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Weekly Round-Up for the 4th Week of August 2022

August 27, 2022 2 Comments

This week feels like it moved quite quickly.

I kept forgetting my schedule and was uploading things a bit off calendar but in the end I got there. So in case you are just stopping by today I wish you a beautiful weekend and here are some things you might enjoy along with some iced tea and swing in the hammock.

Making Collage Papers: On Monday I shared a little “Create with Me Session” where we had fun with paints and making papers for collage. You can read the blog post (and watch the video) right here if you like.

The Week in Flowers: For the love of Zinnias, and Asters, and FeverFew and well… all the flowers really. You can see some photos of my cut flowers right here.

Dilletante TV Has New Episodes: If you love watching a creative video (I know I do!) you can jump to all the videos and just the videos right here on the site. No chatty blog posts just the videos for your viewing pleasure. I realized I missed a few so it is now all current and up to date with all that’s visual here on The Dreaming Dilettante.

Creative Podcast Episode #8: Recorded, although not actually recorded (I explain in the podcast) and then re-recorded and uploaded a bit later than normal this podcast does get there in the end. We are chatting all about creative resistance and sharing the journey not just the results. You can listen right here to Episode #8 or check out all the creative podcast on the podcast page

So that is what has been going on here this week. I hope you had a lovely week and are looking forward to nice weekend. What do you have planned? I would love to hear!

Until next time…

-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante

The Week in Flowers: The 4th Week of August

August 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

This week in flowers is all about Zinnias and Asters-and I am oh so alright with that.

If my garden only had Zinnias, Asters and Feverfew I would have everything I needed for my favorite kind of bouquet.

I am thinking about covering some of my sunflowers so that those beautiful yellow birds I mentioned last week are forced to leave me some seeds to save for next year.

Of course, could we ever just pick 3 flowers to grow in our gardens?

Until next time…

–Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante

Video: Making Collage Papers Together

August 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

I am excited to share another create with me session. I am planning to make these, or some version of them weekly and next week I am planning on sharing an art journaling practice with you. This week I am making some more painted papers that I plan to use in collage.

If you want to get creative but maybe you don’t know exactly what to make, painted pages can be so much fun! If you don’t like collage and think you don’t have a use for painted pages you can do the same thing in your art journal to get ride of white space and then create over top of them.

Some other uses for painted pages:

Homemade wrapping paper: You could use a roll of kraft paper to make marks and paint splatters or even copier paper to wrap smaller presents.
Fold them into homemade gifts bags
Homemade gift tags
Turn them into envelopes for happy mail
Use sturdier paper and then bind them together to make a journal
Cut the paper down to make homemade greeting cards or postcards.
Use as backgrounds for photos in memory keeping
Cut them up and use them in your planner
Make tabs for your planner or journals
Use in your Rainbow Glue Book

The possibilities are really endless! If you have some ideas please share in the comments-and be sure to link your blog so I can stop by and say hello!

In addition to making painted pages I am having a chat about an upcoming popcorn journal video, Bob Ross and making mud.

Mentioned in the Video:

Last Week’s Create with Me:

Jennibellie’s Video on Making a Journal from a Cereal Box

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Until next time…

-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante

Weekly Round Up for the 3rd Week of August 2022

August 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

This week started off slow and then I couldn’t believe we had reached the end today! Time is funny like that I suppose.

I hope your week was wonderful and that you had some creative time. If you missed any of the goings-on with all things Dilettante here is what happened this week:

I Uploaded a YouTube Video!
I am still unsure how I feel about all things YouTube but I am going to try and upload there weekly Create with Me videos and see how it goes. In this video we have a chat and then spend about 20 minutes making painted papers. If you want to watch the video on YT you can do that here or check out the blog post & video on the site here.

This Week in Flowers
The flowers are slowing down a bit and I am hoping to get out in the garden this weekend to plant some more zinnias, beans, peas and my lettuce for fall. I’m also planning a good clean out of what’s expired (harvesting some poppy seed heads hopefully) and of course, bringing in some more cut flowers. You can see this week in flowers post right here.

New Podcast Uploaded
I also uploaded this week’s podcast which you can listen to here. I am thinking about adding it to podcast players and found one site that can do that but if you have a particular player you prefer let me know and I’ll see about setting that up.

Letters for Creatives
I also sent out my “Letter to Creatives” today. If you would like a weekly dose of inspiration delivered to your inbox about weekly you can sign up for that here.

So that is all I have for this week. I am hoping, as I mentioned, to spend some time in the garden this week. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous lately and I would love to get some clean up done and prepare for the fall garden. Are you planting anything? I would love to hear what!

As always, I wish you a lovely day and I will chat with you next week.

Until next time…

-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante

This Week in Flowers: The 3rd Week of August

August 18, 2022 4 Comments

“My Faith is larger than the Hills-So when the Hills decay-My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way-‘Tis first He steps upon the Vane-And then-upon the Hill-And then abroad the World He go To do His Golden Will-And if His Yellow feet should miss-The Bird would not arise-The Flowers would slumber on their Stems-No Bells have Paradise-How dare I, therefore, stint a faith On which so vast depends-Lest Firmament should fail for me-The Rivet in the Bands”

-Emily Dickinson

My flowers are wanting for water so I gave them a drink today. Some are slowing down in production and I am thinking of sowing some more zinnias-if I think they can bloom before the frost. Still, they make such a beautiful bouquet

The sunflowers are still growing wild and have even been attracting a beautiful yellow bird who has been enjoying the seeds. I am hoping he leaves me so that I can save them for next year.

I think these sunflowers are one of my favorites. This bloom is technically from last week’s bouquet but I am sharing it here because I am pressing it in my flower press to see how it turns out.

Wishing you a week of flowers.

Until next time…

-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante

Video: Creative Company-Let’s Make Painted Papers

August 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Sometimes I don’t know what to do when I am sitting down to creative time. Other times I am so full of ideas but I just can’t seem to get them from my head into tangible form. Other times I am not even sure I want to be creative at all but I’m making time for it anyway.

In these moments, usually the best thing I can do is to not try and make anything specific and to stick with what I always love and find fun-putting paper on paper or gluing pieces of paper to other pieces of paper. I know my heart lies with collage and I have been focusing on creating my own collage papers. It’s been a fun process and something that I can always go to when I feel stuck with my creativity.

Today I am sharing another Create With Me video and it’s all about making painted papers. I am using inexpensive paper whatever supplies I had to hand and having a play covering paper with paint.

I also chat a bit and share some of my favorite artists with you. If it sounds interesting or you would like some company in your creative space today why not join me?

I would love to hear about what you end up creating so please comment below.

Until next time…

-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante