Heart Notes: Gifts and basking

It's that season in Nova Scotia, Canada
where we bundle up in our parkas and sit outside on a sunny day drinking tea and listening to the birds. Each sunny day feels like a gift. A gift of ease and potential warmth. Here’s an excerpt from my journal in my latest blog post Accepting gifts and basking.

Wearable art anyone?
If you've been following me for a while you already know that I love fashion. And Canadian-made, slow fashion, don't get me started! I've been exploring putting photographs of my textile work on clothing and am having a lot of fun! I posted a short video recently of me opening my first shipment from Le Galeriste. I'm in love with their materials and am so pleased with how photographs of my textured artwork turned out on the fabrics. Have a look at the video (please excuse the wild hair - too many hats, too much winter). Let me know what you think by hitting reply to this email.

Renegade Conversations - Season Two has launched!
Nancy Regan was my guest on Renegade Conversations, for Season Two, Episode Seven. It was a rollicking, heartfelt, vulnerable and sometimes funny conversation. You can check it out on YouTube here, or wherever you get your podcasts as an audio version.

If you would like to be notified each time a new episode launches, please subscribe to my YouTube channel . (Plus it would really help me in my efforts to attract sponsors :).)

Check out my latest Artworks in progress below. I hope you like them!

Keep reading for Upcoming Classes and Events and more.

Upcoming Classes & Events

Booking now for 2024
Spots available for speaking, workshop and team building facilitation and custom designs for your conference or organization (in person or virtual). Limited spots to work with me one to one over Zoom also available.

Stories are Made Loop by Loop, a travelling exhibit, curated by Susan Feller. Artists in this exhibit are Domenica Zara Queen, West Virginia, Cheryl Bollenbach, Tennessee, Terri Todd, Virginia, Karen Miller, Ontario, Canada, Meryl Cook, Nova Scotia, Canada, Mary Tayliegh Lopez, British Columbia, Canada and Elizabeth Miller, Maine. This exhibit will be at the following locations:
July 12 - October 7, 2023 - Virginia Quilt Museum
March to June 2024 - Juliet Art Museum at Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
July 5 - September 11, 2024 - The Dairy Barn Art Center
September - December, 2024 - Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Link to the Stories are Made Loop by Loop catalogue.

March 13 - 3pm Atlantic
I'll be doing an Instagram Live with Sian Evans of My Menopause Self Care Coach. We will be talking about journaling, menopause and becoming our inner wild selves. How to find your voice and be wild with purpose.

March 20, 1pm Atlantic - Journaling for Creating Space - Webinar
Join me for this FREE online webinar. In this 30-minute webinar discover:
Why journal?; Tapping into the body feeling and Dreaming wildly. For more information and to register.

March 21 - Relaunch of Creating Space
Are you ready to make a change, reinvent yourself, and make time for self care and creativity? Are you on the cusp of seeing your potential to be a better version of yourself and you want to know how to do this? Would you like to find your voice and be wild with purpose? Each week I will send you a writing/sketching prompt. And you can share your response to the prompt with me directly. If you need more and would like some individual time with me, there are options to book time with me. Sign up today for this FREE resource.

September 20 - October 02
TIGHR Triennial Conference
I'll be attending this international conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. I've been invited to participate in a panel discussion and teach a class.
October 2, 9-11
The Therapeutic Benefits of Fibre Art panel discussion
October 2, 2-5
Chakra Colours by Design class.
Registration begins in March and is open to TIGHR members.

Work one to one with me
Are you feeling burnt out and needing to reconnect with joy and a sense of purpose? Perhaps you are blocked and needing help to get in the flow again. I help you discover the steps to find your joy and access your creative soul. Book your Individual Connection Session today. Packages of three sessions with me are also available.

Artwork in Progress

I am working on a new abstract piece called Spacious. It is inspired by my intention for the year to be more spacious with myself. The words from my journal that are written around the edges of the design are "Spacious, open, restful, allowing, 'Let it Be', uncluttered, expansive, clear." Here's a link to a video of me working on it. While you're there, consider subscribing to my YouTube channel!

If you would like to own one of my fibre art creations, take a look at my gallery or contact me. Custom designs also available.