Share Your Joy: Mixed Media Shareable Art
I am overjoyed and super excited to announce
the official publication of my book:
Share Your Joy: Mixed Media Shareable Art
Welcome to the wonderful world of shareable art!
Making art to share, to give away, is a great way to begin your exploration of mixed media art. It’s been a big part of my creative journey. When you share what you create, you’re sharing the joy you experienced making it...whether you’re a beginner or a mixed media maven.
This book is an introduction to my style of mixed media art as I learned to create it...by making art to share. From postcards to artist trading cards, to mini journals, and zines, I have been making art and sharing it for many years. This book contains much of the knowledge and experience I have accumulated thus far in my creative journey. This journey has been so joyful for me! Shareable art is a way to spread that joy to others. Teaching about the creative process that brings me joy is another way to do this. And so is this book!
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In "Share Your Joy" I show you how to create "Art Papers" - your own painted papers that you can use to create "Shareable Projects." These projects include postcards, ATCs, greeting cards, and special, mailable, gifts. Using this book, I hope you will play, get curious, and explore mixed media - attending to what you like as you create.
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If you fully invest yourself in this process of discovery, you will end up loving...not just liking...what you create! And that love...that is the “Joy” in “Share Your Joy.”
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All the JOYFUL things readers are saying about Share Your Joy!!!
"Sarah did such a lovely, amazing job. As someone who has been working in mixed media for 20+ years, it's hard to find a new book that speaks to me, but Share Your Joy did, and I've been working in my studio from the inspiration!" -Alix North
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"Just bought mine today at Barnes & Noble! Love it! It's full of wonderful ideas to use in your journals!" -Betty Hannan
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"Sarah's book made for an inspiring evening read! I'm working on my "share your joy" mindset and really loved each and every page." -Kate McCurrach
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"I love this book! I have felt like, because my aim isn't to make art to sell necessarily, it wasn't serving much purpose. Clearly it is! Creating specifically to share is brilliant! I took it to my doctor's appointment (because they make me wait forever!) and the receptionist and doctor asked about it - it's pretty!" Kathy McDowell
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"I pre-ordered months before publication and it was so worth the wait! Thank you, Sarah for sharing your gifts and so much inspiration!" -Missi Spicer LeFave
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I adore this book! While reading it cover to cover and soaking it all in, there were times I realized I had forgotten to breathe. I was so focused! It is straight-forward and simply beautiful!" Paula Huszagh
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"More beautiful than I knew it'd be! Awesome content!" - Rosanne Sabol
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I shared with my daughters the things we could make, cooing over the colorful creations. We can't wait to get into making some of our own shareable mixed media delights. I highly recommend this beautiful book that I can see us benefitting from for quite some time!" - Rudelle Canady
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