a good painting to me has always been like a friend. it keeps me company, comforts and inspires. ..hedy lamarr .. .     .     .     .     .     . oh happy happy friday! it has been a really good week over here. crazy busy like always. phone calls, [...]

the ferris wheel one loyal pooch.   happy. comfy. boots.   a slice of om. betty wrapped in baubles. happy monday. not a sunday. just another monday. .     .      .     .     .     .     . there are many new BITS in the shop. the [...]

all you need is love. moleskine.  i am so happy to be sharing space with liz lamoreux. today she is sharing 5 {really} good things and offering a change to win one of my hand illustrated moleskine journals!  all you have to do is leave a comment on her blog and to be sure to [...]

photo credit: vivienne mcmaster (she’s a rock star) up next! FEAST! APRIL 10-14, 2013. I want to tell you a little bit about why i retreat. Why i travel across the country to teach and frolic with new faces. Why i spend a week away from my family and studio…. Because it ROCKS. that is why. [...]

meditation. 24×24 wood panel inspired by a little painting by rita maria setting on liz lamoreux’s mantel. social media for good. (because somedays i begin to wonder.)  twitter – unclutter – a happy little find. hoping to use their prompts to move through my own space. facebook – anna wingfield – she assists you in [...]

tell your story. here. a girl. sun-soaked & squinting at the road left behind. recognizing bitter moments of a comformists sly grin. a girl. twirling around the sweetness she fondly remembers she picks through each slice, dissecting the true. she picks away at the layers discovering a juicy center. a girl. sun-soaked & wide open. [...]

yesterday. a long lazy holiday weekend. filled with silly pixies, a house filled with much chatter, some quiet moments and scents of cookies and rum punch. today. pjs are still worn, bed head looking extra sweet.  i sit soaking it all in. hoping to find my creative vibe, holding on to the silly chatter, moments with friends [...]

photo: liz lamoreux ( a little exerpt from bepresentretreats.com) “This September, come along to the Pacific Northwest woods outside Seattle with Kelly Barton, Mindy Lacefield, and Liz Lamoreux as your guides. Our five days together will include three full days of unearthing the creativity that we each have within paired with invitations to spend time breathing [...]

“far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. i may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”   louisa may alcott .     .     .     .     .     .   [...]

tomorrow. i make the last leg of the journey home. today. i hold close the truth of the past week. yesterday. i squeezed. giggled. and waved to the story girls as they drove down the short drive of the lodge. each heading home filled with their own thoughts of the days we each set our [...]