This month I’m talking to Linda Tieu the designer behind Tortagialla a blog & etsy shop. Linda creates downloadable stationery that you can print so when you need a card, you can print something amazing without leaving your house! These monthly features of other creative businesses are a way for all of us to get…
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Spring 2017 Travel Diary: Lisbon, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Madrid, London
Spring 2017 Travel was necessary. Not only did we move to Seattle where we knew the winter would be an adjustment, but the rain was the worst (best?) on record! As I write this Spring 2017 Travel Diary post, it is a month after our return and we have had more than 45 inches of rain this…
Krista Benskin Is Dazzling Peacock
This month I am introducing you to Krista Benskin who is Dazzling Peacock. Krista is a paper mache artist, specializing in “furry friend” art. These monthly features of other creative businesses are a way for all of us to get to know these wonderful businesses; It has been a long-time interest of mine to explore how other…
Improvisation and Jazz and Knitting
I wrote this blog post about how the work I do is often like jazz improvisation. I was thinking about that as I was out running this morning because a comment made by a colleague in an email had such resonance with me. I actually really like structure, when it’s flexible enough for me to…
Routines Lead Ahead
Routines fill my days. Each day I start with a simple morning routine that eases me, not a morning person, into my day. At some point while going through my early morning routine I begin making lists. Mostly written, but sometimes just mental. I think about what I want to get to that day. At…
Antemortem Arts
The second in my interviews with other creative business owners, please enjoy Amy Crook and Antemortem Arts. Amy is one of those people whom I am just delighted to know about. Q: Amy, being a working artist seems so impossible to most of us non-artists. So, tell us what you do! A: I’m an artist…
