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Step Away from the Screen : No. 126
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Mail US
It’s time for another Step Away project! This time I took on the mailbox. When we moved into our house 7 years ago, we inherited a plain, black mailbox mounted on the wall of the front porch. It...
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Yard Art Day 2013
Remember Yard Art Day? Well happy happy, we did it again this year! This time around we wanted to create something that had fewer steps, and required fewer power tools, but would hopefully make an...
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House Rules
Hey kids! I thought it might be time for another story about something I stepped away from the screen and made. Yeah? Okay! This story has a few “parts” to it, so I thought I’d break it down into bite...
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Time and time again
So, once upon a time I had babies. Little baby babies. Who had teddy bears, and rocking horses, and all the baby trappings of babydom. Before these babies were born, someone gave me a clock. The clock...
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Step Away from the Phone…
So it was time for a new iPhone case. You might guess I’m fairly picky about what I wrap around my phone, and you’d be right. So I designed my own by repurposing some of my favorite Step Away art....
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Monthly Challenge: June
School’s out, pools are open, sleeves are short, toes are finding sand. It’s June!! This month is all about freedom and spontaneity. With a whole summer of warm days and late nights yawning out before...
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Alt Summit: Art Installation
Every year I go to a conference in Salt Lake City called Alt Summit. There’s Alt Winter in January, and Alt Summer in June. I’ve been to every Alt Summit (which began in 2009), but this year was...
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Monthly Challenge: July
Photo from flickr by The unnamed. Welcome to July, friends! It’s the month of independence. Canada Day, Independence Day, Bastille Day (France), and Fiestas Patrias (Peru) are all celebrated this...
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Monthly Challenge: August
Someone said to me recently, “Screens keep me from being able to do the things that make me happy.” Do you find that statement to be painfully true? I know I did. So here we are in August. Summer’s...
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Monthly Challenge: September
Welcome to a new monthly challenge, friends! Kids are back to school, work is back in full swing, apples are being picked. September’s first cool mornings are so sudden. Seemingly overnight, the...
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make/FOOD – The Best Slow Cooker Beans EVER
Welcome to make/FOOD! Each Monday I’ll be providing a new recipe for you to step away from the screen and make. For the first installation, I’m excited to introduce you to your new favorite Mindless...
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Maker Spotlight: Molly Carroll
Editor’s Note: Thank you so much, Molly Carroll, for being our first victim Maker Spotlight! We’ll be featuring other makers here as often as possible. Have you made something you’re particularly...
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Natural Easter Egg Dyes
It’s almost Easter, y’all! Today I had the opportunity to visit with Colleen and Eugene from Charlotte Today on NBC to talk about dyeing eggs for Easter using natural dyes. Video not working? Click...
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7 Tips for Perfect Spray Painting
When you think of spray painting, you probably think of graffiti, porch furniture, and school spirit boulders. But did you know that pretty much everything can be spray painted? Yes, everything. I...
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#THE100DAYPROJECT
#THE100DAYPROJECT is a free and open project for anyone who is hungry to jump-start their creative practice, who is curious about being a part of a supportive, nurturing community that celebrates the...
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Managing Mounds of Kids Artwork
Are you a parent? Congratulations! This means you have a kid! Which means you probably have TONS of kids artwork. Hundreds — or even thousands — of sheets of paper, covered with colored squiggles,...
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May Challenge – Tame the Chaos
For anyone involved in school in any way (student, parent, teacher, etc.) May is a month of chaos. Between end-of-year testing, end-of-year picnics, end-of-year teacher gifts, end-of-year goodbyes, and...
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PROMPT
The McColl Center is having an Open Studio Saturday party to celebrate the opening of prompt, an exhibition of new installations by Alumni Artists-in-Residence Quisqueya Henríquez, Susan Lee-Chun, and...
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July Fourth DIYs
Few things symbolize summer more than July Fourth. Everything about the day is celebratory, from parades and swimming pools to hot dogs, watermelon, and fireworks. Summer is also a great time to take...
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