JoAnn Morrell’s blog and website
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Journal cover
My latest journal cover with handcut stencils, acrylic paint, ballpoint pen. I love the way the ballpoint pen sinks into the paint and creates texture. The text is the beginning of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay Self Reliance.
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stencil fun
I love the combination of stencils and mono-print papers in my art journal. In both of these spreads I started with pages from the index book of an old encyclopedia and then added mono-printed papers and handcut stencils with acrylic paint, acrylic drips and colored pencils. I also used acrylic paint pens for some of…
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Paper play
This week in the art journal…..more play with gelli printed papers….
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Mandalas (circles) in space
In 2012 I had a one woman show called ‘Mandalas, Dreams and Reflections’. The title of the show was a take-off on Carl Jung’s autobiography ‘Memories, Dreams and Reflections’ and when the show was over I realized I could work in this same theme for the rest of my life and never exhaust the…
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Winter white!
Pair number three of fulled woolen slippers for my granddaughter, she’s growing fast! This was a beautiful sweater in winter white that I fulled (felted). Fortuitously the flower is a flower in one direction and a face in the other! It looks like a little lamb to me. I’m considering adding some crocheted ears. I…
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Candle-icious!
I love candles and spend many a winter night surrounded by their beauty and warmth. Often with just the candlelight and no electric. And of course my stash comes in handy when the electric goes off, which is does occasionally out here in the boons. I take care to have all the candles safely contained…
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Fingerless mittens
Fingerless mittens have become my favorite cold weather accessory along with the ever present scarf. The array of possible techniques in making fingerless mittens is fathomless. My notebook is filled with ideas. You can make them in different weights, with or without the thumb, mixing fabrics or plain, contrasting thread colors or the same, seams…
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Holiday Garlands
I’m participating in a holiday show and went through all my Christmas storage containers to see if there was anything I wanted to use for inspiration or recycling. I bought these crocheted snowflakes from Lillian Vernon years and years ago (so they’re vintage now, right?) They were white to begin with and then one year…
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Felted Slippers
I’ve become a passionate fan of wool. It’s a magical medium. And it gives me an outlet for my love of thrift store exploring. I buy old wool sweaters to felt and use in my projects. Here’s a pair of slippers I’m working on for my granddaughter Susannah. And here are the groovy starry bottoms.…
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Boot Refashion
Hi everyone! For my first blog I’d like to show you a pair of boots that I refashioned. They had a REALLY pointy toe that scuffed easily. I wanted to see if I could reshape the toe and keep the boots. I loved the leather and the fact that they were comfortable and flat. So……I…
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