Last week I started the #100dayproject on Instagram to spur me into working on the pieces for my show. (You can see my work at #100DaysOfArtShowPrep.) It was a big…
Emotional Weight
When What You Planned isn’t Working
Over the next few Thursdays I’ll be talking about topics that came out of a discussion I had with The Council of Arty Cleverness. They suggested some blog topics and…
Magic Eye
Over the next few Thursdays I’ll be talking about topics that came out of a discussion I had with The Council of Arty Cleverness. They suggested some blog topics and…
A List of Things to Do When Your Muse is on Vacation
I’m a firm believer in showing up and doing the work even when the Muse is on vacay but I also get that there are days when you just aren’t…
A few notes on fear
How did I get here? To this place of wanting to do something and feeling as if I don’t have the skills. How did I get here? In the gap,…
Take January
You may remember in November that we had a hot water tank leak here at the Granade Casa. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas we went back and forth with our insurance…
2016 Goal Recap
I talk about the cool things I’ve gotten to work on in 2016. These posts are a way to remind me later of what I get to do.
In Process
How’s your December to-do list? If it’s like mine it is bonkers straight on down to ridiculous. In addition to all of the usual holiday shenanigans, we also had a…
Get Messy Creative Team 2017
My big announcement of being a part of a creative team!
Dealing with Disappointment
Back in the summer a friend of mine pointed out a grant she was thinking of applying for with the Sustainable Arts Foundation. I had just finished the block of…
Grace and Grit
In my work with Global Women, I have encountered first hand what women in other parts of the world have to do to feed their families and to sustain the…
Rounding out 2016, Gearing up for 2017
October brings some pretty excellent things my way. My birthday is at the beginning of the month. (Who doesn’t love a good mystery box from Amazon?) I start working on…
What am I afraid of?
Last week I got to meet an online friend in person! Molly, from Eat. Craft. Run., and I got a chance to sit down and have coffee for a couple…
Design Basics and David Carson
When I was in college in the early ’90s, David Carson was king. I loved all the distressed and deconstructed type coming out of his shop. It felt modern and…
Must Read Creativity Books
Here’s a list of the creative books I love and use as reference all the time.