Are you looking to reduce stress? Here are 9 self care tips to reduce stress that you can start practicing today! Let's talk about how stress affects us and how to deal with it before it manifests in the body. If you're like me, you are a perfectionist. Most people don't realize the energy involved to produce beauty with flowers for large events … [Read more...]
Reducing Stress with Art: How to release stress one drawing at a time
Stress is something we all face and we each try to find ways to best manage it. Though there are many ways to go about stress management, I have found these 9 Self Care Tips to Reduce Stress and often find myself reducing stress with art. That’s right, my stress relief is often found one drawing at a time. My best stress management … [Read more...]
Urban Camping in SoHo New York
Get your girlfriend and head to the Arlo SoHo Lunching with a girlfriend to catch up and to share the good the bad and the ugly is always uplifting, especially when it turns into urban camping. Recently my friend Dawn of PlumAGE 59 and I met up in SoHo and enjoyed camping in NYC. If you’re unfamiliar with Urban Camping, this article … [Read more...]
Why you should sketch every day.
A sketch every day Not only do I know that sketching every day helps to reduce stress, a sketch every day will also offer you an opportunity to document the things that inspire you. I keep flowers alive during the dull winter months by doing a sketch every day. A few minutes each day is how I started in December. My focus was to create … [Read more...]
Flowers sketches using pencil and watercolor
I am a florist creating flower sketches during the cold winter months when there isn't much happening in my garden. Flower Sketches from my Journal. I've started sketching flowers and drawing these beauties for fun. My favorite is applying the watercolor, it seems to do a little dance on the paper. Honestly, I think these would look … [Read more...]
Sketch of my Garden Flowers
It is giving me great joy to be able to express my creativity through my watercolor drawings and to be able to share them with you. As with everything in life, I can only get better with practice. It is my great hope to someday be able to offer these unique watercolor drawings to my brides and wedding planners looking to add a bit of uniqueness to … [Read more...]
Playing it Safe
If you’ve been following my blog/journal recently I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve been taking some new chances with my work. All the watercolors and or sketching I’ve been working on recently, are proving to be challenging and creative, both of which are necessary to keep my wedding business unique, different. In a cyber … [Read more...]
Love, each flower
My heart cries for you, my brother my sister you and I begin life no different than each other our hearts so pure and loving life fills our hearts in seconds that second is not ours any more for our life’s journey has begun with a blink of an eye we are nevermore our heart is still remember my love: love The weather is … [Read more...]