At the request of several readers I have decided to share about my swirlie crayons today. Although, I did think they were a Crayola brand crayon, I discovered, on actually looking at them, that the brand was Colorific, which is by Sanford. I couldn’t find the exact crayons online, probably because they don’t sell them anymore. They are really called Swirl Crayons, but I dubbed them swirlies because that’s what we do here; add ‘ie‘ to the end of words. I decided to give you some samples, to see what kind of effects you can achieve with these crayons. I …read more

Since I’ve started creating visual journal entries I’ve come to really like certain supplies. There’s the trusty glue stick. I’ve been wearing my new one out. I also love how portable my swirlie crayons are. I only need to carry one at a time, really, though the gorgeous mix of colours is very tempting. I usually end up bringing three with me. With one stroke I get a changing line of colour, which gives loads of unexpected results. I like that. I do carry scissors, but prefer the look of torn edges. Besides it doesn’t take anywhere near as long …read more