Vision Boards is a brand new class in which you will create your personal map to achieving your goals. This class is less technique-oriented than Visual Journaling. You’ll work with images culled from magazines and print media to organize and develop a visual representation of the things you want to draw into various key areas of your life.

Vision Boards is a great class for teens, adults, mom, professionals because it includes the areas of life that are important to YOU no matter your age or position in life.

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
- Jim Rohn author of One Year Success Plan

“By using this Vision Board you will be able to put the Law of Attraction into use in the most powerful way! ”
- Joe Vitale self-improvement author

I may have mentioned that my favorite class to teach is Visual Journaling. Have I ever mentioned that I am also a big believer in the Law of Attraction? You know — the law that states that whatever you give attention to will be drawn into your life. Well, last month I was focusing my intentions on expanding my teaching to include a group that NEEDS the therapy art provides — perhaps struggling teens or women in crisis or transition. READ MORE

Isn’t this a beautiful photo? My son took it while on a Boy Scout trip at Point Montara.

By now you know that I am always pushing the importance of creative expression in the lives of both kids and adults. For me, creating art on a daily basis is a goal that I try hard to maintain because when I make the time to do it, I feel happy. Making art calms my nerves, quiets the chatter in my mind and brings new insights and ideas forward. It helps me stay relaxed and be nicer to people in my life. I feel like I’ve done something productive and restorative at the same time. READ MORE

Isn’t this a beautiful SoulCollage(R) card? It was created in class today by Glendena.

I love, love, love that creating SoulCollage(R) cards can ALWAYS bring a room full of women together. That’s what happened in today’s class. Eight women from different cities, different walks of life with diverse backgrounds and beliefs put all that aside and tuned into their intuition to create the most amazing cards. READ MORE

What a year! I have to admit that 2011 brought more changes to my life than I’ve seen since 2002 when my second son was born.

I am so thankful for all the changes. Just to name a few — I moved into a perfect new home, got my first dog, started my older boy in middle school (sheesh!), got serious about my art career, vacationed in Carmel and Mendocino, met wonderfully inspiring new students, met the bone marrow donor who saved my friend’s son’s life, made tons of changes in my personal life, and enjoyed friends and family. In 2011 I was surrounded almost daily by people who were so supportive of me personally and professionally and for that I am so very grateful. It’s all changed my life for the better.

In 2012, I am looking forward to a year filled with teaching, selling at art shows, creating lots of art and selling it at the perfect retail outlet for my style of work (anyone know a place?), and meeting the right people at the right time. It’s so exciting to start each day and wait to see what new opportunity comes my way. 2012 is the year of new beginnings, new hope, fun and exciting jobs and unexpected wonderful opportunities. Thank you in advance for making this a great year!

I just taught a fun Paverpol Free Demo last Saturday at University Art. It was nice to have 4 men there along with all the wonderful women.

Paverpol is a wonderful fabric hardener that can be used to create just about anything — indoor art, outside sculpture, with canvas or mixed media projects, as a glue, and as a sealant for outside pieces. You can color it or paint it after your work dries. READ MORE

I love autumn and I love Halloween. I really love Halloween art. Check out this magazine cover from the Aug/Sep/Oct 2011 Art Doll Quarterly magazine. I had to crop it a bit to get the title of the mag to fit in my post. I am hoping that I don’t get into trouble for doing that. READ MORE

Did you know that you can comment on any post you read in my blog? After you read the article, just scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see a form on where you can leave a comment, suggestion, thought or interesting tidbit. READ MORE

Whew — what a summer!

We always say time flies, but this summer really blasted past me. I was super busy for the last 6 months (and really super-duper busy the last 3) teaching the many wonderful people who came through my door thanks to Living Social. (In case you don’t know, this is an online company that offers one-day deals via email and I was one of their advertisers.) READ MORE

I thought it would be fun to get you a little more involved, so I’ve created the very first SacramentoArtClasses Scavenger Hunt. READ MORE