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One of my favorite things in the world is talking business! I love everything about it from the beginning stages, finding your niche, leveraging what makes you unique, the customer engagement and building community, the new ideas and deciding what to do next, watching something you grow from nothing…becoming something better than you imagined. This doesn’t […]

When Stephanie Rubiano first shared her ideas for this next course I loved it right away! Shrink plastic was one of my FAVORITE creative tools as a kid and what Stephanie does with it brings it up to date and beyond anything I knew you could even do with it. My heart of this site […]

***THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT*** The official launch date of my new book, The Painted Art Journal, is July 4th and because we were going to already be in Nashville and Franklin, TN at this time we decided to celebrate at our home away from home! We have been shown such overwhelming kindness in Tennessee […]

***Wild Blue Yonder begins THIS coming Monday, March 19, 2018*** Danielle Donaldson is back with her newest online course Wild Blue Yonder! Join Danielle for watercolor fun and this time it is all about stitching, rainbows, beautiful backgrounds and paper airplanes with secret messages. The registration for this 4-hour online course with lifetime* access is […]

We are getting ready for all of our new spring goodies for the shop and we are doing a little bit of spring cleaning to make room! For the next 48 hours, you can get 30% off any one item in the shop! This is the most perfect time to get one of our art […]

Because you asked we really tried! I am now teaching THREE live workshops this year in my studio. We have released all of them so you know exactly what I am teaching over the whole year. I hope by releasing them all that it helps you know which one is for you! I would love […]

Get Your Badge on with Amy Hanna begins on Tuesday, March 13th!   Stamping, assemblage, vintage trinkets, leather, and patches will lead you straight into creating one of a kind badges with jewelry artist Amy Hanna. Amy is offering her techniques online for the first time on jeanneoliver.com and we could not be more honored. Amy will […]

  I feel like the luckiest woman that I get to collaborate each day with such talented and creative men and women! We are honored to announce that for the very first time Alena Hennessy is offering a course on our creative network and it is called Mixed Media Magic! Pretty dreamy, right? We are […]

My first book, The Painted Art Journal, is currently on pre-order (yippee) and we are planning so many fun ways to celebrate the official launch! We are going to kick-off the launch with a three-day workshop with some of my favorite ways to tell your personal narrative. Through paint, journal making, printmaking and sculpture we […]

After all of the outlines, planning, creating, photographing and edits, it is really here and soon it will go out into the world!  My first book, The Painted Art Journal, is now available for pre-order. I am so excited and a bit nervous as we start to announce it and make it official. I can’t […]

  Working from home can seem like a dream until you remember that you still have to do a job, be productive and grow a business. Home is comfortable, has distractions and may find you still in bed at 11 am on a Tuesday watching television if you aren’t careful. Our whole business was created, grown […]

26 lessons, over 7 hours of content, lifetime access and some of the COOLEST things I have ever created! I am in LOVE with my newest online course, Wandering Muse, that begins tomorrow morning at 10 am MST! IN LOVE! Here are some of the first peeks. I would be so honored to have you […]

Danielle Donaldson is back with her newest online course Wild Blue Yonder! Join Danielle for watercolor fun and this time it is all about stitching, rainbows, beautiful backgrounds and paper airplanes with secret messages. The early registration price of $32 is still available for this 4-hour online course with lifetime* access. Play with color, supplies, […]

  We are so thankful for our all of the people that make our studio, creative network and shop a success. We absolutely adore you and appreciate each one of you so much! For the next 24 hours, we are offering 30% off any ONE item in our shop! That means art, jewelry, clothing, art […]

  Stamping, assemblage, vintage trinkets, leather, and patches will lead you straight into creating one of a kind badges with jewelry artist Amy Hanna. Amy is offering her techniques online for the first time on jeanneoliver.com and we could not be more honored. Amy will share her whimsical way of mixing delicate finds with forgotten […]

I wanted to let you know that we have added some new artisan pieces to the shop. We are honored that potter Erin Clemmons has created gorgeous custom smudge pots and pendants just for us.  We also have fun leather cuffs that we found while we were in Joshua Tree a few weeks ago and […]

  I feel like the luckiest woman that I get to collaborate each day with such talented and creative men and women!  We are honored to announce that for the very first time Alena Hennessy is offering a course on our creative network and it is called  Mixed Media Magic! Pretty dreamy, right? We are in […]

  Rae Missigman is back on our creative network with a brand new course and it is instantly available! Did your Friday just get better? If you know Rae you know this mini-course (2 hours and instantly available) is full of great instruction, COLOR, lots of marks and art that is FUN to make. A […]

  Join me in beautiful Castle Rock, Colorado on October 19-20, 2018 for a two-day art workshop. Our studio is light-filled and surrounded by wooded property that lends itself to exploring, creating and relaxing. You will have opportunities during the workshop to also make your way through some of our wooded paths and find a spot […]

  Join me in beautiful Castle Rock, Colorado on June 1-2, 2018 for a two-day art workshop. Our studio is light-filled and surrounded by wooded property that lends itself to exploring, creating and relaxing. You will have opportunities during the workshop to also make your way through some of our wooded paths and find a spot […]

How would you like to get encouragement sent right to your inbox for the month of February?   I want to share a sweet gathering (that is free) that I have been asked to be a part of and I love the idea and heart of this offering.     For over a decade, we (Meghan and […]

**Two spots have just opened up** Come and join me for my first workshop of 2018! I will be coming back to the Donna Downey Studios and we will have three days to play with portraits! I only travel to teach a few times a year because I love to be home with my family and I […]

  When you are building your business you KNOW you don’t know anything. Everyone else around you KNOWS you don’t know things and you are figuring things out. Then, as you start to have success and gain traction there can be a perception that you now know more, aren’t scared anymore or that you have […]