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10/05/2012

Jo Packham to be Honored With Ogden City Mayor’s Award in the Arts

I am so excited to announce that our own Jo Packham is going to receive an award from Ogden City, Utah Mayor Mike Caldwell on October 11th, 2012.  Jo has long been a supporter of revitalizing Ogden and of course the arts.  She is being honored in the literary category; which of course makes perfect sense.  Jo wanted me to share a quick note of thanks:

“I am honored to receive Mayor Caldwell’s Awards in the Arts in the Literary category. I love working on any project that could be considered “the arts”  and I am proud to be recognized  among the other inspiring artisans that are also being honored.

I would like to thank the Mayor and those who were on the nominating committee.”

Jo Packham to be Honored With Ogden City Mayor’s Award in the Arts

Jo Packham to be Honored With Ogden City Mayor's Award in the Arts

 I invite you to congratulate Jo on her fabulous work and well deserved honor.  Congratulations Jo!

 
3 Comments Filed Under: Events, Feature
10/04/2012

Fabulous Feature :

Fabulous Feature: Paint and Such

It seems like I just can’t stick to one when it comes to our Fabulous Feature series.  So many people have multiple things they truly love about their studios or work spaces.  It really is hard to narrow it down to just one.  Carol sent me over so many lovely photos I even had a hard time just choosing a couple to feature.  I can understand why she loves so many things in her studio.  I am excited for you to see just how fabulous her bulletin board of family photos and “hat lady” are.

“My bulletin board over my desk.” 

“Mom’s hat lady.” 

Fabulous Feature: Paint and Such

“I work in gouache which is an opaque water color. I mix the colors in these little plastic jars and just add water to them when I want to paint. They are very handy with the mixing info taped on the cover, I love the ease and simplicity that the plastic containers bring to my everyday work.”

“I have been licensing my work for over 25 + years and my website is www.caroleldridgedesigns.com. My new studio at home is painted the blue of the ocean, since I live in Marblehead only a few short blocks from the beach. The Captain and I own a boat and love the ocean. The town is built around a wonderful harbor which is the focal point of our activity especially in the summer months. My studio is filled with all sort of interesting collectibles, samples of my products, prototypes I have created, lots of my fabric, reference books, sketch books and a ton of photographs of my family. I have one entire wall that is a giant bulletin board where I hang my work in progress to watch it evolve. I have little treasures in groupings and vignettes all over the studio that is literally bursting with color and inspiration. “

 Photo/Quote Credit

Carol Eldridge
www.caroleldridgedesigns.com
www.facebook.com/caroleldridgedesigns

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite. 

 

 

1 Comment Filed Under: Fabulous Feature, Feature
10/03/2012

Jo’s Favorite Things: Paint Brushes

Have you ever wondered what Jo Packham’s favorite things are?  Well your wait is over.  Each week we are going to feature a few of her favorite things.  It’s like taking a peek into the mind of a creative genius.  I’ve been inside the Where Women Create offices and it is as magical as you would expect.  I have always wondered where Jo gets her inspiration from and what she loves.  I am excited to see and share some of her favorite this with you. 

Jo’s Favorite Things: Paint Brushes

Jo's Favorite Things: Paint Brushes

“These are all the brushes that I love” -Jo Packham

I am sure you will love them too.  I love how the brushes are used for work, art, display, and beauty.  It’s obvious why these are just a few of Jo’s favorite things.   

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10/01/2012

Get Spellbound with this Giveaway

Remember when we announced the Spellbound Art Retreat?  This amazing experience is drawing near (November 8th-11th, 2012) and we have even more exciting news; our own Jo Packham will be there.  Jo has worked with the wonderful mother/daughter team of Debbie and Shea numerous times and knows what a truly exquisite event this will be.

Spellbound Event Where Women Create Magazine Giveaway

Your days at the Spellbound retreat will be spent learning, creating, networking, and growing as an artist and a person.  Of course there will be fun, laughter, (including an “Up All Night” craft party) and making life long friends in the mix too. 

Jo will also be hosting a pre-event soiree on November 7th at French General that you will want to add into you list of “must do”. 

Spellbound, Spellbinders, and Where Women Create have teamed up to offer a trio of FABULOUS giveaways.  You don’t want to pass up a chance to win one of these amazing prizes.

Where Women Create Giveaway

Enter below. 

  • 2 year subscription to Where Women Create Magazine, Where Women Cook Magazine, and the NEW Where Women Create Business Magazine (launching Winter 2013)
  • Where Women Create Book of Organization
  • Where Women Cook Pieography
  • Where Women Cook Celebrate (Featuring Shea and Debbie)

A Gilded Life (Spellbound) Giveaway 

Visit A Gilded Life to enter here. 

  • Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine
  • Assortment of Spellbinders dies to use with the machine

Spellbinders’ Giveaway

Visit the Spellbinders Blog to enter here. 

  • One full event registration to Spellbound Art Retreat 

Giveaway administered through Rafflecopter.

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09/28/2012

Country Living Fair with Earth Angels Studios

What are you doing October 26th-28th, 2012?  Let us make your plans for you.  How about the beautiful Country Living Fair in Stone Mountain Park, Georgia? 

What’s even better than a country fair with food, art, crafts, and antiques?  A country fair that includes all that AND a chance to meet the fabulous Jen from Earth Angels Studios and some of the artists behind the works.  Oh… Did I mention there will be coffee and treats when you meet Jen?  It’s really just a good old fashioned “Coffee Talk” with friends. 

I know that you can’t wait to find out more about Jen, Earth Angels Studios, and Country Living Fair before your trip in October.  You can find everything you need below:

www.countryliving.com/fair
www.earthangelsstudios.com

 

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09/27/2012

Fabulous Feature: Sewing Table and Typewriter

This week’s Fabulous Feature is once again “features” because sometimes there are just too many amazing features in one space to choose only ONE.  And in the case of Jaime’s craft room there really is a lot to love.  Especially her decoupaged sewing table and beautiful teal typewriter. 

 

“My sewing table ♥ because it’s decoupaged with an old dress pattern that just gets me in the mood to stitch things together :) (and it has a built in measuring tape!)”

“My vintage teal typewriter & embroidery hoops ♥I found both at yard sales, filled the hoops with material from my vintage linen stash :)”
Photo Credits:
Jaime
Raising Up Rubies
www.raisinguprubies.blogspot.com
 

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

 

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite. 

 

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09/20/2012

Fabulous Feature-Stamp Storage

This weeks Fabulous Feature brings a smile to my face.  I love it when storage can be beautiful and on display.  We didn’t acquire all of our treasures to have them hidden away, did we?  That is why I love how Mary Ann has taken a 3-tiered basket and turned it into the perfect place for stamp storage.

Photo Credit:
Mary Ann Jenkins
http://www.maryannjenkins.com/p/my-scrapbook-studio.html

“I love using this 3-tiered basket for storage in my studio. Right now it’s home to rubber stamps and a sweet little mercury glass bird. It’s a perfect catch-all for keeping things in plain view instead of being tucked away and forgotten. Oh, and it looks pretty cute too!” 

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
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09/17/2012

SNAP! Conference 2013 Ticket Giveaway

You’ve come to the right place.  We have teamed up with SNAP! Creativity to host a SNAP! Conference 2013 Ticket Giveaway.  How excited are you?

Have you heard of SNAP! Conference?  If you have you already know it is THE conference for DIY, Craft, Entertaining (those who like to host parties, cook, and entertain in general), and handmade bloggers.  And beyond that, it’s really for anyone that is looking to tap into their creative genius.  You will learn, laugh, and love with people just like you.  It’s a wonderful community that will embrace you and your talents.  I know, it sound amazing, right?  It is the place to be April 18th-20, 2013.

It is amazing.  And tickets for SNAP! 2013 will go on sale tomorrow, Tuesday, September 18, at 9:00 a.m. MST. A discount of $50 will be applied to the first 50 tickets sold with the code FIRST50. Full conference tickets with first 50 discount will be $200 Full conference tickets at regular price will be $250 Full conference tickets will be $300 after December 18 All tickets are subject to a minimal Paypal handling fee

Full conference tickets will include access to all panels and hands on workshops, snacks, two lunches and three dinners, along with several social events and parties.

The capacity will be limited at this year’s event to ensure an optimal experience and it is expected to sell out early. We would encourage you to plan on purchasing your tickets as soon as they go on sale to ensure you secure one…

And if you aren’t able to “SNAP!” up your ticket right away.  We are giving you a chance to WIN a full conference pass to SNAP!  Just follow the directions below to enter:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

 

***Ticket giveaway is provided by SNAP! Winner will be notified via email.  More details about SNAP! ticket sales and the 2013 conference can be found here.

 

46 Comments Filed Under: Feature, Giveaway
09/14/2012

Alt Design Summit Blog

Jo has attended Alt Design Summit for the last 2 years.  It is a wonderful conference full of creative, design, and business minded women.  What’s not to love? 

Did you know that Alt also has a blog?  For blogging inspiration and business advice check out the new Alt blog.  Recently I stumbled across an article on their blog about “12 Striking Tendencies of Creative People“.  I think the one item that really spoke to me is #1… Are Easily Bored.  I think most of you can relate to this.  This is why are minds are constantly working overtime.  Trying out new ideas.  And maybe even driving the ones around us a little crazy.

Be honest?  Does that describe you?

***Post written as part of a contest to win a ticket to Alt Design Summit

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09/13/2012

Fabulous Feature: Stack ‘em High

Does your studio, office, or workspace serve as a dual purpose?  Maybe a dining room, living room, garage, or even a guest bedroom?  If this is the case you know that extra storage is key.  That is why today’s Fabulous Feature really spoke to me.  Not only are Karen’s vintage suitcases beautiful but they serve as storage.  How genius is that?

Photo Credit
Karen Wellman
Pieces Passed
www.piecespassed.blogspot.com

“My favorite thing in my studio would have to be my stack of suitcases because when you are calling your small spare bedroom (with the bed intact!) your ‘studio’ you really do need all of the storage space you can get!!  I’ve scoured flea markets, dusty attics, and yard sales for years culling these suitcases, carting them home on planes like an ancient world traveler, all for the thrill of filling them until they barely latch and stacking them high!  My favorite one would have to be the one near the top with the old train ticket still attached…I just can’t bear to cut it off!”

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
No Comments Filed Under: Decor, Feature
09/07/2012

Vintage Style Wood Crate Pattern

Today’s post is brought to you by the amazingly talented Heather Anderson from Post Road Vintage.  You will have a chance to view just how talented she is with this how-to Vintage Style Wood Crate pattern she has shared with Where Women Create.
 
“There is nothing yummier then creating something with your own two hands! I never stop getting a thrill from designing new items for my home or shop and making the sawdust fly! This basic vintage style wood crate is the perfect combination of farmhouse beauty + functionality. And best of all, it is fairly easy to make!”
 

Open publication – Free publishing – More cottage
 
Heather Anderson is the creative heart + owner behind Post Road Vintage. She is passionate about sharing her love for farmhouse decor and living a simple + beautiful + imperfect life. She shares these passions through her blog, shop, and free quarterly e-zine.
 

Blog- http://www.postroadvintage.com/blog
Shop- http://www.shop.postroadvintage.com
ezine sign up- http://postroadvintage.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=570f35658bc499c75779376e8&id=d03c8e7233

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09/06/2012

Fabulous Feature: Fan Necklace

Do you ever create something that you love so much it stays with you?  Something that brings a smile to your face every time you think of it?  Today’s Fabulous Feature is from Rex and Ruth.  They have made several of these gorgeous fan necklaces since this one but it has stayed as their favorite.  Just looking at it you can see why.

Photo Credit: Ruth and Rex
Fun Creative Art Glass
www.fun-creative-artglass.com 

“This is one of the first ‘fan necklaces’ that my husband Rex and I created.  We fuse glass and each one is ‘one of a kind.’   This is my favorite because it was one of the very first ones.  I do the color arrangements and do the many steps of glass fusing.  My husband is the one who cuts the fan. We don’t have much time to do these creations anymore but they are very popular when we finish a new one.”

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
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09/04/2012

Feature :

Tuesday’s Inspiration

Welcome to our quote of the week series.  We feature inspirational quotes and artwork each Tuesday to bring a little smile to your face and inspiration for your week.

Tokyo Milk
www.tokyo-milk.com 

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature, Quote of the Week
08/30/2012

Fabulous Feature: Dress Form and Ribbon Organizer

Function, beauty, and inspiration.  Not everything in our workspace can meet those criteria.  But today’s Fabulous Feature from Patricia certainly has all 3 of those things covered.  It doesn’t always happen where everything meshes as well  as it does in this dress form and ribbon organizer.

“I have a wee little studio that sits under a huge Spruce tree surrounded by lovely English gardens.  When I say ‘wee,’ it’s 100 s.f. of bliss.  I have so many things that I love about my Studio, but two things stand out.  Sorry, I couldn’t narrow it down to just one.”  (It’s okay Patricia I can’t really blame you for loving both.  I certainly do.)

Photo Credit:
Patricia Mackey
Tippy Stockton Jewelry
www.tippystockton.com

“First is Pearl.  She is my beautiful dress form.  Pearl is the perfect size 8, never says a bad word about anyone, and she looks amazing in anything she wears . . . especially when she is draped with my jewels.”

“Second best thing is my ribbon holder.  I love that I can look at this little cabinet and see everything that I need for wrapping my packages for my customers.  Each cubby is coordinated by color.  Can you tell what my favorite color is?  The cubby is actually a closet shoe rack that we attached with brackets right to the wall.  It’s perfect :)”

  

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
No Comments Filed Under: Decor, Feature
08/28/2012

Feature :

Tuesday’s Inspiration

Welcome to our quote of the week series.  We feature inspirational quotes and artwork each Tuesday to bring a little smile to your face and inspiration for your week.

Anne-Sophie Rutsaert
www.correspondances.com

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature, Quote of the Week
08/23/2012

Fabulous Feature: It’s a Sign

What brings a smile to your face each day?  When you walk into your workspace what are you automatically drawn to?  It’s the little things that make our space our own. There are always one or two things that you just adore above all others; whether you have an enormous studio, tiny cubicle, or an entire workshop.  Lu has seen the sign (literally and figuratively) and share it with us today.

Photos courtesy of Lu 
Artistic Works by Lu
www.gettheLUlook.com

“I adore this sign because it reminds me of why I started in the jewelry industry. It is not just about the jewelry designs, it is about how they make you feel when you wear them! I want my customers to feel beautiful…everyday!” 

“This sign mostly just justifies my clutter. I use it as an excuse not to clean up my beads because I believe it improves my creative energy!”

 We want to feature the items you love.  And if you want to be featured we’d adore hearing from you:

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
No Comments Filed Under: Decor, Feature
08/21/2012

Feature :

Tuesday’s Inspiration

Welcome to our quote of the week series.  We feature inspirational quotes and artwork each Tuesday to bring a little smile to your face and inspiration for your week.

The Borealis Press
www.theborealispress.net 

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature, Quote of the Week
08/16/2012

Fabulous Feature: Books, Ornaments, and Lights

Each week we feature favorite items from your studio.  And sometimes it is hard to choose just one.  That is the case when it comes to Cindy Ann.  She sent me so many lovely photos of items in her studio, I couldn’t just feature one.  So I chose three.  And you’ll see why when you look at these books, ornaments, and lights.

All photos courtesy of Cindy Ann
Blu Penny
www.blupenny.com

“I love my books. They are a great source of inspiration and taking a moment to thumb through them is always a great way of jumpstarting my creativity.”

“I have my inspirational ornaments hung all around my studio as little reminders to what I’m doing this all for – to dream and live a beautiful life.”

“I needed to warm up the place a bit so I picked up some chinese lantern style lights and hung them in a group from the celling. “

We want to feature the items you love.  And if you want to be featured we’d adore hearing from you:

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
2 Comments Filed Under: Decor, Feature
08/14/2012

Feature :

Tuesday’s Inspiration

Welcome to our quote of the week series.  We feature inspirational quotes and artwork each Tuesday to bring a little smile to your face and inspiration for your week.

quote of the week

The New Yorker
Cartoon by Alex Gregory and Conde Nast
Published by Nelson Line
www.nelsonline.com

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature, Quote of the Week
08/13/2012

Thank You!

As I mentioned Friday, it is always an honor for Jo, or Where Women Create, to be featured on websites, in stories, or even mentioned in passing in the grocery store.  Each instance is met with the greatest amount of appreciation.  From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!

Today we want to thank Steven Pressfield, from Steven Pressfield Online, for the lovely mention of Jo Packham’s book, Where Women Create:

“There must be a hundred or so workspaces illustrated–studios for weavers, potters, decoupage artists, sculptors, carvers. What struck me was the sacredness of all these spaces, each one created by a different artist following only her own instincts and the requirements of her craft.”

To read the rest of Steven’s mention visit the article at: http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2010/04/writing-wednesdays-33-having-a-practice-part-two/.

No Comments Filed Under: Authors, Business, Feature
08/10/2012

Feature, Feature

It is always a pleasure to be featured in or interviewed for an article.  Jo recently spoke with Jennifer Forker, from The Associated Press, about one of her true loves, studios.  And as you know from Where Women Create, Jo adores studios and the women behind them.  Here is just a little of what was shared in the article:

“You have to decide what you’re going to do there and what you love,” says Jo Packham, editor of Where Women Create, a quarterly magazine in which women write about their own creative spaces.

“I love containers. I love little bottles, and everything has to be very organized,” Packham says about her own Ogden, Utah, studio.

We invite you to read the entire article and support the other fabulous people featured in the article:  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/artists-create-studios-personal-16955951

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature
08/09/2012

Fabulous Feature: Sticky Business

I love it when we feature items from the workspace you love, your own.  Your favorite item doesn’t always have to be decor or furniture.  Sometimes the item you love or use the most is actually a tool like an Elmer’s Glue Pen. It’s perfect for any of the sticky business you may be up to in your studio, office, or workspace.

A glue pen from elmer's

image credit
Lisa Marie Troch
The Cherry On Top
http://lmtroch.blogspot.be/ 

“That Elmer’s Glue Pen is essential for me.  The tiny tip at one end allows you to glue the most minuscule objects without getting glue everywhere.  The other end is a flat opening for larger objects.  This item is more precious than gold because I can’t buy it where I live and have yet to find as good a replacement.  So, I beg my friends in the States to send me some and use is as sparing as possible. Hehehe…”

We want to feature the items you love.  And if you want to be featured we’d adore hearing from you:

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.
No Comments Filed Under: Feature
08/07/2012

Feature :

Tuesday’s Inspiration

Normal People Are So Boring.

Just Wink
www.just-wink.com

No Comments Filed Under: Feature, Quote of the Week
08/02/2012

Fabulous Feature: Rolling Red Cart

Workspaces aren’t always offices, studios, or even shops.  Sometimes we spend our time creating on the go.  That is why this week’s fabulous feature is a lovely red rolling kitchen cart.  It’s pretty, functional, and on wheels.  What’s not to like? 

(photo credit)
Melissa Brac
www.melissa-eclecticbloggista.blogspot.com

“My rolling kitchen cart is functional, practical and attractive.  It has one top drawer with room for small items such as pens, embellishments, rulers, adhesives, scissors, ribbons, etc.  It also has two wood framed doors that hide a shelf and generous storage space to put away my larger tools along with my work-in-progress. Having wheels on the cart provides freedom of movement so I can roll  my project into the living room or screened-in porch whenever I want a change of view- or whenever the table has to be set for dinner!”

 

We want to feature the items you love.  And if you want to be featured we’d adore hearing from you:

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.

 

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature
07/31/2012

Feature :

Tuesday’s Inspiration

The Borealis Press
Photograph-Rick Dublin 
www.borealispress.net

1 Comment Filed Under: Feature, Quote of the Week
07/29/2012

A Month of Fabulous Features

We love featuring the items you love.  Here is a peek on what we’ve featured this month.  And if you want to be featured we’d love to hear from you:

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.

 

Whimsical Chair

 

Office Cat

 

Vintage Drum Carder

 

Chalkboard Shelf

 

No Comments Filed Under: Business, Feature
07/26/2012

Fabulous Feature: Chalkboard Shelf

Who doesn’t love getting little inspirational notes?  What if you got them while at work from one of your fabulous co-workers?  That is what makes this week’s feature, a chalkboard shelf, so special.  It allows Ava to recieve inspiration throughout the week.

Ava Herceg, Sr. Producer
www.creativebug.com

“We found an old drawer at a salvage yard in Bay View, painted the back with Chalkboard Paint and hung it up on the wall behind my desk. Our Art Director, Sam O’Leary, draws me inspirational messages when he sees I need them. I display these alongside favorite Instagram pictures and sentimental trinkets. Whenever I need a visual break from my computer I just spin my chair around and rearrange the display!”

We want to feature the items you love.  And if you want to be featured we’d adore hearing from you:

***We would love to feature your favorite item in your studio, craft room, office, or workspace.  Email wherewomencreatesm @ gmail.com with the following items:

  • High Quality Image of your item
  • Web address to link to
  • Name
  • Brief reason of why that item is your favorite.

 

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