~ a recount of "my" sketch crawl (Aug 25)
~ remember - SunnyNole of Halfway There will be doing a drawing for two Koh-I-Noor giveaways on September 1
~ a thematic creative prompt: "haiku"
~ a knitting update and the comfort of koigu
~ painted rocks with souffle gel pens
~ office supply drawings take over the journal
~ painting in a Moleskine
~ a book for young poets on living the poet's life
~ the wonderful world of Douglas Florian
~ the theme for the September ATC exchange is: SIGNS
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music with a "journey" theme. (Length: 55 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Linda Finkle ~ Beautiful Day [PMN]
Alyssa Hendrix ~ A Sudden Slant of Light [PMN]

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~ an impromptu trip to a local "conservatory"
~ continued surprises with the nightly "kid" journal drawings
~ the upcoming worldwide sketch crawl on Aug 25 - and how YOU can be involved with the CMP on that day
~ SunnyNole of Halfway There sponsors the CMP sketchcrawl - tune in to find out how you can be entered in one of two Koh-I-Noor drawings (and learn more about the history of Koh-I-Noor)
~ a thematic creative prompt: "seeing"
~ the "process" of carving an eraser
~ the books of Douglas Florian
~ painted rocks by Canadian artist Karen Fuhr
~ found hearts from the SuperHero Designs blog (and then Kritty's and CelestialSpirit13's)
~ origami turtles
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music with a "journey" theme. (Length: 47 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Jan Linder-Koda ~ Little By Little [PMN]
Shelly Cousins ~ Colors [PMN]

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~ opening thoughts on validating kid art
~ they try and trick me with magnadoodle art
~ some thoughts on feeling "ish" (after the book: Ish)
~ a very loose tooth, a tooth fairy book (written in letters), and BurbMama's tooth fairy pillow
~ Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer, a charming book about an unusual friendship (graphic novel for all ages)
~ Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes, a wonderful book that combines scratch art, poetry, and nature
~ work in the kid journal
~ the Framer at Big Huge Labs (for turning your art/photos into stamps you can use in your journals/collage)
~ your 100 things list
~ the upcoming worldwide sketch crawl on Aug 25 - and how YOU can be involved with the CMP on that day
~ Jana Bouc's blog entry on the last San Francisco sketch crawl
~ TrumpetVine entry on San Francisco sketch crawl
~ a thematic creative prompt: "a collection"
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music with a "journey" theme. (Length: 42 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Katy Pfaffl ~ Butterfly [PMN]
Joshua Kadison ~ Fragile Days [PMN]

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~ a morning of chalk
~ a few reminders about creative projects with kids and Justin Robert's "I Chalk" (from Meltdown) is in my head
~ 5 loose ends (2 of which are from Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages, a wonderful counterpart to Alphabetica: An A-Z Creativity Guide for Collage and Book Artists)
~ amazing keychains from Kritty.com
~ mark your calendars for the upcoming worldwide sketch crawl on Aug 25 (stay tuned next week for more info) (and thanks to JujuArt for mentioning it to me)
~ a thematic creative prompt: "a favorite piece"
~ OAmyOAmy is live at Etsy
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music with a "journey" theme. (Length: 46 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Jenae ~ The Long Road [PMN]
Jon Schmidt ~ Homecoming [PMN]

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