• Mandalas - Peek Babies

    Day 13 ~ Start of Peek Babies R

    January 13, 2026 - By 

    I have been trying to get started working by 9 AM and finish by 5 PM. That seems to be working unless I have an appointment or some task to carry out. This morning it was trying to get the prescriptions set up on our new medical insurance. I spent and hour on that. So, really, I got started at 10 AM today instead of 9. I worked on my second rose quartz mandala and finished it today. After finishing the mandala, I started working on Peek Babies R. R is for Rachel who peeked behind a royal rapping rabbit.…

  • Mandalas

    Day 12 ~ Mandalas and Urchins

    January 12, 2026 - By 

    I have a lot of large items for my shows, but not enough smaller items. So, I decided to do some 4″ embroidered mandalas. I draw a design on white or black fabric and stitch it in the opposite color. I also add beads where I feel each needs it. There is a rose quartz bead in the center of each piece. This series will be called the Rose Quartz Mandala series. I finished Mandala 1 and started Mandala 2. I was thinking of selling these individually for $40 each. I also think it would be cool to do a…

  • Days That Got Away

    Days 8-11 Time Flies

    January 11, 2026 - By 

    I’ve been doing things over the past few days, but I haven’t taken time to blog. Here is a list of the things I’ve done besides normal life stuff. Finished Peek Babies Q Started a Small Mandala Thought About My Next Piece Entered Two Pieces in the Fiber February Show at RFS It’s a bit hard to blog everyday, especially when I’ve been working in the studio all day. However, I am going to start making time at the end of the day to keep blogging. So, I’m up-to-date, but just a bit late on a few posts. : )…

  • Task Days

    Day 7 ~ Online Frustrations

    January 7, 2026 - By 

    Well, I spent most of the day figuring out glitches on the website and trying to sort out personal matters. When you do your own website, it can be really frustrating, but it can also be freeing because you can change things automatically. I have worked with WP for many years, but sometimes I still have to fight with it to get it to do what I want. Also, it doesn’t matter how much creative work you have to do, you also have to run a business. That takes up a lot of time. Sure, you can get others to…

  • Peek Babies

    Day 5 ~ Starting Q Peek Baby

    January 5, 2026 - By 

    I started Q for Quinn in the Peek Babies Series. This will be the alphabet represented with babies in an alliteration format to use in my Hoops and Hangers series at my Blue Hill COOP show. I have finished babies A-P. I will do a post showing all of them soon. Right now, I’m trying to get enough work done to fill a large wall at the COOP. So, here are the steps I go through to create the Peek Babies. Step 1 I begin the process with a drawing of what I would like to do. It’s important to…

  • Days Off

    Day 4 ~ Women’s Circle

    January 4, 2026 - By 

    I wasn’t going to do a blog post today because I didn’t do any art. However, I did attend the women’s circle at Reversing Falls Sanctuary. Every first Sunday of the month, there is a women’s circle at the sanctuary. I have only attended 2 of them, but they are really enjoyable and community building. If I were to think of a word for this area of the country, it would be “community building.” There are so many ways to connect with people in many different ways in Maine. I feel it here–Down East–in particular, but it seems like it…

  • Art Show

    Day 3 ~ The Show

    January 3, 2026 - By 

    Don’t ask me why I didn’t take pictures of my work at the show. I have no answer for that other than it was my first show, and I was not sure what to expect. The show theme was Black and White and Shades of Gray. It was perfect for me because I already had a piece called Shades of Gray, and I had started a piece called Better Angels Over Bad Moons. I also committed to make a smaller piece called Winter Night in Harborside. I finally got everything done, but it was a rush to get the last…

  • Art as Business

    Day 2 ~ Blogging

    January 2, 2026 - By 

    I have spent a lot of time trying to find the right blog template for me. This may seem trivial, but when you are blogging everyday, it is important to have a theme that doesn’t hinder or irritate you. I just wanted a simple theme that would be pleasant to look at and easy to use. I hope I found one now, but you never know. There is a really good book published some time ago that talks about developing a craft business. Some of the information may be out-of-date, but it is still a really good book for starting…

  • Art as Business

    Day 1 ~ The Proclamation

    January 1, 2026 - By 

    I am an Artist! Let’s start with that. I have been playing around with art all of my life. Playing being the operative word. I never thought of myself as a serious artist, just a hobbyist. There is nothing wrong with that if you choose to continue to just be satisfied with making things and giving them away or keeping them. You could even maybe sell some of it if you want. But the business of art is just that–a business. If you want to become a person who is known as an artist, you have to put in the…