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joanne sharpe
I am a full time artist/designer/ teacher, wife and mom to four grown kids with three bengal cats and a golden retriever
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Yippee is right on the CPS gig!!! And fear not sister friend, the Lettering Fairy will be sprinkling her magic on your blog next week! xoxoo
Toggle Commented Jul 8, 2011 on Art Journal Every Day: My Three Best Tips at Balzer Designs
the apron is beyond creative, you are a spectacular woman!
Toggle Commented Jul 1, 2011 on Adventures in Sun Printing at Balzer Designs
You lucky duck, great stuff sister!
Toggle Commented Jun 28, 2011 on Thursdays I'm at MoMA at Balzer Designs
love this idea so much and am going to try a version myself in July. Brilliant as always my friend!
Toggle Commented Jun 27, 2011 on Art Journaling Club at Balzer Designs
Great idea!! I think i am going to do the same on my new blog. Thanks for the inspiration!
Toggle Commented Dec 1, 2010 on December 1 at The Memory Bee
pretty puleeeeeeeeeeeeze..........i need me some Helmar!!! Amen.
Toggle Commented Nov 15, 2010 on Sponsor Spotlight & Giveaway: Helmar at simply me
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POOOOF!!! MOVED THE BLOG!
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joannezsharpe.blogspot.com I"VE MOVED MY BLOG!!!!!! Click the link and come on over!!! Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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painted pages...
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It's my honor and privilege that you take the time to come to my blog. I hope that when you come here you are inspired. Inspired by the illustrated words, perhaps something touches your heart when you stop here to... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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shining star....
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...You are a bright and shining star"..... ..i wish i could be brave enough to write and journal on these pages. Do you ever feel like you will "ruin it" if you keep adding?? That's what i think. So i... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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doodle hearts...
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Still getting lost in my doodle journal these days....swirly hearts, winding vines and my watercolor-like Copics color illustrate this "whimspiration"...."say Yes to that which is burning in your Heart..." Short and sweet, find that which makes you bubble over with... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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coloring therapy...
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Another page from my "coloring journal" of illustrations. I get so lost in clean crisp pages and linear drawings, it becomes my therapy. My coloring journal becomes a form of meditation for me, to first draw with my black fine... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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...but here's what i've really been doing!!!
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Painting signs, painting signs and painting more signs!!! I have a great wholesale business selling original artwork to a few hundred shops and retailers all over the county. My product line called "Whimspirations", consists of handpainted whimsical signs with fun... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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waiting for words, it's all about the process.....
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Here to share, are some of my lonely little paintings and journal pages works waiting for "heart spill"...words and wisdoms to fill the colorful collaged and painted pages. Quite often, i just like creating the base, with all the layers,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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Like i said, Caran d'ache, ART CRACK!!!! Gotta have them all, can't get enough, right Donna???
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on a blog roll
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Yes, on a roll, bloggin' like a champ! I'm liking the look back on my "Summer Series" art journals. Here is a page spread in its beginning stages earlier this summer on my studio floor, . The facing pages are... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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omg, Mel!!! I JUST realized that YOU are my "melissa" commenter, duh!! So wish you lived closer so we could tear up some art stuff!
Toggle Commented Sep 1, 2010 on art journal painting at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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art journal painting
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This is the next page in my "Summer Series" art journal. The "Summer Series" is much play and experimentation directing me in the next way to go. It's important to me, to constantly seek new techniques to expand my work.... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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art and puppy breath
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Every today truly is the time of your life. Sometimes it seems that we are always rushing through all our daily moments to get to the next moments! I see my little 8 week old puppy "Teddie" so small and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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painting with pearls
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What???? Ranger's DIMENSIONAL PEARLS that is! There are several colors in the product collection, and i used TERRA COTTA on this project. Ranger also just released new colors in the LIQUID PEARLS line, and i can't wait to try them... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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"journal words"
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These "speak to my soul" words come to life with paper pages, paints and pens. I love cropping the close ups of my written words and sentiments illustrated in the "Joy Journal". They become new little works of art on... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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"heart knows"
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Without a doubt. Don't you always "know" what to do, where to go, when you feel that it's right, down deep in your heart? It's that "trust your gut" thing. I continue to explore and reinvent my look, working with... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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"creative space"
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I love having a studio in my home. Sometimes i can't sleep, so in the middle of the night i sneak into my studio (my daughter Meghan's old room) and putz around with my markers, paints, inks, pens, journals. For... Continue reading
Posted Jul 9, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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"destiny designer"
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So very true. Whatever we want, we can have if we work hard enough, and visualize its reality. We hear this all the time, that we make our own luck, our dreams can come true, we are the creators of... Continue reading
Posted Jul 7, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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"passion and purpose"
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This i know. To create is my passion, my purpose is to share it........... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2010 at Joanne Sharpe: WHIMSPIRATIONS...Artfull, colorfull, soulfull, whimsicall inspirations
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