Kreative Musings: And Now--My Studio Is Up And Running!

There is always a beginning!

Every venture in your life whatever it may be has a beginning! My venture "Kreative Musings" began when
I was a tiny girl in Logansport, Indiana many many years ago. I discovered a pencil and crayons! At school my coloring pages were the brightest, most vivid ones displayed! They were always marked by my teacher, Mrs. Bauman, as the best! Or, "what a good artist you are!" At home, I had coloring books which I devoured!

Books were another love of mine and so I began "illustrating" them as I didn't have blank paper! I laugh when I look at those books today! I knew in my little girl heart that those stories needed illustrations!

From those days to these I have become a wife (twice), a mom (3 times + the gifts that are my two stepkids), a career artist and a GRANDmom! I recently left my career of 23 years at a Midwest greeting card company to slow down and get back to MY creative self! This is my NEW journey!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

And Now--My Studio Is Up And Running!

After a year of dreaming...my downstairs is now transformed into my studio! It had been our family room for years until all the kiddos moved out and on with their adult lives and honestly, until now we didn't use it much. The baby GRANDS were needed upstairs in the great room under their parents' watchful eyes. It was always a dream of mine to create a space that my creative self could begin to breathe in.
Several things precipitated this transformation:
1. I retired from Hallmark Cards, Inc. after 23 years as an artist in Creative Specialty Design Studio in October 2009.
2. The BABY Grands were getting BIG as in 3+ (except for Miss Katie-Bug our then 10 year old GRANDgirl who had the sole permission to venture into THE CAVE and carry on with her creative pursuits) and we desperately needed breathing room in our great room.
SO....I cleared out the junk (had a garage sale and gifted Goodwill with some treasures) and gave the furniture left behind by our youngest to a youth group at a local church!

VOILA!!!!!~