Life Between Loads of Laundry
We love books around here. As a matter of fact, even though I don’t often make the time to just sit and read, I can’t help but want more books. Printed books are my very favorite when it comes to books on art and/or creativity. 10 of My Family’s Favorite Books on Art and Creativity 1. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon This one was a fun and easy read. Seriously, {Read More}
I am thrilled each time I get to shop on Etsy. Not only do I love supporting artists and artisans (especially since I have my own Etsy shop, of course), but the variety of items that you can find on Etsy are just astounding. If you haven’t shopped on Etsy before, I would advise you to at least browse around – you just never know what you’ll find. Here are ten shops that I have in my favorites on Etsy {Read More}
One thing that I really love to do, that my art enables, is being a vendor at craft shows. While it can sometimes make for a long day (especially if I find that maybe it wasn’t the perfect venue for me), it’s mostly really wonderful, because I love the chance it gives me to interact with lots of people throughout the day. Being properly ready for a craft show can make a huge difference in your happiness on the day {Read More}
Although Cyber Monday may be done, I’m just starting all of my special sales! The Art Sale My last craft fair of the season is coming up shortly, and I suddenly had a brainstorm last week that I wanted to mark down the items that I actually had in stock (for the show). But, then I thought, “Well, why not mark them down online too?” So, from now through December 5th at 11:00 pm EST, everything in my Etsy shop {Read More}
I have been wanting to feature one artist, artisan, or crafter per month for about a year and a half now. And, I finally put together interview questions and am excited to start that feature here in July. This month’s interview is with Kristin from All that Scrap. Kristin and I go way back. And, when I say way back, I mean way back. As in, I’ve never known a life that doesn’t include her in it — she’s one {Read More}
I’m excited about the list this week, but it was a hard one to come up with. I even needed to send out text messages to family (and post on Facebook) for ideas. Sometimes, it’s just hard to remember what people ask me. So, now that I have ten questions compiled, I’m sharing ten questions that I get asked, as well as the answers to those questions. Ten Things I am Frequently Asked About 1. How do you find the {Read More}
Why is it that our favorite arts and crafts have to be put on a back burner? We can only manage to do them when the house is clean, dinner is made, all the laundry is done, and your email box is empty. But, why are arts and crafts a great way to spend time for kids, but only meant to be an extra for adults? This week, I’m sharing some ideas for finding time for your favorite arts and {Read More}
All children (and people) are creative in their own way. For my list today, I’m focusing on the child that is creative in an artistic way. That might be painting, dancing, music, or any number of other fine arts (although it likely may include several for a lot of artistically creative children). In our home, my oldest is very creative when it comes to storytelling, but the arts (of any kind) just aren’t his cup of tea. He actually does {Read More}
~ 1 ~ In last week’s Quick Takes, I shared all about having to call the Fire Department about the burning smell in our house, as well as that we never did figure out what the smell was, well, not for almost 12 hours, that is. Then, we narrowed it down to our refrigerator and freezer that was running, but with a refrigerator temperature of 50 degrees and melted ice cream in the freezer. That meant that we had to {Read More}
~ 1 ~ People can now take a very expensive hot shower at my house. Not only did we have to sink money into a new hot water heater at the beginning of last week (ours had rusted out and was leaking), today we had to spend even more than the first amount spent to have a new water softener system put in. It, too, was leaking. So, if you find yourself in desperate need of a hot shower that {Read More}
