Thirteen years ago I had a one, five and seven year old and once they were in bed each night I would create until the early hours in the morning. I look back now on those nights and know that those hours to myself to create and finding time no matter the...
The first time I met Kecia Deveney at a creative workshop she was thrifting for vintage dolls, vintage pieces to create assemblage dolls and vintage fabrics. Her creativity is all about seeing the potential of the forgotten. Her heart and head creates whimsy and opens...
How do you learn to paint intuitively? It takes practice and knowing your tools and how they interact. It means finding freedom in following what your gut tells you to do next and not worrying about the outcome. Melissa Fink embodies this freedom in her marks,...
I love having friends over and casually and comfortably entertaining. The biggest thing that I have learned over the years is to cook things that I love to cook and things that I have cooked so many times that I am not stressed with my guests. So, make a fun cocktail...
| Photo and styling by Diane Reeves | “Golden you are, October. Golden sovereigns on your trees. Golden guineas on your floor, golden coins of leaves that fall for us to scuffle through.” Elsa Beskow Colorado is golden and I can’t get enough of it’s...
Maybe it is the color palette, the coast that I love so much that is painted or how a moment is captured with energy and emotion…whatever the reason, I am enamored with the work of Nicki Lang and the works she creates with a palette knife. If you have ever...
Figs are in season and you can find them at many of the markets here in Colorado. I love that with the change of seasons comes the change in flavors we can add in our cooking. Around 4:30 each afternoon I remember that we like to eat...
Join Sharyn Sowell for our first online course all about paper cutting! This beautiful art form can be incorporated into so many different areas of your creativity and the simplicity is absolutely stunning! I have been enamored with the work of Sharyn for a while now...
| Blackwing pencils | Ash Candle | Pottery | Big Idea Book | Most of us are working from home more than we have in the past. For others maybe you have always worked from home (like us) but you are noticing that your working space does not have the...
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