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My Turn At The Wheel

Today i want to introduce everyone here to my new project and maybe you’ll learn a little bit about me along the way.

This project started as an idea to try to keep creativity flowing and gather the like minded to help do so. An opportunity to spread that creative spirit through out busy lives make new connections, online and off. A way to use the power of many to gain a better foothold over all the tasks it takes to be a self employed artist. I mulled this over for a year or more before spilling it all to my online friend, Lori Leissner of Leissnerart. After several chats we approached another online art gal friend, Ursula Smith of Easy Scraps. That brought us to today and a like minded group of 20+ self employed women artists from three continents.

 

I invite you to visit our fledgling blog at the Cre8ive Klatch.

www.cre8iveklatch.blogspot.com

or please come join us for cre8ive conversation at our FaceBook group, www.facebook.com/groups/Cre8iveKlatch/

 

Today i’m up! My bio and the questioning are all mine today! Please go take a peek…you may find out something about me that you didn’t know before.

Graffiti Susan
Graffiti Susan

 

I’m so excited about this collaboration i could scream…loudly!!

 

Continuing over the next weeks we will be introducing the crew members of the Klatch. Each was asked a set of fun, insightful questions so you can get to know them better. Mixed with that will be great artsy projects, a re-affirming gratitude component, and some creative surprises. Our goal is to connect to you through creativity and give you a spot to come when you need a pause from your busy life.

 

Join us and connect with the Cre8ive Klatch!

Always,

Susan

 

 

 

 

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Photo Booth

Have you ever tried out Photo Booth? It comes with your Ipad or Mac computer….It can provide hours of laughs!

Mom

Can I just tell you that my Mother would kill me if she knew I was putting this picture here…?!

Dad

…and not sure my Dad would be too happy either…

Son

My son, on the other hand, would like to be seen like this every day. Because he’s just that goofy.

If you have a chance give it a try…you’ll laugh yourself into tears!

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Artsy Fartsy Almost Fail

On the ever present train ride that is the artistic journey one tries to do things that are different…intriquing…maybe with a twist…?

Whimsy Sculpture

 Forgetting that the universe includes something called the K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) principle i seem to forge ahead most days achieving close intimacy with the complicated. Seems i needed to come up with a class proposal. A new idea, a fun idea. To say i labored over this would be a gross understatement. I pulled out all the supplies, drew a bunch of templates, created a couple dozen pieces of God knows what, resin’d, shrunk, journaled, sculpted, painted, trimmed, and cut. For about three weeks. Everyday. The pictures are the result of my efforts.

Sculpture Back

Lets see if i can explain what these would be in a class situation. First, what i hope would be, a group would learn how to do some doodling to come up with a template which would then be cut out of shrink plastic. One side we color the other we journal on…random words. While these are in the oven we pull out the pictures or, my original idea, was to have the group take selfies (the black and white photos are me, i was about six), which we would cut to fit the shrink frames. Then we glue, then we resin…then we play with polymer clay for bases, bake again, paint them in funky patterns, insert bunny eared and crowned semi sculptures of shrink with selfies…and admire. Maybe not quite that fast but….

More

So…once finished i submitted the class proposal and thought, “ah, good work done!” About two days later i got a “thanks but no thanks” note. (Not really that abrupt but they let me know it wasn’t an idea their clients would enjoy) At first i was upset…all that work and an end product i thought was quite fun. Ahhhh….back to the drawing board.

And another 24 hours, i re-arranged the class practicing the K.I.S.S. principle and the second one they liked. All was not lost.

The moral of the story…stop overthinking, obsessing, hyper-focusing about your artwork. Let it flow…go with it…allow it to run freely from you. Stop doubting your ability and over doing your work. Everything you do is worthy and wonderful.

And always apply the K.I.S.S. Principle…

(Anybody want to take a crazy class? I have some ideas…)

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Swamp Juice

Food!

This weeks energy…

Swamp Juice

 

My daily infusion of swamp greens! Energy plus…a concoction of mango, pineapple, hemp seed, coconut water, orange juice, red maca powder, and a huge wad of kale. Blend until smooth and slushy.

Yum, yum!

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Simple

So it’s tomorrow…here goes simple…

Sunny my goofy dog.
Dog! My dog! My upside down dog!
Her name is Sunny and she’s my goofy, shy daily companion.
(How’s that for simple?)
Always cre8ive,
Susan
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