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Before the Creative Process

The everyday beginning

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Stolen Kisses

Well, at my house you can take that phrase at face value.  No high flying romance involved, no clandestine meetings—just chocolate disappearing from my stash only to somehow reappear with the likes of Eddie. One small kiss for the mouse. One giant kiss for Ed-kind. “Stolen Kisses” 12 x 12in oil on museum quality panel…

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"Party On!"

A petite one. Maybe invite a cat….or two. A “pretend” tea-party like when you were little With your prettiest cup, a real napkin decadently rich coffee and some very, very dark chocolate:) Prepared especially well for one very delightful soul. You:) “Party On!” 12 x 12″ oil on museum quality panel $600 In Other News:…

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"We’re Waiting on You!"

Others claim to be “saving” you a seat. And there are those who have decided that they only “eat like a mouse” so if they go ahead and start without you, you really won’t mind. Really, we are all just super excited to have you visit us in our new “digs”! We are a bit…

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Magical Morning Sunshine

And in its shining, it lights up the whole world It causes things to grow….towards the light It warms the body…and the soul It brings us delight in things we love Like tulips in January and sunny sunflowers on an ordinary day:) Where ever you are What ever you do Keep shining:) What a delight!…

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“Unexpected”

One of the endearing things of an Italian village…  the joyous  color riot on  the narrow side street. Very unexpected. Totally delightful! “Unexpected” 8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel $400 In Other News: The first of my Marco Island workshops starts in the morning!  First workshop of the new year—of course I am excited….

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“Coffee Cat/ Macchiato Mouse”

All bad behavior is now answered with, “The caffeine made me do it.”  “It was the caffeine talking.”  “What did you expect, I’m on my third cup of espresso.” The up side?  He is now only sleeping 14 hours a day. The down side?  He’s AWAKE and talking every one’s legs off the other 10….

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Gentle Beginnings, Hello January!

We knew how much we needed it and figured you did too! We are very proud to report after last years infamous CHRISTMAS TREE DEBACLE… that our tree was has already been packed away, with only a few ornaments nibbled on by one tuxedo’s first Christmas. (Personally, I knew I couldn’t take the shame of…

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"Sunspiration"

Whenever you’re at a loss for what move to make next, just ask yourself, “What would make a better story?” ~Austin Kleon COMING SOON!  A Dream……a Gift is heading your way very soon (as in this week:).  (Sorry, when your name is Dreama, the temptation to use it or something that sounds like it is too…

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“French Beginnings”

In Other News:  November Newsletter had one video and one article that were soooo awesome…I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out , so here’s the link (just click here) just in case you didn’t catch it. And if you want to make sure you stay in the loop, you can click here to…

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THE GREAT GRATITUDE ADVENTURE/ ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS/ WE ARE ALL WINNERS!

We Are All Winners Well, here we are. 30 Days of Gratitude under our collective belts. It has been an experiment where clearly the sum of the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. I don’t know that any of us realized when we set foot on the path that with a…