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Blogtober, whose brilliant idea was this?

by Stacey | October 1, 2024 | everyday life, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Move over big guy, mommy need her rest. Oh right it was mine. Because I wanted to get back to blogging and October seemed like a great time to start because I could easily smash a couple of words together in a really cute way to make this endeavor feel like an event....

My Art Journal and The Art It Helped Me Make

by Stacey | August 1, 2022 | art journal | 6 Comments

Art Journal can mean so many different things. It can be a scrapbook of memories, it can be a sketchbook of ideas. It can be a place to try new techniques or styles worked privately with no judgement. It can be a diary of feelings and thoughts mingles with drawings or...

What I am working on

by Stacey | June 10, 2022 | art journal, Art weaving, behind the scenes, everyday life, spinning and dyeing, weaving, yarn spinning | 11 Comments

Fiberista, I know you know what I mean. It doesn't matter what kind of calm or chaos is happening in your world, the one constant will always be making art. I would say specifically fiber art, but I have a long-held commitment to my art journal as well that tends to...

Falling off my habit wagon

by Stacey | May 24, 2022 | behind the scenes, everyday life | 0 Comments

I am not gonna lie...I have fallen down on the tiny habits thing. I am almost 6 months in, halfway. I knew this would probably happen. I even gave myself a little grace period to skip adding new habits for 8 weeks(broken up as needed) I just know myself. I will let...

How to Make Better Art

How to think like an artist, Knit like a fiber artist, The Business of being an artist | 0 Comments

I get it. It is overwhelming to follow the dream of being an artist. Let me start by dispelling that overwhelm. You already are an artist. As I have written so many times (like here and here), just by setting the intention to be an artist, you are already an artist....

Making Art: The Yin and Yang of Creative Ebb and Flow

Creative woo, How to think like an artist | 2 Comments

Think about it for a minute. The world seems to work in a series of opposites. Dark/Light, Good/Evil, Right Brain/Left Brain. Even nature works in cycles through opposites...growth/decay, night/day, high tide/low tide, winter/summer, ebb/flow. I think the Chinese...

Friday 5: the Raleigh edition

everyday life, Friday5 | 0 Comments

We are house hunting this week. Just shoot me now. Here are 5 insanely random things about this week. And just for giggles I am doing it countdown style. WOOT! #5: I ❤️ Air conditioning Because it is 96˚ out. And humid. Like Alabama summer humid. It is also 8:30am and...

Stop Using Fake Inspirations and Listen to Your Right Brain

How to think like an artist | 2 Comments

I get it. Sometimes it is hard to wrap your brain around maintaining fresh inspirations for your work. Creative blocks are real y'all and as a professional artist, they are scary as shit. Fear spirals into monkey mind trying to become inspired, worrying about whether...

Friday 5: Random stuff, mostly knitting and food

everyday life, Friday5 | 2 Comments

Woohoo! Lookie here, It is the second incarnation of the Friday 5. Although I have to admit, I would have fallen off this hard today if it were not for my Accountability partner, Deane. Check out her Friday 5 here. No. 1: I love sock knitting I know, shocker. But...

Unraveling Your Creativity: a guided meditation for fiber artists

Creative woo, Freebies, How to think like an artist | 1 Comment

For the last 15 years, I have heard it over and over again. Knitting is the new yoga. The idea being that the rhytmic motions of knitting would put you back into your body and you become relaxed. I find that the rhythms of fiber work can spark some crazy good creative...

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