adulting with whimsy
My great-niece Scarlett just turned one. Her mom, Jessie, asked if I would make some cupcakes and a small “smash” cake for her birthday party. The theme was “fairytale” — love that theme but … Love and Hate Relationship with Cake Decorating Since my mom’s arthritis got the best of her, I’ve become the family […]
I often credit my mother with guiding me to the joy of creating with my hands. Even though I am now a 51-year-old woman, mom still shares her latest crafting passions with me just like she did when I was five. Yet she wasn’t my only creative guide. My father taught me a few things […]
A decade of sculpting in polymer clay has given me a certain confidence in my abilities. In each of those ten years, I felt my artistic voice becomes stronger as I embrace more experimentation. Each year, that is, except 2020. My year began in January with a beautifully designed visual roadmap of how I wanted […]
“Writer’s block is a myth. Writer’s block is choice. Writer’s block is real. And yet it is invented,” Seth Godin wrote on page 161 of his new book,The Practice: Shipping Creative Work. I get his point. Mental baggage has kept this blog empty since the early days of the pandemic. Like it or not, there is no […]
Hey 1970 babies, this is our year! 2020 brings the gift of our 50th birthdays. For me the big day isn’t until March, but I’ve chosen to welcome this scary number a little early and honor it throughout the entire year. I have a few friends who chose “50 drinks with 50 friends” as a […]
Photographing Cats: New Angles This shot of Benjamin is a keeper! Photographing cats, particularly black cats, can be challenging and often you get more butts that faces. Over time even the good shots you get can tend to look repetitive. I have a whole series of “cat in box” and “cat at windowsill.” New angles mean […]
My husband and I enjoy torturing our cats by posing them for Christmas portraits. Sometimes we use the festive photos for our Christmas cards, but mostly we just want to extend the torture to our friends on Facebook who have to look at them. It takes an incredible amount of patience to capture successful cat […]
