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*Early registration pricing is ending TONIGHT! The price will then go to the full price of $595.*     Are you building a business that is aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? ⁣ ⁣ Knowing this answer changes everything. ⁣ ⁣ Building a business that isn’t aligned with your life […]

We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released I am Enough with Brittany Soucy. Join Brittany Soucy as she helps us discover the beauty within ourselves using gratitude and our art journals. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Art Journal it Out and we hope […]

When I travel here in the US or abroad I am always looking for vintage fabrics, small metal tins, vintage papers and bits and bobbles to include in a new creation. For  years I have watched the beautiful and unique ways Charlotte Lyons has used old elements to create something fresh and modern but now […]

  This is the perfect time to re-evaluate your business, your creativity and see if you have any blind spots you have been ignoring. Looking at your business through fresh eyes should happen on a monthly basis but more in detail at least quarterly. Our day-to-day lives running a business can mean mixing home, business, […]

*Early registration pricing is ending in 7 days! The price will then go to full price.*     Are you building a business that is aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? ⁣ ⁣ Knowing this answer changes everything. ⁣ ⁣ Building a business that isn’t aligned with your life takes […]

As you look at Angela’s beautiful work you will find yourself looking again and again and finding more details each time. Through sketching, paint and mixed media techniques Angela brings portraits to life in such sweet ways. Let her work draw you in through those eyes, flowing hair and attention to details. Papillons with Angela […]

Come and create a beautiful altered advent book this holiday season! Bring focus and intention into the beauty of the holidays and create a keepsake for years to come! Join Kelly Hoernig on this creative journey and she will guide you beautifully like she always does! An Artful Advent with Kelly Hoernig is Live on […]

It is not often that you have an up-close and intimate look at the journey of a person, business and brand. We often watch things from afar and wonder what brought them to a place or we stand in awe of what they have accomplished without knowing the backstory. Thirteen years ago I lived in […]

  We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released A Portrait Study  with Michelle Wooderson. Join Michelle Wooderson as she brings to life the portrait of Berthe Morisot. Focusing on the use of black that was so popular in the impressionist era, Michelle recreates the depth and focus […]

  The year is winding down but for small business owners, our hearts and heads are spinning with ideas of how to grow our business and what we want to bring to life in the new year.  Creating an authentic and loyal following takes time. Knowing your brand, being focused and delivering high-quality goods of any […]

We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Free Art Video: Abstract Journaling  with Tiffany Goff Smith. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Soul Food and we hope you will join us for the full class! Come on over and enjoy the free art […]

  We have had our business for 12 years now and for most of these years I have been able to share home through blogging and also the blogs of others that I admire. Our home and gathering was never the main focus of our business but I believe with my whole heart that because […]

We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Free Art Video: Creating Your Own Collage Material  with Leslie Rottner. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Creative Collage and we hope you will join us for the full class! Come on over and enjoy the […]

We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Free Art Video: Fabric + Plaster Art Journal  with Jeanne Oliver. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Wandering Muse and we hope you will join us for the full class! Come on over and enjoy the […]

  Twelve 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 exhaustion the […]

We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Free Art Video: Dye + Stitch Journal  with Jeanne Oliver. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Storytellers and Mavericks and we hope you will join us for the full class! Come on over and enjoy the […]

                      We know that not everyone can attend one of our live business workshops so we have created a rich and beautiful ONLINE version and registration is open!       Are you building a business that is aligned with how you want your life […]

  Being a female artist and business owner has allowed me to walk out interactions that are more raw and exposed than many other professions. I teach and create with a majority of women which means intimate travel, small groups and often very real and open conversations. Through my business consulting and also lifelong relationships […]

    We can have long lists of dreams and maybe even a bucket list. What I have found to be true is that me just dreaming about something has never led to the actual doing and experiencing. If I want to learn something, go somewhere, spend time with someone… I have to make a […]

| Images provided by Christa Parodi and Andrea Garvey and Kathi Graves| I live in a creative world that has predominately been created, supported and sustained by women. I am constantly reminded how much of a powerful impact we have when we work with one another. It has been through these collaborations with other women […]

  Are you building a business that is aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? ⁣ ⁣ Knowing this answer changes everything. ⁣ ⁣ Building a business that isn’t aligned with your life takes as much time, energy and resources as building one that is. ⁣ ⁣ You’re not just building […]

So many good things are happening in 2020 and I do not remember the last time I was this excited for what a year will hold. 2020 will be my year to create at home! In 2020 I will not be traveling to teach for anyone (that was hard to say no again and again […]

When you look at the work of an artist you are able to see so much deeper into their past, what they find beautiful in this world and an intimate glimpse into what makes them have to create in the first place. Renee Muller is an artist with such a love and history in the […]

I have become a bit of a collector of the works of Emma Petitt. Each time I have been able to purchase another piece I fall more and more in love with all of the colors, layers, and emotions in her creations. There is so much life in what Emma puts out into the world […]