Happy February 1st, 2025!
While the Grateful Dead won “Person of the Year” at the Grammys that air tomorrow night… their generation loved tie dye and my generation has graduated to ice dyeing! So here are two recent projects I did at our local arts shop. I added them to my “Crafty Girl” page. Just scroll to the bottom. You can find the page under the “Portfolio tab”, if the link does not work properly. I posted photos of the Dharma Dye’s I used before each finished result, for guidance in case you are inspired to try your own project! Their newest reactive dye colors are amazing! You have less control with ice dye than tie dye but you can still tie some areas to create what I call “the geode” effects.

Be sure to check out my Engaging Art News page for the latest art news I like. And I will be finishing a denim jacket painting that I will post sometime next week. Earlier photos of how I painted the sleeves and collar of that jacket, are already posted on the Crafty girl page.

While the world swirls in chaos, claiming your smaller powers to offset the damage being done by the bigger powers can help balance you and help you keep “JOY” in your headlights. Last week’s news was full of death and systematic changes that have caused a lot of harm to people’s livelihoods and futures. So, see if you can do one small act of balancing rebellion this week. Creation is always a rebellion against destruction. Peace my friends.