adulting with whimsy
When you are a kid, learning is kind of a one-way street. Someone teaches you something you don’t know and you learn it. A cool shift happens when you grow up; the street becomes a two-lane freeway where sometimes you share your gifts and sometimes you sit back and absorb the gifts of others. This […]
Deer are regular uninvited guests in my yard. Over the years, I’ve learned that it is better to just accept their destructive presence and plant more of the types of plants they don’t like. https://marieyoungcreative.com/2013/07/13/deer-resistant-garden/
My polymer clay guild made “bottles of hope” for cancer patients for this month’s challenge. For my entry, I sculpted this free-spirited blue bird over a tiny bottle. His little belly shares a message of “hope.” I’m donating it to a dear Franciscan Friar who works with me at Saint Francis University in Loretto. He […]
Yes, you can find some form flattering clothes for petite frames in the junior section. You just need to dig through a lot of glitter, sequins and barely-there hemlines to find the “age-appropriate” gems.
https://marieyoungcreative.com/2013/06/29/favorite-things-candies-little-white-shirt/
A while back I shared some hollow egg shell birds in progress (below). Above is what they look like finished.
Paprika, cinnamon, pepper, parsley: if it is in my spice rack, I’ve probably added it to some translucent clay. Adding inclusions (bits of dried organic or non-organic items to clay) has been one of my favorite techniques for years. You can imagine my delight when Sage Bray contacted me in April and asked me if […]
Hash tags are everywhere, but I love the gem of a creative association from this graphic. It made me giggle so I thought I would share it with the rest of you creative souls seeking to find the original idea in your everyday world. I found it on The Facebook Symphony Orchestra page. The whole […]
This stunning piece by Beth of Create My World is the winning entry in the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy latest challenge. From the peacock theme to the intricacy of the mosaic design, I LOVE this piece! Beth described her process for making the varied tiles on her blog: such a labor of love. […]
This is a “Gothic Rabbit” sculpture that I created last year is one of my first 3-d sculpts. Yet from the moment of her “birth,” I felt she was unfinished. She lacked that spark of life. I couldn’t really put my finger on the problem. Of course, there is the obvious limitations in my sculpting ability, but I think that the key to “life” in art lies in something deeper than technical proficiency. Read more about searching for emotion in art
Zombies + the Food Pyramid = creativity booster
Yes, it’s true. Zombies and the our own USDA Food Pyramid hold the key to unlocking your creativity. Read more about zombies and the food pyramid.
