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...

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...

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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...

I love to read. I read mostly nonfiction books of well-being, art, creativity,  business, self-help, spirituality and more. I like obtaining knowledge that I can use or put into action right away. What is new to my reading world is Audible. Audible is an app that is like a 'book on tape.' Today is #...

Happy International Women's Day!! I have been blessed by women I love and women, who I don't know, but I admire their stance or beliefs. Women have made incredible strides and changes over the past 60 years in the business world, socially, and  in the family tribe.  Women in my family grew along sid...

Today on this #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques , we are seeing what artist of the present, and the past, have used to make sense of colours in their palette (it isn't this specific colour chart that they used).  Artists have used colour charts to figure out a specific colour mixed with another, or artists...