As my term as a guest designer draws to an end, I have a great surprise for my followers! A giveaway of these amazing products! I have the following to give away to one lucky follower… Red/Yellow Paper Crafter Crayons4ct. Metallic Gelatos Stamper’s Big White Pen Green Art GRIP Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils Nice, huh? In … Continue reading »
Hello, friends! Today will mark my last post as a Guest Designer for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft. I have a layout to share that is entirely hand-drawn and painted as well as a video tutorial that talks about repetition and scale in an easily digestible way. Hope you can stop on over there and help … Continue reading »
Oh I’m having so much fun creating tutorials for you. Having the opportunity to play with all the spectacular products Melinda puts together in our Scraps of Darkness kits is DA BOMB! 1) I get to share my excitement with you and 2) this experience with SOD is helping me branch out in a HUGE … Continue reading »
My second video tutorial using Scraps of Darkness‘ January “Waterways” Kit is ready for your viewing pleasure! Ooh ooh ooh I had such a good time playing with the media in the Color and Creativity Add-ons in this kit! Needless to say, the Pearl Ex powders will be staying on the craft table a good … Continue reading »
Hi there, folks! Wow, it’s been a week jam packed with good food, good company, lots of laughter, and some productive creative work. I’m in the midst of completing some projects for blog hops – J pokes fun at me with an exaggerated excitement as these will mark the first “blog hops” of my crafty … Continue reading »
The past few days in Vegas we’ve been blessed with lovely weather. Thunderstorms, which at least where we are, were a welcome respite from the heat. Last night, the rains cleared by evening so that the pooches and I were able to enjoy a beautiful walk around the pond. This morning was also incredibly pleasant, … Continue reading »
Take a look at these kale plants that fed us through the winter months! I lurve the fragrance that kale emits as it sautes in the pan. I’ve always been a simple cook – my favorite way of preparing kale is to caramelize onions with some chili flakes, add chopped kale, garlic, and garbanzos to … Continue reading »
Have you been unable to mesh doing what you love with your real-world responsibilities? Have you wasted valuable chi fundamentally torn between what you think your life should be and what it actually is? Cycling through what if’s? “What if I had insisted on always putting my passions first? Would I have ended up destitute … Continue reading »
Portions of my last post prompted me to revisit where I was spiritually just coming out of graduate school – how I had no idea how to approach my life, what to expect from it, where to focus my energies, how to stay grounded. A ton of formalized education had so poorly prepared me for … Continue reading »
So much change in the last few months. I’m tempted to elaborate on what led up to all of these major life changes. What I will say is that years of working my fanny off teaching through the Los Angeles Unified School District for pennies, drowning out my inner muse and watching my bank account … Continue reading »
