Over the last almost 14 years I’ve blogged my way through growth and development as an artist and as a person.
Read MoreAll week I’ve been thinking about what I want to share in my first post of 2024.
Read MoreWhen I was first starting to learn to make art I thought that if only I could discover the perfect art supplies, I’d be able to create the beautiful, perfect art I imagined in my head.
Read MoreIf I were to ask you, “Are you an artist?” What would your answer be?
Would the question make you feel uncomfortable?
Read More“In the pocket of her jacket, Aunt Edna found a small sable brush, and throughout dinner she repeatedly dipped it in her water glass and drew…. upon her absorbent napkin.”
Read MoreMy blogging calendar has a different post scheduled for today, but I came down with a bad head cold this week and that other post didn’t get written.
Read MoreYour materials are gathered. You have time. You have a space to work. But when you sit down to create… nothing.
Read MoreSeptember is here and I’m relishing the seasonal shifts.
Read MorePiles of fabric line a shelf in my studio closet. Sewing patterns fill a drawer. I love wearing handmade clothing. I love to sew. Most of my fabric has been matched up with sewing patterns — some bought especially for specific projects — but it’s been a year or more since I’ve done any sewing.
Read MoreIt’s been a busy week. Our warm spring weather disappeared, replaced by dark dreary days. We even had a couple of mornings of snow. Not unusual for Wisconsin and I haven’t minded. I have lots of projects I’m working on in my studio.
Read MoreToday I was supposed to be wrapping up the Get Re-Inspired Creative Retreat. I planned to share my finished papier-mache pieces and sum up the lessons I learned over the course of the month.
But as this week approached, I realized I wasn’t finished with the retreat. So I’m giving it one more week.
Read MoreSun streams in through the window and I curl up on a comfy chair in my studio, a book balanced on my lap.
Sounds nice, doesn’t it?
In reality…
Read MoreWhen you hear the words “Creative Retreat” what do they bring to mind? Perhaps you envision a cabin in the woods, light streaming through the windows and a fire crackling in the hearth.
Read MoreI love Valentine’s Day. It’s probably not cool to admit this, but I do.
Read MoreBack in December Abby Glassenberg interviewed me for the Craft Industry Alliance Podcast. Our conversation aired this week.
Read MoreYou’ve quieted your mind and listened to the whispers. Your heart longs to learn something new, to be creative, to craft a different life.
Now what?
Read MoreMy heart raced and I held my breath. I felt a flutter in my stomach as I sat down with a set of watercolors, some paper and a brush to paint for the first time.
Read MoreToday’s Sips of Inspiration chat is with Laura Bray. Laura is an embroidery artist living in the Pacific Northwest.
Read MoreToday marks the half-year point for Sips of Inspiration, but instead of going ahead with my next interview, I wanted to do two things.
First I want to revisit my WHY. And second I want to check in with you, my dear readers.
I am so grateful you are here!
Read MoreLast Friday I mentioned I was working on a new online class.
It was my focus for most of July, never far from my thoughts even when I wasn’t working on it.
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