Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Art Store!

From all of us at The Art Store, we’d like to wish you a merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Our Christmas wish for you is a new year full of joy, creativity and expressive energy. May nothing inhibit your artistic adventure. Oh, and that someone buys you art supplies for Christmas!

Or at least a gift certificate to the Art Store!

Who needs an elf on the shelf when you can have a real working mannequin? Our wooden art mannequins are far superior to the Elf on the Shelf! They won’t snitch on you! And they exist only to inspire and entertain you. How cool is that?

Journals are here!

Journal in the new year! Why not start a journal for 2018 and express your year creatively? Journaling is healthy and creative, a great way to document your new creative ideas and to record your year. Our Strathmore Visual Journals are perfect for your journal journey…

Here are 26 reasons why keeping a journal is good! from author Peggy Nolan.

It brings me clarity
I can weigh the pros and cons without hearing anyone else give their two-cent opinion
It helps me focus
For accountability
It’s a safe place for all my innermost desires
I can yell in my journal and no one will hear me raise my voice
It increases my self-awareness
It reduces stress
It quiets my monkey mind
I can track my own progress
It becomes great source material for articles, programs, eClasses, etc.
It’s a convenient storage location for thoughts, quotes and inspirational messages
For to-do lists
For done lists (I LOVE my done lists!)
For achievements
A place to work through my struggles
A place to freely complain and then release
A safe place to face my fears and deal with them head-on
Questions for the universe when I don’t have any answers
It’s my own self-learning guide
It gives me peace of mind
It’s a dream catcher
It’s a vision illuminator
For answers from the universe when I’m quiet enough to hear my “inner knower”
It’s an idea incubator
It’s a judgment-free zone

Our Vision journals have customizable covers! These journals can be truly your own creation from the outside in. Express yourself with one of these luscious journals – various papers and sizes available.

All Fredrix canvas is 25% off this week!

Get a bunch for your new year’s art projects. Fredrix canvas is great quality, made in the USA and ready for your art! We carry many different sizes, from tiny 5 x 7 all the way up to ginormous 36×48 and beyond. Squares and odd sizes too, for when the standard size just won’t do. These gallery wrapped canvases can be displayed with or without framing!