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Blackout Poetry – as creative as you want to get

March 18, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A mix of writing and visual art All you need to make blackout poetry is imagination and the ability to let your mind take creative leaps with given text. Even my logical, engineer-minded husband … Continue reading >>

The Art of Googly Eyebombing

June 12, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Street art: Eyebombing is "Humanizing the world, one googly eye at a time." It's the art of sticking googly eyes onto an inanimate object in a public setting in a way that creates the appearance of a … Continue reading >>

How to Make a Book Purse

September 19, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I had been making purses from record album covers for a few years when a friend in my MFA program asked if I could make a purse from her book. I never had even thought of such a thing, but I thought … Continue reading >>

Easter Eggs in Trees – Traditions

March 18, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My daughter looked puzzled when I told her I wanted to make Easter Egg Trees with the grandkids. "What's an Easter Egg tree?" And "Who ever came up with the idea of hanging eggs from trees?" I do … Continue reading >>

Advent Calendar Project

November 30, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

When my children were little we had a felt advent calendar with a tree and little plastic ornaments with velcro on the back. Each day you took an ornament from the calendar and stuck it on the tree. … Continue reading >>

My Book as a Clutch Purse

October 12, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Since 2009, I've recycled hundreds of dictionaries, encyclopedias, art books, books on Shakespeare, Stephen King novels, and even Little Golden Books into clutch purses and handbags, to … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line