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 »
Picking a number from commenters via random.org the winner of the OWOH giveaway is Leila! Congratulations! Your handmade journal is on the way. If you have a moment take some time to visit Leila’s blog http://myartsycreations.blogspot.com/ Ciao ciao lovely readers! Share this on: Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on [...] See the full post »
Ciao ciao from Italy! I found out about a great blog hopping event called One World One Heart and it’s actually the 5th and last year, so I had to participate myself. Moving from Los Angeles, California to Tuscany, Italy really opened my eyes to new worlds and experiences…but has also made me realize how [...] See the full post »
Hello blog friends. I know, it’s been so long and since I’ve let myself not have a blogging schedule things have really flown by the wayside here. I also had to go through a surprise switching of my webhost last week, so that delayed my efforts even more. As if I need another thing to [...] See the full post »
Hi folks! Just wanted to post a little note about maintenance. I’m changing hosting providers and shifting coding and website tidbits here and there…so that is why the site might look odd at times. Please excuse the dust and I should take care of it all this weekend. So next week, I promise to be [...] See the full post »
I hope everyone had a happy new year and a bit of downtime from work. There’s so much to look forward to in a new year and I’m feeling really excited and buzzing with energy. As I look forward into 2011 I’ve thought about my one word for the year and believe that overall the [...] See the full post »
Hello lovely readers! I’m writing to you on a cold Monday morning as the snow here in Tuscany is starting to melt and turn into an ugly brown slush. I know, icky scene and not a great sight to imagine I must admit. But it’s a good thing, because transportation will get back to normal [...] See the full post »
As I mentioned in a previous post, August is vacation time here in Italy. They call it ferie and the conversation all month long is about where you went, what you did…and eventually, oh no, it’s time to get back to work! Although I had plans to continue posting through this period, in the end [...] See the full post »
Hello lovely blog readers! Can you believe it is August already? So here in Italy we have a tradition of taking August off. Literally the shops close for vacation and you’ll see signs being put up all around town. People travel abroad and enjoy this end of Summer month, before Fall rolls around and business [...] See the full post »
I started this blog late July 2009 and after writing over 60 posts and receiving more than 600 comments from you the readers, I’ve learned quite a bit about what blogging means to me and why I want to continue writing. My goal is to become a self-sustaining artist, to work full-time designing, illustrating and [...] See the full post »
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