My Top Ten Tips For Creating a Cozy and Authentic Home

My Top Ten Tips For Creating a Cozy and Authentic Home

  I believe spaces should be used well, beauty should not be saved just for company and home should reflect the hearts that live there and not just the trends we see around us. I am not a designer but putting home together has been my heart for as long as I can...
Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 13

Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 13

Welcome to the Proof of Life journal entry series. Writing more in general, and specifically with you, is something I hope to continue. Like many of you, life has become clearer over the past few years and there are many things I have dropped along the way that I...
An Artist Studio | With Jeanne Oliver

An Artist Studio | With Jeanne Oliver

    As a creative, one of my favorite things in the world is to step into the creative space of another. I love when an artist shares their space, how they use it, a peek into their favorite tools and even what they are currently working on. I hope you will...
February Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet

February Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet

I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it snowshoeing on our property after a snowstorm, reading by the fire, one simple candle lit, catching myself humming, displaying new photos of our children,...
Poets + Misfits Limited Edition Art Kit

Poets + Misfits Limited Edition Art Kit

  We are thrilled to offer our first course art kit! Poets + Misfits is the first online course where we thought we could thoughtfully and intentionally curate a kit that would match the uniqueness of the online workshop.   This is a limited edition art kit....
One-On-One Consulting | Sessions Open For 2022

One-On-One Consulting | Sessions Open For 2022

One-on-one business consults is one of my favorite ways to connect with business owners! I have watched businesses be transformed during this time together. Whether you want to meet face-to-face or live on zoom we have options for both. I know what it is like to just...
The Art of Gathering | A Live Business Workshop

The Art of Gathering | A Live Business Workshop

Over the past 14 + years we have gathered others through live workshops here in the United States and abroad. Whether we have been leading a group making art along the Seine, taking a bike ride through the vineyards of Austria, baking croissants in Paris or opening...
Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 12

Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 12

Welcome to the Proof of Life journal entry series. Writing more in general, and specifically with you, is something I hope to continue. Like many of you, life has become clearer over the past few years and there are many things I have dropped along the way that I...
Big + Bold with Kristi Beattie | Instant Access!

Big + Bold with Kristi Beattie | Instant Access!

Do you want to create large abstracts but you are not sure how to start? Have you tried to create larger pieces but feel like your composition just doesn’t feel right and you struggle with what to edit out and what to keep?  Do you want to create art that moves...
January Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet

January Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet

I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it putting away all of the Christmas decorations, helping the big kids get back to college, putting the studio in order, a second cup of coffee, the joy of...
Free Art Video | Gathered Marks with Jeanne Oliver

Free Art Video | Gathered Marks with Jeanne Oliver

This is free video with Jeanne Oliver taken from her course Gathered Inspiration Boards. This is a two part video (yes, both are included!) with 1.5 hours of content. Join Jeanne as she shares her process for creating patterns on different kinds of transparent papers,...
Clay Alchemy with Idania Salcido | Instant Access!

Clay Alchemy with Idania Salcido | Instant Access!

All artists are storytellers. How each one of us tells that story is where the beauty unfolds. Idania Salcido tells stories of nature, whimsical girls and animals through sketch, paint and clay. We are honored to have Idania back for her third course and this time she...
Sale Extended | Paypal Was Acting Up

Sale Extended | Paypal Was Acting Up

Good morning! We woke up to a lot of messages from people worried they were going to miss the sale because Paypal has been glitching a lot lately and their orders were not going through. Unfortunately, many other small businesses we know are experiencing this too with...
24 Hours Left | 50% Off Sale Ending Soon!

24 Hours Left | 50% Off Sale Ending Soon!

  24 Hours Left! Semi-annual 50% off online course sale USE CODE: JO50   We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2022! For the next 24 hours you can buy as many online art, business (yes, even Creatively Made Business) +...
48 Hours Left | 50% Off Sale!

48 Hours Left | 50% Off Sale!

  48 Hours Left! Semi-annual 50% off online course sale USE CODE: JO50   We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2022! For the next 48 hours you can buy as many online art, business (yes, even Creatively Made Business) +...
Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale | 72 Hours Only!

Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale | 72 Hours Only!

  Our semi-annual 50% off online course sale has just begun! USE CODE: JO50   We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2022! For the next 72 hours you can buy as many online art, business (yes, even Creatively Made Business) +...
One More Day Until Our Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale!

One More Day Until Our Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale!

  | Jack is sitting on top of “Castle Rock” here in our town. This is a fun family hike that we love to hike together and all of the kids love to head to the top. Not me. I will stay on the path below. | If you are a member of our creative community...
Rebel Encaustics with Stephanie Lee | Instant Access

Rebel Encaustics with Stephanie Lee | Instant Access

You guys had so much fun PLAYING and CREATING in Textural Minimalism that Stephanie Lee started right away creating the next course that she knew she could bring to life in a new way. She took your questions, fears and even financial reasons for not adding encaustic...
2 Days Until Our Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale!

2 Days Until Our Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale!

  | Our favorite neighborhood horse is Luna! She is always watching what we are up to and many from our live workshops will recognize this beauty! Thank you Libby for letting Luna be our model:-)|   If you are a member of our creative community and network...
3 Days Until Our Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale!

3 Days Until Our Semi-Annual 50% Off Sale!

| This year our first countdown photo was taken during a snowstorm and a steamy hot tub. Let’s give it up for Ben who is always a good sport for these photos! |   If you are a member of our creative community and network you know what is coming! If you are...
I Am a Maker

I Am a Maker

    I guess I knew I was a maker almost before I knew anything else was true. Like breathing, I knew to make.   I was the maker on the sidewalk with chalk covered hands, in the front sunroom of the house on Center Street playing school, under the big...
An Artist in Lisbon | With Alexandra Castro Ferreira

An Artist in Lisbon | With Alexandra Castro Ferreira

In 2018 I knew that 2019 was going to be the last year I led overseas art workshops for the foreseeable future. As much as I loved gathering, teaching and traveling it was the most deep knowing that it was time and I had complete peace about my decision. Then 2020...
December Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet

December Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet

I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around us if we have our eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it humming Christmas songs as I go about my day, wrapping up gifts for someone I love, cuddling on the couch watching a favorite movie or cooking that one...
Beauty Chaser Christmas Playlist

Beauty Chaser Christmas Playlist

I usually don’t start listening to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving but I probably should because it is FULL OF HOPE!  I love a lot of the older Christmas music but this year I wanted to put a playlist together for you (and us) that hopefully feels...
Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 11

Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 11

Proof of Life Journal Entry No. 11 Welcome to the Proof of Life journal entry series. Writing more in general, and specifically with you, is something I hope to continue throughout the year. Like many of you, life has become clearer over the past year and there are...
Gift Guide for the Beauty Chasers | Christmas 2021

Gift Guide for the Beauty Chasers | Christmas 2021

We are all beauty chasers in one way or another. My friend Timothy Willard often says that, “Beauty Defies Despair”.  Do we have our eyes open to that beauty?  The beauty that is all around in people, nature, circumstances, love, forgiveness, faith,...
Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 10

Proof of Life | Journal Entry No. 10

Proof of Life Journal Entry No. 10 Welcome to the Proof of Life journal entry series. Writing more in general, and specifically with you, is something I hope to continue throughout the year. Like many of you, life has become clearer over the past year and there are...
Deconstructed Faces with Kate Thompson | Instant Access!

Deconstructed Faces with Kate Thompson | Instant Access!

I have several Kate Thompson works of art in our own home and the more you look, the more you see. What from a distance looks likes a portrait soon becomes lines, texture, layers, history, wire, plaster, and most importantly…a story. Kate is a master at breaking down...
An Artist in Oaxaca | With Tracy Verdugo

An Artist in Oaxaca | With Tracy Verdugo

In 2018 I knew that 2019 was going to be the last year I led overseas art workshops for the foreseeable future. As much as I loved gathering, teaching and traveling it was the most deep knowing that it was time and I had complete peace about my decision. Then 2020...
Free Art Video | Beauty in the Mess with Melissa Fink

Free Art Video | Beauty in the Mess with Melissa Fink

Join Melissa Fink for Finding Beauty In The Mess. In this free art lesson you will begin by creating a messy, playful piece with no expectation or specific outcome in mind. You will be amazed at the beautiful compositions you will end up finding along the way. In this...