Creative Artist & Writer “I love to create, which likely isn’t much of a surprise, given that I am the voice behind Creativity Unmasked, but there it is all the same. It brings me great pleasure to take something raw – be it beads, ingredients, paint, whatever – and turn it into something amazing. Sometimes, […]
Artful Blogging ~ Visually Inspiring Online Journals Sunday evening we had the opportunity to browse in Barnes & Noble, and I found myself looking for the latest issue of Artful Blogging. I picked up the Autumn 2012 issue and leafed through it in the store, and was impressed with the stunning images and – yes […]
Recently I’ve been having a great time “blog hopping!” I found the August blog hop below last night – too late to join it myself, but I hope to participate in the September hop on the 16th. There were so many appealing blogs included that I decided to post them here (the host shared the […]
The article in my alma mater’s alumni magazine about Grace Bonney and her blog Design*Sponge inspired me to look into starting a blog. I had a desire to write about other artists and crafters, and to share my pottery, jewelry and dollhouse miniatures as well. Cotton Ridge Create! began in November 2011. Cotton Ridge Homeschool […]
Art & Craft Show season is upon us, and I thought it to be a good time to hear from an expert on marketing and art shows. Following is an excellent, informative article by Kelli Swan from EzineArticles.com. Marketing Your Art Though Art Shows and Festivals By Kelli Swan If you are an emerging artist, […]
Logos & Brand Development Last December I worked with José Longoria of LogoLuxe on Etsy to develop new logos and branding for my business. He had excellent ideas and was very easy to work with, and had me think about the style and feelings I wanted to convey. Together we developed the logos for Cotton […]
Cotton Ridge Pottery is the Artist Co-Op Featured Member this week! They created a nice promo video of my pottery. “Promos air in random rotation on a daily schedule thanks to our Cooperative Partner BlueHighways TV. Currently BlueHighways TV is reaching over 4,200,000 cable televsion households across America!” “The Country Cooperative and the cable network […]
