Today’s prompt is to talk about tools that make my work easier. These tools should be things that I consider to be indispensible. Actually, the prompt ws to talk about one tool, but, well, I couldn’t pick just one, so there’s that. Well, I would think that my imagination would suffice. I think that it’s […]
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Today’s prompt is to create a list of things that you could do to nurture your creativity. In this case, it’s all about the brainstorming process. Step one: choose how you want to be creative. Do you want to write a story, draw or paint a picture, sew, embroider, do other fabric arts, cook or
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This month, I took a four-session series of art classes at Starlight Studio and Art Gallery on sketchbooks. Starlight offers instruction for people who have disabilities. It gives them a chance to creatively express themselves in a supportive environment. Each session focused on a different topic. The really cool thing was that all art supplies,
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Today, there was an open house at Orange Poppy Art Studio. So, I decided to go, despite the fact that it would probably rain. When I arrived, I saw that my sister Diane was there and was busily painting a wooden box in a variety of colors. I found a wooden egg, and I started
Maybe about a year and a half ago, I was given some little skeins of yarn. It was the most wonderful yarn: very light and very colorful. I immediately became enamored of that yarn and I decided to create an afghan that was a rainbow of color. I’ve been thinking about changing the way that
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One fun art project is to depict the same subject in four different ways. It’s a really enjoyable thing to do and it helps you stretch your creativity. And so, I did exactly that. I started off with an ink drawing that I made in response to the Inktober week six prompt, which was “granny.”
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How do you express yourself in a time of fear? What do you say when your world has been broken apart by official pronouncements of us vs. them, and the them is really us? How do you catch courage? How do you listen and understand and hope when you feel that all hope has fled?
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Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to go to the Orange Poppy Art Studio for a fun craft workshop. It was the first time I had been out of my apartment building since Sunday, so I was really excited to go. The activity was fun and relaxing. It was all about wrapping cones with yarn
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when the weather is atrocious… A huge storm is predicted to arrive early on Sunday morning. It could bring snow or ice and winds and who knows what else. There is the likelihood that states will declare states of emergency and travel bans. On my phone, I am getting alerts for a winter storm warning,
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What creative ideas people have! This vendor fair at Leaf, Stone, and Steel in Grand Island was a great way for people to share their creativity and make some money while doing so. Here are pictures of some of the things that people made or cooked or grew. I hope that you enjoy this Wordless
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