by Jeanne Oliver | May 15, 2016 | All
Licensed artist Cathy Walters will be leading you in the most colorful, freeing and fun art journaling adventure! Tomorrow Wild and Free Art Journaling will begin! This one week, instantly available course has over 4 hours of content and using Cathy’s techniques...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 4, 2016 | All
When you are building a new business or growing the business you have loved and expanded for awhile it can be hard to know what to give your physical, emotional and financial energy to. You can read all of the books, take the business classes, talk to your peers etc....
by Jeanne Oliver | May 3, 2016 | All
Come on over to our creative network for our newest FREE VIDEO! One of the best parts of having our own network is that we get to offer free courses, series and videos! We just added a Free Envelope Hand Lettering Video by Jen Wagner! If you are interested in learning...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 1, 2016 | All
If you love getting your hands dirty, creating with clay and using vintage elements in your art… Tomorrow you will not want to miss the start of Santos Cage Dolls II: Inspired Figures with Jen Rizzo! **** Jen Rizzo is back with a follow up to her popular online...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 29, 2016 | All
I don’t know about you, but this time of year I get a little crazy about having plants around the house. They add so much life to a space and they can be so much fun to watch grow! Lately, I’ve been trying to figure out how to display my plants in a way that keeps...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 29, 2016 | All
Home. That word holds everything for me and it is no surprise that time and time again HOME has brought me to new places with my friends, family, creativity and business. We have created our business out of our home, have filmed more classes than I can count from our...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 27, 2016 | All
It has been 2 1/2 months since we have been in our new home and land. In some ways it feels like we have been here forever and then we are reminded we don’t even know this land or home yet. Before we moved in we had the whole interior painted white and all of...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 26, 2016 | All, Travel
******The ship has offered us $1000 off until the end of April! If you have been on the fence about coming on The Living Studio Along the Seine I wanted to give you a reminder about the discount. The retreat is filling up and I want you to get this discount if you...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 24, 2016 | All
Nothing has defined our business and brand as much as finding my own style through photography. This has been a gift that has not only grown our business but allowed me to capture my family and the day to day. Photography 101: Through the Artist’s Eye with...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 22, 2016 | All
We are back with The Living Studio Friday Prompt! Family life mixed in with moving and working on our new studio has been beautiful, busy, tiring, stressful and exciting. We are thrilled to have our art prompts back a few times a month to hopefully inspire and...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 20, 2016 | All
I sure don’t have all of the answers when it comes to running and building a business but I do want to be as open as possible about my own creative journey and hope you will all do the same. When I was starting out there were plenty of times when I had women...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 15, 2016 | All
It’s finally the weekend and instead of getting outside and enjoying the balmy spring Colorado weather, we’re bracing ourselves for the year’s biggest snow storm. But that doesn’t mean we can’t bring spring inside with a perfectly sweet...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 14, 2016 | All
One of our most popular classes last year was Intro To Hand Lettering with Jen Wagner and I am honored to tell you that she is back with a brand new course! Join Jen this June for Advanced Hand Lettering! I know hundreds used the last class to grow their art, business...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 12, 2016 | All
August in Colorado is pretty dreamy and I hope you will join me at my studio for a one day workshop with watercolor artist Danielle Donaldson. Come to my home and studio for an art workshop all about lots of light, room to move, color falling off the paper, beauty...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 5, 2016 | All
I have been waiting patiently to announce that I will be teaching next year at Donna Downey’s studio! I only travel to teach 4 times a year because I love to be home and with my family. When I travel it is because I KNOW it will be an amazing experience for...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 4, 2016 | All
We have a new video for the Living Studio Video Series! The free series that is all about your favorite artists sharing how they create wherever they go. Kate Thompson is our guest artist this month and sharing what the Living Studio means to her! Kate will be sharing...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 4, 2016 | All
If you love getting your hands dirty, creating with clay and using vintage elements in your art… Today is the last day to get the early registration price of $26 for Santos Cage Dolls II: Inspired Figures with Jen Rizzo! **** Jen Rizzo is back with a follow up...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 2, 2016 | All, Travel
Ever since I have been a little girl I have been a lover of history, architecture, art and I have ALWAYS known…I would travel. I am greatly driven by my desire to learn, explore and to discover more of this world. My family makes choices all of the time that will make...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 1, 2016 | All
I have said this a million times but it is worth stating again! Our creative network has the most beautiful artists and I believe our courses are rich, affordable and some of the most art altering that are being offered today. An artist that has been a part of...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 29, 2016 | All
We recently asked you to enter {or enter for someone else} for one free spot to our SOLD OUT first live workshop in our new studio. We received hundreds and hundreds of entries! We are a few days late of announcing the winner but it was a bigger undertaking than we...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 25, 2016 | All
Good Morning! I wanted to remind you that TODAY is the last day to get the early registration price for the new course Photography 101: Through the Artist’s Eye! Nothing has defined our business and brand as much as finding my own style through photography. This...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 24, 2016 | All
Whether you are dreaming about a business, in the midst of growing one or you have years in the trenches and you are ready for what is next…you need to have the big picture before you. The big picture will change throughout the years but knowing why you are...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 21, 2016 | All
I was realizing that it has been a bit since we have added a free art video and I thought today was the perfect day to change that. Art Journaling has truly changed my daily practice and I thought that would be the most perfect video to share. I wanted to give...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 17, 2016 | All
I wanted to let you know that we have just opened registration for Wild and Free Art Journaling with Cathy Walters! This online art journaling course is going to be so much fun and I KNOW it will change how you document your day to day in your art. Begin an art...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 15, 2016 | All
At the beginning of the 2015 school year I asked the kids and Kelly to join me in asking the Lord to allow this to be the year when he did BIG things in our family, in the lives of those we love, those we struggle with, our business and our faith. Such big...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 11, 2016 | All
Good Morning! For the next 24 hours our vintage fabric bags and French linen aprons are on sale. This is a sale that doesn’t happen often so grab yours if you love beautiful vintage fabrics like we do. Come on over to the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 10, 2016 | All
**THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED** The winner of the Danielle Donaldson product is… Esther Míguez Durán commented: March 13, 2016 at 9:31 am (Edit) Watercolor is the whimsical language I have to express my emotions. Danielle helps me to discover new paths of...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 8, 2016 | All
How do we celebrate and say “thank you” all at once? Our upcoming workshop in our new studio is SOLD OUT (thank you, thank you) and we want to celebrate that but also give a gift to one of you. We know that it is a luxury to be able to go to a retreat. It is...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 7, 2016 | All
It is with great excitement that we announce that Jen Rizzo is back with a follow up to her popular online course Santos Cage Dolls! Registration has just opened for Santos Cage Dolls II: Inspired Figures. This online course has 4+ hours of instruction, all videos are...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 6, 2016 | All
We have a new video for the Living Studio Video Series! The free series that is all about your favorite artists sharing how they create wherever they go. Gillian Lee Smith is our guest artist this month and sharing what the Living Studio means to her! You will NOT...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 2, 2016 | All
One of my favorite things is to send cards and of course to receive them! I am so happy to announce that we have our notecards back in the shop. In a world with email and text messages I am still a lover of paper. How about you? Hopefully, this will help you get your...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 1, 2016 | All
This is part three of a twenty part story but I promise to only make it three parts. I am kind like that. If you would like to read PART ONE and PART TWO. Part Three: Finding Our Way Home There was a calm that had come over my heart in the midst of the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 25, 2016 | All
It is with a grateful heart, a little bit of butterflies and a whole lot of excitement that we are announcing that registration is now open for our first workshop in our new studio! Join me in beautiful Castle Rock, Colorado on June 24-25, 2016 for a two day art mixed...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 23, 2016 | All
This is part two of a twenty part story but I promise to only make it three parts. I am kind like that. If you would like to read Part One you can read it HERE. (the photos are from house #2 and the house I am writing about in this post) Part Two:...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 22, 2016 | All
Nothing has defined our business and brand as much as finding my own style through photography. This has been a gift that has not only grown our business but allowed me to capture my family and the day to day. It is with great excitement that I announce Photography...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 17, 2016 | All
Welcome to the Piper Art Bag! This bag was inspired by my The Living Studio series and retreats and the idea of not just creating in our studios but out in the world and creating around what inspires us. This art bag is made from brown linen, lined with cream ticking,...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 16, 2016 | All
(The photos in this post are of house #1 and the house I am writing about in this post) This is part one of a twenty part story but I promise to only make it three parts. I am kind like that. Part One: House One and the Day I Lost my Heart and Mind It...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 14, 2016 | All
[Within the past two weeks we have packed up a home, moved outside of town onto acreage, unpacked, started to make a house a home, went to the Daddy Daughter Ball and drank a lot of coffee] It seems that with the busyness of life, family and business that I don’t...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 11, 2016 | All
Good Morning! I know we all like to save money so I knew you would want to know that the early registration price is about to end on two of our upcoming courses… Friday, February 12, 2016 is the last day to get the early registration price for Elements of Clay...
by Jeanne Oliver | Feb 10, 2016 | All
Last week I left a house that was being packed up for a move across town and I flew to teach in Santa Ana, California. Part of me found it difficult to leave in the midst of so much to do and the other part of me wanted to race to the plane as fast as possible....
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