Author: Yolandie Horak
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4 Weeks, 4 Paintings – Layered Foliage
It’s officially summer vacation here in my corner of the world, and it’s time to break out the art supplies. I’ve lined up four beginner-friendly art projects that everyone in the family will enjoy while also teaching those basic painting techniques every artist needs at their foundation. This week, we’ll learn about painting in layers…
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Game Review – Dead Cells
Dead Cells is a rogue-lite action platformer with fluid, ever-changing settings and a slew of unlockable weapons and skills, in a ‘just one more run’ game model. In simpler terms, it’s one of those perfect storms that keeps you on the couch, controller in hand, for hours. Before we get to the review—all opinions expressed…
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How to Beat Writer’s Block – ADHD Edition
I’ve said this a million times and will likely never shut up about it, but we all just want to fit in, right? We want to know our struggles aren’t unique, and that someone out there gets what we’re going through. So, during the worst writer’s block of my life, I did what any run-down…
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How to Stretch Watercolour Paper
I’ve been meaning to go back to basics for some of my ‘how to’ posts, but then the low working memory aspect of ADHD struck and I forgot. 😅 There’s no time like the present, right? Today, I’ll show you two easy ways to stretch watercolour paper. But first, what does it mean to ‘stretch’…
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Book Review – Iron Flame
Picking up from last week, let’s talk about Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Before we get to the official review, a disclaimer. All the opinions shared in this post are my own, are honest, and I’m not compensated in any way for expressing them. This post contains major spoilers. As I mentioned in the last…
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Book Review – Fourth Wing
I have to be honest with you, and maybe this proves I am the old crochet lady I feel like most of the time, but I have no idea what is trending on Booktok. No wonder they call ‘us geriatric millennials’. 👵 The point is, I’d never heard of Fourth Wing until my cousin Shants…
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Birthday Freebie – Colouring Pages
I can’t even fathom the words I’m about to type, but A Study of Ash & Smoke turns 5 today. My baby is five years old. How did that even happen? The last few years have been wild. I’ve never struggled to write as much in my life, but the knowledge that I published two…
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Let’s Write Disgust
This addition to the Writing Emotions series is courtesy of Lindsay in Australia (hiya, Lindsay!) who reminded me these posts matter. I chose the topic of disgust because it’s a form of self-disgust (hello, impostor syndrome) that has been keeping me from writing posts like these. If this is your first visit to this series,…
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Let’s Write – Tropes
Ah, tropes. The building blocks of all the stories ever crafted. What’s a trope? Well, those themes and elements we find most often in novels, movies, games, or series. For example, a princess with a mean stepmother. A cop joins the force because their law-enforcing parent was killed in the line of duty (and they…
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Ink Transfer to Polymer Clay Using a Laserjet Printer
If you follow trends and tricks in the polymer clay community, you’ve doubtlessly seen a storm of transfer designs. Anything from pretty florals to groovy abstracts—you can print and transfer those designs to your clay masterpieces. I recently received a commission to make magnets with text included in the design. Initially, I thought I’d handwrite…
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