Super pretty vintage, Victorian style Valentines Day tags and tickets to use in your junk journal, card making or crafts projects! And yes, you can use them in products you sell commercially! Why Did I Make These Free Valentine Day Printables? I am a art journaler myself! I even made a year of videos doing …
Tara Jacobsen
My dementia Mom is living in an assisted living situation right now and it breaks my heart not to bring her home for holidays like Christmas, Mothers Day and Birthdays. Here are some things to consider when thinking about including your loved one in events. Should You Bring Your Dementia Mom Home? I have been …
This is a decluttering book for interesting people who have lived a great life and know they need to downsize a bit sometime (or at least not leave a mess for their kids to manage when they pass on!) Who Is This Book For? If you are picking up a book like this one, you …
Tips and ideas how to use your gelli plate to make amazing Christmas wrapping paper! Easy and fast, this homemade gift wrap is a great way to snazzy up your gifts! Gelli Plate DIY Christmas Gift Wrap Almost every year I have some kind of brainstorm about how to make fancy DIY gift wrap or …
I am so excited to be heading to the Big Apple to show my art at the surface pattern design show, Surtex! Come see me at booth 1007, say hi and register to win a super cool pocketbook! Tara Jacobsen Surtex 2023 Brochure Here is the brochure I will be handing out at my booth …
My quirky and fun hand painted artwork is great for all kinds of products including greeting cards, fabric projects like totes or pillows, office supplies and journals and so much more! A Little Surface Designer History My path to surface design is a winding one, starting over 20 years ago! In the late 1990’s I …
I LOVE how warm and pretty the colors of Fall are! With that in mind, I wanted to make some tags and tickets for the autumn and Thanksgiving season! Printable Thanksgiving Tags and Tickets Oh my gosh… I love how fun these tags and ticket turned out! They have all the pretty colors of fall …
I am super excited for the making season this year and I have so many things to be thankful for! Here are some Thanksgiving quotes I have gathered up to use in my art journal pages this year! Why I NEED Thanksgiving Quotes Okay, no one NEEDS Thanksgiving quotes, but I love having a little …
If you have thinking about trying magazine collage, here are all my best tips and ideas for how to get started, the supplies you need and then some great inspiration to get you going! Beginner Magazine Collage Video What Is Magazine Collage? I really didn’t understand what magazine collage was when I started… I had …
Today I am going to give you some tips and ideas to help when you have to move your Mom into a nursing home! Why I Am Writing This Post I have documented much of my mother in law’s journey through dementia (and yes, she gave me permission before she became unable to!) Some of …
Today I am going to show you how I took a bunch of my “junk mail” that I had collected and made a super fun art journal for my mixed media artwork. Why I Love Making “Real” Junk Journals Okay, I am just going to put this out there… I am a wee bit of …
Today we are going to look at a range of art supplies including sprays, oxide, crayons, inks and acrylic and how they react with water, Mod Podge or Collage Medium. Why I Did This Experiment I LOVE doing mixed media, but there is nothing worse than having a great piece get ruined by using a …
I wanted to figure out a way to store my stamps (red rubber OR clear) that would let me see the ones I use all the time easily! This acrylic stamp sandwich is just the solution I needed! Why I NEEDED A Stamp Book I am the kind of artist that only uses things that …
How make backgrounds, tag pockets and art journal pages with the the We Are Memory Keepers envelope punch board. I KNOW, it is supposed to be for card makers but mixed media artists can use it too! How To Use The WRMK Envelope Punch Board Video Tools You Will Need This is a super simple …
Today I want to talk to you about suicide and how you can live with the thoughts of it. I wish I had known as a younger woman I could become friends with the feeling and we could travel through life side by side! Trigger Warning – Talk Of Attempted Suicide I am not sure …
I LOVE magazine collage! But sometimes the magazines are too expensive.. so today I am going to give you my recommendations for the best (and worst) magazine subscriptions! Okay… I was avoiding work today and talking with my British friend Haley and she said she was going to ask for magazine subscriptions for Christmas… whoo …
It is awesome how much free ephemera is out there… but now how do you print it? Should you print at home on inkjet or laser, send it out to a printer and what kind of paper do you need? My Printing Story I have just gotten really into art as a 50+ gal and …
I made the cutest Junk Journal out of actual “junk” and then filled it with Tim Holtz ephemera and Paper Dolls in a magazine collage style… whoo whoo! Here are my best tips and ideas for how to make your own fun junk journal! Why I Made This Project A Junk Journal I went on …