My friend, Sarah, is making her way to Senegal on Sunday for one whole year of studying abroad! Tonight a group of us from La Maison went to her going-away party. Anna made her a card for us to sign (shaped like Africa) and I made this bookmark because we all know she loves to [...]

Things have been relatively bland lately. Lately being since Aaron was last here. I have had one shining high, though: this afternoon.
There was nothing very special about today. Perhaps it was the beautiful weather (although I haven’t experienced a non-beautiful day since I came back to town). Maybe it was that I ran some errands, [...]

Anna invited me to check out one of her classes Friday morning. It’s an art entrepreneurial class where a different speaker comes in every week to lead a new activity. This week was visual journaling, lead by Lisa Sonora Beam. Her book, The Creative Entrepreneur, is a “DIY visual guidebook for making business ideas real” [...]

Did you know that doodling can be methodical? Even meditative? The Zentangle, a term coined by Maria & Rick, gives a whole new meaning to the countless scribbles sketched on scraps of paper every day.

One day, Maria told Rick what she experienced as she drew background patterns on a manuscript she was creating. She described [...]