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I am a big believer that there is room for everyone when it comes to your gifts and what you have to offer this world. Your gifts are beautiful and big…and so is this world. Awhile ago I wrote THIS post about making room for creative people around you. I hope you will join me […]

I know that so many of you have waited all summer for this summer course! I can understand your excitement because I can’t wait to learn from Courtney myself. Starting THIS Monday is Watercolors and Flowers {and introduction to watercolor painting}. I met Courtney a few years ago while attending ALT and connected with her […]

{Originally posted on May 16, 2012} This week I thought it would be fun to show you what I carry in my purse. This is really it except there was some loose garbage that I had to shake out:-) 1. The Anne Ruffle Messenger Bag 2. My favorite sunglasses from Banana Republic 3. Keys (with […]

I am loving this song (and the whole album) by Sara Bareilles. “Brave” You can be amazing You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug You can be the outcast Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love Or you can start speaking up Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that […]

I have loved looking through my Italy Instagram photos for these posts. I didn’t pick up my camera very often and I have to admit that using mainly my phone made me enjoy the moments more. I want to make a book with all of the Italy Instagram photos and I will let you know […]

I can’t believe it is almost August! We have had a full (but wonderful) summer. A few days after Kelly and I returned from Italy we felt spoiled as we spent a night out watching The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks.  We are so spoiled by this venue that we don’t even like concerts anywhere […]

{Originally posted on January 31, 2011} About a month ago my friend Kim shared a website with me that I had never seen. What Katie Ate is a foodie blog by Katie Quinn Davies. From the moment I saw it I was mesmerized. In fact, I wanted to live in the blog and perhaps roll […]

Thank you for celebrating the creative network with us! If you had been sitting on the fence about taking one of the e-courses…I hope the e-course sale got you off that fence:-) I loved hearing about all the ways you love to be creative on a daily basis. Don’t be fooled into thinking that a […]

Only 9 months ago we launched our new creative network jeanneoliver.ning.com. I hoped that we would have 2,000 members before January 2014. Here we are still five months away from 2014 and we have almost 6,000 members creating and connecting. MY HEART IS FULL! Thank you! I wish I could open up my home and […]

The incredible men and women that are contributing to the summer series just blows me away! I feel like summer is just beginning and we have already had classes about fashion/beauty, photography, jewelry making, decorating/DIY and now beekeeping. I know so many people that are adding bees to their farms and urban gardens. I know […]

I mentioned in my last post that I didn’t sleep the whole night before I was to teach my first class in Bellagio. You can get really tired after teaching for hours anyway…but add no sleep and you can be in trouble fast:-) So, I knew my only choice was to get a good breakfast […]

{all photos in this post were taken with my phone camera} Before I share anything I have to start here…. The fedora. I have begged Kelly to wear hats for years. I think he finally just felt sorry for me and how pathetic I look when I beg. It only took going to Italy to […]

We are home from Italy and slowly adjusting to the time change. We missed our children so much (but not so much that we didn’t love our time alone). I always think the break away from them helps me to come home more focused on how I want to love on them even better. When […]

Thank you for joining me this week! Now it is your turn to share how you have shopped your own home and created different spaces. ******** To see the spaces of all of the other bloggers please click on their links below… The Lettered Cottage Dear Lillie At Home On The Bay Jennifer Rizzo Designs […]

Welcome back to day three of “One Room, Three Ways”. Jennifer, thank you for inviting me to participate with all of these incredible, creative women. I am loving seeing what all of the other bloggers have created with their spaces! Here is my third redo of our living room. For this redo: *moved the bench […]

Welcome to day two of “One Room, Three Ways”. Here is my original post with the original view of our living room. Here is the next redo: For this redo: *moved the bench and cushions to the kitchen table *took a desk from our bedroom and placed it in front of the TV with books/suitcases […]

I am a big believer that we have good stuff in our homes and we just need to move those things around to appreciate them again and again. If you have stop noticing something in your home that you once loved…move it. That little move gives it instant life. My favorite room to redecorate is […]

I can not remember a time that I didn’t love and appreciate fashion. Whether I was watching an old black and white movie with my mom, reading the latest Vogue magazine or sketching my own creations…I have been a lover of fashion. When I was thinking what I wanted the summer series to include I […]

If you guys are like us at all you have lots of plans for your home and either not enough time or money (or both) to make them a reality. We moved into our home a little over 10 years ago. We had worked with a semi-custom builder but there were many things we could […]

Is is summer yet? Jack is still finishing up his math so I can’t officially call it summer until that boy wraps it up. Jack may not be done with his math but I am pretty excited to launch the first of many mini courses in my Creatively Made Home Summer Series! This coming Monday, […]

Good Morning! It is a cool and rainy morning here in Colorado. It is only just beginning to feel like summer and we don’t get very much rain so we are appreciating the extra moisture. **** We just finished our school year and we are ALL thankful to be done. I always look forward to […]

Our June interview in our video series, Creativity Takes Courage, begins right now! ******* For those of you that are new to the blog I want to tell you a little bit about the free series. Five months ago we expanded our creative network to offer free videos, new online courses, live “chats” and now […]

This summer we will be releasing new products throughout the summer. This is very different from how we have released our new products and hopefully you will enjoy the shop updates over the next months with vintage items, new cuffs, jewelry and art. Today I am thrilled to have some new bags in the shop! […]

I still can’t believe that it was a little over a week ago when I had so many incredible women in my house making art. Katie Kendrick was in town to see her beautiful daughter and family and took a day to do a class. Kelly and I moved out all of our furniture out […]