tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76495669752716622852024-02-20T08:08:22.146-08:00Blueberry Bl♥nde2013: CREATE is my word for the year. What's yours?Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-8303449211896537702013-04-30T22:36:00.000-07:002013-05-02T06:27:30.182-07:00A Survey of Online Organic Art CoursesIt's the end of April and for this months blog post I'm going to talk about some of the arty things I've been up to, interested in and creating since my last blog post about art in February as well as some on line class reviews, photos of my work and more!
WATERCOLOR
First of all I was dying to take this watercolor class with Tascha Parkinson called Modern Watercolors: A Class in Design. Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-31477285369697314352013-03-31T11:27:00.001-07:002013-03-31T12:29:14.693-07:00I am an Allergic GirlThis month I want to talk about food and my food allergies. If you don't want to read the story just have a quick look at the photos and captions. I took the photos while I made Jamaican Beef Patties, which I will also talk a bit about in this story. You can find the recipe for Jamaican Patties over at Baltic Maid if you're interested in making them too. I've even put a copy of the recipe Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-17034328595569345082013-03-08T11:09:00.001-08:002013-03-08T11:09:59.072-08:00a busy FebruarySo yeah, my February was short and sweet. So short in fact I forgot to do a blog post during it so I'm making up for it now. Gosh it was quite a busy month for me as I spent the last week or so of January and the first couple of weeks of February working on three different Valentines Day art projects and I even managed to get a few other things created as well.
One big project I wanted to Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-53622078028574352582013-01-31T22:03:00.002-08:002013-01-31T22:03:59.836-08:00Wild SoulHappy New Year!
2013 and I seem to have gotten off on the right foot. This year I want to keep up my painting momentum and also try art journaling. Last month I posted about making a small series of hand bound, travel journals called From Here to There. I liked them very much and kept one to use for myself. I then joined Effy Wild's Book of Days art journaling class and watched the Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-67842732988917193592012-12-07T08:30:00.001-08:002012-12-27T16:26:53.847-08:00From Here to There
From Here to There
Journal Kits
and a
GIVEAWAY
giveaway is now closed
PLUS:
Photos of how I've done
a few of my journal pages!
I love making journals! It's December and I realized that I haven't made a journal in months! Suddenly I was really wanting to make one but this time, after gathering my supplies and setting up a space, I realized that the muse was Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-9449949988866768672012-11-10T17:51:00.001-08:002012-11-10T17:51:48.239-08:00Gathering Up Bits of the World GiveawayDid you know?
Susie at Gathering Up Bits of the World is doing a pretty nice giveaway for Journal It by Jenny Doh. The book has mini art lessons, tips, techniques and insights by a variety of artists. Susie is also adding in a journal she made and starter packet of goodies to start your own art journal with. How cool is that! What can I say, I love giveaways! Inspired by all the great giveaways Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-70313636834906873992012-11-09T21:29:00.001-08:002012-11-09T21:29:40.305-08:00Riverfront Arts Center, Fine Art Gift GalleryNovember 2012
Every November the Riverfront Arts Center they hold their Fine Art Gift Gallery. The Riverfront Art Center is located at 1200 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point, WI and this will be their 14th year annual show. There will be artists from all over WI who have submitted work for the holiday season. This is a great opportunity to support local Wisconsin artists and find some Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-89638620141927937642012-10-31T20:25:00.001-07:002012-11-01T16:02:50.314-07:00Fabulous Faces an e-course review
OCTOBER 2012
Last month I reviewed Tamera LaPorte's Art, Heart and Healing e-course and this month I wanted to talk about the next course I took by Tam called Fabulous Faces.
Fabulous Faces
This is a great class for beginners. In short this e-course is focused on drawing three styles of female faces. We use a ruler, pencil, eraser, paper, color pencils and acrylics to create a front Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-27215270779341365442012-09-28T22:21:00.000-07:002012-09-28T22:21:44.487-07:00Art, Heart and Healing an e-course Review
It's September and this month I'll be talking a bit about Tam LaPorte's Art, Heart and Healing E-course.
A few years ago I started to look into on-line art classes in part because the nearest college that teaches art is about 3 hours away and I don't really want to go back to college. I've taken on-line classes before so I know the method works for me. I began by looking on YouTube for Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-23843820237864022392012-08-12T10:06:00.001-07:002012-11-10T11:19:10.749-08:00Painting My Story
AUGUST
Earlier this year I finished an online painting course called Paint Your Story (PYS) with Mindy Murphy Lacefied. PYS is my second painting e-course this year in my quest to bring painting back into my life. Let me tell you that it was a great investment! This class was designed to challenge us to let go, be messy and rule free in order to create a colorful random Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-71559724236738162022012-04-29T22:26:00.000-07:002012-04-29T22:26:30.128-07:00Aurora Leaves the City Behind, a painting in stages
Painting on the brain...
I've been working on my painting skills over these past few weeks. I struggle though. The struggle is not just to find time to paint but to allow myself have the time and space to paint. Not sure what your take on painting is so I'll just speak to what it is for me, at this time. I like painting and I'd like painting to be one of my regular hobbies. I know that it isn'tBlueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-21148005409676315732012-04-11T22:38:00.005-07:002012-04-19T22:10:03.993-07:00CUPCAKE PIN GIVEAWAY CONTEST IS NOW CLOSEDCongratulations to the two winners Dorothy and Amber! Please email me at mrshannahs at gmail dot com with your address and I will send you your selection of cupcake pins. And how awesome is it that you're the only two contestants?! Lucky you! I'll send each of you two pins! Please choose one more cute cupcake pin for me to send!
~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Thanks to all 100Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-23032368768738368582012-04-03T14:14:00.001-07:002012-04-03T16:51:58.023-07:00Did you know?Oh, hi! Thanks for stopping by! You may already know or have noticed that I'm not a daily blogger. Daily blogging isn't for everyone and that's ok. Balancing all there is in life with writing a daily blog isn't for everyone. It certainly isn't for me. That's why I set a personal goal of writing a monthly blog post or tutorial in an effort to have a fun blog to share things I'm interested in with Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-29314574494565281442012-02-28T19:53:00.000-08:002012-02-28T19:53:47.065-08:00A Very Twinkie blog postOne of my favorite fiber artists Twinkie Chan is having a great giveaway over at I Hate Michael Shirley check it out!
http://ihatemichaelshirley.com/post/18065587760/february-giveaway-twinkie-chanBlueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-73715206003079846492012-02-14T11:43:00.000-08:002012-02-15T19:47:48.722-08:00Happy Valentines Day!Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays! For me it is more than a day for me and my husband to indulge in romance, flowers, jewelry and sensual foods. I see it as great opportunity to tell my family & friends I love them too! Here's what I have planned: I've got a cute heart bunting that I made and put up next to pink tulips and paper whites and I'm planning onBlueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-54384150331188043462012-02-07T21:03:00.000-08:002012-02-08T09:32:39.779-08:00Topiary GirlHello! I wanted to tell you about this on-line painting class I'm taking & where it's taking me!!!
In early January I signed up to take a class by Juliette Crane called How to Paint a Girl. It's not my first on-line class so I was not terribly nervous about how on-line classes work and whether they'd work for me. I was only a little bit nervous but really I was more Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-48673405091490293302012-01-28T08:46:00.000-08:002012-01-28T08:51:54.488-08:00Quick QuicheI thought I'd start my first blog post of 2012 with a recipe for comfort food. Last week I made up a home made chicken pot pie complete with a Crisco pie crust and had a bit of extra pie crust left over. There wasn't enough dough for a second pie so I wasn't sure what to do with it. In our home quiche is always a favorite but I'd never made a mini quiche before. I took a look at the dough and Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-65282471137663966612011-09-14T12:30:00.000-07:002011-09-14T12:30:43.065-07:00cupcake pin giveaway when i reach 100 FB fans!Tweet
~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~When I get 100 fans on my FB fan page I will host a a cupcake pin giveaway!Visit my FB fan page and tell a friend!Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-9971736908528008812011-08-31T14:11:00.000-07:002011-08-31T14:17:22.307-07:00fish n chips in newspaperToday was a great day for a picnic!
I simply made some fresh/frozen baked fish & sweet potato fries.
When they were done baking I wrapped them in parchment & newspaper, then set the picnic up outside! Having a tray to carry it all is very helpful!The lemons made a nice table decoration.
Set out some beer, fig vinegar & fresh squeezed lemon Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-18350020671806694982011-04-18T19:52:00.000-07:002011-04-18T19:54:43.185-07:00SHOP ATTACK - round 40I am starting a new weekly post theme for The Blueberry Blonde blog called "SHOP ATTACK" in collaboration with the Attack of the Craft forum. The aim is to feature a variety of artists from (AotC) Attack of the Craft share their Etsy shops, support their art and give them some exposure.
Did you know that the AotC forum is also called "The Island of Misfit Crafters". This forum brings Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-36846054864442852372011-04-17T14:26:00.000-07:002011-04-18T19:56:06.063-07:00SHOP ATTACK - round 39I am starting a new weekly post theme for The Blueberry Blonde blog called "SHOP ATTACK" in collaboration with the Attack of the Craft forum. The aim is to feature a variety of artists from (AotC) Attack of the Craft share their Etsy shops, support their art and give them some exposure.
Did you know that the AotC forum is also called "The Island of Misfit Crafters". This forum brings Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-11985752507418220252011-04-05T10:47:00.000-07:002011-04-05T10:47:20.159-07:00SHOP ATTACK - round 38I am starting a new weekly post theme for The Blueberry Blonde blog called "SHOP ATTACK" in collaboration with the Attack of the Craft forum. The aim is to feature a variety of artists from (AotC) Attack of the Craft share their Etsy shops, support their art and give them some exposure.
Did you know that the AotC forum is also called "The Island of Misfit Crafters". This forum brings Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-63870539158309372532011-03-29T19:10:00.000-07:002011-04-01T19:10:48.241-07:00SHOP ATTACK - round 37I am starting a new weekly post theme for The Blueberry Blonde blog called "SHOP ATTACK" in collaboration with the Attack of the Craft forum. The aim is to feature a variety of artists from (AotC) Attack of the Craft share their Etsy shops, support their art and give them some exposure.
Did you know that the AotC forum is also called "The Island of Misfit Crafters". This forum brings Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-85721276349904986662011-03-27T13:59:00.000-07:002011-03-27T15:20:14.561-07:00Torte that Cake!
Torte that Cake!
This post is not exactly a recipe for baking a cake but more about how to torte an already baked cake! Here are some notes from my experience. I will not be providing a recipe for the cake because you can torte any cake!I made two torted cakes so I needed to make a double batch of yellow cake from scratch
I added a 1/4 teaspoon of yellow confectioners gel food dye for Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649566975271662285.post-43932792713097268102011-03-16T11:02:00.000-07:002011-03-16T11:05:53.734-07:00My First Stitch n'Bitch - March 15, 2011I joined a Stitch n'Bitch a few months back. Then winter came and then all this snow kept falling, preventing me from joining in the fun. Finally I got lucky and the weather here, in Wisconsin, was sunny, the day became a warm 50 degrees with no jacket required for this weeks Stitch n'Bitch!
I thought I'd get my butt on the road to meet up with my car pool about a half hour early. It actually Blueberry Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14210642042971172998noreply@blogger.com2