Wrapping up gifts for those that I love is half of the fun of giving. This year I am wrapping gifts in vintage French linens but you could also use yardage of any fabric you have on hand or use vintage linens. Vintage napkins are very generous in size...
We loved sharing our home dressed up for Christmas and your feedback is always the sweetest. We always get so many questions about our home, how we decorate and how to create a home that looks modern but feels cozy at the same time. I think creating home is a...
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Jamie Ridler of Jamie Ridler Studios. We talked business, creativity and home. Jamie Ridler: You teach many art classes and also run a beautiful hub rich with inspirational creative classes. In your experience, what’s...
I have been fortunate enough to be a part of Jen Rizzo’s Holiday Housewalk almost as long as I have been blogging. It is the sweetest honor to be asked again to share our home along with so many incredible design and DIY bloggers! I am an artist, business...
A life that is lived is what I saw when I was first introduced to Lexi Grenzer. I saw an artist capturing her day to day life through watercolors, a teacher finding ways to make painting and creativity approachable, a woman connecting always with her family and the...
I am so honored to once again share with you an artist creating an online course with us that has never offered an online workshop before anywhere! It is one of my greatest joys to get to collaborate with an artist doing something new and fresh! I love that this brand...
Thanksgiving is almost here and for many this is the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. The day after Thanksgiving we go as a family to get our tree and each year the decorations get simpler and the meaning of the holiday becomes more known. We open our...
Opening our doors and loving on those in our lives is such a sweet gift. The more I gather the more I learn how important it is and that so many just want to be invited. Invited into community and authentic relationship and the joy that comes from that....
We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Woodland Girl Ornament with Jeanne Oliver. This video is one of the first things Jeanne ever taught online and it is such a fun project. This is an oldie but goodie and we...
We just created one place on Facebook for you to share your work from any class or what you are working on yourself, travel, favorite exhibits from around the world, the best live workshop you just attended, the book you are reading you HAVE to share or...
*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...
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...
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...
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...
*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...
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...
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!...
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....
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
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!...
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...
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...
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...
| 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...
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. ...
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 but I feel...
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...
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...
The first time I saw an original J. Kirk Richards in person I gasped! The colors, the emotion, the depth of layers. I was instantly in awe of the artist and how he created. For years I have admired and followed his work. Whether Kirk is working in clay, oils or...
This week is the one year anniversary of the official release of my first book The Painted Art Journal. It has been a total kick to have my book be a best seller and even sell out on Amazon. Thank you to everyone that has purchased, shared and created using my...
Sometimes you meet another artist and everything they are putting out into the world is so fun, colorful, relatable, joyful and just dripping with my favorites of layers and textures that you cross your fingers that they will want to teach a course and share it with...
We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until January next year! For the next 48 hours we are having our Semi Annual 50% off Online Class Sale! USE CODE: JO50 This is the perfect time to stock up on all of those online classes that you have been...
“Focusing only on imperfect papers and book parts from the past, explore the notion of creating beautiful collage work using very few supplies. No marks, no paint, just paper. Clear the clutter to create space, both mentally and physically, and allow the papers to...
Imagine learning the art techniques that will allow you to connect with your world. The techniques that help you to be fully present in your day to day life. This is a gift to yourself. Learning how to slow down and see…really see…is one of the greatest...
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