Friday afternoon is a paste paper-making party at the FOC Retreat. It’s a tradition! I don’t always participate — sometimes I’m deep in some other kind of creating. But this year I was all over it! Here are 4 of the many pieces of paper I decorated with colored paste.

What is paste paper? Think finger painting for adults, and you won’t be far off. Just about as much fun as you can have in an afternoon!

#pastepaper #originalart #makestuff #gogetcreating #artplay #focretreat #santasabinacenter #fun #fullcolorlife #livingacreativelife #creativesandbox

Having fun with watercolor.
#workinprogress #originalart #organicart #watercolor #zillerink #abstractart #focretreat #creativesandbox #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife #artplay #makeart #makestuff #gogetcreating

Verso with color:

yes
there is still
time.

#bookpagepoetry #alteredbook #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #originalart #organicart #mixedmedia #watercolorground #watercolor #zillerink #abstractart #creativesandbox #focretreat

Recto with color:

adequate
happy
Does
shift
luck
for
you
darling
#bookpagepoetry #alteredbook #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #originalart #organicart #mixedmedia #watercolorground #watercolor #zillerink #abstractart #creativesandbox #focretreat

Now with color! From the chapter, How to Select a Husband:

yes
there is still
time.

adequate
happy
Does
shift
luck
for
you
darling
#bookpagepoetry #alteredbook #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #originalart #organicart #mixedmedia #watercolorground #watercolor #zillerink #abstractart #creativesandbox #focretreat