Robin Spielberg is a celebrated pianist and composer throughout the United States and Asia, making her living as a recording and performing artist for the past 25 years. As a solo artist who is known for her expressive style and heartfelt melodies, fan letters from around the world are frequent reminders how Robin’s music has affected very personal moments in [...]
Past Featured Creative Mom, Ana of The Pretty Peacock, dropped by the other day to tell me about a really interesting and eco-friendly material she’s been working with. Precious Metal Clay. Ana tells me that: Fine silver begins in clay form (also known asprecious metal clay). Millions of silver particles are suspended in an organic binder and when fired at [...]
Read about the Meme. You can’t tell from the image but this ball of yarn is huge. If I start now, I might have a whole bunch of dishcloths finished by Christmas. The yarn is just plain, simple cotton but I’m looking forward to working with it. Are you inspired by your raw ingredients? Do you like to pick your [...]
Most of the time I write here to share information, to highlight an amazing mom or to help spread creative inspiration. This post is different. This post is for me. I want to take the time to put down some thoughts about writing. My love of writing is really what prompted me to start this blog. I wanted to figure [...]
I’ve come across some great stuff in my webby travels of late. Thought you might like to browse. It’s a little random so I thought I’d do this today and participate in Currently Crafting has found a super cute use for tiny mail boxes…I can see how kids would LOVE this. Feels Like Home has posted a recipe for homemade [...]
Read about the Meme.Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.Thoreau, Henry David I came across this quote today and thought it was a perfect musing. To me, it means to bring things that support your core self as close as possible to your daily living. To surround yourself with things and people who feed [...]
Today’s featured Mom has her hand in many pots. She’s a true creative spirit and her skills have only grown since the birth of her children. H: How long have you been doing what you do? V: With the pregnancy of my first child ( I now have 3 — ages 5, 6 and 8), I stitched together my first [...]
Image via WikipediaWell, we’re mid way through January. This is the point when the weather has been gross for weeks on end and springtime seems like a myth, a joke, a fantasy that will never come true. The snow is now far from pristine. Once white flakes are now mixed with sand and gravel in an effort to provide traction [...]
Read about the Meme. I thought I’d post an image today. What do you think of when you look at this scene? What could be happening just outside the frame? I’d be interested to hear your thoughts if you want to share them. What’s inspiring your creativity this week? Leave your link below and share with us! Like this post? [...]
There is a great new program out there that allows Bloggers to give back to some charities in need. As you might have noticed sometimes I run giveaways around here. The premise behind them is a) I get to offer some great stuff to my readers.b) I get to promote some incredible small companies who don’t have large advertising budgets [...]
