On my blog, www.janetcrafts.com, i am doing a summer crafting projects theme. Some are christmas themed and some are not. Here i am tracing a Kathy Schmitz design from her mini Christmas class. Tip: put your on/off switch for your light box in the opposite corner from where your arm lays. Ask me how i know...

I’m visiting my sister in LA until July 6. I visited Michael’s already and I haven’t been to one since 2016 or so I think. Mostly I got brightly colored embroidery floss, soft fabric paint, and stabilizer. What would you recommend getting? I also saw a scrolling embroidery frame for $24 but I already was getting a 20 color fabric paint set for $35… so I didn’t get it. 😐 Some photo highlights of my trip so far!

Hey it’s WIP Wednesday! What are you working on!? I’m working on drawing the outlines for my next artwork. It’s going to be really big! I don’t know how big yet, but I needed a large frame to work on for it. The photos are from a photographer friend of mine, Matthew Jordan Smith. His goal was to capture movement in photos, so I composed his photography to show movement as he had done previously in an art exhibition. It’ll be a long project. It’s ambitious. But it’ll be worth it when it’s done.

Working on Jack's rose today. Friend took the picture and I am trying to recreate. First time doing this.

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