Get Messy

Messy Recipes

with Caylee Grey

Step by step art journal recipes to go from blank to finished page without thinking.

Sometimes, your creativity needs a catalyst, and Messy Recipes includes 12 catalysts for creating an endless amount of art journal pages. Get Messy Fairy Artmother Caylee Grey has designed 12 recipes that include a list of “ingredients” (or supplies), a method with step-by-step directions, and pictures for guidance and inspiration. Following the recipes exactly or using them as a guide, you can create endless variations. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike, Messy Recipes provides the catalysts for creativity that you can return to again and again.

Class Lessons

Recipe 01
Recipe 02
Recipe 03
Recipe 04
Recipe 05
Recipe 06
Recipe 07
Recipe 08
Recipe 09
Recipe 10
Recipe 11
Recipe 12
Recipe 13
Recipe 14
Recipe 15
Recipe 16
Recipe 17
Recipe 18
Recipe 19
Recipe 20
Recipe 21
Recipe 22
Recipe 23
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Caylee Grey

Hyperbolic journaler and imperfect artist, Caylee Grey is also a wife and mother from South Africa. Caylee is the Fairy Artmother of the Get Messy art journal community, book, and art supplies brand. She has sworn an oath to embrace the messy middle and believes that more than zero is enough.

Ashley Rodgers

Ashley is just an artsy-craftsy kinda girl trying to make it in the world. She loves everything from scrapbooking to sewing and art journaling to jewelry making. Her motto is “Make it ’til you make it. And then make some more.”

Mou Saha

Mou is an artist, author, teacher and speaker. She has been published over 800 times in print media, appeared on PBS TV shows and taught workshops around the States, in Europe and online for Creativebug under JoAnn, Etc., Big Picture Classes, Michael's, Get Messy and many more. Mou's background as clinical psychologist fuels her ongoing quest for wellness through daily creative and spiritual practices. She has represented brands like Faber-Castell, Anna Griffin, Sizzix Ellison USA, etc. and been a freelance writer since 2005. Mou is a mom of three humans and one canine and lives in New Jersey, USA.

Leaca Young

Creativity has always been Leaca's happy place. When she was little she would choose Lincoln Logs over Barbies. She never went anywhere without a Bic Pen and a spiral notebook to capture her thoughts and doodles.

Later, she discovered mixed media art and fell head over heels in love. Leaca loves the freedom of no boundaries. If she wants to do it, she can.