As I shared a few weeks ago, I have a fun trip coming up this fall! I’m going to France and Italy with my mom for a part person, part business trip. I am so excited about just being there and taking in all of the beauty. I am also looking forward to painting and sketching in parts of the … Read More
documenting the ordinary
So, I’m basically a stalker now. I’ve shared about Michelle Wooderson’s watercolor class (on Jeanne Oliver’s Creative Network) and how inspirational I find her Instagram feed. She’s one of my “click-overs”. ** In addition to inciting art supply envy (in the best possible way), she has been sharing a watercolor journal project. It’s a 1920’s diary she is working through – … Read More
the by-product of a beautiful environment
I took an online landscape watercolor journaling class a couple of months ago through the Jeanne Oliver Creative Network. The class was taught by Michelle Wooderson and I was not only inspired by the techniques and studies, but how Michelle paid so much attention to the details of all of her supplies. Every element was thoughtful and personal. I mean, now I … Read More
sketching
I know that many of you come to my blog for furniture makeovers, tutorials, antique finds, and home decorating inspiration, but I couldn’t take a piece of furniture or my sewing machine with me on the plane to China! What I could take, though, was my sketch book. I was painting a portrait a couple of weeks before I went … Read More
I’ve created a monster
My boys were really little when I started my business, both in diapers, in fact. As a stay-at-home mom and new entrepreneur, one of the things I enjoyed most was getting out of the house and going to Hobby Lobby. I would just meander, usually pushing one cart and pulling another (one kid in each cart or two kids in … Read More
barn quilt coloring book & art journaling
I have been working on several projects over the past few months and one of them has finally hit the market! The Barn Quilt Coloring Book is now available. This project was something totally different for me. First of all, it involved drawing instead of writing! But it felt like a project that worked nicely with my brand, despite the … Read More
the discipline of art
As someone with a degree in Musical Theatre, you would think I’ve known for a long time that art is a discipline. I really never thought about that as I was signing into the studio for an hour of vocal scales or filling notebooks with the “inner monologue” of the latest part I was playing. At the time, I just … Read More
box easel & studio happenings
I hope you had a great weekend! We had beautiful warm and sunny weather that was beckoning us to a family hike, but we really needed rest and had some chores that needed to be done, so we threw open the windows, pressed through our work, and then just chilled. It’s amazing how much energy a dose of sunshine and … Read More