Posts tagged creating beauty
Savoring Simple Pleasures and Embracing Creative Play
Savoring Simple Pleasures and Embracing Creative Play

When I first stepped into my studio this morning, frost glittered on the deck out the sliding doors, the light pale as the sun cleared the tops of the trees on the hill behind our house.

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Reminders About Life and Art and Recommitting to Noticing and Savoring Joy
Reminders About Life and Art and Recommitting to Noticing and Savoring Joy

Today on my blog, I planned to share about the Winding Roads Art Tour, but as I was driving home on Sunday evening I realized I hadn’t taken a single photo all weekend.

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art, garden, joy, lifeAnne ButeraWinding Roads Art Tour, garden studio, gardening, savoring my garden, savoring each day, art process, joy, Joy Letter, Savoring life's joys, pausing for reflection, noticing beauty, noticing joy, being present, joy is a choice, creating beauty, mixing colors, mixing watercolor paint, sketching, garden sketching, slowing down, art practice Comments
Why It's So Important to Create Time and Space for Yourself During Difficult Times
Why It's So Important to Create Time and Space for Yourself During Difficult Times

At the end of 2021 when I was starting to plan for 2022, one of my goals was to take an art sabbatical at some point during the year.

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business, blogging, lifeAnne Buterashowing up, showing up for yourself, showing up for others, spreading joy, seek joy, seek beauty, blogging break, art sabbatical, art business, finding joy, finding light in the darkness, creating beauty, create beauty, spread joy, you do you, fulltime artist Comments
Beauty is Important
Beauty is Important

I am filled with a swirl of thoughts and feelings. Maybe you are, too.

These days. They’re hard. This year has been hard. It continues to be hard.

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art, fabric, garden, joy, life, magic, studioAnne Buterabeauty and joy, beauty is not insignificant, beauty is important, slowing down, being gentle on yourself, being gentle with ourselves, being gentle with yourself, end of the season, beauty in endings, noticing beauty, creating beauty, fabric design, tea towels, tea towel calendars, 2021 Tea Towel Calendar, watercolor surface pattern designs, botanical watercolor surface pattern designs, monarch butterfly surface pattern designs, monarch butterfly napkins, monarch butterfly tea towels, monarch butterfly placemats, botanical watercolor tea towels, botanical watercolor napkins, botanical watercolor placemats, watercolor paintings, studio, botanical artist studio Comments