Are you looking for inspiration? Do you get excited about something for a little while, then get burned out? That happens to me a lot. I get excited about a new design or a new technique, and after a while, it stops being new and exciting, and I get into a creative rut. Last month, [...]

I am thrilled to announce that I am this week’s featured creative mom over at Maternal Spark. Maternal Spark is a fantastic blog for and about moms and creativity, and host of one of my favorite blog memes, Monday’s Muse.

I think the best thing about designing jewelry is when I get an idea and it really works. This happened recently when I realized a fusing technique I use might make possible some earring designs that had been floating around in my head, and when I tried it, it worked beautifully. Whenever I can adapt [...]

I got inspired yesterday by a free cooking class/demo at Williams Sonoma on making food for babies and young children. We had some leftover raw veggies in the fridge that I knew would go bad if I didn’t use them up, so here’s what I came up with for my toddler’s dinner. It literally took [...]

Taxes really took it out of me this year. I filed over the weekend, so I’m really finished, but I’m still having a lot of trouble getting motivated to make something. So I’ve been thinking a lot about what inspires my designs. Everyone always says their art is inspired by nature, but I wonder how [...]

I am very inspired today for a couple of reasons: 1) My business taxes are done, and I don’t owe THAT much. 2) We are having gorgeous, amazing, spring weather in the bay area right now. The kind of weather that makes you want to play hookie so you can sit outside and think about [...]

Sometimes the best cure for artist’s block is a good book on creativity. I was at my local bookstore recently, and saw Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists by Rice Freeman-Zachery in the craft section. Flipping through, I was intrigued by the artistic page layouts, features of mixed-media artists (including some [...]

I was trying to think of something interesting to write about today, and decided to see what’s happening over at the Monday’s Muse blog meme from Maternal Spark. Imagine my surprise when I saw my name as one of “10 Creative Moms to Follow” on twitter! So cool! I’m gonna go check out the other [...]

I was on twitter the other day and ran across a good article with ideas for what to write about on a blog. If one of your resolutions this year was to blog regularly, read that article. Then, if you feel inspired, write a bunch of posts using those ideas, and schedule them to publish [...]

Today, I reached an important milestone in my online shop – I reached my 2008 goal of 45 sales. I was trying to think of something to write about for Monday’s Muse, and I realized – that 45th sale inspired me to work even harder. There’s something about every accomplishment that makes me want to [...]