Makers Spotlight: Milkface Bakes

  “Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.” Barbara Jordan, lawyer and leader of  the Civil Rights movement in the United States, once said this.  And I know exactly whatContinue reading “Makers Spotlight: Milkface Bakes”

Cleaning Up the Studio

  I spent the whole Sunday cleaning up my studio / home office (the space where I write and create my visual journals). I had to be very quick and unattached as  I went through baskets overflowing with God-knows-what  and piles and piles of paper.  As usual, I was amazed at the amount of junkContinue reading “Cleaning Up the Studio”

The Painted Town of Zalipie

Have you heard of the painted town called Zalipie? It’s a pretty little  town in Poland that looks like it’s straight out of a fairy tale book! The houses, sheds, bridges… almost all the structures you see in Zalipie are adorned with the most colorful floral paintings. The tradition actually began inside the homes, whenContinue reading “The Painted Town of Zalipie”