Why do I get so excited about caps and lids that are about to be thrown away?  It’s not because it means everyone has been taking their vitamins. Although that is a good thing.   It is because caps are perfectly round and come in a variety of sizes to make an easy pattern tool for [...]

OOPS! The plan was to build the grid with 3 colors by having each color in each row and no color touching itself.  I thought it was a solid plan. It wasn’t, since after row #2, I was backed into a corner.  Okay, that sounds a bit dramatic but for a fleeting second that is [...]

Happy Hippo Holidays to you and yours!  Why the purple hippo for the holidays?  Why not I say!  He jumped into my arms and I just had to give him a colorful home. Percival, as I have come to know him, has been reminding me of how wonderful it is that everyone is different.  Not [...]

Are they treasured supplies or am I hoarding?  No matter what the name of it is, it fills up my studio with stuff.  Spring time in the US means spring cleaning for the studio.  But how can I get myself to use these precious things I have been saving so long?  By freaking out the [...]

guest blog by Miriam Schulman @SchulmanArt Thanks Carolyn for inviting me to share my art and techniques with your readers! Today, I am going to share with you all the secrets on how I painted this mixed media duck. The video is super short yet action packed so whether you are sipping your morning coffee [...]

The holidays have arrived faster than I realized…and I am running late getting my nephew’s advent calendar together.  The fact that I have zero holiday wrapping paper isn’t a problem because I am going to make my own.  But I needed to get this mailed out yesterday…so I need to get lots of wrapping paper [...]

I had a big problem. I was frozen and unable to decide where to start on a pristine white page in a brand new journal.  This is a recurring problem for me so I have learned all sorts of ways to deal with it. I’m sharing one of my go to ways in a video for my [...]

I’m feeling a little silly today…why?  Because of a live webinar I’m doing with Northlight!   I get to answer your questions – you can ask me anything!    Plus, I created 2 exclusive videos just for the webinar. Now it’s called a live webinar but you don’t have to be there live…you get the recording [...]

When my producer sent the cover art for my videos/DVD’s over to me, I just couldn’t keep it a secret.  Guess I am feeling a little like breaking the rules for some reason… I don’t have a release date for these but as soon as I know, I’ll be sharing!