Ann Tudor
Curator
Ann Tudor is a lampwork glass artist, avid knitter, mixed-media artist, and lifelong maker who believes everyone is creative; sometimes we simply need permission to rediscover it.
She lives and works in Speedway, Indiana, a few blocks from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with two dogs and an elusive cat. She feels fortunate that both of her grown children live close by, making family an important part of her life, especially after losing her husband a few years ago.
Through original artwork, handmade objects, knitting tutorials, stories, and creative living inspiration, Ann hopes to encourage others to rediscover their own creativity, notice beauty in everyday life, and make time for what matters most.
Journal Appearances by Ann Tudor
Digital Content by Ann Tudor
Vintage Paper Crafts: 6 Creative Ways to Use Vintage Paper and Ephemera
If you love collecting old book pages, handwritten letters, vintage sheet music, maps, greeting cards, and other forgotten paper treasures, there are countless creative ways to give them a new life. Vintage paper crafts can turn even the smallest scraps of vintage...
Your Home as a Living Gallery: How to Curate Thrifted Decor & Vintage Finds
I’ve been thrifting my entire life…no exaggeration. Some of my earliest memories are of wandering the aisles of the Salvation Army with my mom, searching for clothes and home decor. By high school, I was hunting for vintage military jackets and bags, 1950s and 1960s...
Making Art With No Drawing and No Painting
An Easy Mixed Media Project Using Thrifted Frames I’m always ready for spring this time of year, but this winter has been especially brutal with polar vortexes, snowstorms, and all-around frozen tundra vibes here in America’s heartland. Two things that reliably get me...
Easy DIY Assemblage Christmas Ornaments for a Quirky, Creative Christmas Tree
If you love a Christmas tree filled with personality, handmade charm, and a little creative chaos, you’re in the right place. These easy DIY assemblage Christmas ornaments are the perfect mix of quirky, nostalgic, and joyfully imperfect—ideal for anyone wanting to add...
Five Things to Thrift for Fall Décor
The days are growing shorter, the shadows are stretching, and suddenly the air smells faintly of woodsmoke and pumpkin spice. Although I’m a summer sunshine girl through and through (popsicles for dinner, anyone?), I do love the change of seasons. Fall is the perfect...
5 Tips For Creating an Ideal Creative Space
We recently bought a new house and decided to make one of the upstairs bedrooms into a creative space for me. The room is spacious with hardwood floors and plenty of natural light streaming in from two large windows and a skylight. I have never had a home...
How to Make Handmade Art Cards Using Paper Scraps
Looking for an easy way to use leftover paper scraps from your creative projects? Making handmade art cards is a beautiful way to transform magazine pages, book paper, gel prints, watercolor experiments, and mixed media leftovers into one-of-a-kind greeting cards....
DIY Found Object Jewelry
I don’t know about you but I have a sizable collection of furniture hardware. I’m mostly a furniture painter so I tend to collect this sort of thing. I also have a tiny and not-so-manageable hardware addiction. I buy pieces of hardware (pulls, backplates, key covers,...
Easy DIY Halloween Decor Thrifted Edition
The days are getting shorter which means summer is coming to a close. I am a warm-weather girl to my core so I greet these last days of summer with a bit of sadness. I do enjoy the change of seasons though as it allows me to reset, clean house, and plan for upcoming...
How to Survive a Home Renovation
BJ Massa, Curator for The Turquoise Iris Journal, recently completed a bathroom renovation. Enjoy the before and after photos and BJ's lighthearted approach to surviving your next home renovation project. How to Survive a Home Renovation - The Approach We All Want to...
Podcasts with Ann Tudor
How BJ Massa Turns Pressure into Artful Possibility: The One-of-a-Kind Creative
In this episode of The Motivatarian Exchange, Dionne Woods sits down with multi-disciplinary artist and Turquoise Iris Journal curator BJ Massa of Junk’d Up — a one-of-a-kind creative whose imagination knows no limits. Known for her surrealist face art, whimsical...
Paint Talks Episode 166 with BJ Massa
Dionne Woods talks with BJ Massa on the Paint Talks Podcast. BJ is the owner and creative force behind Junk’d Up, where she exercises her furniture and canvas work. She has been thrifting forever and painting furniture for more than twenty-five years. BJ loves working...
Paint Talks Episode 39 with BJ Massa
Learning to pivot in a creative business - This week on the podcast, you can hear the amazing conversation I had with BJ Massa! In case you didn’t know, BJ is the owner and creator behind Junk’d Up. A DIY retailer in Indiana, BJ is currently living in Copenhagen,...