For #thankfulthursday this month, as I think about artists and art teachers I owe a lot to, I think back to COVID times, when the @theleftbrainartist podcast from @suzanneredmondart made my world bigger instead of smaller. She introuced me to many...
I don’t have to go far back at all for this month’s Thankful Thursday Artist. I’m just finishing off the series I worked on during Cat Rains’ Collage Joy on-line course - some final finishing to do, and some good advice to follow as I decide how...
The Handmade Book Club asked me (!) to present on a Meet the Member call this month, and I'm really excited. And, at the same time, have you ever gone back to something you've made and been really confused about exactly how you did it? I'll be...
Way back in 2018 I had an idea that I wanted to repurpose some holiday card boxes that were really too nice to just throw away. At the time I was sending out over 400 hand-addressed cards for my business, so I was invested! I had figured out most...
I haven't been on Instagram for that long, and I do my best to keep my feed art and art-only, so it was inevitable that I would come across the 100 Day Project, which starts every year for the past several in mid to late March. It's kind of an...
For this month’s #thankfulthursday, the artist teacher/mentor/inspiration I’d like to highlight is @jesshuffco Thanks to her adorable #amigurumi patterns, I got big points with my niece and nephews. What is it about making the stuffie they choose...
This one has been with me for a long time as a work in progress, but it ‘s been a pretty continuous companion. I’ve written before about how it started, in a workshop with Carolina Oneto on Curves and Transparencies as a single little block. Then...
This #thankfulthursday art teacher shout-out is to Roben-Marie Smith (@robenmarie) for all I've learned as a member of Makers Tech U. The doors are closed now as Roben-Marie is moving on/moving back to other artsy-interests but her #techsavvyartist...
After upcycling and recovering a bunch of flip top boxes, I had a huge stash of beautiful papers and a craving for something a little different. Lucky for me I came across Nancy Akerly (@libertygrovepaperarts) and her online offerings. My favorite...
I rarely achieve "empty mind" when I meditate. Maybe like you, my mind seems to default to use this time to "plan", which is a nice word for obsessively reviewing my to-do list and my worries. One day this phrase came to me: Breathing IS planning....