TV show together.
For months before the show, we're busy organizing and braninstorming and working out all of the logistics. Then about a month or so before the taping there's a crazy push to get all of the artwork done for the show. Due to the nature of crafty TV, not only do you have to create the finished product, but you have to create all of the individual steps that lead up to the finished product. It's a lot of work.
This time around I had more than 25 segments to prep -- it was crazy!
The day before the shoot, I got to the studio early to set up.
Each segments gets a tray. Onto the tray go all of the supplies for that segment, all the step-outs, and I like to include a set of directions too. (Just in case I lose track of what's happening!)
I managed to keep my workspace pretty clean the first day, but it was downhill after that.
Then, of course, there's all the technical stuff that needs to get dealt with. Since it was a new studio, lots of stuff needed to be tested, including the teleprompter:
I can help with that one (by reading it) but for the rest of the technicalities, I leave that to the experts. And anyway, I'll confess, there were a few projects of mine that needed a bit of last minute finishing! So I spent most of my day crafting and organizing.
And before I knew it, it was time to start filming!
But, that's a story for tomorrow!
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