Allegory Gallery: Find bead stores when you travel
I like to find neat bead stores when I am visiting a new area. I loved meeting the guys at Allegory Gallery in western Pennsylvania.
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Carol Simmons 6-Day Master Cane Workshop
I just returned from a truly wonderful workshop and I had so much fun that I want to share it with you. Carol Simmons is a talented polymer clay artist who …
Explorations in Voice
What happens when two polymer clay artists, with very unique voices, create side-by-side with the same products? Find out in Explorations in Voice.
How Do You Find Your Artistic Voice?
How do you find your artistic voice or style? You don’t have to find it. You already have it. You already have favorite colors, favorite textures, things you like. Read more…
To Be An Artist
Just a quick post for you today. My dad is an artist, a metal artist. And he gave me this framed print. He has one just like it in his …
We’re not crafty people…
Last night my 14-year-old daughter had a friend spend the night and the evening’s plans included watching a movie and doing a DIY project from Pinterest. After much discussion they …
Things I learned from my cat about life and art
Some of my best lessons in life were learned by watching how my cat Getzger approaches life. Though arguably, he’s not a very wise animal, he lives in such a …
Do you have a shower fairy?
When my husband Gary has worked on a frustrating project and is at a standstill and can’t think of a solution, he often remarks that he needs to go visit …
7th Bead Soup Blog Party Reveal
Hello! Welcome to my Bead Soup Blog Party revelation! What’s the Bead Soup Blog Party? Well, it’s a really fun challenge created by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things Blog, where …
Never compare your beginning…
I am not a jewelry designer. I just want to get that out there. Oh sure, I know a good design when I see one. And I know how to …
Dark green and brown earrings
Creativity is a funny thing. It doesn’t behave predictably. Sometimes I have an idea of what I want to accomplish and I get just so far and then my brain …
Long Term vs Short Term projects
There is room for both long and short term projects in a creative person’s life. So many people use crafting to bring a small sliver of peace to a hurried …
Golden Spirals
What is the difference between an artist and a creative person? Of course, we all know that artists are creative. But why do only some people call themselves artists? Since …
Does your life sparkle?
In a conversation with Gary a while back, we talked of what life is all about. He said that life is all about your journey from point A to point …
The War of Art | by Steven Pressfield
Wow. This book looks like it’s one I have to read. I fight this battle every single day. I suspect we all do. Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art: …
Be Friends with Failure | Doodle Alley
Don’t miss this fantastic blog, Doodle Alley. It’s a “Picture Blog about Sustainable Creativity”, and it’s not to be missed! Here’s one panel from the post “Be Friends with Failure”. …
There is beauty all around us
Last month my husband and I braved the great midwestern heat wave and drought of 2012 to go camping. We had the entire campground to ourselves. As it turned out, …
Morning Sun on Glass
I must be a special kind of hopeless procrastinator. Because during my last year of graduate school, when I was supposed to be writing my thesis on “Bacteria from the …
Blue Bottle Tree
Years ago, when I was a little girl, my grandmother had a cobalt blue vase that held magic. I would lie on the floor with the vase over my face, …
Interview with Diane Ericson on Creativity
Here’s Communing with Fabric’s interview with well known art-to-wear designer Diane Ericson. Earlier this week was an interview with Marcy Tilton. Both designers responded to a set of questions about …