Artsy Blogging Links for May 19, 2012

Here are your artsy blogging links for this week. Beading Arts We’re celebrating everything to do with wire this month! Come and visit with some fabulous wire artists and try your hand at working with wire yourself! Eileen – The Artful Crafter Do you know how to repair cracked ceramics? Eileen shares two methods.

New Paintings: Sometimes I’m an Old Woman

This week I started playing with backgrounds, and as soon as I put down the colors I knew what type of picture I would paint over it. I could see the beautiful white and grey hair of a woman set against the background. There’s something about that kind of silver hair that really makes a [...]

New Articles for May 14, 2012

Here are a few new articles I’ve written recently. Happiness Quotes Review of Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can’t Stop Talking Honoring the Other Women in Your Life This Mother’s Day Great (Really) Last Minute Mother’s Day Gifts Fun Questions to Ask Mom About Her Life 5 Out of the Box [...]

Artsy Blogging Links for May 12, 2012

Welcome to the artsy blogging links for this Saturday. May they inspire you to make great things! Also, hope everyone has a wonderful Mother’s Day tomorrow. Beading Arts Here’s a great way to stretch out your more expensive beads to get greater impact! Eileen – The Artful Crafter Eileen has been at sea with creativity [...]

New Paintings: Feeling Patriotic

I must be looking forward to Memorial Day, because I’ve been making all kinds of red, white, and blue things this week. First, the paintings. I made this one I called “Freedom Flag,” which has the preamble to the constitution in the blue part, with special papers and words in the red and white: Then [...]

Artsy Blogging Links for May 5, 2012

Welcome to the Cinco de Mayo version of Artsy Blogging Links! What are you working on this week? Beading Arts Beadng Arts celebrates “Wire Month” all throughout May! Grab your pliers and come join us! Eileen – The Artful Crafter The Artful Crafter shares free clip art sources to publicize neighborhood fun. Mo(o)re Whimsies An [...]

Growing a Patch of Glass Mushrooms

We’ve been having tons of thunderstorms and terrible weather lately, but I’m happy to say that the glass mushrooms I painted have held up! The paint hasn’t budged (so yay for Martha Stewart’s paint product) and the glass has all stayed glued properly together. Love that. Of course, now that only encourages me to make [...]

Boom. Done.

Did you ever develop a catchphrase that you don’t know where it came from? “Boom. Done.” happens to be mine. It comes about when I have to belabor over a decision either by myself or with someone else. Like me and my hubby or me and a coworker (or, my hubby and I and my [...]

Artsy Blogging Links for April 29, 2012

How have you been enjoying the artsy blogging links so far? Aren’t those ladies amazing? I get so inspired by their talent. What have you been working on? I know I’ve got a lot of creative people that stop by the blog once in a while. I appreciate every one of you. One of the [...]

New Articles for April 28, 2012

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. In fact, I’m not even sure I can keep track of all the articles I’ve been writing, but this should give you a sample. How have the last few weeks been for you? Here are some new articles that may be of interest. Pop Culture, TV, and Misc. [...]

Quoted in Happen Magazine Article

I’m quoted in a new Happen Magazine article that talks about making updates to your profile in the spring. (Kind of like a little spring cleaning.) Check it out.

New Paintings – April 25, 2012

I’ve been busy this week gluing more glass (bwa hahaha – more and more glass!), but I won’t show you that because I really don’t have anything that you haven’t seen here before. I do have a few new paintings this week, so I will give you a peek at those. I did a few [...]

Artsy Blogging Links for April 22, 2012

Aren’t you glad artsy blogging links are back? Me too. Here they are for this week. Beading Arts The fabulous Leslie Rogalski shares her thoughts about her creative process with us! You don’t want to miss this! Eileen – The Artful Crafter How to create a cheery no-sew spring scene wall hanging. Mo(o)re Whimsies Sakura [...]

Visit Me at Beading Arts!

My artsy blogging pal Cyndi was kind enough to host me at her Beading Arts blog, where I’m talking about my trip to Paris. I share a few photos I took, along with a funny poem that describes a dinner I went to with my hubby. Cyndi has been gathering posts from crafters who are [...]

Interviewed at Unruly Guides About 21 Ways to Promote Your Book on Twitter

I’ve been forgetting to tell you all about a podcast I did several months back with Unruly Guides about my book, 21 Ways to Promote Your Book on Twitter. I had a blast talking with Suzanne, and she asked some really great questions. The good thing about podcasts, of course, is that you can listen [...]

New Articles for April 15, 2012

Here are the newest articles I’ve written for various places for the last couple weeks. These particular articles have appeared at Life Goes Strong and About.com. Of course, what would life be like without my writing partner. Here’s an extreme Gen closeup:   And on to the articles, broken out by category.   Quotes: Favorite [...]

Painted Glass Garden Mushrooms

I’ve been seeing these really adorable glass mushrooms everywhere. I don’t have a picture to show you, but I’ve seen them at specialty garden stores and craft fairs. They are colorful but small, and whenever I’ve seen them they’re usually grouped together with at least ten or twenty of them. The only problem? They are [...]

Artsy Blogger Links Are Back

Remember how I used to include the artsy blogger links here? And then I moved them to the Working Writers blog because I wanted to demonstrate to the readership there that you could really so much more with blogging. It wasn’t just about words, but making your blogs visual as well. Well, now they are [...]

Mixed Media: Faith Love Hope Joy

I’m working on another mixed media painting this week, and yes, in case you’re wondering, I’m totally hooked the medium. Remember when I didn’t feel comfortable with it? Now, I love it so much I can’t even remember what I did before it. Anyways, first comes the papers. I collected some I really like for [...]

Felt Peep Bunnies

Happy Easter everybody! I pulled out my Easter decorations and this cute little Easter tree that I love, but noticed that it’s a little thin on ornaments. What to do? Add some felt Peeps of course!     The supplies were very cheap. I got felt and ribbon at JoAnn’s for like 50% off, and [...]

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