GIVEAWAY: What Language Is by John Whorter

Did you see my review of What Language Is by John Whorter? Want to win a copy? Giveaway open to US/Canada till Sept 15. If you've never...

You Are Sooooo Beautiful by Leanne Power

“ In order to change the face of what the media calls beauty, we must actively teach our children a more profound definition of what is bea...

What Language Is (And What It Isn't And What It Could Be) by John McWhorter

**Giveaway Here !** Stars: **** Penguin Group USA (2011) Nonfiction - Linguistics 240 pages Summary: An eye-opening tour for all language lo...

Artists at work

I finally took advantage yesterday of the movie setting on my camera.  Here's a 30 second video of me working on my latest mixed media p...

Homemade energy & protein bars- LOTS of recipes!

Just typing the title made me hungry and I had to go have some of my homemade "lemon treats" as whole foods market calls them.  YU...

Raw Fruit Pie- YUMMY!!

MY brother in law sent me this recipe as he knew I was loving me some dates lately!! Dates add a sweet brown sugar like quality that replace...

my creative week

There really isn't enough time in the day to do everything that I'd like to . . . but I try.  Here are some projects- small and big-...

Bella's adoption story featured!

How cool!  Bella's adoption story was featured at  My Crazy Adoption .  You can read the whole post there or here  my blog.  I have a he...

giveaway! succulents eco-journal by Jill Bliss

I love this sweet journal by Jill Bliss .  It's filled with beautiful illustrations of succulent plants [224 pages!], and it's print...

Mini Tutorial for Star Wars birthday cake (Storm trooper)

I am going to walk you through the steps to making a storm trooper birthday cake.  It is basically a double layer cake with marshmallow  fon...

Studio visit: Jill Bliss

[All photos by me. Art images, Jill Bliss] I have known artist Jill Bliss for several years now, since first meeting her at my Portland sho...

My favorite Granola recipe

My favorite Granola recipe I make mine in this large stoneware casserole dish. This is a modification of "Megans granola" from a...

Pierce's 7th Birthday party Star wars style!

We had a star wars birthday party for my 7 year old son.  He LOVED it! We had it at the local park that has a water fountain for kids to pla...