4 minute read Raise your hand if you loved book reports as a child. 🤚 Related, I have always wanted to be in a Book Club. I’ve had a few “false starts”, let’s call them. A Vegan Book Club back in 2015, and a virtual Book Club with Ritchie Community League in 2021 I think.ContinueContinue reading “Book Report Zine”
Category Archives: Creative
Cheap and Easy Art Journal Backgrounds
5 minute read My art journal is a “junk journal”, which for me means that I use a lot of scraps and throwaway items in here. In particular, the core pages of the book are made from random sheets of paper. Posters, mail, a program from a conference — paper that would otherwise go inContinueContinue reading “Cheap and Easy Art Journal Backgrounds”
Zine Fest
4 minute read One of my goals for 2025 was to “table” at a creative event. Enter Zine Fest, hosted by Zine and Heard, an opportunity for youth-in-care to sell their creative wares with the support of their community. Now, you may be thinking, Lisa you are not a youth in care, and that isContinueContinue reading “Zine Fest”
Why Crafternoon?
We are coming off another successful Crafternoon event, so I wanted to tell a story here about the past and future of this flagship event for Not Ladylike. OUR FOUNDING STORY Technically, Crafternoon got its start when a bunch of friends came to sit around my kitchen table for Art Night back in 2019. FastContinueContinue reading “Why Crafternoon?”
Junk Mail in Your Art Journal
5 minute read I use my art journal to: tell the story of my life process my thoughts and feelings about an event or situation flex my creative muscles And since I have stopped purchasing bags and bags (and bags) of new supplies, I need to get extra creative sometimes. Thankfully, despite living in aContinueContinue reading “Junk Mail in Your Art Journal”
Top Nine of 2024 – Arts & Crafts
As my main art focus in 2024 was on my word of the year journal (which made this list), I didn’t do loads of other projects. I wasn’t even sure that I would find nine to share with you! But a wee scroll back through my photos showed me that I was able to finishContinueContinue reading “Top Nine of 2024 – Arts & Crafts”
Winter City Traditions
Activities in a (Climate Changed) Winter City I spend a lot of time talking about summer activities in Edmonton on this blog. I am a heliophile, so I come ALIVE in the summer. But I am also a weather optimist, so I love and appreciate every season of the year. In Edmonton, where I’ve livedContinueContinue reading “Winter City Traditions”
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