I used to be an avid quilter and when my daughter got married I promised them a wedding quilt. I’m not always on time with my handcrafted gifts, especially for something as big as a quilt. But when their 5-year anniversary rolled around and I was nowhere near being finished, I knew something had to […]
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Creative Thinking for The Blogging Bee
Last week Chris Kirsch and I were excited to kick off The Blogging Bee, a collaborative venture in teaching fiber-istas the fine art of blogging. Today I’m going to approach The Blogging Bee from an art director’s view. I want to share our creative thinking and explain just how it is campaigns such as ours come to be. Our Challenge One day months […]
Introducing The Blogging Bee! (No April Fools!)
It’s April 1 but there are no April Fools here! Today Adunate is proud to announce an exciting new venture: The Blogging Bee! It all started months ago with a random idea from quilter extraordinaire Chris Kirsch. Chris is a long time client, but even more importantly she’s my dear friend and walking partner. One day […]
Celebrating Arts Day 2015
Today is Arts Day 2015 in Wisconsin, meaning right now there are energetic and motivated people at Madison’s Central Library speaking up for the arts. They believe arts are integral to our education, our economy and our quality of life. They’re encouraging Wisconsin’s legislature to invest in the arts and creative development. I wish I could be there. Instead, I can appreciate […]
A Study of Texture
I’m continuing my photography classes and this semester I’m studying lighting. Who knew there could be so much to learn about light shining on a subject! It gets a little technical at times but so far I’m managing. One of our assignments was a study in texture. This awesome ball of Chilean Mapuche yarn was […]