I was going to write about the Pro’s and Con’s of being single, but in all honesty my brain hurts right now…next week! I feel like my grey matter has done a massive workout lately and I need a day to just let all my thoughts process. Today my world is light and airy! Left [...]
Tags: Art·boundless imagination·creativity·feel·free spirit·laughter·left brain·movement·passion·poetry·right brain·sense·sensuality·taste·vivid colours
The above image is by Matthew Cusick, a mixed media artist who creates amazing pieces using maps and other bits and bobs that take his fancy. I’ve been working on a few collage and mixed media pieces myself over the past few years and it’s addictive, it truly is! There, Bonnie, I do have an [...]
Artist Nancy Martini has a great studio space. Take a look inside her creative space and see what she’s doing. Nancy proves that you don’t need lots of fancy supplies to be creative or express yourself artistically. Just look around. Think outside the box. Play! Part Two…
Tags: Art·creativity·Inspiration·recycling
I have a particular thing for stained glass windows. Anything that is practical and functional, inspirational and beautiful gets my attention. I don’t often step into churches (my bad) but when I do, I love to study the images in the stained glass windows and wonder at the stories they depict. This video is from [...]
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The painting above, called ‘What a Hike’,is by Ann Worth, and if you had come to the show on Saturday you would’ve been able to score this baby for only $200 at the 1st Annual South Surrey White Rock $200 or Less Show! Beautifully framed and at about 24″ x 36″, this was the steal [...]
Tags: $200 or Less·Art·art show·SSWRAS
Good Monday morning. I know I said I’d have some progress to show on my refinishing projects today, but the sad truth is we ran into a bit of blustery weather last week and I simply refuse to strip furniture indoors. Nothing’s finished and ready to reveal yet. I do have another announcement to make, [...]
Tags: $200 or Less·Art·Daylilies·Oil paintings·original art.
I love poking into other people’s creative spaces and seeing how they live. Considering all the home decorating shows and blogs and magazines out there, I know I’m not alone. Women are snoops by nature, I think. Now, I’ve never gone to an open house just to check out my neighbour’s decor, but I’ve heard [...]
Hopefully you don’t have issues with birds and this image hasn’t made you click off Tara Cronica faster than a preteen caught sneaking a peek at internet porn. I do have a girlfriend who might be weirded out by this piece of art, so if she’s unsettled, I apologize! Yes, it’s a bit creepy in [...]
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Only 5 days left to get everything ready for the start of the Longest Game 4 CF! I’ve been busy contacting some of my favourite artists and asking them if they’d like to participate in a small show to take place during the Longest Game hockey event benefiting Cystic Fibrosis. My intention was to highlight [...]
Tags: Art·charity·Cystic Fibrosis·Inspiration·Longest Game 4 CF
I’ve been working on this mixed media piece for quite sometime now….well, in truth it’s been up on my wall untouched for many months as I didn’t know where to go with it. I had some friends over last week and one, an artist whose own work inspired me to try this one, asked me [...]
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A few weeks ago on The View Barbara Walters and Elizabeth had a tussle about the idea of everyone having to find their ‘calling’ as described by Oprah on her final show. While all the ladies on the panel spoke of finding their calling at one time or another, Walters spoke up and pointed out [...]
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“Street art and graffiti are usually so male dominated. Yarn bombing is more feminine. It’s like graffiti with grandma sweaters.” So, it seems I’ve must have been living under a basic grey, unadorned, boring rock not to have been aware of the whole yarn bombing trend going on around me in Vancouver and further afield. [...]
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The ladies at Tara Cronica believe it’s more fun to be positive than to focus on the negative (though we’re human and sometimes cross the line when emotions get the best of us. It happens). I was peeking through an article today on the Huffington Post website which showed their selection of the 12 worst [...]
Silke Spodzieja – Contemporary abstract art in acrylic “I become inspired by nature and my future paintings present themselves to me daily; when I am out for a walk, while looking at a photo, even while watching TV. My husband asks me all the time how I come up with “this stuff” and I tell [...]
Weeeelllll, it’s the Tuesday after a very busy long weekend here in Canada. Weatherman forecasted sunshine but instead we got a lot of endless blech. I’m not complaining, mind you. I would’ve like a bit more sun but I’ll take 10 minutes here and there as long as it doesn’t rain. The South Surrey White [...]
Hi friends, These last couple of days have been full of sad news from Haiti, a small island country ( one half of the island is the Dominican Republic) not too far off the shores of the southern United States. Social networking sites have been doing a wonderful job of posting numbers you can text [...]
Tags: Angie Reed Garner·Art·Charitable Organizatons active in Haiti·Haiti earthquake·Red Cross
“Chi” is generally defined as “energy” or the “source of life.” The most ancient symbol for Chi, however, is three wavy lines which literally mean “air.” This is possibly why lung capacity is so important to maintaining your energy levels. I had a completely different post prepared for today but after reading Jacquie’s post on [...]
Tags: Art·artistic·aura·chi·creative juices·energy·Gate room·inspired·karmic·Mediterranean·Stargate·women inspired
I just wanted to share a few things that I found on the world wide web recently that made me giggle? This kid is great! I’ll bet he becomes an amazing goalie one day. I especially love the beard!
Tags: Art·Ashton Kutcher·CNN·Jason Segel·music·Paul Rudd·Twitter
Hey guys, It’s Wednesday morning and I’ve just got my husband’s laptop hooked up after spending about two hours last night trying to access the internet. It seems I set up an account for $15 per week of unlimited internet last time I was away from home but had no idea what user name I [...]
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