Joe Rotella was really down when I called him last week – he lost his Mojo – but I had a solution. Don’t give up on the video before you see the bloopers (appr. at 4min)..they have me in stitches every time I see them ;)
Joe Lost His Mojo from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Moooojoooo -it is when Muse and Mojo run away together;)But you can find them on this fantasy island called CJS14 :)
Have a gorgeous day
huge hugs
Nat
Are you ready for the 6th photo of the Second Round of Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about or want to see all the past photos and takes…check it out here.
Click here to see what Cat, Vicki, Martha and Cuchy made out of the photo and which story they tell.
Here is my take:
Journaling: Detective Henry Millera and Detective Stewart Fisher knew exactly that the more flashy they would dress the less it became obvious that they didn’t belong to the Women’s Club Fighting for Equal Rights. It was almost too easy to hide.
For the background I used Liquitex Paints and also Claudine Hellmuth’s Foam Stamps .
And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:
Here is how it works
thank you 
Nat
Mensch Nat, das ist Voodoo – wir haben Advent ;))
LG Ursula
Oh… I love how you think! Awesome page!
Oh you didn’t go there…lol! What fun and now I want to know the rest of the story!!!
hehehee ;)
Ha Ha, when I was working on my page I thought they looked like men — this is so funny! Super cute page Nat.
I so enjoy your stories for the Whatevers Nat and this reminds me that I need to upload the LO that I did for the last photo.
I love this page! Very Cooool
Much better these neon coats LOL
Cool contrast with the black background
Finally I can post a sneak of my ArtVenture Class for Prima in Anaheim in California- January 8-9 . You can glimpse a super fraction of some upcoming new Prima Products which will be fully revealed in January ;)
The Event was fully booked- but Prima added some additional spots – you can book the event here :) I hope to see some of you there.
Have a gorgeous day
Hugs
Nat
Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January 2013. The videos are not available here anymore, since CJS 2013 was only available till June, but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want and see what CJS 2013 was all about.
And now let’s jump to the 7th video in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was the Photo Painting Technique
If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)
CJS 2013 Technique 7 Photopainting from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
As you might have seen I just proposed Creative JumpStart 2014 !
It will work slightly different this year and has some major improvements like a forum and an easier access- and I can tell you already the line up of artists and the videos are AWESOmE!!! For 20 Dollars -that is less than 1 Dollar per video (23 videos by 21 artists) it is a great deal! Check out the information here :)
I would love to have you!
And here are my supplies I used for the Photo Painting Video above:
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Have a gorgeous and wonderful day!
hugs
nat
This is great news Nathalie! Thanks so much for doing Creative Jumpstart again, I can’t wait! Have a wonderful Christmas, see you in January!
I’m signed up for CJS2014! I can’t wait for it!
I’m excited to announce that I decided to do Creative JumpStart again. Here it is: Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2014.
Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2014 Teaser from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
If you’re not familiar with CJS, it’s a one-of-a-kind community event to inspire your creativity.
Need help getting your creative mojo going in 2014? CJS can help.
Throughout January participants get 23 videos from 21 featured artists. It’s an amazing event where you can learn new techniques, discover new materials, and connect with other artists.
Head on over here to sign up and for more details. CJS costs just $20 for the 3.5 hours of video content. That’s less than $1 per video — a great deal.
So join me and 20 other artists this January for CJS 2014! We are looking forward to have you!
huge hugs
Nat
Hello — I signed up for CSJ 2014, and was unable to participate due to several health issues and hospitalizations. I would like to know if there is any way I can still access these videos. I would really like to be able to Jump Start my art again!
Thank you for any help you can give me in this.
CJS 2014 was available to watch until the end of November 2014 ; CJS 2015 is available to watch until the end of November 2015.
So enjoyed the CJS 2013. Am looking forward to January and CJS 2014. Thanks for offering it at such a reasonable price.
So happy you decided to have CJS 2014. It is such great fun to learn from so many talented artists and for such a low price. I look forward to January every year since you started having CJS! Thank you.
I am so glad you decided to do it again! all signed up, and ready to go :)
Woo Hoo, singed up and ready to go!
I know that this takes a lot of work Nat and I’m glad that you decided to do it again. Well worth the cost plus more. It provides me with a piece of happy each morning:-)
I’m signed up. Can’t wait. so glad you decided to put it on again, Nathalie!!!!
So happy for you, girl! Wish I could join you, but all my crafty goodness is packed in boxes until I move to my own place. :-( But I’m with you in spirit, my friend!
Oh yay! I so love this event! Just topped up my PayPal and will be signing up at the moment I have the $ in my account :)
I really enjoyed the sneak video, too!
I’m signed up! Can’t wait for it to start! I do have a question…will we be able to download the videos?
Thanks for doing CJS again! I know it’s a lot of work and I appreciate the time and effort you put into CJS for all of us!!
HI Barbara, thank you for signing up- it is wonderful to have you! The videos will not be downloadable but you have access to them until the end of November 2014. Hope this helps. have a gorgeous day, Nat
I’m all signed up and very excited! Last year was fab, I learned so much! Thanks for doing this again, Nat! :)
I already signed up! I loved it last year….learned so much, love Nat’s teaching style! And this year I have all the materials, so bring it on! January is such a great month to take online classes, when we are pretty much hunkered down here in the cold and barren northeast!!! Can’t wait!
Love it I just paid
So excited to be able to take part of this again. Love your work Nat much appreciated all the effort you put into this.
Fantabulous Nat and a bargain too!
OH Yesssss! still tasting CJS 2013!….Wonderful opportunity, with Nathalie, one of the best teachers, mixedmedia artist, playing with gesso, acrylic, powders, layering…, etc. Thanks Nat for starting 2014 with this!….will sign soon…the best 2014 for you and your dh!…
So excited about this new series of once a month Art Journaling workshops with different topics which I will teach at The InkPad in New York City.
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The other topics and dates will be announced soon . We have planned about six in total so far :)
Have a gorgeous day
Nat
I’m all signed up! Can’t wait for class to begin.
I am lookking forward having you !!! :) Nat
Ahhhh…lucky New Yorkers!! Don’t think about it..SIGN UP!!! Nat is FAB!!
Oh to live in NYC! Looks like a fun ongoing time Nat.
That’s great Nat
congratulations on your classes they look like so much fun
I love how the background for this page turned out – it was very bright and wild until I covered most of it with black and that made it for me.
Embossed with my old stamps I designed for Sultane and Stampendous Aged Green Embossing Enamel – love that stuff!
Have a gorgeous day
Nat
my watercolor crayons – I hadn’t used them in years (and I had the old BIG set of the ones from Stampin Up – I’ll never run out of colors!) Agree that it is fun to shop in the stash!
Wow, really different colors for you Nat.
Somehow the black lends itself to the words.
I’ve been purging my supplies and re-discovered my colored water pencils. It’s always fun to “shop” in my own stash of supplies;-)
Those of you who were part of the Creative JumpStart 2013 saw the videos that me and my artist friends posted on my website throughout January. The videos are not available here anymore, since I have to make room for new fun things to come ..still thinking 
…but I thought it would be nice to repost my 10 technique videos over the next couple weeks- so that you have access to them whenever you want.
And now let’s jump to the 6th video in my Über*Media Creative JumpStart 2013 Workshop which was the Brayer Background Technique – one of my faves
If you have no external speakers on your pc – turn up the volume a lot (the audio is very low in this video)
CJS 2013 Technique6 Brayer Background from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
This and the other techniques are part of some of my Über*Media Online Classes.
They are there to free your creativity with techniques and how-to’s that go beyond one certain project. I want you to learn something new that you can adapt to your own style and can use for many projects to come.
Über*Media classes are dedicated to different kinds of media that cross a variety of materials.
I do have several Über*Media Workshops available right now for example Über*Media -PanPastel, -Acrylic Paint, -Gesso, -Acrylic Ink and -FoamStamplifier.
For my Creative JumpStart Über*Media Workshop I showed some of my favorite Über*Media Techniques that can be used in your Mixed Media, Scrapbooking, Altered Art and/or ArtJournal Projects.
And here are the supplies I used in the video:
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I hope you enjoyed todays technique :)
Nat
i love this technique, thanks for sharing
Oh yay I can see it now and how pretty it is too!
I agree, a 2014 Creative Jumpstart video series would be AWESOME! I loved the 2013 series:) Hugs and Happy Holidays Nat.
Will there be a Creative JumpStart 2014?!? I had a wonderful time learning and playing this year so I’m hoping there will be! Thanks for sharing these with us again!
A lot of times I get asked what inspires me. And one of my key answers is always “a stroll through the hood”. It might be street art, it might be thoughts or feelings connected with certain sights, it might be stuff I find to buy…in one way or the other you might find the photos, the thoughts, the feelings, the colors or anything from those strolls in my art journal, a mixed media project or a scrapbooking layout.
I would love to show you once a month what inspired me while strolling through my neighborhood. I hope you like the little insights into my daily life where I live . This is also a wonderful way for me to remind myself on the inspiring things in the hood. Maybe you get inspired by those posts and even invite ME to a stroll in YOUR hood – feel free to grab the logo and leave a comment for me on the post and share!
This bathtub used as a planter in front of a neighbor hood florist always makes me laugh…I see this funny face with a funny nose …hilarious! – You should know by now I am a weirdo…if not…LOL- Welcome to my world!
I did n’t even see those faces hidden in our stucco at our apartment building till my friend Marsha visiting me from The Netherlands pointed them out. There are several different ones…very funny. I am intrigued to find out about the story here…
On the way to the Hamilton Farmers Market, I saw this sign…this makes me giggle ..I want this- LOL
My sis in law and I took a screen printing class in my favorite store in J.C. – Kanibal Home . The store is filled to the brim with wonderful home decor items, beautiful gifts, vintage furniture and cool clothing. The owner is amazing too and she probably thinks I am a weird stalker because my strolls through the hood let me end up in the store every second day – LOL.
I love this old advertisement in the brick wall – you see a lot of those fading away in J.C. .
Last saturday we were at TEDx Jersey City. A lot of great and inspiring talks- my favorite one was by Ben Figueroa. Ben “Broken English” Figueroa is a self-taught writer, spoken word artist, and stage performer. His talk was on “Step Your Art Up: Creating Honest Art for Today’s Youth”. It was such an amazing and inspiring speech – I hope it will be soon available so I can share with you. BTW – it blew my mind that there almost no people at TEDx here…if you ever have a chance to go to one in your hood- GO!!!!
Some of the street corners still have the old street signs- I love them – I hope they will keep them!
A new mural- I saw the progress of it and it was pretty cool how they sprayed it –
Other than strolls November was pretty crazy busy – so here is a stroll through our living-dining room where we hosted our house warming/home coming party and our first Thanksgiving Dinner in the states with our family. It was wonderful and we had a great time with our loved ones!
Time to snuggle up in front of the fireplace for a moment…before the next crazy bit of the year begins. Looking forward to my December strolls through the hood…although…the weather here is something I have to get used to. While cold weather in Hamburg is like Needles in your Bone, in NJ/NYC it is like scissors in your lungs and the wind is like a shovel in your back…or …actually …it is more like a shovel right in your kisser ;)
Have a wonderful day in or out :)
nat
LOVE your “Hood” posts! Yes, IF we have the time to look, there are so many neat & interesting patterns, odd shapes & funny signs in any neighborhood.
LOVE YOUR apt! It looks so roomy – compared to my house!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts & art every day.
Grandma Nancy
Hi Nat
love the eat local sign hmm I could use that sign here
you are so funny
thanks for the stroll
I so enjoy your strolls that you share with us.
Zombies eat locals…too funny.
The face in the stucco is kinda creepy to me.
The mural on that wall is gorgeous.
Your table setting is simple and elegant.
Your fireplace looks like the perfect place to snuggle with cat, hubby, a huge mug of tea and a good book.
Did I ever tell you that I worked at a screen printing place one summer? Oye! Enough screen printing for a lifetime, I tell ya.
Your neighborhood is such fun. I love that bathtub pic and the “eat locals” sign. Let us know what you find out about the stucco faces. Interesting. You’ll eventually get used to north Jersey weather. It can be tough, but enjoy it anyway.
I love your strolls through the hood! What a gorgeous apartment!!
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Love your strolls through the neighborhood! I like the housepainting(spraying), wowww!
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Ha, Ha, Ha…still laughing! you make a gracious couple, and this idea is outstanding!…what a way to call attention of the procrastinators!… Im anxious to start again with CJS 2014…as i enjoyed the 2013 a lot!…thanks for the opportunity. Merry Xmas and Happy 2014 to both!…
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I am so excited to JUMP into 2014 & those bloopers put a major smile on my face! Thanks for that.
Peace,
Donna
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what a funny!
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You two are just having too much fun in this last week before the big holiday—-and I love it! Can’t wait to Jump Start again in January….one of the best classes I took in 2013, and I know 2014 will be even more inspiring! Happy Holidays!!
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You two are adorable! You’ve coined a new word! That’s how innovative CJS 2014 is!!
My mom is from Germany and my sister and I still laugh about her ordering Chicken McNoooo-gets at McDonalds in 1982. Lol! Gott im Himmel, you are so cute!
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LMAO!! What a clever idea for a promo video. I’m all signed up and can’t wait!
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Mary
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Moojoo is the baby from the union of Muse and Mojo when they ran away for a wild month in fantasy land.!
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Dara Lynn
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Tissue alert! Tears to fall from laughing so hard at you both!
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Joe seems like such a fun and creative guy (based on other things that I’ve see online that he made, not the card he is holding in his hand). LOL
Cute little commercial Nat.
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:-)
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Loved it! You’re the greatest Nathalie!
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