The second week of Noctiluna Summer Art Camp. Run in Vienna VA. Teaching art, design, critical thinking skills, and how to play and relax!
What Happened in Summer Camp? Week 2, 2021
2021 Summer Camp: Week 1
When I first started running summer camps in 2012, I would run them from my home. The camps were small, and all the kids (including my own) were tiny. They were wonderful, high octane fun, but my house got a bit of a battering. I still have the paint marks on my furniture! As time …
What Goes Into A Small, Creative Business?
Here are some things I know about small, creative businesses. These businesses are often very, very small. We are talking one or two humans with a big passion and dreams, working from their homes during every free moment they have to produce something unique. Not all small businesses are created equal. We all start with …
Shy? Moi? The Noctiluna Photoshoot 2021
Until recently, I have never been a fan of having my photo taken. Part of it is vanity. For some reason, the image in my head of how I should look never matches with how I actually look. In old family photos, I’m always pulling some sort of goofy face, sticking my tummy out, or …
CHEmlab – A Story of Collaboration And Friendship Through Tough Times
Being an artist or maker, and owning your own small business can be incredibly exhilarating, but the flipside is, it can also be incredibly lonely. I have always yearned to collaborate with another maker, but finding the right partner is not as easy as it seems. Turns out, finding a good match for collaboration is …
7 Very Specific Things I Am Looking Forward To In Safer Times
Admit it, we have all been making these lists in our heads for a while. It helps pass the time while moving from your kitchen to your living room again and again, in an unending search for snack foods and novelty. Although I believe very much in living in the present and not ruminating too …
Slow Fashion: Mend More, Waste Less, Eat The Cake
As always I’m late to the party but Happy New Year, all! Big inky thoughts of happiness to all of you, from me. After the nightmare that was 2020, it would not be too extreme to say that this particular crossover to a new twelve months is loaded with an unfair degree of hope and …
Five Easy Ways to Help Friends Who Own Small Businesses
The Holiday season is here, and I have been feeling really low. Usually around this time of year, I am rushed off my feet with work. All those Holiday shows and markets are hard work, but I tend to sell really well in person. When I sell well at a market, or someone compliments my …
Meet CHEMlab – Creative Chemistry during Covid
I have been searching for a creative soulmate for a VERY long time. Back in the 90’s, while at art school, I would read articles in Vogue about design duos who met at college and continued to work together after graduation. Yes please! Where was my kindred designer? We could be the next Clements Ribeiro …
Glass Half Full – Recognizing Opportunities during Tough Times
My oh my, it has been a long time since we (or I) last talked, hasn’t it? I cannot lie. I have been using social distancing as an excuse to hide out a little. This year has been rough and, natural introvert that I am, I have been finding my own company very soothing. I …
