Oh my.... the end of March; a quarter of the year is behind us! In my area of the world, kids (and teachers!) are in the midst of their Spring Break! I hear the birds singing, the dogs barking and the kids playing outside my window, and the sky is bright with a solid blue. 

Today's #FridayFinds wor...

For this #ThirdDegreeThursday we are focusing on scent. Have you ever smelled a candle that was just incredible. Well, I hope you remember the name of it! What is your favourite candle smell? I love vanilla, it is warm and yummy smelling. But I really love how the air is freshened with Jo Malone's L...

Today's Wednesday Win was about my FaceBook Live event. The event itself is great, as I am able to share art creation with others, and we create side by side. But what I am truly amazed at is that I am able, through my iPhone, 'telecast' a live event. I think this is amazing!

Today in our FaceBook ...

Here's a fun tool for #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques . It is the dotting stylus / tool for creating dotted mandalas. You can buy these at craft stores and Amazon. The ones I show you , I bought as a kit and it wasn't that expensive; you can create some of them with household items. Q-tips work well, as ...

Today's #FridayFinds is a special event called the Women Thrive Summit. The host and creator Raimonda Jankunaite, created an outstanding line up of speakers. And what was special was that the majority, I'd say 99%, were female speakers taking the stage for this virtual event (as I only saw one male!...

Hello and welcome to #ThirdDegreeThursday . Today's question has to do with a personal saying. Whatever one you choose will represent yourself, as there will be some semblance of truth to you. There is something that rings true to you.

The one I chose represents the variety of hardship I have endur...

Today's #WednesdayWins is a special set of watercolour set. These Art Philosophy "Tropicals" are a vibrant and colourful watercolour set. I love this set because of those factors...vibrancy and colours! This #WednesdayWins is a reminder to find things that speak to your soul...that make you smile. H...

Happy Spring Equinox! Today is the day that they say spring is here... well, not in Northern Alberta. We've had some very warm days (above freezing), but March always has a good dump of snow before its done! 

Today's technique is crosshatching. it is a drawing technique that has been used for hundr...

Happy St. Patrick's day!!  And, I hope you are wearing green! Years ago, McDonald's used to have St. Patrick's Day green shakes. Do they still offer that?

Today's #FridayFinds is all about a foundation and a concealer. There is a story of me getting this foundation and concealer delivered to me. It...

Even though I won awards for teaching Art, I know what it’s like to struggle with finding time to create art, because years ago, that struggle consumed my life. I know what it’s like to wake up and feel lost and filled with grief. And to lay down at night thinking about how in five years, I lost my ...

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Today is Pi Day! Not the eating kind but the math one...today's date is 3.14 !! When I was teaching in the public school system, a math teacher organized a way for all the teachers to buy a t-shirt with the symbol on it. And every year, on March 14th, we wore our shirts!

Today is Tue...

I was in the city this past week, and because of that, I had a special trip to Sephora. A while back a Sephora employee shared with me the MakeUp ForEver Eyeshadow sticks. She said that these sticks were designed with Synchronized swimmers in mind as makeup was needed in the pool for performances (a...