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The 5 Keys to Making Art You Love

Mar 15, 2017 | How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist

For the longest time, the idea of making a body of work and really embracing the idea of being an artist was just overwhelming for me. I have always done creative stuff. Not just little crafts. I would take art classes and learn some intensive techniques like...

My Creative Emergency Toolkit

Mar 8, 2017 | Creative Inspiration, Essential Oils, How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist

I have been avoiding my weaving. Really. I have scheduled so many weaving days in the last month and just don’t do them. It is not that I am losing the weaving love…in fact I am really excited about the stuff I have made so far. It is really more like I am...

Getting back to the art journals

Feb 15, 2017 | Art Journaling for fiber artists., How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist, What I am working on

Confession time….I have fallen hard off the art journaling. While I would like to be able to say I am one of those people who can not live without her paper brain, lately that just has not been the case. I have always admired the sketchbooks of artists who are...

Other art I do

Feb 8, 2017 | How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist, What I am working on

I suppose you could say I have always had a thing for art. Most of us creative types generally do. Once we are introduces to crayons and the ability to make marks to express what is in our noggin, we are hooked. I have always been an advocate for having some creative...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 31: Finis…for now

Dec 31, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist

Alright fiberista’s Day 31!! woo hoo a month of biz and studio reorganization has come to a close. And while I am so freaking excited to have a newly rehabbed space to start my 2017 strong, there is still quite a bit I would like to still do. But the big news is...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 30: what did and did not get done

Dec 30, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist, What I am working on

One more day to go y’all. It is hard to believe I have been at this for a month. And I am not gonna lie, I don’t feel like I will be finished. At least not in the sense of a perfectly organized studio space and business. It is something I am coming to...
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About UrbanGypZ

Fiber artist Stacey Budge-Kamison AKA UrbanGypZ lives and works in Cary NC. She can also be found knitting in public, hammering out her latest e-course at local cafés and spinning yarns in her booth at her favorite arts festivals. A designer at heart, Stacey has decided that her mission is to help fellow knitters, crocheters, weavers and felters embrace their own style and creativity by exploring fiber art as it is a part of their everyday life and helping them embrace the title of artist no matter where they are in their journey.

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