Oh, Oh, Listen to the Music…

Do a little dance, make a little love, and sing with me! 🙂 So many great songs have been playing in my head while putting together the June 2016 Thrivival offering about “Oran Mor”, Celtic for “The Great Song.”  Yes, I’ve been listening, … Continued

Grand Re-Opening Re-Visioning Celebration & Gifts

Wild Wonderful Wishes to YOU, dear beautiful being! May we celebrate Mother Nature’s blessings on this Earth Day (and every day on this awesome earth!) and thrive in tune with nature, sharing intentional seeds of kindness, on this Spring Full Moon! The Grand … Continued

Warrior Soul

Wow, wow, wow!  The universe really does work in mysterious ways and I’m so very grateful to have discovered this collaborative project and be a published contributing artist in this beautiful book, Warrior Soul! <3 I’ve just ordered a copy … Continued

Art of Gratitude * Featured Artist Interview * Julia Alter

So thrilled to be Celebrating Life & the Art of Gratitude with 8 other lovely artists. I’ll be featuring an interview and info about each artist’s creative projects leading up to the start of the e-course on October 4th.  Julia … Continued

Love Within

Sharing the story (and hence, part of my story) of one of my paintings from the Bloom True class.  I’m calling this painting “Love Within”.  It’s not quite done, but the last official class lesson was today and the assignment … Continued

Ready to Bloom True!

It’s thanks to Flora Bowley’s book, “Brave, Intuitive Painting,” that I have put my brave girl boots on with my art!  Now, she is offering a scholarship to her Bloom True e-course to a few lucky souls selected from entries … Continued

Celebrating Loved Ones – All Souls' Day/Dia de los Muertos

The idea of taking a day to celebrate the dead, our loved ones, touches my heart and the approach as a festive celebration warms my soul.  I am new to celebrating/acknowledging All Souls’ Day and the Day of the Dead.  … Continued

Enjoy the Journey

“Enjoy the Journey” is the message that hangs from the rear view mirror of our car as a frequent reminder.  It’s fitting to me that it hangs there, a place that could symbolically represent looking back while still looking ahead.  … Continued

Confession

While reading an art journaling magazine last night (full of beautiful pages by other people), I found myself thinking about my scrapbooking experience. I confess that I fell in love with the “idea” of scrapbooking. I had even made photo … Continued