Altered By Me

The reality of life. Four little words that can carry such a heavy load for so many people today. I have made it a point over the years to only write about art related things on my blog. I am a private person. Only my closest friends and family know my personal business. And to be honest holding back has made me feel like a fraud some of the time. Because even though I am a private person if you know me and I think of you as a close friend I do not hold anything back. I am one of those people who is straight to the point and tell it like it is. My art or as I used to call it my crafting was what has kept me out of the insane asylum. It didn't start out that way. I was just crafty and whatever craft I was interested in I did. I taught myself just by reading books and magazines because back when I started there was no internet. I would go to the library and check books out and learn that way. Four or five years ago when I found mixed media things started to go bad for my family. I

Sorry if there was a little confusion yesterday about my art give away. Here is an update. Leave a comment for a chance to win my nest ATC ( on the previous post ) and then check out the Paper Imagery Designs blog for info on a bigger give away! This week I was chatting with Angie about how I have a hard time adding text to my art. So I made the atc below as a way to practice adding text to a piece of art. I think as with everything else in life the more you do it the easier it gets. Thanks for stopping by! Arlene