I woke up this morning to this news… You can print out a copy of the speech from the White House blog. I also saw this tweet about how Hitler was also confirmed dead on May 1st. Coincidence? Although I am now living abroad in Italy…I am still an American. The news gave me a sense [...] See the full post »
My last post was on building a media kit and I’m happy to report I’ve made much progress! Having written a whole lot about myself, talk about pumping your ego LOL I’ve decided to give my writing a few days to marinate. It’s always good to read over what you’ve written a few days later for [...] See the full post »
How many of you have a word for the year? The idea started many years ago with Ali Edwards, who first shared the idea in 2006. Basically, you choose a word at the beginning of the year to focus on, mediate and reflect upon in daily life. You can read more on Ali’s blog and [...] See the full post »
Taking some time to do a bit of Spring cleaning…here on the blog, my RSS reader links, on my desk…everywhere, but a little bit at the time. Please excuse the dust as I edit and update the blog…but please let me know what you think as well! Purging and cleaning sure doe make me feel [...] See the full post »
Just wanted to thank everyone again for commenting on my last post. I really appreciate all the thoughts, positive vibes and advice. I suppose it’s all normal and the trick is learning how to deal with it all. I’ve definitely been non-productive lately…a bit frustrating, but sort of a nice rest at the same time. [...] See the full post »
This past week has been rather challenging for me. I’ve been wrestling with some melancholy thoughts and it’s been driving me down. I’ve thought about writing out my feelings all week, but hesitated to do so. I’m not even sure why…I mean, this is my blog and it’s all about sharing my journey. I guess [...] See the full post »
Since I’m designing my own website, I’ve going through the process from scratch. However, even if you hire someone to design your website for you or if you choose to use a service online where templates are provided…it’s still a good exercise for you to go through the design process in your mind. Having done [...] See the full post »
I believe that a website will be your main marketing tool to spread the word about what you do. A business without a website is like pasta without any sauce?! Does that even make sense…hmm, but I think you know what I mean. Whenever you want to find out more about something, you go search [...] See the full post »
Lately I’ve been trying to push myself out of my comfort zone. You always hear people proclaim that you have to push the boundaries in order to grow with the times. I was watching a rerun of America’s Next Top Model and applied some of their comments to myself – in an art sense – [...] See the full post »
In my efforts to move ahead in building my creative business, I’ve found myself a bit stuck on how to categorize my work – of all things! I’ve done traditional graphic design work, web design, digital scrapbooking products, digital stamps, drawings, paintings and bookbinding work. It’s all fun and crafty, but I really need to [...] See the full post »
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