Art
10 Dollars, The Stranger And Why I Make Art
I will never forget him, even though I never got his name. I don’t remember what he looked like, but his words changed my path. They realigned me with who I am and what brings me joy. For that, I am forever grateful. I was at an event in a neighboring town, “100,000 Poets, Artists…
Read MoreThe Best Bad Day: Failure, Freezing and Friends at the Farmer’s Market
I knew there was a huge potential that the day could be a bust. It was the first market after the holidays and the temps were in the upper 20’s to low 30’s. But, I had decided that participating in live markets this year was important to me and I just couldn’t miss the very…
Read MoreCreate With Your Kids WITHOUT The Stress and Mess: Our Pick Your Pack Coloring Challenge with Free Bonus
My kids are obsessed with YouTube. One of their favorite things to watch and then do is called a 3 marker challenge. From what I gather, you close your eyes, reach into a bag or bin of markers and randomly pick 3. You then have to color the picture with only those 3 colors. When…
Read MoreCatalyst Gardens: The Art, The Book, The Reason
My Catalyst Gardens art collection launched September of 2020 on Society6. The Catalyst Gardens affirmation coloring journal was released November of 2020 worldwide. This is the story of how they came to be. 2020: The lesson of a broken year At the beginning of 2020, I started drawing flowers, just for fun. Each time I…
Read MoreMy love affair with the Dead Language, Latin.
Latin Love Affair Knowing the meaning of latin phrases made me feel like I was privy to some ancient secret wisdom, like maybe those few simple words of truth were more potent because they had ripened with time.  Reserved only for those willing to seek after their meaning and bask in the echos of their ageless…
Read MoreHome Studio Tour With Nicole B Roberts
I still remember my first home studio/ craft room/ office. Â We were newly married, living in my parents basement and navigating life with a baby and adult responsibilities. Â I had invented my own product ( a nursing cover that actually covers you) and had a blossoming little etsy shop that I was running from said…
Read MoreMy Mess, My Medicine, My Message
Medicine isn’t always a potion or a pill. Sometimes it’s a person, or a place, or a path, or a passion. This is a sample of my mine. … The overwhelm hits me and my stomach punches back. A battle commences inside me. I over committed again, said yes to too many new things when…
Read MoreThis is a Self-Portrait
This is a self-portrait. People don’t always see the real you. They see through their own lenses of insecurity and judgement, we all do it. The world changes, people change, depending on who is looking. The mirror doesn’t typically show you who you really are either. At least that’s the case with me. It shows…
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