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I've been in the habit of recreating print designs, or just creating my own, and printing them at any print shop I can find (local places, CVS, etc...) It unlocks a bit of your brain when you realize you can just design something and have it blown up on your wall for relatively cheap.
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I love crafting and junk journaling but it can be an expensive/over-consumptive hobby. I’ve started taking to Canva to make collages of images I find on Pinterest or Google and print them out at home.
I also create motifs or find prints and collages on Pinterest and print those out for background paper. And I have photo paper so that I can print pictures that look just as good as getting them from a print shop.
Printer ink can be expensive but when I think about how much I’ve been able to create and compare it to spending the price of ink on a single stationery shopping trip, it balances out for me.
Jul 15, 2024
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cant find art that you like? make it yourself
Mar 15, 2024
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i first did a linocut print for a class last year, and i bought some of my own tools (a little starter kit was like $19 at hobby lobby), and i love that i can make the design once and then print with it as many times as i want! the carving process is very meditative to me- it doesn't take much thinking once you have the design on the block. personally i prefer rubber carving blocks over lino because its much easier to cut tho
Sep 27, 2024
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It's far too easy for me to burn a few hours digging through Wikipedia hyperlinks and trawling through yards of text. It's a very fun way to gain cursory knowledge about possibly obscure topics, and you can find some pretty bizarre stuff if you know where to look.
Nov 29, 2024
I'm admittedly a sucker for a local paper, and that increases tenfold when it shines light on otherwise underreported stories through a progressive lens. In Gainesville, this manifests in The Gainesville Iguana. You can find them at pretty much any record store, library, etc... for free!!!! The ads also expose you to local establishments and groups you might otherwise not have known about. There's a sense of community that emanates from the paper that you don't get in any of your other standard publications.
Nov 27, 2024
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It can give new perspective on what's actually around you. A lot of the time, the veil of the windshield and fiberglass can keep the outside world as more of a backdrop instead of a lived-in space.
Dec 2, 2024