I named my little business “Art for the Soul” for two reasons… #1 reason: I wanted to create art because I KNOW my soul is meant to create art…and… #2 reason: I wanted to create art that touched other people’s souls… so I started making stamped metal necklaces with cool messages like you see above:)… and I madeContinue reading “Art for the Soul was on the News”
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Cookie Decorating 101 with Brad Rice!!
Monday’s first Cookie Decorating 101 class was a blast… I’ve told you all about it… except… I haven’t told you about… Brad Rice… He’s the photojournalist from WCHS… who came to our class to do a story… for TONIGHT’S 5:30 broadcast on Channel 8 NEWS!!!… for the feature story section called “Traveling West Virginia”. Ok…backContinue reading “Cookie Decorating 101 with Brad Rice!!”
New Thoughts on Yesterday’s First Class
I couldn’t sleep last night… Well, I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep… And my thoughts were on yesterday’s Cookie Decorating 101 class… and I realized something VERY cool about my students… and their cookies… I had given them basic information…techniques…cookie designs to try…and loaned them my equipment… I gave them cookies to decorate andContinue reading “New Thoughts on Yesterday’s First Class”
Cookie Decorating 101
My first cookie workshop was today… and… it was GREAT!!! I really absolutely love teaching… I even love the prep work… Planning exactly WHAT to teach, HOW to teach it, and WHERE to bring in each idea. I can spend HOURS…(many hours)… on handouts…trying to make them effective learning tools… and today I LOVED getting toContinue reading “Cookie Decorating 101”
Preparing for Cookie Decorating 101
I am thrilled… I have over 60 people signed up for Cookie Decorating 101 I have VERY cool plans for my students… And I needed pumpkin cookie cutters WITH leaves… BUT…they are not for sale, even online… so I bought a few large cutters to reshape… including this one… I had NO CLUE what it was,Continue reading “Preparing for Cookie Decorating 101”
A Cookie Story
I enjoy my work… I create cookie art and paintings…I’m VERY happy… …BUT… sometimes, it goes beyond enjoying my work…beyond being happy…beyond being fun… sometimes I am just totally filled with joy… and…nothing is better than that feeling. Let me tell you a little story. While researching (googling) Hampton, New York for a bridal cookie order, I noticedContinue reading “A Cookie Story”
A Wedding Gift
Toni commissioned me to create a watercolor painting. Her daughter, Erin, was married in East Hampton, NY last night. The Hamptons are very special for Erin and her new husband, Bill: that’s where they met… and Bill owns a house there. This house. Toni and her husband had the painting framed and presented it to their son-in-law.
Cookie Decorating Demo…
Let’s face the facts… when you’re over 50, if you don’t exercise, you can not move. So, I exercise. I joined CURVES last year, and I’m really glad I did! Open House at Curves in Barboursville is going on this week. I’m doing a cookie-decorating demonstration from 9-10 tomorrow morning… Come try out Curves, youContinue reading “Cookie Decorating Demo…”
Painting #3 in the 30 paintings/ 90 days Challenge
This charming, charming house blows me away… The owner has masterfully added a delightful variety of plants, pottery and metal pieces, dressers!…yes, I said dressers, metal and wicker furniture, …and just an eclectic blend of very cool stuff to her front yard, front porch and the side yard~~ which is mostly covered by a driveway thatContinue reading “Painting #3 in the 30 paintings/ 90 days Challenge”
Painting #2 in the 30/30 Challenge
Huntington is blessed with an abundance of beautiful churches… like this one… Trinity Episcopal Church As you may already know, I’m painting 30 paintings in 30 days. Over 700 artists around the world are participating, and, I believe, I’m the only one in WV. Thanks for following along… Linda