A behind the scenes portrait of one of my favorite contemporary artists, Rob Ryan.
Artist: Rob Ryan intimate portrait
Written by Administrator on January 27th, 2012Begin Anywhere
Written by Administrator on October 25th, 2011
Two weeks ago a crumpled piece of paper fell out of my dayplanner from 2009 while I was cleaning out my office at work. It was an old print out, of “an incomplete manifesto for Growth” by Bruce Mau. Written in 1998, exemplifying his beliefs, strategies, and motivations.
The whole manifesto can be found here. My favorite piece of advice is #9. Begin Anywhere.
John Cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.
Oregon Home Magazine
Written by Administrator on September 12th, 2011
Big Thanks to Oregon Home Magazine, for the nice write up on my miniature gardens and design work in their Fall issue.
This is a fun minature garden DIY tutorial I created awhile back to lend a hand to beginners. The thing I love best about miniature gardening is that where a new yard design may take 3 years to mature from a blank dirt canvas, miniature landscapes can be created all in an afternoon with natural treasures collected on nature walks and dollhouse miniatures.
New Sticker Sets for PAPAYA!
Written by Administrator on July 27th, 2011
Liquid Sky Arts on Pinterest
Written by Administrator on July 15th, 2011
I’ve quickly become a bona fide Pinterest Junkie. There, admitting you have an addiction is the first step to… uh… wait…did I just say it’s an addiction? Sigh. Yes. OK!
If you’re not familiar it’s a visual bookmarking site where you can organize and share all the beautiful, and inspiring things you find on the web. I’m using my pinboards to gather ideas about creative gardening, fashion, home decor, paint color combinations, and random images that are magic.
If you’re already on Pinterest and would like to connect, you can find me here.
If you need help to get started pop over here, and join the fun!
Weekends
Written by Administrator on July 5th, 2011
Day 2: A Painting a day. Chinese Lanterns.
Written by Administrator on June 16th, 2011
Painting subjects I love is hopefully going to keep the spirit of this project going! I didn’t have a set goal until I read Lynn Whipple’s blog today. I loved her teachers theory on bad paintings…
“…you are going to make 100 bad paintings, so you had better get started! You can insert anything you are working on, as in 100 bad songs, so you better start singing, or 100 bad drawings, 100 bad cupcakes, 100 bad boyfriends..humm….What really happens is, it frees you up to play and not worry. now you can enjoy the process. the truth is you get better really quick, maybe even by #19. try it!“-Lynne Whipple
Day 1: A painting a day
Written by Administrator on June 15th, 2011
I’ve always loved art for arts sake, creating for the love of making things with your hands but not worrying about the final result. So I’ve adopted this as my creedo when agreeing to take the painting a day challenge with my friend Mindy. We shook hands on it this morning… the heat is on! Anyone care to join us? Post a link here, we’d love to see! (More to come)
Paper fortunes
Written by Administrator on April 12th, 2011
PAPAYA! Living, just opened it’s flagship store here in Southern Oregon recently. (You can see all of the yummy pics I took on opening night here…so much loveliness it’s overwhelming!) I’m like a magpie… send me to the glitter! While we were helping to get the store ready to open, I fell in love with this notebook by sugarboo, every page has a detachable love quote that you can string onto gifts, or tuck inside books. I’ve been finding so many uses for them!
Crafty Journals
Written by Administrator on February 10th, 2011
This is a handmade journal I had made in one of Pam Garrison’s classes a few years back. We used Vintage ledgers, water color paper, bits of ribbon. I embellished a bit by cutting a window and framing a favorite print by Sophie Adde , and went to town gluing on loads of vintage buttons that my friend Hope had shared. With all of the extra do-dads I think it was the bulkiest little journal in the class. I love it.
