February 2012
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Happy Mardi Gras! Only 40 days.
I’m watching a news story on Mardi Gras traditions around the world. It’s really a beautiful segment full of colors and fun foods and dancing. Here we made our King Cake and hid a camel in it instead of a baby. It works. Perhaps it’s a new tradition for us. The point: Happy Mardi Gras!
I recently read an article on the power of doing something for 30 Days of Growth. I’m...
Portfolio →
I’ve had galleries, Etsy posts, and photos on facebook, but it’s finally time for an online portfolio. Let me know your thoughts!
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Custom-Made For You by Me.
Flewtstrings started out as a business making all things custom for its customers. I would create a design and people would select a color(s) for their custom-made replica. I would also make ideas become a reality by creating one-of-a-kind custom items for many customers. That was always fun for me because we had to start from scratch: ideas went from a description to a 2D design which then had...
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“Heaven will be full of Africans.”
– a dear friend.
January 2012
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Jambo! Kenya, where the air smells of sweet spice and the colors awaken our vision, has been so welcoming to us “mizungus” thus far. We have come to know a bit if Swahili which the locals very much love. Our days have been spent with Missions of Hope here in the Mathare Valley. We have seen so much poverty, malnutrition & need, but also so much innovation, hard work, & hope. ...
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Under Attack
Sitting in the Art Gallery today with not one visitor. Perhaps the weather is too nice to enjoy fine art? Or perhaps the empty soup bowl, roll of toilet paper on the desk (make-shift tissues!), and fuzzy hat on my head is steering people away as I sit here looking pretty pathetic. Well, a mere five days before our departure for Kenya and I get slammed with a cold. Awesome. I’m not...
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Hope is always here.
So far so good: on this second day of January I’d say things are off to a good start. Less than two weeks until we embark on our grand adventure to Kenya and our calendars are full until then. We just returned from a driving adventure across the eastern continental divide and through the mountains of the east and now here I sit in a coffee shop working on my to-do list to get things...
December 2011
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Kenya Coffee & Tea TONIGHT!
Like coffee? Like GOOD coffee? The awesome & local Starbucks, New Harvest Coffee & Coffee Exchange roasters have donated some sweeeeet African coffee for us to taste tonight. Check out what we’ll be sampling tonight:
COFFEE: Kenyan, Ugandan Peaberry, Ethiopian & Ethiopian Yirgachaffe
TEA: Tangawizi Ginger, Cinnamon, Cardamom (all from Kenya) & Rooibos Chai
And...
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Buying Handmade: What's in it for YOU?
BUY HANDMADE. When I say “buy handmade” does that provoke change in you? I’m pretty sure that phrase preaches to the choir. So let me explain. This phrase is packed with meaning and stories and emotion and more. So when I say that, here’s just a preview of what I’m saying to you.
Of course I want you to buy handmade because it means you’ll support me and my...
JLRI Holiday Market this Sat. at Hope. →
JLRI, or Junior League of RI, all about women building better communities. Support your local artists and farmers this weekend at the JLRI Holiday Market from 10am-2pm. Hope to see you there with bells on!
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“We’re lucky to have landed in a city that supports so many talented...”
– Julie Tremaine in Providence Monthly (December 2011)
Growing an Art CSA →
Love this take on the traditional CSA. As CSA members ourselves, this article rings true of the ebbs and flows of the season. Intriguing way to support an artist!
November 2011
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Cyber Monday coupon for YOU!
Head on over to my Etsy site, www.flewtstrings.etsy.com where you can shop several Wallets and jackets just listed today! And even better, use coupon code NOSHIPNOVEMBER for Free Shipping until Dec.1st! Happy Cyber Monday!
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September 2011
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Under the Influence - a night of painting
Mark your calendar for Saturday evening, September 17 as we begin painting “Under the Influence” of master painters! Bring yourself to the studio where I’ll guide you and your friends through a 16”x20” “master” painting that you’ll take home with you at the end of the night! Feel free to bring snacks & drinks! And don’t wear your evening’s best as you may get paint on yourself. 6pm-9pm. ...
July 2011
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So much going on...
There is so much going on I can hardly keep up with the several lists I make each day. To begin, the studio is fantastic. Classes are well on their way to starting as well, as soon as I get the schedules all ironed out. Quite a few drawings to work on, but the humidity both at my home and studio make it hard to get pencil to stick to paper (those are waiting for the a/c next week). And lastly...
June 2011
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