The Wonderful Words for This Wednesday are, “Fun Christmas Painting Idea!” This idea came about as many ideas do, through everyday things. Remember that Orvis sales guide I referred to in last weeks BLOG post? Well, I found this page in there as well, and as soon as I …
The Wonderful Words for This Wednesday are, “Try Something New” Hi friends! We are INTO December now. I am embracing the Christmas music and festivities now that Thanksgiving is complete. I have strict rules that we hold space for each holiday and don’t rush through them. So, now that …
Let’s paint a Christmas ornament! I thought it might be time for a fun tutorial for the Christmas season. What do ya think? Yeah? Okay, Let’s do this thing! I know this looks simple but there’s a neato little technique that makes this super fun, plus, I share several variations …
The Wonderful Words for this Wednesday are “Bloom in darkness” There are seasons in life where we find ourselves surrounded by confusion, chaos, shadows, clouds, and maybe even complete darkness. If you’ve been alive on earth for long, you have experienced one or more of these seasons. This painting was …
The Wonderful Words for This Wednesday are “Art for Art’s Sake” What I want to say to you this week is this: It is SUPER DUPER important to take time each day (or most days anyway) to get creative and play art for art’s sake – just that, that’s it! …
The Wonderful Words for today are, “Best Creative Art Pracitce” If there’s one thing that has grown me as a virtuoso (see this former post if you want to know why I use this word instead of ‘artist’ and get a freebie), it is this practice. It is also the …
The wonderful Word for This Wednesday is ‘Small’ I’ve always loved miniature things. When I was very small, my dad made me the most amazing doll house EVER and guess what he did? He made tiny framed pics of our family and some of his photography for the walls! My …
The Wonderful Word for this Wednesday is ‘Magical’ Recently, I had the opportunity to take a watercolor class from Sarah Simon, otherwise known as The Mint Gardener. I’ve followed Sarah for a long time and when this opportunity came up I jumped on it and invited a friend, who struggles …
The Wonderful Words for This Wednesday are ‘School Supplies’ Does anyone else LOVE this time of year when you go to the store and there in front of you, in all of its splendor, is the school supply section? You behold shiny new markers, pencils and pens of all kinds, …
The Wonderful Word for This Wednesday is “Serendipity” Hi friends! We haven’t connected in awhile and that’s entirely my fault. We’ve made some big life changes in the last few months including a move to Kitsap County to be close to my family. The grownups are adjusting well to the …