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from the pages of my art journal

I am not a soccer mom or a dance mom... but I can proudly call myself a music mom. Those who are not music moms, let me fill you in on what music moms have to do. This weekend is a typical weekend for a music mom. Friday night, I took my daughter (this is my music kid) to a concert to hear one of her teachers perform. Although this was a casual performance in a...

A page from my art journal...

I am grateful for so many things but first I want to say that I am so grateful that we live in the communication age so that I can get great ideas and share my thoughts on a blog. My whole business of being an artist would not be possible, at least not the way that I do it, without a computer and all the comforts of modern living. So for all those things, I am...

Creating an Action Plan by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

What my art journal looks like now...

My art journal is really starting to evolve.. Although I still use it to make pretty to-do lists ( it is also my Planner Pad, after all) I also have been using it to dig a little deeper. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to reflect, I am choosing to reflect at the end of every month. This month...

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I've gone through many phases of Valentines Day from the cynical because I didn't have a boyfriend to the making peace with a holiday which is about showing love. I have fond memories of sitting at my dining room table taking the cheap cartoony valentines day cards and cutting them up and making them more special with...

Fitness Fashion Friday by @schulmanArt Miriam Schulman

How to create your font is simple and easy

Since I run my own business I get to do all kinds of things like my designing my own graphics. The other day, while spending waaay too much time trying to create a fancy font by hand and editing it in photoshop to advertise a new online art classI am planning, I decided I would spend some time investigating how to create my own font. There are several very...

Radiant Orchid is Pantone's 2014 Color of the Year

clipped from House Beautiful

Pantone named radiant orchid the 2014 color of the year and I couldn't be happier. Perhaps it is because I bought a leather purse last fall on sale in this exact shade after my "Tangerine Tango" purse (Pantone's 2012 color of the year) had worn out and I decided I really didn't want an emerald green purse (Pantone's pick...

pin this to your pinterest board!

Lately, I have been investing a lot of time and research into Pinterest and as a result I have gained hundreds of new followers in the last two months. While reading tips from social media gurus, I have come across some common myths that I feel absolutely compelled to debunk so you don't have to waste your time like I did.

Undestand how peeps use pinterest

To get the...

List what you should be proud of....

Art Journal Prompt: List the things that make you proud!

 Sunday is quickly becoming the day where I get to do a little soul searching through my list making. You can read how I got started doing that in this blog post. The art journal prompts are from List Yourself, by

Eclectic Decorating with foyer ideas by designer Victoria Pearson (watercolor added by SchulmanArt)

Coffee Window, Collect the Original or a Fine Art Print!

If you want to get designer look for your entrance way, you can collect a few simple accessories from etsy and add some art. This foyer from designer and photographer Victoria Pearson's Ojai home perfectly fits the bill. Carefully edited,...

How a To-do list gets converted

Last summer, I bought a Planner Padto help me keep organized with all my ideas and various to-do lists. Although I love it, I don't use it in all the ways that it is intended. I tend to grab whatever page is available to write to-do lists and been using the month view to pen in appointments. Lately, I have been adding gesso and acrylic paint on top of used pages to...