Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauties

Although many of us are familiar with the Walt Disney...

She realized that music plays an instrumental—and intriguing— role in her art process.

Although a full-time artist today, Mystele studied music since childhood and realized during our chat just how much music influences her art and teaching style today.

Asserting your voice in music and art makes it...

To start setting goals for next year, take a look back and reflect on 2014. 

I asked some of my artist friends, how would they describe their 2014 art business in one word.... and what they want their art career to look like in 2015.

Here is what they had to say...

 

Deb Harvey explores art with whimsy 2014: accommodating,  2015: discover

 

Renie Britenbucher creates light-hearted paintings. 2014:whirlwi...

This blog post is part of a series of posts called an artist blog hop. Think of a blog hop as blogging "chain mail." Someone links to me and I have to link to three more, and each of them must find three art bloggers. All of us must answer the same questions about our creative process.

Thanks to Kim Puckett for asking me to participate.  You can visit her blogto see her responses to these same...

Interview with Designer-Seamstress Lucy Parsons of @byelsieb by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

Get more baby room ideas on her Blog

I met Lucy Parsons when we both signed up for an online business course hosted by Handmadeology. Parsons hails from the great tradition of English sewing which may be my own prejudice from coveting Laura Ashley fabrics as a teenager. I worked in a Laura Ashley store...

Silver engraved wedding bands with music notes

Interview with Jewellery Designer Rickson Sharkey @RicksonJewelry by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

I stumbled upon the jewellery of Rickson Sharkey while searching for music related gift ideas last month for my blog. Since I chose to focus on the word "harmony" ( read that post here) I thought it only fitting to pick Sharkey as the first artist...

Today we speak with Sweet Baker Courtney Hamlin! interview by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

Cookies for Santa!

I am always on the lookout for gorgeous cookies, so I was thrilled when Courtney Hamlin agreed to be interviewed for my blog! Courtney was born and raised in Orange County, CA, where she still lives and operates her custom Bake Shop. She studied the art of baking at the Apicius...

interview with Emily Riojas of the Bloom Shoppe by SchulmanArt

Handcrafted Fall Decor

Let's meet Emily Riojas of the Bloom Shoppe. The Georgia based Bloom Shoppe is home to unique, handmade creations that embrace sweet southern life. Her one-of-a-kind painted mason jars make unique, rustic gifts, centerpieces and decor. Each jar is created with care, backed by years of experience in hand-distressing...

Interview with artist Ruth Morgan by Miriam Schulman of @SchulmanArt

Today we get to meet artist Ruth Morgan who makes charming paper mache sculptures of pets and backyard creatures.

Morgan's Paper mache Raccoon Sculpture for sale on etsy

SchulmanArt: When did you first fall in love with art making?
Ruth Morgan: 
I have to say that as a child I was one of those little kids that had a notebook and...

Interview with artist Ashlie Weisel by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

Fall for Home art print by TheSunnySideUpStudio

SchulmanArt: Tell us about yourself!
Ashlie Weisel: I grew up in Crown Point, Indiana- about 40 miles outside of Chicago. I didn't see a mountain until I was 19 years old, and the closet thing to one growing up in the midwest is a snow mound. It wasn't until my husband and I were...