Making Things

The scrapbook industry made a plethora of arts and crafts materials available to us all.  Before that, art students and professionals had serious art stores, but the novices (like me, if I had even been a novice back then) had access to way fewer tools.

Most of the speciality stores for various have seemingly been eaten alive by the big box stores like Michaels and Jo Ann's which have it all in one place.

The only problem is that novices like me usually don't know what to do with all those embossing powders,  pens, papers, and paints.  The big box stores sell virtually everything, but they don't have enthusiasts of each craft available to answer questions.

There are so many good online classes--Sketchbook Skool, Udemy, and Bluprint among others, that teach design and techniques,

The beauty of these classes is that you can take them right at home, in your living room or on your bed--and even in two-plus-week motel rooms.

Here we have our model holding Tray #2