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Ahhhh. the Holiday Season is Upon Us * You know, every Fall there is one day when it really hits you. The holidays are coming. Today was the day it REALLY hit me. It happened in the parking lot of … Continue reading →

As I write this Creative Nudge newsletter, I have just finished my stay at the Color Marketing Group Fall conference in Portland, OR. People always ask me after this conference – What is the "hot color" right now? I always … Continue reading →

What a crazy week this has been! After a week in Houston at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, I flew home for a day, and now I am in Portland OR for the Color Marketing Group conference. I should buy … Continue reading →

When I travel, I always make time to visit a museum or art gallery. I enjoy not only looking at the art, but also watching the people who come to look at the art. We can learn a lot by … Continue reading →

There is an old quilting urban legend told by sales reps – it is the tale of the golden thread. One day a sales rep for a thread company came into a quilt shop and told the owner that she … Continue reading →

I guess I am lucky that one of my 3 children has developed an avid interest in quilting and fabrics. They say that quilting and sewing tends to skip a generation in families. Although I learned about sewing from my … Continue reading →

Here in Boulder, we are having our first Frost of the season tonight. Over the weekend we had snow up in the mountains, and this morning when I dropped off the kids at school, there were parents pulling into the … Continue reading →

Beauty for the Sake of … Beauty One day last year, on one of my overseas trips, I came across this amazing ornamented building. I had just spent the day at a national art museum, and as I strolled down … Continue reading →

Do you censor your Internal Artist? Were you told as a child that you were not creative? Were you raised to accept that creative time was a waste of time…worthy of guilt? If so, you are not alone. I can't … Continue reading →

National Good Neighbor Day Do you remember when everyone left their doors unlocked, Brownies went door to door selling cookies without a chaperone, new neighbors were welcomed with a pie or cake, and there was no such thing as Road … Continue reading →