Indie Fixx Haiti Fundraiser

Indie Fixx is coordinating a fundraiser benefiting victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Indie designers have donated items to be auctioned off with 100% of the proceeds going to the Red Cross International Response Fund. I have donated both a print and a smitten necklace (see below). You can bid on one or both here. Learn more about the fundraiser here. I'll include lots of extra goodies for the generous winners!!



















Sew in Love Print - 8x10




















Cable Knit Smitten Necklace

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration 01/02/10

Santa brought my 7 year old an electric guitar for Christmas. He's been asking for 2 years now, and he was just thrilled when he opened it. He's been playing it everyday, so I thought it would be the perfect subject for inspiration today (plus it would give me n excuse to get it away from him for a few moments). I focused on the details rather than the whole and played with the lighting to make it a bit more dark. Rock stars are dark, so I thought it was fitting. Kyle has now informed me that I need to get him a leather jackets because all rockers wear leather jackets. I think Santa has created a monster (or at least a badass rocker)! Here are the pics that made the final cut:

Happy 2010! & What I've Been Up To

First, I'd like to wish all my readers a Happy 2010!! May it be a creative year for all of us and may we share a bit of it together! My 2010 is all about reorganizing, restructuring and refocusing, so hopefully that will help me improve both the frequency and content of the blog. I'd like it to be a bit more interactive, but I know that takes work and steady posting, so I'll work on my part, and I encourage readers to start posting links to their artwork and their inspirations. I'm thinking about a monthly challenge too! Don't forget that there is also a Flick group: Daily Art Inspiration where you can get and share inspiration.


Here's what I've been up to over the last couple of weeks. Most of my time was spent hanging with my family. I needed a break and didn't even take that many photos. I felt like I needed to just focus on them for a while and rely on my mind to save the memories and not my camera. Here are the boys showing off their handmade New Year's Glasses:



I finally felt like taking some pics yesterday, so I had a "Photoshoot" with some candy canes. Apparently my mind is already thinking towards Valentine's Day:







And some major fun in the snow (a whole 2 feet of it)!











Happy New Year!! I look forward to sharing it with you!!

My View From the Bus - Be Inspired to Create Spontaneously

I went on yet another field trip (#4 so far this year). This time to 3 of DC's art museums. I didn't take many photos as I was having to keep a close eye on the group of boys in my care. I think they all had sugared cereal and Pop Tarts for breakfast. I was inspired by some of the different artist series I had seen and on the long noisy bus ride home I decided to amuse myself and create my own series by taking multiple pictures from the window of the bus. Many are blurry, but I actually like that. It was a fun because I didn't really think about the composition, I just snapped away and when I got home I had almost 200 pictures to go through. It was like opening Christmas presents seeing all the little details I missed along the way. Here is a slide show of the pictures. They are all straight out of the camera and many are blurry (which I actually love). Maybe you'll be inspired to create something spontaneously like I was with this little series. Maybe squirt some paint randomly on a canvas. Maybe grab several unrelated collage elements and make them work together. Or maybe combine all your scrap polymer clay and see what patterns and colors emerge. Be spontaneous, don't think too much and just create!!

Holiday Heap - Sneak Peek

I'll be at the Charm City Craft Mafia's Holiday Heap tomorrow:
10am-5pm
Saint John’s Church
2640 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218











Here are a couple of last minute goodies I'm working on finishing up:







Hope to See you there!

Tis the Season - Daily Dose of Inspiration 12/4/09

I've been struggling with a bad sinus infection over the last week, so I haven't taken many pics. Here's a quick one I snapped of my neighbors Christmas Lights. I loved the red color in the sun and the pattern of the light.

Block Party Press Giveaway on Kind Over Matter!!!!

Head on over to the Kind Over Matter Blog to enter!!!!! Good Luck!!!!!