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My posts 2007 - 2023

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We Love Mail Art: Renaissance Mash-up exchange!
We Love Mail Art: Renaissance Mash-up exchange!

I am seriously behind in documenting my Mail Art exchange with my friends Julie Welsh (Jewels) and Jo Urbani so I made a pact with myself to catch up -this is one of 2 posts . . .

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Art SwapsLenna Young AndrewsApril 30, 2014Mail Art, rubber stamps
Affirmation Journal is done!
Affirmation Journal is done!

I'm finishing up my art journal of affirmations, take a peek! The whole journal opened up -click on any photo for a larger view . . . 

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Art JournalLenna Young AndrewsApril 6, 2014rubber stamps, watercolor crayons
january art journaling
january art journaling

Last week I dove back into my art journal and completed 3 spreads. What a great feeling that is!

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Art JournalLenna Young AndrewsJanuary 29, 2014watercolor crayons
Dance your way into 2014!
Dance your way into 2014!

This photo was taken on Christmas Day by my dear friend Cheryl : )

And below, a video I created from all of the photos I took that day! 

H a p p y  N e w  Y e a r ! 

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Dance, FamilyLenna Young AndrewsJanuary 1, 2014Florida, family
more mail art . . .
more mail art . . .

I love to create mail art. My pieces often have rubber stamping all over the envelope. I still use lots of stamps from my days working in an Art Rubber Stamp Store. It's a quick way to add art! Although, mail art can be so many different things . . . This card is from the Ringling Museum in Florida . . .

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Mail Art, Rubber StampsLenna Young AndrewsOctober 21, 2013ATCs, Florida, Mail Art, rubber stamps, watercolor crayons
Looking for indigo
Looking for indigo

“Moderation. Small things. Sample a bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.” ~ Julia Child

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Art Journal, PaintingLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 21, 2013watercolor crayons, blipfoto
I've got those monochromatic blues . . .
I've got those monochromatic blues . . .

I've made a short video on my process for daily paper prompt #20 . . .  the blues -

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Art Journal, PaintingLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 11, 2013
dictionary love
dictionary love

The prompt I followed this time (from daisy yellow) for this spread in my art journal is called dictionary love​​​​​​​. : )

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Art Journal, CollageLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 1, 2013watercolor crayons, watercolor pencils, collage
Round
Round

ROUND is the next prompt from daisy yellow. You can pick up these prompts at anytime and work at your own pace . . .

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Art JournalLenna Young AndrewsAugust 16, 2013watercolor crayons
collaborative nature print table
collaborative nature print table

Steve made a table at Lucas Boatworks and said to me, I have a new table for the Tiki Hut and I would love for it to be a collaborative piece. Would you mind doing some nature printing on it??

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Nature Printing, Family, CollaborationLenna Young AndrewsAugust 9, 2013collaboration, Steve
Flowers . . . ATC swap/daily paper prompt
Flowers . . . ATC swap/daily paper prompt

"Flowers" was the daily paper prompt today at Daisy Yellow AND it's also the theme for the ARTchix Studio ATC swap I signed up for. Don't you love it when that happens?

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ATCs, Art Swaps, ChallengesLenna Young AndrewsAugust 5, 2013ARTchix Studio, watercolor crayons, ATCs, rubber stamps
A Gelli Print day!
A Gelli Print day!

I had a lot of fun playing with my new Gelli Plate. I got out some old and new stencils, a variety of sequin waste, a few masks, some lace and a combing tool

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Gelli Prints, StencilsLenna Young AndrewsMay 2, 2013Gelli Plate
ARTchix Blue ATCs
ARTchix Blue ATCs

I had the pleasure of participating in the ARTchix Studio Blue ATC swap. I used ARtchix ART blast playing cards as a base, the ones with birds printed on them.

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ATCs, Art SwapsLenna Young AndrewsApril 11, 2013ARTchix Studio, ATCs
Zen and the Art of Painting with Bill Buchman
Zen and the Art of Painting with Bill Buchman

Bill demoed and spoke about the Zen approach of reacting to the moment. In Zen Buddhist painting, ensō symbolizes a moment when the mind is free to simply let the body/spirit create…

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Painting, Bill Buchman ClassesLenna Young AndrewsApril 7, 2013Longboat Key, FL, USABill Buchman
my father, dale andrews
my father, dale andrews

A tribute to my father, Dale Andrews ~ born October 10, 1933, died October 1, 2011 . . .

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FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 1, 2012Dad, family
prayer flag swap complete and hanging!
prayer flag swap complete and hanging!

Wow, this was quite a swap! It was more popular than I expected, with 40 participants registering and 36 completing the swap. Congratulations to the participants! The flags were sent to me to be exchanged/ swapped and then returned home.

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Art Swaps, Mixed MediaLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 24, 2012creative swaps
art journal on holiday
art journal on holiday

Wouldn't it be fun to be on that little sailboat out on the St Lawrence River, heading for Lake Ontario and sailing around the Thousand islands? I saw this boat there . . .

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Art Journal, TravelLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 8, 2012
we're on wolfe island!
we're on wolfe island!

The St Lawrence River is directly in front of our cottage and it is lovely to even just walk down the steps, sit and listen to the water lap on the rocks.

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Photography, Wolfe Island, TravelLenna Young AndrewsAugust 13, 2012family, wolfe island
wolfe island, ontario
wolfe island, ontario

Steven and I are preparing for a 3-day, 1500 mile drive from Florida to Canada with our 2 dogs Asia & Chloe, our boat Chelsea and two canoes!

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Photography, Wolfe Island, TravelLenna Young AndrewsJuly 29, 2012Steve, wolfe island
by the sea chunky ATC
by the sea chunky ATC

I had never heard of a "chunky" ATC before until I read about it on Lisa Busch's Collage Stuff Blog…

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ATCs, Art Swaps, MiscellaneousLenna Young AndrewsJuly 22, 2012ATCs
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Creative Lenna Blog Archive 2007-2023

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  • Journal Quilt
  • Letter Journal
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  • Nature Printing
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Published
  • Quilts
  • Rubber Stamps
  • Sketchbook Project
  • Stencils
  • Stitch Meditation
  • Travel
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