JaneVille: June 2013

Saturday, June 29, 2013

My blog is a book

JaneVille in book form

JaneVille in book form ~ 422 pages for 2012!

JaneVille in book form

My blog is a book! Well, a self published book, using Blog2Print, and paying a hefty amount. I easily downloaded my posts, by date, and created a book online. They shipped quickly and I'm thrilled with the tangible record of my 2012 blog posts. I've got a book for 2011, too, and considering doing a 2010 edition.

Why? Because it's a great record of what I've done. Because I work really hard on this blog, and I'm proud of it. And, this way I can show others my blog and encourage them to sign up to receive it in their email box, which I'm sure you're doing, right? (Just go to my blog and enter your email in the column on the right side, and you'll never miss a post.)

JaneVille in book form

cool, huh?

Thursday, June 27, 2013

free online class starts September 3

watercolors by Jane LaFazio

I'm proud to tell you that Strathmore asked me to teach an free online class, using their note cards. I'll be focusing on watercolor, but I'll do some collage too. The class starts September 3, but you can sign up right now. And...it's free!

watercolor by Jane LaFazio

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

photography and creative joy and instagram

~ photos by Jane LaFazio

I found my way with instagram when Jen Louden offered a little contest for her upcoming Creative Joy Retreat. (And she generously gave away this lovely and inspiring creative joy workbook.) She asked her followers to post images of our creative joy. Well, that just set me off! So many glorious images to post on Instagram!
I'm having great fun with instagram. Follow me!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Mola inspired art with felt

in-progress~ art by Jane LaFazio

I love the look of Molas, and decided I'd play around with the idea, using felt. (I got some gorgeous packs of felt at Purl.

step 1: free motion stitch on 4 layers of felt. art by Jane LaFazio

Step 2 cut away layers of felt to reveal the colors. art by Jane LaFazio

in-progress~art by Jane LaFazio

art by Jane LaFazio

The theme for The Sketchbook Challenge, this month, is flower doodles, so I did my doodles with the sewing machine.

art by Jane LaFazio

art by Jane LaFazio

art by Jane LaFazio

I love working in felt. Remember this Recycled Circles pillow I did? (and remember, I have a DVD out on how to make recycled circles.)

Recycled Circles ~ by Jane LaFazio

Friday, June 21, 2013

Taos, New Mexico ~ one more post

Mabel Dodge Luhan House ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

The dove houses at Mabel Dodge Luhan House ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

original interior door at Mabel Dodge Luhan House ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

original interior mural at Mabel Dodge Luhan House ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

One of the many joys of our recent Lavender Sage Art Retreat in Taos, New Mexico, was staying at Mabel Dodge Luhan House. Head over to our Lavender Sage blog, and see our people sketching and watercolor inside the historic house, built in 1922.