Learn how creativity can breathe life into your soul!
When I was a little girl, I loved all things soft and natural and feathery. Even though I’ve grown into woman skin, the little girl inside still delights in touching different textures. This is one BIG reason why I seek to explore and experiment with mixed media art. Mixed media gives me the opportunity to …
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A couple of times a year, my sister, her bff, my sister-in-law, and I sneak away on a girls' weekend to this quaint little piece of heaven on earth, the Apple Farm Inn. I’m writing from my favorite nook on the top floor of the Inn located in San Luis Obispo. A plaid chair nestles …
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My daughter's recent paintings reflect her desire to travel the world again, and I know my heart must bend. Not break, mind you, but bend to the will of my precious girl who lights up the room with a smile. I must bend to her passion to travel and teach English abroad, again. Bend to …
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Like constructing a dam in a swift-flowing river, time for reflection pools the soul’s waters so we can see our reflection. When outward flow to others stops, we seek mental, emotional, and spiritual rejuvenation. We artistic types must work at taking the time to reflect, refocus, and reorganize. If we do not, we find ourselves far …
And He placed a mantle upon her shoulders, the weight of which she doubted endurable…a glorious burden she was entrusted to share. Often the life of faith flows freely, for those of us determined to follow God’s Spirit. Like a symphony, each one of us discovers his or her desires and talents created in us, …
Soft and feminine yet brazen and bold; Hardly descriptors seeming to go together, except when you’re making a vintage, mixed media masquerade mask. I’d envisioned a vintage mask for weeks. In fact, the concept captivated me because I love all things vintage—aged colors of yellow ochre and burnt sienna with a splash of aqua green; …
Rose Parade, New Year's Resolution, 2013 here I go! I love this time of year! The hustle and bustle of Christmas has passed and a fresh start stretches out before me. I sit cuddled up on the coach watching the Rose Parade and thinking about my New Year's Resolutions. This year my list is sliced …
Here are some of the creative Christmas gifts my family and I received that I thought blog visitors might want to tuck away as a possible gift idea for any time of the year. One special treat was having my daughters spent some extra time with me. We went to see a movie together and …
The rumbling inside bubbles; a brook of new beginnings beckons. Creativity’s call to contemplate and create. Newness surges, rushes over obstacles I’ve allowed to stymie me, to close my art room door, when I’m on the wrong side. So I wrestle with all of my realities, I’m too busy…need to go to the gym…fix up the house …
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