When Your Memories Start to Fade

When Your Memories Start to Fade

    | My mom is the little blonde second from the left. One more was added to the family when my mom was in high school |   We have all had those experiences waiting for the memories to fade. In fact, people will tell you that the memory will fade...
May 2024 Beauty Round-Up | Beauty Found

May 2024 Beauty Round-Up | Beauty Found

I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it in the tension of transition (thank you Craig Cooney for articulating it so well). This will be more of what I share soon as our business is shifting, our home...
Paper + Portraits | Instant Access

Paper + Portraits | Instant Access

In this online workshop you will create multiple quick portraits that will be your inspiration for your linoprint. I will share my process for create loose and abstract portraits, how to create beautiful and rich color washes to bring a portrait to life, how to use...
Navigli Antique Market | Antique Market in Milan

Navigli Antique Market | Antique Market in Milan

When we are staying in Bellagio we love to take the train from Lake Como to Milan for the Navigli Antique Market. On the last Sunday of every month over 400 vendors line the banks of Naviglio Grande (the oldest canal in Milan) and you will find everything from vintage...
48 Hours in Venice | Top Tips

48 Hours in Venice | Top Tips

  While we were in Italy last summer, we had a little over 48 hours in Venice. There are many faces to this ancient city you can visit again and again and keep discovering new beauty. I would like to offer some suggestions that may help to take a step back in...
Travel Musts Shopping Guide | Part Two

Travel Musts Shopping Guide | Part Two

      I have wanted to travel since I was a little girl. I would call up the airlines and ask them how much to fly from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angles, California (or a million other places). I am so sorry to every single person that spent all of that...
Travel Musts Shopping Guide | Part One

Travel Musts Shopping Guide | Part One

  I have wanted to travel since I was a little girl. I would call up the airlines and ask them how much to fly from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angles, California (or a million other places). I am so sorry to every single person that spent all of that time on the...
Paper + Portraits | A Live Zoom Art Workshop

Paper + Portraits | A Live Zoom Art Workshop

Join me for another live Zoom art workshop. This session is all about portrait printmaking. In this online workshop you will create multiple quick portraits that will be your inspiration for your linoprint. I will share my process for create loose and abstract...
Inspired By | May 2024

Inspired By | May 2024

We are. on our way home from Nashville and our time with Jack and Maddy. We packed up Maddy’s apartment on campus and moved everything into storage for the summer. She only has one semester left. During our quick trip we ate good food, talked for hours, laughed...