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  One of the most wonderful parts of what I get to do is to collaborate with other incredible artists! I love seeing something in another person that I KNOW you will connect with. It is even deeper than that. I love finding in another artist a beautiful and deep love to SHARE their authentic […]

It is now the countdown to the weekend and for many of us, that means diving deeper into our creativity. We have just added another free video to our creative network and this one is about creating quick abstract portraits with charcoal. Come on over and enjoy the free art video Abstract Charcoal Portrait. With very […]

  Spring 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, […]

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 for this site is […]

Join Sara Burch for a three-day art workshop in our studio in beautiful Castle Rock, Colorado! 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 to create. […]

Have you ever felt like those around you don’t acknowledge your business and what you are creating? Have you ever felt like you needed help in your business but you are afraid that those in your life will say no if you ask? Come and watch my newest video in the Building a Creatively Made […]

  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 […]

  One of the most wonderful parts of what I get to do is to collaborate with other incredible artists! I love seeing something in another person that I KNOW you will connect with. It is even deeper than that. I love finding in another artist a beautiful and deep love to SHARE their authentic […]

In the new year, there can be long lists of dreams for the year and maybe even a yearly 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 […]

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 […]