My Favorites if you are Heading to Round Top, Texas

My Favorites if you are Heading to Round Top, Texas

by | Jan 16, 2024 | All

Come and experience Round Top with Paige Hull and Jeanne Oliver.  You will be staying at The Vintage Round Top in the heart of all the markets! You’ll be welcomed with an opening meet-up with cocktails and appetizers as we share our knowledge and passion for shopping...
An Artist in Florence | with Melissa McArdle

An Artist in Florence | with Melissa McArdle

by | Jul 25, 2023 | All

Welcome to An Artist In series. In this series a different artist, that is intimate in different parts of the world, will share their insider tips for where to eat, stay, see the best art, sketch the best views, rest at their favorite cafes and more. You will be able...
48 Hours in Venice | Top Tips

48 Hours in Venice | Top Tips

by | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Travel

  While we were in Italy, we had a little over 48 hours in Venice. There are many faces to this ancient city you can visit again and again and keep discovering new beauty. I would like to offer some suggestions that may help to take a step back in time and see a...
Creating Art While You Travel | Free Video

Creating Art While You Travel | Free Video

by | May 21, 2023 | All, Travel

  One of the most art changing habits that I have established over the years is creating and using a portable art studio. Just enough supplies to make sure I can create anywhere. Daily creating is a choice and even though I may not always have the time to work on...
An Artist in Bellagio, Italy | My Top Tips

An Artist in Bellagio, Italy | My Top Tips

by | May 20, 2023 | All, Travel

Welcome to An Artist In series. In this series a different artist, that is intimate in different parts of the world, will share their insider tips for where to eat, stay, see the best art, sketch the best views, rest at their favorite cafes and more. You will be able...
My Favorites if You are Heading to Round Top, Texas

My Favorites if You are Heading to Round Top, Texas

by | Mar 16, 2023 | All

  I have been enjoying the spring and fall antiques shows in Round Top, Texas for the past six years. This show has been going on for fifty years so I am definitely a newbie! I have also been blessed to have book signings, teach a live art workshop and also speak...
An Artist in Oaxaca | With Tracy Verdugo

An Artist in Oaxaca | With Tracy Verdugo

by | Nov 17, 2021 | All

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...

An Artist in Marrakech | with Michelle Fletcher

by | Aug 11, 2021 | All

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...
An Artist in Tuscany | With Carolyn Peeler

An Artist in Tuscany | With Carolyn Peeler

by | Jul 21, 2021 | All

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...
My Journey In Morocco | Marrakech Part I

My Journey In Morocco | Marrakech Part I

by | Apr 17, 2019 | All, Travel

Last summer as we were getting out of the car to head to our town pool I had an email come into my inbox telling me that registration had just opened for my friend Michelle Fletcher’s first big workshop in Morocco. I have been friends with Michelle for many years now....
The First The Living Studio {Lake Como}

The First The Living Studio {Lake Como}

by | Jul 10, 2014 | All

I am back from the first The Living Studio and I am feeling tired, blessed and changed. I am also a little sick but that will pass:-) I had dreamed of traveling with other creative people to beautiful and interesting places near and far. My desire was to get out of...
Paris {Day One}

Paris {Day One}

by | Sep 19, 2012 | All, Travel

When you touch down in another country you are most likely dealing with exhaustion, excitement and coffee shakes all at the same time. You may also be walking around in a state of tired delusion. That was us the first day. We flew through the night and landed at 8am...
Back from France {Giveaway Winners Announced}

Back from France {Giveaway Winners Announced}

by | Sep 17, 2012 | All

This is my first day back home after being in France for the past two weeks. I feel like I am coming out of a France fog. It is really hard to believe what I just go to experience and that so many people that I love helped make it possible. My mom drove from Illinois...
Easy Instagram Tips {filters and so much more}

Easy Instagram Tips {filters and so much more}

by | Aug 30, 2012 | All, Travel

I love my Canon 5D Mark ii. I really do. I have been cheating on it for awhile now though and I am not ashamed. I use the inferior camera on my iphone everyday and I use Instagram to document our days. It is not just the ease of Instagram that has me hooked but all...
Ramblings of a crazy woman!

Ramblings of a crazy woman!

by | Aug 24, 2012 | All, Travel

The photos will be as random as my words. You’ve been warned! First off I want to thank all of you that left comments on the last post about France ideas and all of you that emailed me privately! I loved your suggestions! Have you ever tried to plan a trip to...
Reflections of Paris {Final Installment}

Reflections of Paris {Final Installment}

by | Jun 25, 2012 | All, Travel

This will be the final photos from my trip to Paris in the summer of 2010. You can find the other posts HERE, HERE and HERE. I have loved reminiscing about my time in France. {I would like to point out that it was very windy…I am not really pregnant:-)} My final...