Our show last night about the Renaissance was so much fun to prepare for.  I had a great time rereading about it, listening to the music of the time, and trying out some of the art techniques I learned about.  Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine Alexandria, 1379, Giovanni del Biondo (egg tempera painting) I shared [...]

Rossetti As a mixed media artist who works mostly in collage, I am often using images in my artwork and as such, I have to be concerned with copyright if I intend to sell any of my work.   In general, I tend to use images of paintings by the Masters, centuries old, and any copyright [...]

A while back I made this tp roll mini album.  I started making it as a demo on an online crafting show and my buddy Roberta Birnbaum (Robi Cohen) oohed and ahhed over it.  It was then that I knew I would have to turn it into something special for her 50th birthday! The wonderful [...]

  God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the difference. The theme for this month’s ATC swap hosted by Lisa Fulmer is Serenity.  I was mulling it over and trying to decide what kind of ATC I [...]

Chicken Satay Ingredients: 1 lb. chicken cut into strips 1 T. sesame oil 1 T. olive oil 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 T. lemon juice 2 tsp. grated or minced ginger 2 T. rice vinegar 1 T. ketchup 1/3 cup peanut butter 1/2 T. brown sugar 1 T. balsamic vinegar Instructions:  Thread the strips of [...]

I’ve decided in order to motivate myself to keep sketching AND to keep sharing them, that I’m instituting Saturday Sketches. As taught by one of my art teachers, I will sometimes use someone else’s art as practice for my sketching.  I loved this piece when I saw it in a book and decided to give [...]

I’ve decided each week on Fridays I’m going to share with you some fabulous that I come across.  My fab find for this week came about when going through a trunk of memorabilia.  These are a few of the squares that I have which were hand pieced by my great grandmother Dorinda.  She was an [...]

Chicken Satay Ingredients: 1 lb. chicken cut into strips 1 T. sesame oil 1 T. olive oil 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 T. lemon juice 2 tsp. grated or minced ginger 2 T. cup rice vinegar 1 T. ketchup 1/3 cup peanut butter 1/2 T. brown sugar 1 T. balsamic vinegar Instructions:  Thread the strips [...]

Ingredients: 3/4 – 1 lb. pork tenderloin salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary to your taste 1/2 T. butter 1/3 cup maple wine (note: the original recipe called for 1/8 cup maple syrup and 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar but I was out of maple syrup so I substituted the wine for both of these ingredients) 2 [...]

Hello from our Creative EdVentures mascot!  He’s been hanging around here with me for a while but has been bitten by the wanderlust bug and now he’s ready to head off on the road.  As you can see, he’s travelling pretty light – poor thing doesn’t even have a pair of shoes! And, although he [...]