What I know for sure is…

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YOU matter & Your ART Matters Plus… Do not doubt that you are born to create. Do not believe that the realm of art belongs only to others…There are a lot of things we don’t have in life, but time is not one of them. Time is all we have. One lifetime under this name [...]

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Time Management Tune-up & TwitterBEEs

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Ready for a Time Management Tune-up? Summer’s fun has come to an end, and for many of us, the kids are back in school. Fall is a precious time to buckle down and get some real work done with your business before the holidays are here. You may feel busy at every moment, but at [...]

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MMM #15 Become Friends with Discipline

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Dirty Footprints Studio said, “I’m trying real hard to become friends with Discipline.” People often ask me how I get so much accomplished? Well, I have no life…LOL…yes I do, but I have become very close friends with discipline of late! When I worked for money, I was a little more relaxed in my work [...]

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Sunday Inspiration & Artist Mona! on Tonight’s Show

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sunrise amelia island florida, 10/3 photo from my morning meditative walk along to ocean…it gives me peace and balance for the day… Mona Groban on Artistically Speaking i will be having giveaways and freebies all month in celebration of my 1 year anniversary of Artistically Speaking Talk Show…tonight we have creative soul, entrepreneur and shop [...]

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My Art Graces a 2011 Calendar

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Here it is…I can finally show you my page (51) in this 2011 calendar. It’s printed and ready to order. I love this design of one of my doodle bugs…a doodle fly!! It says, in three languages: see the invisible feel the intangible achieve the impossible The calendar is ready to be ordered…you can order [...]

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Freebies & Giveaways During October

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I am in a Halloween mood celebrating the 1 year anniversary of my radio show Artistically Speaking…so there will be Tricks and Treats all month. I am going to create some great fun art to give away. Please spread the word!!! To kick off the Month o’ Tricks & Treats, I have a special Halloween [...]

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Margot Potter Halloween Necklace

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CRYSTAL WEB NECKLACE FOR SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS I promised to share some Freebies throughout October, but I thought I would share this Halloween project a little early to give you a head start. Margot designed this oh so pretty glam Halloween look and says, “It’s such fun to make. Bring a generous helping of patience though, [...]

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WORDless Wednesday

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photography by Rebecca E. Parsons on Amelia Island, Florida

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Dreams Held…What is the cost if I do this?

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What is the cost if I do this? I am up early this morning…the beach walk brought deep reflection about my dreams and my path. At times during the past year it may have looked as though I was schizophrenic or fickle as I searched for the true essence of what I wanted to do [...]

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MMM #15 ROI…Return on Imagination

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ROI is short for Return on Imagination. As artists and creative business owners this is, or should be, what’s it is ALL about? I will borrow from the Hokey Pokey song… You put your right art in, You put your right art out; You put your right art in, And you shake it all about. [...]

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Living My Passion

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While I was creating yesterday’s post about Joan Louis, I realized that I was exactly in the midst of Living My Passion!! My heart is full with the sheer joy of knowing I am painting what I hear in my heart. And that, my fellow artists, is exactly what it is ALL about. Experiencing a [...]

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Joan Louis: I express with color what I hear in my heart

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Meet Joan Louis…artist! Joan is a painter that I much admire. I found him on FaceBook or he found me. I felt a spiritual connection with him immediately. His paintings are colorful and meaningful. They always make me happy! I could look at them for hours…and often do just that. He has exhibited throughout the [...]

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Revamp It 2010

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Procrastinator’s Party The BEFORE Photo You know I am a vamp. Soooo I was inspired to join Revamp it 2010…or what I call a Procrastinator’s Party…to finish a project we have been trying to avoid for a while. Mine is an unfinished Chateau Chair I have had for a few several years a while now. [...]

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Dream Doer Friday Constance Muller

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Constance Muller is a Dream Doer… Just look at her creative space above and feel the magic…to hear her wisdom and learn more about heer artistic journey listen to my interview with her on FAMM Live yesterday. Quote from the interview: “Through your blog you meet YOUR people!” She settled in a small historic town [...]

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It’s ALL About the Applause

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I am taking a class and this was the task this week…very cathartic exercise for me…i love walking thru my life and finding significant  images and turning points…it may be hard to read, but it is this one beautiful, wild life i have lived!!! and I found that I value applause!!! I was born in [...]

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Artists Need The BE Vitamins

Everyone needs vitamins and minerals to live. Artists need the BE vitamins to thrive… Vitamin BE Vitamin BE YOU Vitamin BE Creative Vitamin BE Purposeful Vitamin BE Unique Vitamin BE Productive Vitamin BE Resourceful Vitamin BE Visionary Vitamin BE ProActive Vitamin BE Different Vitamin BE Talkative Vitamin BE Blogging Vitamin BE Soulful You get the [...]

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Yet Again Make It New

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I am taking a class at Jenny Doh’s Creative Lab called Crafting My Best Life. I am in the second week and taking a look at my life journey…next I will try to illustrate it. In the video today, Jenny shared her favorite poem by Confucius: As the sun makes it new…Day by day make [...]

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MMM#14 3 strategies to breakthrough self-sabotage…

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“Problems cannot be solved at the level of awareness that created them.” –Albert Einstein as a mentor and coach, i facilitate breakthroughs…this is really ALL i do for my clients… i walk with them as they breakthrough and claim their soul-based authentic power and passion… i find that there are basically two types of clients: [...]

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Party Time @ A FAnciful Twist blog

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We are Havin’ a party…spooky party…scary party…witchy party… Frequent Flyer Party for me!!! Cre8Tive Compass Halloween party come join in too for the blog hop…or FLY OveR for me!!! halloween party I WILL HAVE A FREE DOWNLOAD FOR YOU… and several free Halloween & Fall downloads during the month of October So Check Back Often!!!

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Who are Your Artistic Mentors?

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I have been blessed with some wonderful creative mentors in my life…mentors who lifted me up and allowed me to soar… Dom and Jean Luc, the two French masters who taught me to see…they insisted that they never taught me to paint…gave me vision to out-dream even what my limited mind thought possible. i still [...]

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Is Small the New Big?

Marketing Strategy prior to 2008 – Spend big $$$. Cast wide net. Yell the loudest. marketing strategies Marketing Strategy 2010 – More Intimate. Personalized Service. Human-scale. Boutique. Artisan. Handcrafted. Hand-wrought. Epicurean. with…Agility. Innovation. Warmth. Care. Attention. Devotion. The personal touch of a small business…

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Dream Doer Annie Sloan

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Annie Sloan is living her dreams indeed. I will interview Annie this weekend for Artistically Speaking Talk Show on Sunday 9/19/2010. Annie and I have much in common. We both started painting murals in homes in the 1970s while raising children. We also taught decorative painting, gilding and decoupage at night. And we both have [...]

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Art is ALL About Starting Again & Again & Again

A post over on Damien Franco’s blog about Stating Again as an artist got me thinking about R-tiste Monkey Shines…and things happen when ever I start thinkin’…..hummmmmmm…thinking about R-tiste monkey shines excuses and time wasters…. There must be a million starts in an artists lifetime!!! here is my comment on Damien’s post: i have sometimes [...]

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Don’t settle…love what you do

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Steve Jobs said: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” I love what I do. Every day I am blessed to be able to communicate…through my [...]

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MMM #13…Your Brand Identity

So you think you want a logo ?Most people who come to me to create a logo really want to create a brand. I have done brand identity form many years as a graphic designer. Now, more often, people are asking me to help brand their online look. So I though I would share what [...]

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