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A few years ago, I decided I wanted to learn how to mosaic. I was inspired by an artist’s work that was showing at the Laguna Festival of Art in California. She had taken common household items, like tea pots and vases, and covered them with bits of broken pottery. She also used all sorts of interesting things, from dice to small children’s toys. I fell in love instantly!
I thought about them many times over the next …
Children’s Art: How To Make Bowls and Feed the Hungrymaking a difference! • my world • bettering communities • bettering communities
Every Thanksgiving in Boise, the Idaho Foodbank… does an event called Empty Bowls to raise money for families in need. They ask local artisans and regular folk like me to donate hand painted bowls that are then sold downtown at a big event the day after turkey day and 1000′s
Top 10 Clues You Don’t Fit in at Fashion Week
I hear that New York City’s Fashion Week… tops many people’s bucket lists. I’ll admit to loving and appreciating style. It moves me in the way all great design does. But, being fashionable isn’t a talent I claim, so I leave the fashion fun to my friends and watch in
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Do you remember being asked this question by every one of your parents’ friends and visiting relatives when you were a child? It’s funny to think back about how sure I was of my answer back then: airline stewardess and…
Marfa: An Art Oasis in the West Texas DesertHave you ever felt like you were in an Indie film—where things are just enough off center to make you question your surroundings, but so cool—in an artsy sorta way—you can hardly drink it all in? That defines my weekend in Marfa, Texas…—a town 3 hours northeast of the
I moved to Provo, Utah nearly 20 years ago to go to college at Brigham Young University. At that time, students were hard pressed to find decent restaurants and had to drive to Salt Lake City if they wanted fine cuisine or culture of any sort. It’s amazing what a…
…With back to school just around the corner, Crayola wants to help women—whether you are teachers, moms, artists, lovers of all things creative, or allof the above—get ready with tips and creative ideas to make the back to school season less stressful and more fun! Starting July 28 and every
Get off the couch and play—do something active—during every commercial when you & your family watch TV tonight.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
