How do you define an artist? Someone who shows up to create art is an artist. I’ve always believed in this very simple definition. If you write poetry, then you’re a poet. If you sing songs, then you’re a singer. If you love to create art—then I encourage you to see yourself as an artist, … Read more

My dear friend Carolyn Dube, a self-taught art adventurer and mixed media artist, is on a journey filled with fun! She is one of the teachers in the Handcrafted Holidays class and has finally reigned in the critical voice that squelched her joy and held her art back for many years. Today, she avoids rules … Read more

art by Jessica Sporn Jessica Sporn, the namesake behind Jessica Sporn Designs and part of the teacher team for the Handcrafted Holidays class, lives the life of her dreams as a professional, self-taught mixed media artist, because she learned the power of “yes.” When we spoke in preparation for the Handcrafted Holidays class, we discussed … Read more

  What started out many months ago as just a daydream about how to create a Handcrafted Holidays group class that would be different than any other art class I’ve seen online, is now about to become a reality. Let me tell you why I decided to put together this class.   Happy Creative Memories … Read more

Want to see how to make wrapping paper extra special? If you love getting crafty and like to add handmade touches to your gifts then the guest blog post I did over on Jessica Sporn’s blog is for you.    Other blog posts you might like: 8 Hanukkah Gift Ideas December is the new January … Read more

To start setting goals for next year, take a look back and reflect on 2014.  I asked some of my artist friends, how would they describe their 2014 art business in one word…. and what they want their art career to look like in 2015. Here is what they had to say…   Deb Harvey … Read more

This blog post is part of a series of posts called an artist blog hop. Think of a blog hop as blogging “chain mail.” Someone links to me and I have to link to three more, and each of them must find  creative bloggers. All of us must answer the same questions about our creative … Read more