We all love to read about creativity, fill our homes with beautiful giant books with art photos, patterns, and photography in them. These books are as beautiful as they are educational. But living a creative life as an artist begs for more depth and inner...

What does creativity look like in your life? Are you living a creative life? How do you know? Where do you find inspiration? This month at Get Messy we are going to help you answer all of these questions. We will teach you where great artists find inspiration and go...

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Why prompts? Why not just create whatever you want? Why revisit prompts? If you’re a member of Get Messy you’ll notice that we are big on prompts around here. Each Monday we release a handful of prompts related to our season theme and encourage everyone to create a...

Fact Caylee has about 293480 completed art journals. Fact Lauren has about 3. But not anymore! I (Lauren) added another one to my shelves thanks to our Daily Art Journal Challenge with Creativebug! I will forever preach the benefits of creative challenges....

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Lauren partnered with Strathmore (our art journal bffs) to help you create lovely, personal art using their postcards and mixed media cards. These are perfect for all of your art journaling projects this holiday season as the paper is 184 lb. and will be able to stand...