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Happy Book-iversary Give Away!

Artist Mixy shares her latest sketchbook pages and creative process.

Four years ago I decided to embark on a personal project in which I committed to follow a specific creative goal every week for the next 5-6 years (I couldn’t bring myself to math it out exactly, suffice to say, a really long time)

Riding the waves of 2020 chaos, all my coping mechanisms conspired to choose *A REALLY BIG ART PROJECT* as the best way to navigate.

What has helped sustain the project is the looseness of the brief.

It’s just a double page spread, made without a plan, which comes together over the course of one week.

Then Monday comes around, I turn the page, and I start afresh.

Book of Days: 400 page sketchbook

After the first year or so I loosened up the ‘rules’ a bit and now I’ll return to older pages and add little bits here and there as the mood takes me.

I also skip forward now and then and leave little easter eggs for future me to find: Usual sketchbook stuff like blobs and washes of colour when I have left over paint I don’t want to waste.

When I’m listening to an audio book or a podcast and some words catch my attention I write them down.

If a week’s spread gets too wordy I’ll skip forwards a few pages and carry on writing there. Too much text at once gets a bit indigestible to me so I let it fall out into other places.

I’m leaving notes to a future me.

The doodles and characters in this book have gone on to inspire a lot of my other art, from postcards to stickers to zines.

All this to say, I can’t let this 4 year anniversary slip by uncelebrated, so I’m bundling up some goodies from my studio for a giveaway for FIVE of you lovely people!

Details on how to enter will be on my Instagram & Facebook over the next couple of days, the winners will be notified after the draw at the weekend.

See my July newsletter to find out more about the GIVE AWAY

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Hi – I’m Mixy!

This is Mixy 🙂

I’m a mixed media & textile artist from London, UK.

I love to share what I’m making, and I hope it brings some inspiration to your creative time.

You can see what I’m making on this blog, and in these places too

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3 BIG thank yous

Thank you #1 goes to Phillipa aka Seascapesaus for nominating me for the Awesome Blog Content Award

Thank you also to Not Just A Mummy for the One Lovely Blog Award

And finally to Obscured Dreamer for the Illuminating Blogger Award

Guys, what can I say? I’m overwhelmed! When I began my foray into bloggery just a few months ago I could never have guessed at how much support and appreciation I’d find along the way. You guys are the best.

Sincere thanks. And cake! Have wonderful weekends, I’ll be posting more on the above over the weekend 😀

Liebster Blog Award

A very big (and belated) thank you to WeelilWimsy for awarding me the Liebster Blog Award. Wow!

With this award originating in Germany, the Liebster Blog Award recognizes fresh bloggers with less than 200 followers. By accepting the award, it would be nice for the blogger to:

1. Acknowledge the person that gave the award and link back to their blog.

2, Copy and paste the award to your own site.

3. Share 5 of your choice blogs to award and let them know by commenting on their blog.

How cool is that!

Now, the reason it’s taken me so many days to reciprocate is partly cos I had no idea how to tell how many followers you folks have… But then I don’t really do rules unless common sense kicks in and give me good reason to. So I made up my own criteria: these guys have all generously donated some of their time to visit me here and encourage me along my bloggy path. If you like my stuff I just know you’ll love theirs too!

Here (and why) are my nominated five faves:

  1. John Clinock’s Art rat Cafe a place to see an excellent and eclectic mix of visual art combined with inspiring and encouraging words
  2. Wai-Yuk Kennedy Textile Art here’s where to go to see some exquisitely crafted textile creations, inspirational photos, and much more!
  3. gonerustic – artworks by rita summers
    another mouth-watering selection of beautifully handcrafted textile art.
  4. From the Boudoir – Textile Surprises From The Bedroom Not just wonderful ideas manipulated into incredible creations, but presented by one of my favest double acts: Jule and Dave.
  5. MyfanwyHart.com
     fellow color-junkie, creator of delicious fabrics and threads, and queen of more than one blog, so you may know Myfanwy by another of her names!
  6. Spaark ~ Artistically Afflicted another kindred spirit who juggles life and art. And then more art. Because we have to!
  7. Fi’s corner Magnificent Mix of mixed media. Mmmmm!

Of course the most observant amongst you will spot I picked 7 ‘fave five’ blogs. Well, if rules are worth breaking, they’re worth breaking properly, right? 😉

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