Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a painter and mixed media artist.

Julie is the co-host of Scrapbook Soup TV (PBS) and has appeared several times on Quilting Arts TV (PBS) and hosted the “Artist to Artist” segment on Scrapbook Memories TV (PBS).  She has also appeared on Crafting at The Spotted Canary (PBS).  Julie’s hour-long instructional DVD “Collage Fast & Furious” was released in July 2010 by Interweave.  She released two more hour-long instructional DVDs in 2012: All About Faces and Stamp-Making Adventures.

Julie's book Carve Stamp Play will be released by Interweave Press in Fall 2013 and is currently available for pre-sale.

Julie has had artwork and articles published in many magazines including Cloth Paper Scissors, CPS Pages, CPS Studios, Quilting Arts Gifts, Quilt Scene, Creating Keepsakes, Better Homes & Gardens’ Scrapbooks Etc., Memory Makers, Scrapbook Trends, Somerset Memories, Somerset Digital, scrapbooking m.m. (Sweden), Scrap Art Zine (Germany), Scrapbooking & Beyond, Simple Scrapbooks, Histoires de Pages (France), books by Leisure Arts, F&W Publications, and Lark, as well as multiple e-zines. She writes the "Adventures in Arting" column for Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine.

Julie designs stencils for The Crafter's Workshop, stamps for Impression Obsession, and has several other products in the works with other companies. She also consults on product development.

Julie hosts the bi-monthly "Adventures in Arting Podcast" along with her Mother, Eileen Hsü-Balzer.

Julie lives in a tiny apartment with a big art studio in the middle of New York City.  She is a graduate of Brown University.

You can contact Julie at balzerdesigns@gmail.com.

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Finally, here are a few posts from Julie's blog that share a peek into her daily life.
Click on any of the photos to be taken to that post. Enjoy!

Studio Tour: Part 1	Studio Tour: Part 2	Studio Tour: Part 3	48 Hours in My Life	Prima Designer Day