When I first moved to the US in the mid 90’s writing letters to my friends in Eastern Europe was the thing to do. The internet was fairly new. I had not heard of such thing until I came here, so it was hard to describe it to my family and friends back home. And… Read More Snail Mail
A couple of years ago I remember rock painting being very popular. I once went to a craft meetup at my local library and the craft was rock painting. There were groups formed on Facebook for this rock painting movement and people would leave their painted rocks at various locations for others to find. Even… Read More Rock Painting
Being cooped up due to Covid-19 will get you do all the things you never made time for. So friends I have been creating some online classes. One of the things that stopped me from doing more of this before is the editing part. I found it frustrating and overwhelming. Now that I have been… Read More New Classes on Skillshare
One of my favorite things to make is mandalas. A series of concentric circles that can be made with anything: drawing, watercolor, paint, draw in the sand, use rocks, shells, flower petals, seeds. In Sanskrit the word mandala means circle and it represents the never ending cycle of life and that everything is connected. They… Read More Mandala with beans
My grandmother had a huge huge huge weaving loom. So huge it occupied an entire room. She made small rugs from scraps of fabric and whatnot. I don’t recall ever watching her do it, but I recall seeing the loom and rugs in various stages of completion. A few months ago I did buy a… Read More Mini Popsicle weaving
My spiritual journey that started this summer led me to Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health all the way in Massachusetts. I have never heard of it before, but also I was never looking before. In the last few months I’ve been listening to Krishna Das’ music and Metta Hour podcast by Sharon Salzberg. The… Read More Kripalu and meeting Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg
I admire artist who are dedicated to their art journal. I always aspire to be that, but it never seems to work for me. Although I have learned ways to get past the blank page by prepping pages in advance, I never seem to have some unifying theme or style to fill an entire 30-40… Read More One page folded journal
It’s been so long since I shared anything in this space here. Summer came quickly (and it’s still here) and my kids were off school for a while. Even though I did take some time off work to be with my family, parenting during summer break while working full time was a struggle. In fact… Read More Catching up
From a recent road trip through our state of Arizona and neighboring New Mexico. I’ve heard people say how desolate some of the landscape is in these two states, but all I see is magic. Petrified Forest, Arizona Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico People lived here once, some 11,000 years ago. There was snow too,… Read More Magical landscapes – Arizona and New Mexico
On a recent road trip to New Mexico, I looked up local mom ‘n’ pop paper crafting stores in Santa Fe, and Guadalupe Fun Rubber Stamps came up. Stores like these are real gems. Super creative, and inspiring and since they are so small and on a tight budget you often get to meet the… Read More Gem Zentangle
Vesna Taneva 