Creative Process

A HUGE-CHICA-LOVING-THANK YOU to both Miss Wonderful Christine at BlissChick and Miss Hot-Stuff Melita at Gussying Up the Tuttle for sharing their love and awarding me with this One Lovely Blog Award! You chicas are the best!! The best I say!! The best. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to a Midwestern Girl turned West Coast chica after my own heart: Naturally Jules. You are the sweetest!!! Lots of love to you!! Thank you! I’m going to air something not so nice about myself. Are you ready? Do you think you can handle this? Ok… For a long time I’ve…

On Sunday I had what my friend Leah over at Creative Every Day calls an ART PICNIC!! Here’s a little look into the Dirty Footprints Studio for you!!! I have been hiding something from all of you. For the last month or so I have been working on some paintings. Three to be exact. Acrylic paintings done on stretched canvas if you really want to know. Usually when I paint I just bust these babies out. And, often before on Dirty Footprints I would document my process here along the way. Something is different about these paintings. First, my intention…

My beloved Hansel is the amazing photographer of this beautiful photo!! He rocks! Last night I sat down and researched what is happening in Iran. All I’ve gathered earlier was a few tid-bits from twitter and just what some people have told me. But after spending at least a couple hours diving through the online media bank of information my heart began to sink for the sorrow and pain I took in. Before turning into bed, with a very heavy spirit, I wrote a post here on Dirty Footprints which included a couple powerful videos, a statement from President Obama,…