we’ve been making a ton of soup and one of our favorites is this butternut squash and apple soup! the recipe we use at home is inspired by one in our favorite cookbooks, The Healthy Kitchen. it’s the cookbook in our kitchen that has the most splashes and sticky pages! and the one we’re always gifting to family and friends! i highly recommend looking up... Continue reading
i just love having people over for dinner! being wintertime, we often find ourselves prone to hibernating around here. so it’s always nice to have something like a dinner party to get everyone together! i have so many ceramic cups and serving dishes that i’ve made… it’s fun to get them all out and give everyone their own unique place setting! we had all of... Continue reading
it still feels sort of surreal to wake up and see all of this snow! and when it’s blowing around everywhere, we just can’t resist getting out there in our snow suits! ………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………… after all of this snow, we’re taking a little California vacation! but i’ll still have loads of fun blog posts scheduled all next week… like photos from our little dinner... Continue reading
TITLE: Sea Breeze with Trees. by Flora Bowley so, i have some pretty awesome news! TITLE: Temple Lilies. by Flora Bowley maybe you’ve seen flora bowley’s beautiful artwork… Flora Bowley or heard about herBLOOM TRUE! painting workshops… and maybe you remember a sponsored post from a few weeks back about this AMAZING DO WHAT YOU LOVE ART + CREATIVE ENTERPRISE RETREAT… well, i am super... Continue reading
i had the most wonderful opening for my Absolutely Art show! and one of the moments that made it so sweet was meeting this outstanding group of young ladies (young artists, i believe), all dressed in their snow suits, and asking me a ton of questions about my paintings and saying which ones were their favorites. i was so inspired by their fashion-polka dots, bold... Continue reading
my studio table is a bit of a mess right now! i’ve got a lot of different paintings going on, all at once! i’m dying to paint larger, but while i’m building the new canvases, i’ve started a ton more little ones! i haven’t been spending as much time as i would like painting (one of the things i’d like to make more of a... Continue reading
i’m taking this online mixed media art workshop (stretching within) with the lovely misty mawn. and this week we’re focusing on drawing. i’m loving it! i haven’t pulled out my charcoal pencils and sharpener in ages! and i’m seriously learning/remembering a ton about lines and shading and feeling like i’m developing a whole new way of seeing again! at first, i pulled out my sketchbook... Continue reading
we usually do a pretty low-key new year’s eve at home with friends and loads of good food! but this year we really did things up and celebrated 2011 with a weekend at a cabin in the woods! we met our good friends up at the cabin and spent our mornings eating big breakfasts, sipping tea and coffee and watching deer right outside the window!... Continue reading
TITLE: Be With Me. Prints available in my etsy shop. sometimes these little characters just come right out of the canvas. this painting was one that i was really having fun with smudging lots of bright colors through the background. the ground was already red, but i just got some red india ink and had so much fun adding a thin layer on top, making... Continue reading
it’s all about those lush, tropical colors! the snow here is almost all melted, and i am feeling a bit spring-crazy…looking for bulbs to be popping up in the gardens already! ****************************************************************** ps. there’s kind of an awesome little interview with me over on stephanie fizer’s blog about me being an assistant instructor for her upcoming FLOURISH e-course! Continue reading
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