Back-to-school is such an exciting time. We make sure the pants are not high-waters, everyone gets a new pair of shoes, and we get to go shopping for pens, pencils, notebooks, and hand sanitizer. ...
There's a popular saying, "Start where you are." I'd like to tweak that a little bit. Start where you'll start. That has been the answer I've given several different people over the past few...
It's Feels Like Home Friday! If you have already preordered the book and collected the first preorder bonus I announced (the free high-resolution original art download), then you may have snooped...
Thank you so much for all of the enthusiasm and support for my new book, Feels Like Home! Writing a book is such a long process and you never know how it will be received, but the feedback I've...
Over the weekend, I worked on a study in my sketchbook of Berthe Morisot's "On the Cliff" and I decided to turn the camera and film a watercolor tutorial while I was working on it. I've had so many...
Now that the release of Feels Like Home has been postponed (manufacturing & shipping delays are affecting so many industries including publishing), we are just over 10 weeks away from the launch...
One of the questions I'm asked most of is about my time. How do you fit it all in? Do you sleep? I was actually asked that twice in the last three days. It comes up a lot, so I thought I would...
In my last box of goodies that came from across the pond from Julia of Ponder & Purchase, I received several vintage and antique sketchbooks and drawing/oil papers. She's been on the hunt for...
I was planning on having this art sale back in June and I was planning on adding a lot more paintings to it, but... I had too many other things to work on. For those who ask how I balance it all? ...
I know you're not all my "art people." Some are my art people, some are my home people, some are my furniture people, and some are my everything & anything people. But, the art posts are not...
I’m Marian, aka Miss Mustard Seed, a wife, mother, paint enthusiast, lover of all things home and an entrepreneur, author, artist, designer, freelance writer & photographer. READ MORE to learn more about me, my blog and my business…
