Follow my musings about painting in an old farm house in New York, being single and living with a teenager, working for a living, driving a Subaru and social networking.
I recently, and completely unexpectedly, am living all by myself for the second time in my life. I love being able to walk around in my undies, choose what movies are watched, what music gets maximum play, stand in the kitchen at 3 am in my birthday suit chowing down on leftover cheesecake - and all those little luxuries that living on one's own brings.
I see a lot of people going on mission trips nowadays, and I always marvel at the ability of young adults to ask for money while giving nothing but fuzzy feelings in return. So, after I decided to spend part of my winter break in a Honduran orphanage, I wanted a way for people to support me in exchange for something more than a thank you. I'm only really good at a few things, and one of those things, people are willing to pay for. From this idea/talent combo sprung forth a photo campaign: Smile For Honduras!
Yep, artists make mistakes. This painting started out as something else and I painted over it. I had in my mind to paint a Buddha for my series Eat Pray Love, based upon the book/movie by Liz Gilbert. But Buddha didn't turn out inspirational; he turned out looking like a cartoon!
Wanting to have something that would inspire meditation and prayer, I painted over the canvas and started over. This time I incorporated feng shui principles and I'm happy with the results.
I majored in Art in college… I know right ? What are you going to do with that ? Well create a blog obviously. My husband also majored in Art…. we use our art background to nurture our daughters artistic talents and not let ‘life’ get in the way like it did with our art dreams.
This month has been about making huge sweeping changes in my life...this dreamboard represents what I want, where I want to go, where I am going...even if I am only now catching a clue as to how I am going to get there. At least I am moving and progressing. At least I can say on some level I get it now.
I'm embarking on the 52 Weeks of Blogging your Passion journey and the first step in the process is developing your blog's mission statement. The mission statement serves as the focal point of your blog and all posts should be written with the umbrella of the mission in mind.
So what's my mission? In a nutshell, to support, promote and spread the word about indie designers, handmade artisans and independently owned brick and mortar shops and businesses.
So, what's your mission? How do you carry it out in your blog?
A hard question to answer, I know! But let’s get a collection going, I am eagerly anticipating to hear yours, and I think that this could make for a really amazing and original project - not your average " classic famous quotes collection", but an expression of our uniqueness as writers and readers. If you’ve got a tie (or two, or three…) feel free to post them all! If it's a success, other fabulous collections of lines from poetry or song lyrics could come next, on your blog or mine.
What is creativity? Where does its magical flow come from? I think back to times in my life where I have felt the most creative. Without blinking I know it is when I am driving. On a six hour drive from Midland to Ft. Worth streams of ideas flow through me. By the end of the drive I am as exhausted from the creating that has consumed me. For most of my life I believed it was the magic of Midland, or the west Texas roads that go on forever and take my mind with them.
While doing the Thing A Day Challenge for February, I’ve run across a ton of beautiful crochet heart patterns – all for free. These are all first rate designs given freely by the creators. I wanted to get these beautiful designs in one easily accessable place and share them with other crafters, as well as give a shout out to the designers. If you knit or crochet, I hope you enjoy this round up. And even if you don't, you can still feast on some great eye candy photography and get your hands on a piece or two or thr
I've dealt with depression for most of my life, but it's only been in recent years that I've begun to recognize how many other people are struggling with it too. Depression is silent by its very nature, isolating and stifling, alienating us from those who would help us and those outlets that usually give us happiness. I've found that it seems creative individuals tend to suffer most acutely; the more I poll my friends, writers, actors, painters, costumers and the like, the more I find they have struggled with this insidious illness too.
I (along with a friend) recently started a blog called Blogivation, this project of ours showcase bloggers from all walks of life sharing there stories of what motivates them to blog.
If you are interested we would love to have you be featured on this Blog, please stop by Blogivation and send us an email
Most of my friends have, at one time or another, gotten an e-mail from me where the subject bars read SUBJECT: FRIENDLY INTRODUCTION. In the e-mail, I introduce two people to one another and explain why I think they should know one another. I’ve done this thousands of times through the years. Are you responsible for what happens after an introduction?
do you craft? scrapbook? cook or bake? if you do then you should come check out my blog! i post something daily! as a stay at home mom to 3 little ones i have lots to post about!!!
looking for a sketch to get your creative juices flowing? every sunday i'll share my version of the sunday sketch from the everday scrapper!
every wednesday i'll share a new poject or tutorial with you!
look out for monthly kit giveaways posted, courtesy of queen*scraps!
be inspired by pages and projects done with kits from top shelf memories!
Given alot of complaining that's been going on lately, I thought I'd feature one of my thought streams on modern music. People are forever saying and complaining about the state of the music industry. That it's too commercial, untalented, with no variety etc.
I am ready for picnics with cupcakes and spring time party dresses! It 's a wonderful time to be a girl. Take a peak at some favorite girly girly sexy pieces!
So many fun pieces to choose from! Please share some of your spring time favorites!!
Here’s a spoken word piece i wrote and performed Three months ago at ADLIB. Before i performed i felt sick not literally vomiting everywhere but, just from feeling nervous lol. I had a great feeling afterwards though. This is how performers must feel all the time.I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and this is why i performed, feedback please.
I am offering a nice giveaway to one of the lucky winners out of 100 comments. Please come to my blog, leave a comment and become a follower (so I can contact you!) and I will pick a winner for this scrumbous giveaway. It doesn't cost anything, and it only takes few seconds. My goal is to get 100 comments. This giveaway will be good for any craft projects, scrapbooker, etc. It includes various papers, stamps, and little things to spark your imagination! My blog also has stuff about Cricut, Sure Cuts A Lot, SVGs, scrapbooking, cards, and even sweet stuff like cake decorating.
Have you ever looked at the way someone was dressed and thought "oh no, I hated bangs in the 80s and 90s, why are they coming back"? Well, recently, there have been a number of terrible resurgences so I ask you all: what are the worst trends ever to make a comeback.
Feel free to share some other terrible ones or even to share the 5 best fashion comebacks!
Hi! My name is Amy and I am the proud owner of Scrapbooking's Inn here in Hellertown Pa. Recently me and a team of ladies created a Challenge Blog in which anyone online may enter. Because times are tough and everyone is trying to stay positive, we have decided to create a challenge that creates positive minds through the art of scrapbooking. Every other week one of our design team members choses an inspirational quote. Anyone who enters this free challenge is to create a one page layout with this quote in mind. You then take a picture of your layout and post it to your blog.
Taking digital photos can change the way you share & organize your photo memories. You don’t need to be an professional photographer, or an artist, to get the most out of your digital photos.
I have been known to snap off 1000 shots in a weekend…thank goodness for my MAC and Photoshop:)Still working on my filing system, though:)
After having a Love/Hate relationship with Twitter for over a year, and even breaking up with her with my Twitter Break-up Letter a few weeks ago, I'm happy to say our relationship is on the mend thanks to the help of a a few Twitter relationship counselors. I'm even a little embarrassed to admit it, but I've been looking at rings on-line and I'm even thinking of popping the question on our one year anniversary.
