Archive for Art

What I learned from Build A Bear Workshop

by: dee July 27, 2008

Yesterday, I had the pleasure to take my “kids”, some of my younger daughter’s friends, 2 of my nieces, and both of my great nieces to Build a Bear Workshop to celebrate my younger daughter’s upcoming birthday. I wasn’t so sure about the Build a Bear party to begin with – Fiona had been given [...]

Presenting our custom leather book to the Smithsonian

by: dee July 18, 2008

A lot of you have asked about my recent trip to the Smithsonian. I’ve promised to share photos and give more details once I had “decompressed” from the trip. Since it’s been a few weeks and I’ve still not absorbed the entire trip yet….I thought I better post before everyone forgot! For those of you [...]

New piece finished….acrylics on leather

by: dee July 16, 2007

This past weekend, I decided to finish a piece I had been working on for quite some time. Not that it was all active work, but, it was one of those pieces that I would work on a bit, then leave it for awhile, then work on it again…. I wanted to enter a competition [...]

The art of journaling

by: dee October 20, 2006

One major aspect of my life and my companies is the importance we place on journaling. I find it deeply important to journal reguarly – whether you are a writer or not! I’ve had people ask me why I find journaling to be so important, and I thought it was worth writing about. Now, I [...]