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I believe the creative process is a powerful tool to fight anxiety and self-discovery is inherent within the process. By showing my work and process, my hope is for people to be encouraged to open their own hearts to an understanding and devotion of their own creativity that is more intentional.
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It is my considered opinion that Christmas is about creativity as well as reverence. An opportunity to offer one’s gratitude from the depths of your creative soul. To play like a child and feel proud of what you’ve done. Designing this 15 foot Christmas tree, I needed other elements to complete my vision. After trolling…
I have the pleasure, and self-imposed duty, of decorating the 15 foot tree at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Easton. Themes have varied over the last three years. And this year will be no different. I use it to spark some ornament making project and I am always rewarded with the outcome. Last year I…
My e-course on blogging is coming to an end. The final homework project has hijacked my brain and time. And it’s all good. Styling has always been a love of mine. If you had the good fortune to visit Bally Eden, you know. I still seem to hoard items to “play” with. Again, I could…
I know the joy of opening and the sorrow of closing my own small business. She was named Bally Eden and I loved her like a child. People coming in and looking around meant the world to me. And when they bought something? I was thrilled. So when I say “Shop local”, it comes from…
I have a deep respect for fellow blogger Marg Hogan. She is one of a handful of women I met through the Blogging Your Way online course created by Holly Becker of Decor8. ‘Met’ is a loose term since she lives in Australia and I in the USA. She is a kindred soul of the…
Mother Nature is redecorating. She seems to be taking her time this year. I have been taking my time to redecorate as well. For me, styling and inspiration can’t come unless I give them time, toys, and/or purpose. I’ve always loved to “play” in my house. Year round, temporary installations go up and come down…
A year ago, through my first Blogging Your Way e-course, I connected with a woman online from the upper West coast named Sandra. She is a thoughtful hardworking creative. She does a million other things besides write a blog at Raincoast Creative Salon. One of them is to inspire me. She and her friend Christie…
The problem with coming out of such an active month (October…crazy posting every day) is that I think I should want to not do anything for November. But my creative brain wants no part of a forced hiatus. So what I got is a dust cloud in my brain. Moments of clarity are followed by…
I did it again. This will be the third time I have decorated for the fundraiser at the Unitarian Universalist church we belong to in Easton, MD. And this year the theme was Harvest Hoedown. And so I took inspiration from my jaunts on Pinterest and made the requisite pennants for the ceiling. My husband’s…
With the event this weekend successfully completed, I was able to refocus on the homestead. The porch benefited from the leftover cornstalks and pumpkins. Stunt leaves and all. But wait, there’s a baby who woke up and since it was such a beautiful day, what the hay. She crawls now you know. She loves to…
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