Today’s featured mom, Bianca, runs an online store via Etsy.com with her sister Tokara. Together, they make some of the sweetest baby booties I’ve ever seen. They look so comfy too……I wish they came in adult sizes! H: How long have you been doing what you do? B: All of my life I’ve been creative, mainly painting and jewelry making, [...]
Every artist has them. The project you started last year, worked on for a week and then tossed aside like an unworthy piece of garbage. Mine is a cross stitch piece featuring zoo animals and a spot to embroider the new babies name. I started it in the last trimester of my pregnancy when I was feeling too stupid to [...]
Maternal Spark has survived it’s first quarter and found not only some great creative moms but also some fantastic readers. Thank you for subscribing and coming back over and over again! I really hope to connect with you and build a place that collectively sparks as much creativity as possible. For that reason, I’ve installed a widget that allows you [...]
Today’s featured mom has been mentioned on this blog several times before. I only thought it right to feature her as I obviously hold her and her product in high regard. Stacy Derrick is the creative mom behind Sara Rose Tutus. When I see moms like Stacy who raise a daughter, work at a full time job outside the home [...]
Tricia Dower is coming to Calgary to read from her new book Silent Girl. She’ll be at McNally Robinson downtown on May 29th and the reading starts at 7pm. I’m so excited to go and hear Tricia read. I ‘met’ her online through a writer’s forum and have enjoyed her work immensely so meeting her in real life will be [...]
Image via WikipediaI’ve been writing for awhile now. I’ve done the online critique group thing (which I loved and I wish I could pour more hours into it) I’ve done the how to book thing. I’ve read numerous magazines on the craft. I finally feel like I’ve found my groove, my voice – my mojo. Don’t get me wrong, I’m [...]
It feels like Christmas around here with pretty little things arriving at my door. But they aren’t for me, they are for you guys! The first few items are here for the giveaway I’ll be hosting very soon. So far there is a sweet little handmade purse from Original Cyn studios and a set of three bitty hair clips from [...]
I met today’s Featured Mom, Melanie, in an online parenting forum. For those of you who don’t participate in message boards, often users have images that show up at the bottom of all their posts. It’s called a signature and it’s a way to make your posts more personal. When you use a signature it’s easier for people to put [...]
It’s easy, as mothers, to focus on the kids, the husband, the housework and go a week or longer without thinking of ourselves and our own creative interests. Then we sit down to do something creative and it just doesn’t flow well. Why is this? Creativity needs to be exercised in order for it to stay in top shape. Ignore [...]
I know this is completely off topic but I saw one of these in use today and was so appalled that I pointed and exclaimed “OH MY GOD, THERE’S A DOG STROLLER!”. Cause, I knew these things existed but never expected to see one actually in use. In public. Indoors. Being pushed by a grown up inside the mall of [...]
