October 2011 : Traci Bunkers: Welcome to My World

New Handmade Books & Alphabet Stamps

October 18, 2011, at 6:47 pm

I’ve been a busy little beaver, which is why I haven’t posted in awhile. I’m happy to say that even without the commitment to blog everyday, I am able to keep my commitment to make art every day. But more on that later in another post. All of those covers that I had worked [...]

More Progress on one of the Journal Covers

October 4, 2011, at 10:23 pm

I had been working on art for a half-hour first thing in the mornings, but based on Eric Maisel’s suggestion in his workshop “Your Best Life in the Arts,” I extended it to an hour. I worked on one of the journal covers that I started yesterday. It looks really different, mainly because I [...]

Journal Covers in Progress

October 3, 2011, at 9:25 pm

I’m continuing with getting my art on and starting my day with making art! This morning, I started working on two new journals by working on the covers. I already had them “assembled”, which was a time saver.

I’ll have them finished to take with me to Journalfest to sell. Which reminds me, [...]

30 Days of Get Your Art On – 09.30.11

October 2, 2011, at 3:54 pm

Here is my finished banner! I love it! You can see how I made the background fabric here. For the letters, I used my computer to print the letters the size I wanted onto plain paper. Then, I put each letter, one at a time, under some ironed muslin, and traced the letters using [...]