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 know I've already done a post on customizing sketchbooks (you can find that post here), but I spent a little bit of my creative playtime last week addressing something that bugged me about another...
Several years ago, I wrote a post about how to clean and hydrate old wood and it was one of my most popular posts for years! I decided it was time to do a refresher post on this DIY, homemade...
As I was thoroughly organizing the studio through February and March, I came to the conclusion that one person can only use so many antique and vintage art boxes! Don't get me wrong, I am perfectly...
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…
