2023 Playlist

Cozy Mysteries Series by Themes

 My collection of cozy mysteries that I am reading or have read.

Culinary Theme (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)

Tea Shop Mysteries - Laura Childs 

Hungarian Tea House Mystery - Julia Buckley 

Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery – Karen Rose Smith

A Candy Shop Mystery – Sammi Carter

Amish Candy Shop Mystery – Amanda Flower

Coffee House Mystery – Cloe Coyle

Cackleberry Club – Laura Childs

Animal Themed (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)

Paws and Claws Mystery

Craft / Hobby Themed (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)

A Southern Sewing Circle Mystery – Elizabeth Lynn Casey

A Scrapbooking Mystery – Laura Chilids

Paranormal Themed (witches, vampires, etc.)

A Mind for Murder - Rochelle Staab 1/4

Haunted Bookshop Mystery - Cleo Coyle

A Magical Bookshop Mystery – Amanda Flower

Witchcraft Mystery – Juliet Blackwell

Based outside the US Theme (example: Belinda Lawrence series (British))

Career-based Themed (bookstore owner, housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)

The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Bookstore) - Ellery Adams

Mail Carrier Mystery - Tonya Kapper

Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery – Vicki Delany

China Bayles (Herb Shop) – Susan Wittig Albert

Holiday Based Theme (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)

Travel Theme (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)

Canterbury Tales Mysteries – Paul Doherty

Historical Theme (any mystery not set in the present)

Children’s Mysteries

Trixie Belden – Julie Campbell

The Boxcar Children – Gertrude Chandler

Encyclopedia Brown – Donald J. Sobol

I :heart: Dolls

Gaia

 

The Studio

Substrates & Paper

• Canvas / Wood Panels
• Bristol / Watercolor / Newsprint
• Homemade

• Scraps
• Patterned Paper – By Color
• Patterned Paper – By Collection
• Week 8 – Solid Cardstock

Embellishments

• Alphas & Numbers
• Stickers & Rub-ons
• Die Cuts
• Washi

Tools

• Adhesives
• Punches
• Mini Albums
• Albums & Sheet Protectors
• Photos, Negatives, Memorabilia, & Ephemera
• Laminator & Laminating Supplies
• Stamps
• Templates & Masks
• Paint Brushes
• Texture Supplies
• Heat Tools

Pockets, Planners, Journals, Sketchbooks & Happy Mail

• Cards & Card-Making Supplies
• Pocket Pages
• Planners
• Tools & Supplies for Scrap-booking

• Journals / Sketchbooks

• Paper
• Book Paper, Sheet Music, Etc.
• Memo Pads
• Bits & Pieces

Messy Stuff & Fine Arts Supplies

• Drawing Supplies
• Pastels

• Gesso & Texture Mediums
• Ink, Ink Pads, Mists, & Embossing
• Paint, Glitter, Stickles
• Pens, Pencils, Markers

• Mixed Media + Art Journaling Tools

Smile For The Camera

• Digital
• Books
• Ideas & Inspiration
• Fonts
• Digital Photos
• Hardware & Software
• Camera Equipment
• Workshops

Completely In Stitches

Jewelry Making & Metal Stamping

• Jewelry Making & Metal Stamping Tools
• Beads
• Charms
• Findings
• Wire, Chain, Etc

Sewing, Quilting, & Needlecraft

• Fabric
• Ribbon, Fiber, & Thread
• Yarn
• Scissors & Trimmers

Cricut

• Adhesive Vinyl
• Iron-on Vinyl
• Foil
• Mats
• Tools

Shop Calendar

April Mini Freebies

March Mini Calendar

Start the month out right with this mini calendar!

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February Mini Calendar

Start the month out right with this mini calendar! 

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Life's Too Short

Released January 21st, 2019. To download right click on image or follow the link.

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Spread Your Wings - Freebie

Released January 7th, 2019. To download right click on image or follow the link.

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Rejection

        There is a plethora of information when it comes to "How to be an Artist" with tips like “ When you finish your first sketchbook, buy another! By the time you've finished that you'll have improved so much" and "Get your work out there by trying to get your artwork into art galleries"[1], which is great advise. But this exhibition will be focusing on an aspect of the artist that is often over looked.  Although not uncommon ground for the avant-garde and/or controversial artist, it is still an unpleasant part of being an artist and that is rejection.  But instead of feelings of dejection and sorrowful, these pieces from famous artist are intriguing and some are responsible for the start of an art movement but all were at some point rejected by an art exhibition. Here are 5 artist and their pieces that we're rejected.

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 Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet

French (1819-1877)

The Painter's Studio (L'Atelier du peintre): A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic and Moral Life

1855

Oil on Canvas

235.43"  x 141.34"  (361 x 598 cm)

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

            Considered to be Courbet's most mysterious composition[2] was completed in 6 weeks[3] and was submitted it to the 1855 Exposition Universelle. Eleven of his works were accepted; this painting was not one of them. Not too pleased with this rejection Courbet found the funds to stage his own exhibition, this too also failed. One to not be defeated Courbet has gone down in history as a courageous innovator who would not accept rejection and has paved the way to Realism. [4]

Paul Cézanne

French (1839-1906)

The Abduction

1867

Oil on Canvas

35^1/4" x 41^1/2" (90.5 x 117 cm)

Paintings Drawing and Prints, Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge, UK

            Wanting to paint something ‘immense’ Cézanne painted The Abduction, with subject matter of violence and eroticism, was painted at the home of his childhood friend Emile Zola.[5] Painted during what is referred to as Cézanne's Dark Period because of it use of dark hues and subject matter, this was more and likely rejected by Paris Salon with the rest of his submissions that are from 1864 to 1869.[6]  An outcast to his community as well as to other artist Cézanne painted up to the day he died and is remembered as being one of the greatest of the Postimpressionists.[7]                              

Édouard Manet

French (1832–1883)

Nana

1877

Oil on Canvas

60.6" × 45.3" (154 × 115 cm)

19th. Century, Kunsthalle Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

            Feasibly inspired by Emile Zola's book L'Assommoir, which explored content pertaining to poverty and alcoholism in the working-class of the 19th century. Needless to say, Nana was not readily accepted when it was submitted to the Salon of Paris in 1877, rejected on the grounds of being too controversial.[8]  179 paintings, pastels, drawings, and prints later, some of which earned medals in his lifetime[9], Manet is known for today as being innovative and accomplishing the transition between Realism and Impressionism.[10]

Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859 – 1891)

French (1859-1891)

Bathers in Asnières (Une baignade à Asnières)

1884, retouched 1887

Oil on Canvas

79 x 118 1/2 (201 × 300 cm)

Beyond Impressionism: Pissarro and Seurat, National Gallery

London, UK

            Consisting of 62 sketches before the final piece was created[11], Seurat submission of Bathers in Asnières to the Salon of Paris was rejected. Instead it was shown in Groupe des Artistes Indépendants.[12] It is interesting to note that Bathers in Asnières is not painted in the painting technique that Seurat is famous for, pointillism because he hadn't invented it yet.

Marcel Duchamp

French (1887-1968)

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (Nu descendant un escalier n° 2)

1912

Oil on Canvas

57 7/8" x 35 1/8" (147 x 89.2 cm)

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia, PA

            Considered an outrage, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 was the painting that made Duchamp famous in America.[13]  Submitted to the Salon des Indépendants exhibition in Paris it was his own two brothers, who were fellow artist and committee members for the salon that informed Duchamp that his painted was rejected. The reason it was rejected was according to Cubist painters "A nude never descends the stairs--a nude reclines."[14] Later that year Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 was shown in Salon de la Section d'Or and Duchamp who is associated with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism leaves a legacy of humor and unconventionality.[15]

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[1] "How to Become an Artist". http://www.wikihow.com, April 22, 2013. http://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Artist

[2] Herve Lewandowski. "Gustave Courbet The Artist's Studio". www.musee-orsay.fr. 2009. http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting/commentaire_id/the-artists-studio-7146.html?tx_commentaire_pi1[pidLi]=509&tx_commentaire_pi1[from]=841&cHash=04a684ad7e

[3]"The Painter's Studio". en.wikipedia.org. 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painter%27s_Studio

[4] "Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877)". www.rehsgalleries.com. 2013.http://www.rehsgalleries.com/browse_by_artist.html?artist=247&sold=1

[5] "Paul Cézanne 1839 -1906 The Abduction". The Fitzwilliam Museum. 2013. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/FrenchImpressionists/gallery/cezanne.files/Cezanne_Lenlivement_SE.html

[6] "The Abduction" www.artsmypassion.com. 2013. http://www.artsmypassion.com/The-Abduction-p/b1022.htm

[7]Nicolas Pioch. "Cézanne, Paul". Webmuseum, Paris. 2002. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/

[8] "Nana". totallyhistory.com. 2013. http://totallyhistory.com/nana/

[9] Rebecca Rabinow. "Édouard Manet (1832–1883)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mane/hd_mane.htm

[10] Nicolas Pioch. "Manet, Edouard ". Webmuseum, Paris. 2002. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/

[11] John Russell. Seurat. Norwich, Great Britain: Jarrold and Sons LTD, 1965

[12] "Georges Seurat". en.wikipedia.org. 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painter%27s_Studio

[13] "Nude Descending a Staircase". http://www.marcelduchamp.net. 2013. http://www.marcelduchamp.net/Nude_Descending_a_Staircase.php

[14] "Modern and Contemporary Art Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)" Philadelphia Museum of Art. 2013. http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51449.html.

[15] Andrew Stafford. "Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp". www.understandingduchamp.com. 2006. http://www.understandingduchamp.com.

Bibliography

McNee, Lori. "10 Famous Artists Who Had to Deal with Rejection During Their             Lifetime". http://www.finearttips.com, October 10, 2011.             http://www.finearttips.com/2011/10/10-famous-artists-who-died-before-            their-art-was-recognized/

"How to Become an Artist". http://www.wikihow.com. 2013.             http://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Artist

Geist, Sidney. Interpreting Cezanne. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University             Press, 1989

Brombert, Beth Archer. Edouard Manet. Canada: Little, Brown & Company, 1996

John Russell. Seurat. Norwich, Great Britain: Jarrold and Sons LTD, 1965

"The Painter's Studio". en.wikipedia.org. 2013.             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painter%27s_Studio

Lewandowski, Herve. "Gustave Courbet The Artist's Studio". www.musee-orsay.fr.             2009. http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-            focus/painting/commentaire_id/the-artists-studio-            7146.html?tx_commentaire_pi1[pidLi]=509&tx_commentaire_pi1[from]=841            &cHash=04a684ad7e 

"Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877)". www.rehsgalleries.com. 2013.             http://www.rehsgalleries.com/browse_by_artist.html?artist=247&sold=1

"Paul Cézanne 1839 -1906 The Abduction". The Fitzwilliam Museum. 2013.             http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/FrenchImpressionists/gallery/c            ezanne.files/Cezanne_Lenlivement_SE.html

"The Abduction" www.artsmypassion.com. 2013.             http://www.artsmypassion.com/The-Abduction-p/b1022.htm

Pioch, Nicolas. "Cézanne, Paul". Webmuseum, Paris. 2002.             http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/

King, Ross. The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World             Impressionism. Walker & Company. 2006

"Nana". totallyhistory.com. 2013. http://totallyhistory.com/nana/

Rabinow, Rebecca. "Édouard Manet (1832–1883)". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art             History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.             http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mane/hd_mane.htm

Pioch, Nicolas. "Manet, Edouard ". Webmuseum, Paris. 2002.             http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/

"Georges Seurat". en.wikipedia.org. 2013.             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painter%27s_Studio

"Nude Descending a Staircase". http://www.marcelduchamp.net. 2013.             http://www.marcelduchamp.net/Nude_Descending_a_Staircase.php

"Modern and Contemporary Art Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)" Philadelphia             Museum of Art. 2013.             http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51449.html.

Andrew Stafford. "Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp". www.understandingduchamp.com. 2006. http://www.understandingduchamp.com.

My Cricut Life

You know how as a kid you get asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" It's a simple enough question. A doctor, a teacher, a fireman.. I wanted to be a Ninja Turtle. Well that dream isn't happening but being a graphic artist that designs and draws ninjas and turtles could be in the cards. For now we'll settle on creating things with my Cricut! Below are my projects thus far and if all goes according to plan, they will lead to my career.


 T-Shirts

Vinyl

Paper Crafts

Traveling Art Journal

Okay, so this is from 2015/2016.  This journal has been missing since then...

...this is totally WIP post...

The swap this is from is this one..
Journal Swap

How Does My Garden Grow?

Every year I do try to grow something.. although at some point it usually dies before I can eat it. This year I'm starting small. For now my garden consist of reusable scraps and seeds that I can find in the spice rack. Hey, if I end up killing them anyways, at least I didn't spend all kinds of money to get them in the first place. 


So from my instagram page, I give whats going on so far...

How my garden grows. #mustardseeds #greenonions #scrapgarden #kitchengarden #garden

A post shared by Marian Goes (@tea.roll) on Feb 27, 2017 at 3:29pm PST

What's in my garden?

• Green Onions
• Mustard Seed Sprouts

Plans I have for to add to my garden?

• Sunflowers
• Morning Glories 
• Caraway Seeds
• Coriander (this will be nice if they grow, never have to worry about the Mexican market down the street being out of cilantro again!) 

And just because I love pinterst sooo much, here are some great pins to reference when I'm in a gardening mood...

Easy Gardening: Growing Vegetables Plants from Kitchen Scraps! 

Starter Journal Swap / Tea Journal

From the group, "Your turn in my art journal" on swapbot.com.

 

" It is time to start another traveling journal, with the same or a new theme. Please dont send a journal that you started before as most of us in the group have already worked on this journal. This does not apply if you are new to the group. But please send a journal that does belong to.

This journal will be returned to you so on the inside cover you will need your contact info: address and email and swapbot nickname.

Also on this cover or adjoining page, you will want to give instruction on your theme.

You have 3 weeks to get the journal ready and about 10 days to mail

For this swap you will mail a journal and you will also receive a journal.

Future swaps you will treat the journal like a"safe tag". You will post that you are ready to pass the journal on and then you will create a swap to pass the journal on. This is the safest way to make sure that the journals dont get lost and we can create a paper trail.

Please go to the group forum and Create a STICKY thread with your nickname and theme in the title. Then each person who works on your journal should go to the group and write a comment that they have the journal. Also in the forum thread is the correct place to post your TRACKING information.

Using tracking for mailing is required so that you can prove you mailed and prove it was received. There are many ways to secure tracking. It is free with first class postage on Paypal, and 23 cents if you use media mail. Often the PO will list your tracking info on your receipt, so save your receipt."

So I give you my traveling tea journal, Tea's I Like; A Journal of Teas. 

While drinking my coffee....

From the group "Your turn in my art journal" on swap-bot.com. 

"This swap is limited to to 5-7 players. I dont want to get too big.

If you know a coffee drinker who might like this invite them to join our group.

Basically in FEB 2015 you will start a Coffee journal. You will mail off the journal by the 21st of FEB In the morning or any other time of day, While you are drinking your coffee, Do some journaling.

Drink a cup of coffee, at home, at a coffee shop or a restaurant or at work. Write in your journal about your coffee, but also write about the news on tv, work, the conversation you can over hear next to you, the sunrise or the scenery, Your to do list or other things that you can think of while drinking your coffee.

Save the coffee sleeve, or receipt, or the coffee bag or, the Keurig lid, you name it. But you do need to have some medium inside besides just your word. Images or printouts, or rubber stamps, or cancelled postage stamps will work too. finger Paint the page with coffee grounds and let it dry, Of course you would brush of the grounds and not mail off grounds with your journal. Mold is all I keep thinking of.

You must drink at least 3 cups of coffee in this time period and journal at least three times.

You may also do other pages about coffee, art or collage or zentangles, website links, articles quotes, about coffee. This is not required but is allowed."

Monthly Journal - Febuary

From swapbot this is my Monthly Journal Swap - Febuary.

"This swap is for a 5 inch by 7 inch (12.7cm x 17.78cm) journal page, it is senders choice and I will be doing these monthly. If you are inspired to create your journal page to a theme of the month, for example; hearts and Valentine whatnots in February, then by all means go for it but please do keep it appropriate. Most people do not appreciate pages that are  religious, political, sexual or gory, so please refrain from those.

Draw, paint, color, write, doodle, zentangle, collage, whatever. Just make sure it is 5 inches by 7 inches and that you put your best efforts in it. Also, so that it can stand any kind of binding, please use a sturdy paper, at least cardstock strength. For example, if you want use book pages for your background, then so that its sturdy cut a Twinkie box to the right size and glue them to that.

Because this is sender's choice you can make it an art page or leave room for writing. I do encourage contacting your partner to find their preferences. If anyone has a binding preferences, then add it in the comments after you sign up for the swap.  This is sender's choice, so there is no guarantee that you'll get your choice binding but having it available makes it more likely. On the back of your page include the name of the swap and your name. 

Also, include a note for your partner with the date, your name, location and the name of the swap. If you would like, add a little bit about the inspiration for your page. The note should not be any bigger than 5 by 7 and written on one side only. The note is its own separate page and does not need to be on sturdy paper, copy paper, note paper is just fine.

So... one page, one note, one partner. You will have 3 weeks to finish the page once partners are assigned.

Who can or cannot  participate:  no "one" or unexplained "three" ratings within the last 6 months. I will ban at my discretion. If you are new and have no ratings at all, feel free to sign up.

Rate a 5 if you receive a 5 inch by 7 inch page and a note. Rate a 5, even if you don't like it!! You are NOT rating on the quality of the page or on whether or not you like it. Since this is a "senders choice" swap, your partner is not required to read your profile first.

I am not online on a daily basis but if you have any questions, please pm me and I will get back to you as soon as I can."

Because I know others would love to see what everyone is making / sending I have created this page for everyone to post a link to their journal page.

Pick 3 / Stuffed Envie Preference

Things That I Like

-Notecards

-Stickers 

- Postcards

- Foreign Coins

- Elongated Pennies

- Bookmarks

- Stationery

- Note/Memo Paper

- Postage Stamps

- Book Pages

- Recipe Cards

- Recipes 

- Paper Dolls

-  I love pens, all types of pens, Pen remendations, 

- Embellishments (Watch Parts, Gears, Costume Jewelry Pieces, Game Pieces) 

- Buttons/Brads

-  Ticket Stubs

- Kawaii

- Arm warmers/Fingerless gloves

- Quotes

- Astrological Items pertaining to date of Birth; Aries(best Zodiac symbol ever!), Year of the Dog, 

- Maps

- Beads

- Fibers (I have a good amount of yarn for crocheting, fibers I use in Journaling and Chunky Books)

......Okay, so anything I can use in my journals

 

Things I don't mind getting (If you can find them a better home go for it)

- Fabric

- Incense

Things I do not like/want

- Cosmetics

- Lotions

- Patchouli Incense (I love incense but that stuff just offends my senses)

- Jelly Belly's Buttered Popcorn Jellybean (worst flavor ever!!!) 

- Perfume