Happy Janeuary!

Peterborough in Portrait

Peterborough in Portrait: 'via Blog this'

Peterborough in Portrait: Our Inclusive Community art exhibition June 15 - June 22 at the Canadian Canoe Museum (910 Monaghan Road).  

The exhibition, sponsored by Community Living, will feature portraits of people living in the City or County of Peterborough submitted by artists - professional, emerging and student - also living in the City or County of Peterborough. 

So excited to be taking part in this! Two perfect photos popped into my head when I heard about this. To be able to study for 8 weeks with local artists, Anne Cavanaugh and Tia Saley, is such an amazing opportunity! And it's free, all supplies included! And it's Spring!

Have you signed up to be part of this? 

Public Energy presents The 2013 Wearable Art Show

Enjoy a glimpse at last year's production!

Date: February 9, 2013 

Venue: Market Hall140 Charlotte St. PeterboroughTickets: $20 each, $15 student/senior/under-wagedOn line: www.markethall.org phone: 705-749-1146


Public Energy presents The 2013 Wearable Art Show
Public Energy’s Annual Fundraiser Fashion Show featuring The Runway Challenge. Join our 3rd annual fashion show fundraiser featuring the talents of Peterborough’s visual arts community as they create the most ingenious wearable art you’ll ever see strutting down a catwalk. For the Runway Challenge we are once again pairing up artists with local businesses and challenging them to create original fashions using nothing but products from that business.


This year's Runway Challengers and their Business partners are:
Janet Howse +  Millwork,  Judith Mason & Cath Adele + East City Flowers,  Kirsten Smith + Peterborough Green-Up, Shannon Taylor + Custom Copy, Vicky Paradisis + Lakefield Pantry,  WendyTrusler + Pammett's Flowers

As well as the Runway Challenge, several local artists (including me!) have been asked to come up with an outfit so I will be at the show with Grace, my model and Cayla, my AC. All I'm saying is that my outfit is entitled "Momento Mori" and I'm very excited to create something for this great cause! Thanks to Laurel Paluck for inviting me to participate!


Cabaret-style table seating: $30 per person  Get the best view, up close to the runway, with a table seat. Table seats are available for any number - come on your own or put a group together. Not available on-line, please call the Public Energy office at 705-745-1788

Creative Jump Start Summit 2013

This is FREE! Everyday a video or blog post is mailed to you, to set your creative juices flowing! I am loving it so far and so glad to see old and new-to-me craft heroines involved.

Here’s what you get and how it works:
1. Throughout January you will get videos showing tutorials to inspire you.
2. You sign up for the Creative JumpStart 2013 newsletter HERE and you will receive  a daily link and password to unlock the view of the materials as soon as they go live.
3. On some days the Sponsors will have a giveaway for you and you will receive two newsletters these days
4. You watch the presentations and you will be hopefully inspired to be more creative—all for FREE! If you like it you can donate to the cause – check it out here.

So come on—get inspiration from some of the most creative people in the community!!!
What inspired you today?

Happy Project Life 2013!

Just in time for the new year, Michaels finally got these gorgeous faux leather albums in from We R Memory Keepers! I shrieked when I saw them because I have been wanting to start Project Life for a long time and wanted to do it with this binder and the page protectors that are available. I love this colour but there are about 22 colours in all, to choose from. I think my next one will be purple.

You can find out more about Project Life from the lady who started it all: Ali Edwards. I also like what Julie Fei-Fan Balzer has to say about her experiences with Project Life.


I am really excited about the Albums Made Easy 3x4” Card Punch that We R Memory Keepers is bringing out in March (I think). It will be such a joy to use for Project Life, as it will enable me to make perfectly sized journaling inserts out of any paper that I want to use, instantly! How cool is that!? (Check out how the Albums Made Easy system works.)

Project 365 is a great app tha I use for recording a photo a day. Day One is an intriguing looking daily journaling app that I want to investigate a bit more. It was an App of the Week in 2012 and voted one of the best lifestyle apps for 2011. It's $4.99 as opposed to the free version of Project 365, but it looks like it might be worth it! I'll let you know if I get it!

Are you participating in Project Life this year?

Wow!

Wow! Thank you to everyone who purchased the 2013 Workbooks and Calendars almost the minute that I published my last post about them! lol They really do sell themselves at $9.95. I know that they will really help you to create  an awesome blueprint of the coming year for you! 

They say that if we fail to plan, we plan to fail and I believe it! It's a lot of fun filling in my special days on the calendar and imagining how I would like things to happen in the coming year! I have one Big Dream in particular that the business worksheets are really helping me plan. I'll post more about that as it developes!

Don't forget that you can buy these in bulk to give as gifts! I love that! It would be so much fun to have a Planner Party and work on filling in the calendar together and sowing the seeds of your dreams with your pals! Hmmmmmm...now I totally want to do that! Maybe we could do it online, too! (I'll check into that.)

Here's an adorable video of Leonie Dawson talking about the new 2013 workbooks and calendars. Her life is " a living embodiment of making dreams come true" for herself and others, and she is really helping me to make my own dreams come true, too! 

Do you use a calendar to plan your year?

December Daily!

I'm jumping on the December Daily bandwagon this year! My boy, Romeo, (or Snowmeo), is celebrating his first December and he posed for this adorable journal card, cover page or whatever, to commemerate the occasion! Please use it, especially if you love Siameses! (He's a blue Lynx point!).

December Daily is a way of recording your daily happenings in December (in this case) in a mini (or not) album that you pre-make (ideally) ahead of December. Many people just make pages up to December 25, but I'm making one for each day in December, so that I can get photos of Boxing Day and New Year's Eve in there, too.

The December Daily tradition was started by scrapbooking maven, Ali Edwards and you can read all about the history of it on Ali's website.

What are you doing to make it a December to Remember?

It's $9.95!!!

If I find something that I like for sale, I want to know how much it it is before I read anymore about it and develop an intense need for it that I might not be able to afford! So I'm telling you how much the Planners cost right off the top. Each Planner is $9.95! You even can bundle them for less, too!

Now you can read the blurb and keep coming back to see if maybe I meant to type $19.95 (no). Or even $119.95! It's not a typo! The Planner really is $9.95! (And I get 1/2 cause I'm an affiliate! And I'm an affiliate because it's the planner/workbook/calendar I would have created for my self if all the planets had aligned just right!). I thank my lucky stars that Leonie pulled this all together for me! Just when I thought that it couldn't get any better, Leonie has added an amazing business edition this year. This will be my second year of using the planner and it is becoming a well-loved practice. 

The 2013 Create Your Incredible Year WorkPlaybook, Planner & Calendar is a fun and useful tool to help you plan out and make happen your most incredible year in life or busines (or both!). Over the last four years, thousands of women have used this workbook with the most amazing results. It’s the best planning tool available to help you make your year your most exceptional yet!

Used by entrepreneurs, artists, mamas, creatives, coaches, teachers and women of all ages, the Creating Your Incredible Year workbooks are filled with dozens of pages of powerful worksheets and a printable calendar to help you create your amazing new year!

At $9.95, even if you just filled out the Vision Board, you'd have your money's worth! Have a look! They make great gifts for your pals and loved ones, too, and don't forget, the more you buy, the cheaper they get! Sweeeeeet!

The most amazing thing is that now you can get the Life and/or Business edition of the Planner, or, BOTH! (It's actually cheaper if you get both!)

Get yours now!

Hallowe'en ATCs

The Count

Promised myself to use my supplies, so I bought new supplies and used them...!!! A good start! (Close but no cigar.).

For these artist trading cards, I used manila file folders, Ranger Distress Stains, CraftSmart stamps from the $1.50 bin at you know where, foam fence, bats and pumpkins generic Hallowe'en stickers, Distress Stickles glitter glue. I have a couple more coming along.

There is a shadow box dealy in the works, too, from Tim Holtz's Configurations!

Did you make anything Hallowe'eny?

The Witch

My Constant Crafting Companion

Here's a shot of one of the projects from the Goddess, Mermaid & Dancing Spirit Doll Workshop that I put together. I used Silver Shimmer Mod Podge as my glue and sealer, a product that I had never tried before. I love it! It adds this um...shimmer that...glows; not in the dark or anything but in a rich, shimmery way!  It seemed to dry really fast, too, which is great when you are inspired and working at a crazed pace!

Once my base of book pages was dry, I was able to add Ranger Distress Inks, Distress Stains and Dylusions Sprays to my heart's content. I was a bit concerned that, since Mod Podge is water soluble and the Ranger inks that I used react to water, there would be a mess, but it all worked together in love and harmony!

Man, I have been using Mod Podge since I was a kid, which tells ya how long the stuff has been around! (You have to be good to last that long!) Nothing says "crafting" like Mod Podge! I actually use it at least once a week.  Amy, over at Mod Podge Rocks, has a lot to offer in the way of inspiration and how-to's, so have a visit! You'll be surprised at all the new Mod Podge varieties!

Craft Dinner at PAPA!!!

Spirit Doll Pendant
Shrink Plastic, Stamps, Markers
@ PAPA
159 King St., Peterborough

Beginning this September, join me on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings for some mixed media creativity at the Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts or PAPA!!!

Just in time for the gift-giving season, we will create unique, handmade gifts that you can give away or keep for yourself!

Workshops are two hours and include all supplies. The cost is $40.00 per workshop and PAPA will give you a tax receipt for any children's workshops!

Please, check out the Workshop Schedule on the Classes Page!

Give Your (He)Art a Kick Start!

Leonie Dawson is my heroine. She really is. I totally trust her, partly automatically cause she is a Scorpio (like my husband) and partly because when I listen to her and watch her videos, I hear the truth of what she says and I see the truth of what she says carried out in her actions. I totally believe in her, and I am coming to believe in her belief in me ... which is the best part of taking her courses. Her belief in you.

I'm an affiliate of Leonie's because she has written everything that I would have written if that had been my calling. Do you know what I mean? She is a kindred spirit and her e-courses are genuinely transforming. Leonie is a drama-free zone. She herself is a creative goddess whose art I love. If you are creative, you will love this course. If you wish that you were creative, you will love this course.

Here's what you get:

The Creative Goddess e-Course is a powerful, spirited way for you to experience creativity in a whole new way. The e-course is six weeks to discover the Creative Goddess in you.

* Every week you will be assigned Creative Goddess projects to do for the week in a range of creative mediums ~ you will be exploring new ways of creating and connecting with the gorgeous soul, wisdom & beauty inside you.
* Six hand-drawn, illustrated and painted ebooks and three sets of worksheets guiding you on creating art as a sacred practice, how to find healing on your journey, walking through your stucknesses, how to create sacred space and discovering the Goddess in you.
* Six videos each week from me and Charlie the Happy Healer Dog guiding you on the next part of your Creative Goddess journey.
* Six guided 30 minute MP3 goddess meditations by me to work with for each part of the course. These are incredibly powerful resources, and are worth the price of the course alone.

The cost is $89.00 or $199.00. The $199.00 option gets you a year's membership in Leonie's ning/Goddess Circle with tons of add-ons plus ALL OF HER COURSES! It's crazy but it's true! Either option is an investment that you won't regret. I'll be showing some of my creations along the way and would love to see some of yours too! I have taken many e-courses, but none as well presented, thought out and life-changing as these.  

The ebooks and worksheets alone are incredible! Just sayin'. ; ) Here's some more info.

A Free Gift for You! (it is awesome!)

Grab the FREE Biz + Blog Star Workshop for a limited time + find out:


*How to get a super profitable business super quickly


*7 ways to get 20 000 blog readers


*How to have a one million dollar idea


*Tips, tools + tricks to garnering a HUGE audience


*How to charge for your stuff (the question 
EVERYONE asks!)


*How to make lots of gorgeous abundance online using your creative + soulful gifts


*& how to not go bonkerdoodles & (OMG!) have glorious fun as you do it!

GRAB IT!

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I was quite stunned, shocked, surprised when I found out that Leonie Dawson is literally giving away this workshop! You cannot lose! Have a look and, if you feel like it, let me know what you think! I  have paid for online business courses and I promise you, the value in this workshop is easily equal to anything that I paid $100.00 for! Which kind of freaks me out a bit! lol Anyway, have a look!

HUGE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

Early bird discount on Goddess Circle membership ENDS Tuesday 3 July, 2012

Memberships will DOUBLE in price then.

Get in NOW to save HALF PRICE on this incredible package!

What’s the Goddess Circle all about?

• Quite simply, it’s the BEST place to begin to make every single part of your life SHINE.
• 2000 women — and growing, every day.
• 10 e-courses, meditation guides, workbooks & tools.
• 12 powerful tribes, for every type of Goddess.
• Transformation for EVERY part of your life – business, soul, health, happiness, creativity + home!
• Save hundreds of dollars – Just $99 per year!

If you have EVER contemplated joining this community, NOW is the time to do it! (There is a payment plan!!!).

See you there!

Special Intro Offer Ends Soon!

Just a quick note to let you know that the introductory price for these two kits from Goddess Leonie are going up in price on Friday, January 13 (yes, in like three days!).

Grab them NOW!

How to do a Sacred Space Clearing Kit

7 ways to clear negative energy & help your home lift you!

Whether your goal is to feel happier in your space, get more money (or creativity or love) flowing through your space, or just feel calmer and more at ease in your space, the sacred space clearing techniques in this kit can get you there. $19.00 until Friday!

Creating With Kids Mini Workshop

"We mamas, we need our art. We need our art to breathe, to heal, to shine, to glow. We need our art to be the women we are meant to be. But when we become mamas, somewhere between the nap, the mess and the mayhem, we forget to find the time and space for our art.

There must be a new way.  This 40 minute video workshop will teach you how to create with kids – how to make it happen, remove the frustration and have a divine experience doing it.

Creating with Kids will teach you step-by-step, in the most intimate of ways, how it is possible. This is part reality TV glimpse into two goddesses messy tangle of paint and love… part instructional video… part spiritual awakening."  $13.00 until Friday!

Please note: All Goddess Circle members get these kits + all Goddess Leonie's other products all FREE with their membership. The membership is definitely the bestest value option EVERRRRRR (Over $900 worth of kits, workshops, videos, worksheets and more for only $99 a year. This includes the 2012 Planner/Workbook./Calendar!).

Creating Your Goddess Year Workbook, Planner and Calendar

The 2012 Creating your Goddess Year workbook, planner & calendar is an incredibly popular and useful tool to help you plan out and make happen your most incredible year yet! Over the last three years, thousands of women have used this workbook with the most amazing results. 


It’s filled with over 100 pages of worksheets and a printable calendar to help you dream, manifest, set your intentions, plan and cultivate your amazing new year. The workbook has been lovingly handwritten and rainbow illustrated … perfect for you to print out, soak up the rainbow colours of and get thoroughly inspired by! You’ll get clarity on what you need 2012 to be. What you want to create during it. And most importantly, how to make it happen.


I've tried several online planners and this one is honestly, in my opinion, the most inspiring. It's beautiful to print out and put in a 3 ring binder, as I did with mine. The content is thought provoking and so useful! I'm taking all of January to plan the rest of my year, with the help of the Goddess Guidebook. I forsee that this will become an annual ritual for me! I couldn't believe that it is only $9.95! You can't lose! 

Goddess Leonie Dawson is the creator of GoddessGuidebook.com, one of the longest running creativity, spirituality and business blogs on the web. Leonie is a writer, blogger, retreat leader, globe-trotter, visual artist, mama and vessel of wild creativity and sage self-guidance for the 20, 000 Goddesses who orbit around her virtual altar each month. Her strategic musings and practical wisdom have been featured on Problogger, Tiny Buddha, spirituality magazines like Goddess, Spellcraft, Life Images and Spheres and in three of SARK's best-selling books on creative fulfillment and freedom. Find her on Twitter @goddessleonie, Facebook and at her blog, GoddessGuidebook.com.


Do you have a plan for 2012?

Santa's Little Helper

This free greeting made with Smilebox

Art Journal Everyday

I'm art journalling every day with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer! I started out by making tags, an idea that I got from Tim Holz. I am heavily into Tim Holtz Limited Edition inks, Claudine Hellmuth paints and Balzer Design stencils right now! Tags are fun and I can stick them in my journal as bookmarks or page elements. There's one more girl...

Whimsical Workspaces - willowing & friends

Whimsical Workspaces - willowing & friends:

'via Blog this'

Mixed media supplies can be so overwhelming! Thank goodness for this free workshop at Willowing.ning, hosted by the generous and talented Tamara Laporte and coordinated by the talented and generous Rhomany!

It is not too late to sign up and get re-creating your art-making space. You will thank me!

More Small Art

ATC Triptych, Sun, Moon & Rising Signs,  by W. T. Gibson

Here's my triptych for Small Art for the Faint of Heart! I used stamps by Kimberly Crick for my Moon and Rising signs and a crown from Alpha Stamps. I don't have a source for the month stamps that I used for the background of the middle panel.

(If you like the stamped images then you will be happy to know that I am selling them as Domino Pendants in each of the twelve signs of the Zodiac! I will post pictures one of these days. They are quite beautiful! The images are embossed and coloured with Copic markers.)

Here is the front of my Artist Trading Card. I used two puzzle pieces as a closure, an idea that I got from Trading Card Techniques and ATCs, by Lisa Vollrath, Tim Holtz and Michele Charles, from my favourite book publishing company,  Design Originals. Isn't that a neat idea?

Have you made any art starring yourself?

Art Project, powered by Google

Image via WikipediaArt Project, powered by Google
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

I'm at the MOMA - the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, right now, then off to the Tate, in London!

Astonishing!

Thank you Google!