CREATIVITYCOMESFROMTHEHEART

Where Women Create

Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women...

From the time we are small children,

a dream lies hidden deep in our heart.

Sometimes it is shared with our best,

most trusted friends;

but often it is kept hidden,

because the possibility of it ever happening

is too unbelievable to consider. (excerpt from the book Where Women Create by Jo Packham Sterling/Chapelle)

If you don't already have this little gem, run right out and get it!

Then enjoy and savor each page from cover to cover!

I have to say it is one of my FAVORITE books on the shelf! And never fails to inspire me!

And best of all, coming this fall, November 2008 to be exact,

is an exciting quarterly magazine, based on this AMAZING book!

Did I already say AMAZING? Well, I meant to say, AMAZINGLY EXCITING, INSPIRING, and absolutely EXTRAORDINARY!

I for one, am on the edge of my seat and have been for months now! I think it is just the most fantastic thing since

sliced bread! When I found out about the new publication, I took out my copy of WHERE WOMEN CREATE and reread it,

I mean really devoured every delicious morsel! I love having a peek into other peoples studios and work spaces!

And as for my "news" I've been jabbering on and on about for the past few weeks,

Well, I am happy to announce, I am so fortunate as to be writing a column for the visual feast that is on its way to newsstands everywhere!

I am so excited and just really thrilled to set out on this WHERE WOMEN CREATE adventure with all of you!

There now, Whew! The cats out of the bag, and we can all look forward to what's in store!

Mark your calendar's! You won't want to miss out! Now then,

have you ever wondered if that illusive little thing called "inspiration" can be captured and stored,

to be kept at the ready just when you need it?! I have just fairly recently discovered a wondrous, mechanical instrument that

will allow me to do just that! My camera! Silly, I know, but I have been having big fun with it, experimenting with amusing

and interesting ways in which to present the things I see and the way I see them...

To capture a host of magical, marvelous images,

and fleeting moments in space and time,

and share them with you!

I can hardly wait for the first issue to hit the stands, the BUZZZ is OUT!

And I know that Stampington & Company and Chapelle have some "Fabuloscity" in store! Just check out the list of featured All Star Artists:

Sally Jean Alexander , Marcia Ceppos of Tinsel Trading Company,

Jenny Doh Editor-in-Chief at Stampington & Company , Kaari Meng of The French General

Jen O'Conner of Earth Angels, just to name a few! I don't know about you, but I am just itching to get my hands on

a copy of this new Magazine and I'm crossing off the days! X X X X X

And so the Count Down begins!
*Edited July.25.08*
Pop on over to Jenny Doh's new blog "Crescendo" to read more about Where Women Create!
See you in two weeks my friends! Oh, and by the way, my One Year Blogging anniversary is coming up real soon and I'm planning on some fun giveaways, more about that next time! Adieu!

Le Petit Theatre & A Little Love Affair

Hello Boys and Girls!

See how you beam of seeming white,

Is braided out of seven hued light,

Yet in those lucid globes no ray,

By any chance shall break astray,

Hark, how the rolling surge of sound,

Arches and spirals circling round,

Wakes the hush'd spirit through thine ear,

With music it is heaven to hear!

With that go fast into the night,

A moments haste, the slightest fright,

A curtain rises on the two,

She's dressed in pink,

He's dressed in blue.

With love at every corners turn,

Delight!

Good night!

True love doth burn!

Mademoiselle Angelique Du Parc is the object upon which the affections of Monsieur Armande Fleurant are fixed at

the present moment.

He met her, I believe, while she was attending school in the city last winter,

and what with accompanying her to matinees,

taking her to church

and lingering by her side in the parlor,

oftentimes in the evening,

with the gas turned low,

the heart of Monsieur Fleurant gradually was induced to throb

only for the pretty lass from Luxembourg.

She has been very gracious to him

during all the time that he has devoted himself to her,

and has seemed to like him so well that there is really no reason

for doubting that when the climax of the little drama is reached,

and the question asked, she will droop her eyelids,

crimson her cheeks with blushes and whisper "Yes!"

It seems I am busy working on projects that are destined to fly away, by that I mean, a piece be either for a special customer or a variety of publications, and while I am honored and beyond thrilled to be able to create these works for others, when I can create a little piece for my very own collection I am just tickled pink! This is such a piece, I have been trying to finish my Petit Theatre and it's tiny patrons for nearly 2 years now! I would work on it a bit, constructing a wooden shadow box, wallpapering it with 150 year old blue and grey striped silk, wiring it for electricity, weaving a miniscule chandelier, then it was back to "real" work! I smooshed together the teeny Mademoiselle's and Monsieur's, cooked them up and dressed them in my finest bits and scraps and was finally able to finish it up last month!
Note: My next post will be on July 13th, at which time I will share more exciting news!
Adieu, my Lovely Friends, until next we meet!