The Return of Ordinary Time
Well summer is waning, don’t say it I know what your thinking “but it’s not even Labor day yet!” – true enough but for me - here - ordinary time has begun. School is back in session and I back
Magazines and Swag!
I know I showed you my Golden Gate Fabric a few months back but I’m excited to tell you that blog post lead to a spread in the latest issue of Quilting Arts magazine. The editor contacted me to see
Weft and Warp: the importance of long term friends.
Earlier in the summer I had the chance to fly up to the Pacific Northwest to visit with my college girl friends. It was so lovely to be with people who know me long and deep and who aren’t afraid
Inspiration: sending it out and getting it back!
Those of you who have been watching my blog know that I have been loving the spray paint these days! I’ve been using it on fabric and encaustic collage and enjoying the layered results. So when my son wanted to
Inspirational Mini Quilts to Mail: When words are hard to find
About a month ago I shared a series of peace quilts I’d made. With the scraps from the fabric that I had created I made some 5x7 mini quilts that I stitched to card stock and made into mini quilt
What Price ART? My eternal struggle with what is the value of my art….
I have always had trouble assigning a price to my art. I believe strongly that art should be a part of everyone’s life that why long ago I framed the following “the why cheap art manifesto” that my sister gave
Waning and Waxing
Today I had a rare day to go to my studio and just experiment. I’ve taught quite a few encaustic collage classes over the past couple of years but I have just played with the medium for a while. Today
Getting Graphic in the New Year
Well the New Year is almost 3 weeks in and I haven’t gotten much time in my studio. I have lots of ideas and lots of inspiration but time hasn’t been on my side these past few weeks. So I
Abundance
I had a little quiet time one evening this week, my husband was away, my to-do list was contained, the dog had been walked – and this pomegranate had been beckoning me all week to stop and pay attention. So
October: I Ran a Creative Teaching Marathon!
This month has sailed by I can’t believe it’s October 31st! I want to share with you some of my art teaching highlights, and since a picture is worth a thousand words….. here you go: 10/11/14 Here is the sweetest