by Elaine | Apr 15, 2022 | About Creativity
Seasons of Life and of Art Making There’s this idea about seasons of life – for example, being a mother to babies and toddlers can feel like it will last forever, and that she’ll never get back to her regular life – and it helps to think of...
by Elaine | Feb 14, 2022 | About Creativity
I love the 100 Day Project, I love the challenge, the sharing, the building my IG community. I don’t love how it feeds into unhealthy social media habits, at least for me. This year, the thought of doing the project just makes me kind of tired. I want to do a...
by Elaine | Dec 16, 2021 | About Creativity
Piney Woods Atlas: Volume III by Alicia Toldi and Carolina Porras What fun to order a book, a physical book, that was then printed just for me and I had to wait a couple of weeks for it to arrive, I’m not used to that level of waiting or anticipation anymore. I...
by Elaine | Aug 11, 2021 | About Creativity, Buy Tutorials, Teaching
Learn to outline your course—the process is the same whether it’s for a weekend workshop, an online course, or multi-week class. It’s like having your experienced teacher friend come over for coffee and giving you the crash course you need in how to outline your...
by Elaine | Aug 10, 2021 | About Creativity
I attended the Zoom Symposium in Milwaukee, WI in 2016, I think it was. I wrote this essay in response. Craft and the Nature of Work Those of us in Craft-with-a Capital-C care about how it is made (or we used to, this is in flux somewhat). There was lots of...
by Elaine | Jun 21, 2021 | About Creativity
For this summer’s version of Camp Quarantine, we’re doing larger projects that take a bit longer. You may remember from last year’s blog posts that I would put the day’s craft, game, or activity in a trunk we have in the basement, and the young...
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