I am thrilled that so many of you love Zetti! It really is so wonderful. I have received some emails asking how it's done - questions with regards to the pens I use. The markers that I use are the SHARPIE WATER BASED POSTER PAINT MARKERS. Those are the ones Teesha gave us to use at the retreat and they are FANTASTIC. The problem is that they are being discontinued!!! Can you believe that????! I'm ready to start a petition for Sharpie!!! I have been buying them up everywhere I find them and now ofcourse have enough to keep me busy for 10 years!! You can still find them on ebay and you can buy them cheaply in bulk.
One of the emails I received was from Teri who tells me that she follows Teesha's instructions in her "How I Journal" print out you can get from her website. She uses the crayons but then can't write over them. The markers write over EVERYTHING Teri. I also use the Gelly Roll pens (which we used at the retreat) to go over the oil pastels or Caran de Ache crayons.
If you love Zetti, you should really REALLY try to make it to one of Teesha's retreats (the next one is January 28th). They are in Port Townsend Washington which is on the other side of the world for me (I'm in Key Largo!) but it was so worth it. She only uses top of the line products (Golden acrylic paints, oil pastels, caran de ache crayons, the Sharpie Markers, Gelly Roll pens and Fabriano Artistico paper) for her classes. She is generous to a fault and a fabulous lady.
That's another thing. She has instructions on her website on how to make and bind a journal. It is EXTREMELY easy to do and the journals are wonderful. Use the Fabriano Artistico 140 lb hot press paper. You can order it from www.dickblick.com in the 22x30 sheets. With 6 sheets you can make a journal that will keep you busy for months and months (36 pages!!). That is the only paper I use and everyone who has bought it is using the Fabriano as their only journaling paper!
I'm happy to answer any questions you guys have so just let me know if you have any questions okay? Have a glorious weekend!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Carla's I Dream in Color Journal Pages
Got her pages done and they are on their way to Sarah! The pictures came out pretty awful but the pages are on their way to Australia now so I can't do anything about it!!!
Chunky House Swap
I've been feverishly trying to catch up on all my commitments and have finally gotten to the point where I can relax a little!!! These four little chipboard houses are for a chunky house swap on THE SUM OF ALL ATCS group which I adore. Of course they are Zetti since that is all I seem to be able to create lately!!! LOL!!!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
FINISHED PAGES FOR TWO MORE JOURNALS!
I finished the pages for Eileen and Gina's THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST journals. As you can see I am still in "Zetti-mode". This is definitely my favorite place to be right now!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
JACQUI'S PAGES DONE!
These are the two pages I made for Jacqui's I Dream in Color Journal. Jacqui is a very special person; she's a wonderfully talented lawyer, artist and just a wonderful person. I wanted to do something really fun and special for her journal and I really hope she likes it!!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Playing Catch-up!!
I've been so very busy lately that I've fallen somewhat behind in my commitments. I hate that but I also wont just throw something together to meet a deadline. As I had written before, I am hosting a journal project called I DREAM IN COLORS. This project is fashioned after a wonderful project by Lynn Perella (True Colors) which was published by Stampington in a publication by the same name. If you don't have it.. buy it!! Totally worth it.
These are the two pages I did for Eileen Bellomo's journal. Hope she likes it!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE PASSING OF A SUPERSTAR
For some reason, the death of Michael Jackson has left me sad. I always liked his music but can't say I was ever really a "fan". I remember when I was a kid (I am a year younger than Michael Jackson) I loved the Jackson Five (and the Osmonds!! How's that for dating myself??).
I just find his whole life to have been so sad. So unbelievably sad. I remember seeing a documentary on him on the TV once where they had opened a supermarket in the middle of the night and Michael was so excited about shopping! He'd never been to a supermarket???? How lonely must it be for you not to be able to walk out in public? To sit on the beach and watch the waves? To go to Walmart and buy towels!! How sad must it be when over and over again you were betrayed by the people you thought were your friends? How sad must it have been to always wonder if someone was really your friend or just wanted to be close to "Michael Jackson"?
A few years ago I went to Graceland at the urging of my brother Albert. Albert has always been an Elvis fan and had described his trip to Graceland as a "religious experience". Granted, I thought that was a little wierd (even for Albert) but I loved Elvis and thought it would be really cool to visit Graceland.
I left Graceland feeling depressed and sad for the Elvis. His life was so lonely; so closed off from the rest of the world. That is what crossed my mind when Michael died. How incredibly sad their lives were. It is so ironic that these two wonderful men - men who truly cared about the world that surrounded them - who wanted to make the world better - should die so tragically. I don't think Michael was ever really happy -- he was never allowed to be a child and his eternal search for that lost childhood led to so much heartache for him.
Was he a child molester? Was he the pervert that the media wanted to make him out to be? I don't know. There's no way I could confirm or deny those allegations. But my heart negates those rumors. I truly believe that he saw in children what he had missed out in life and wanted so desperately to capture for himself.
Was he odd??? Absolutely. Was his desperate quest for physical transformation extreme? I don't think anyone could deny that. But isn't it also true that those things happen when someone truly does not like themselves? Besides - who cares if he wanted to change his appearance? How many women don't do the same thing? Joan Rivers being the most blaring example? Why aren't there comments about how "strange" SHE is? Because she's NOT - she just wants to look younger. Michael wasn't either -- he just wasn't happy as Michael and wanted to see someone else when he looked in the mirror.
Michael Jackson was a superstar surpassed by none. He was an incredible singer, dancer and human being. HE IS DEAD NOW. I really wish everyone would just leave him alone and let him, FINALLY, rest from the microscope he lived under all his life.
I just find his whole life to have been so sad. So unbelievably sad. I remember seeing a documentary on him on the TV once where they had opened a supermarket in the middle of the night and Michael was so excited about shopping! He'd never been to a supermarket???? How lonely must it be for you not to be able to walk out in public? To sit on the beach and watch the waves? To go to Walmart and buy towels!! How sad must it be when over and over again you were betrayed by the people you thought were your friends? How sad must it have been to always wonder if someone was really your friend or just wanted to be close to "Michael Jackson"?
A few years ago I went to Graceland at the urging of my brother Albert. Albert has always been an Elvis fan and had described his trip to Graceland as a "religious experience". Granted, I thought that was a little wierd (even for Albert) but I loved Elvis and thought it would be really cool to visit Graceland.
I left Graceland feeling depressed and sad for the Elvis. His life was so lonely; so closed off from the rest of the world. That is what crossed my mind when Michael died. How incredibly sad their lives were. It is so ironic that these two wonderful men - men who truly cared about the world that surrounded them - who wanted to make the world better - should die so tragically. I don't think Michael was ever really happy -- he was never allowed to be a child and his eternal search for that lost childhood led to so much heartache for him.
Was he a child molester? Was he the pervert that the media wanted to make him out to be? I don't know. There's no way I could confirm or deny those allegations. But my heart negates those rumors. I truly believe that he saw in children what he had missed out in life and wanted so desperately to capture for himself.
Was he odd??? Absolutely. Was his desperate quest for physical transformation extreme? I don't think anyone could deny that. But isn't it also true that those things happen when someone truly does not like themselves? Besides - who cares if he wanted to change his appearance? How many women don't do the same thing? Joan Rivers being the most blaring example? Why aren't there comments about how "strange" SHE is? Because she's NOT - she just wants to look younger. Michael wasn't either -- he just wasn't happy as Michael and wanted to see someone else when he looked in the mirror.
Michael Jackson was a superstar surpassed by none. He was an incredible singer, dancer and human being. HE IS DEAD NOW. I really wish everyone would just leave him alone and let him, FINALLY, rest from the microscope he lived under all his life.
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