Browse by Tags

Use-what-you-have ATC's
06 March 08 03:41 AM | soozwillamuse | 4 comment(s)

I'm a little behind everyone else, it seems. I think probably everyone out there in Artella-Land would say about ATC's: Been there, done that. However, until this week, I had only made ONE Artist Trading Card, and that was part of a challenge...

Filed under: creativity, collage, projects, play, ATC

Cre8 to Stimul8 Group
22 February 08 08:06 AM | soozwillamuse | 1 comment(s)

In line with one of my New Years resolutions to gather women friends who are creative and showing it, I have been busily organizing a creative circle of women "in midlife" to meet at my home each month. I used www.meetup.com and they provide...

Filed under: new beginnings, creativity, help, organization, creative spaces, fear

That Artful Sooz
13 February 08 12:45 PM | soozwillamuse | 1 comment(s)

I am thrilled to have my first something-resembling-a-commission; that is, an artistic request that I won’t receive money for. In the past 2-3 weeks, I have had good feedback and acknowledgement from friends and the Artella community regarding my artistic...

Filed under: creativity, encouragement, collage, projects

Perspectives on my Art Journal
20 January 08 05:27 AM | soozwillamuse | 1 comment(s)

I need to stop and assess what I'm doing, what it does for me, how it works, and what my expectations are. Here is what I've noticed in the past month or so, and the progression that led up to it. I started keeping an art journal about two years...

Filed under: time management, creativity, art journal, therapeutic, help

The Powers of Comfort, Acknowledgement, and "Anyway"
16 January 08 04:50 AM | soozwillamuse | with no comments

When I first woke up this morning, I lay in our warm dark room, bundled in our bed with fluffy warm things all around me. I could hear my dogs snoring very softly and sighing in their crates. Beloved husband moved a little bit and shifted so that we were...

Filed under: talent, warmth, creativity, acknowledgement, comfort