Looking Forward to the New Year




I hope everyone is having a Happy Holiday Season. I certainly do not mind the rush of the season being over! When you run a creative business, it is always hectic during the holidays! The rush starts in September and does not let up until a few days before Christmas! I am sure that I have a least a pound of glitter in my lungs! Anyone who has one of my ornaments knows I put lots of fine glitter on them, so that they can glisten in the dim tree lights.

I usually post a photo of one of my latest creations, however, my latest creations are not quite ready for exposure yet. I thought I would share a photo of our creative baking day. I helped my children make sugar cookies(above). I think they did a great job! It was fun & messy, too! I am sure they will remember the fun we had for years to come!

I know everyone is looking forward to a New Year! Hopefully, next year I will not stay absent from my blog. I will try to make it a goal to post at least monthly to update you on the latest in my creative journey. As of right now, I will be attending the Atlanta Gift Show in January. I am so excited about attending. I will be going to check out the Licensing & Design section. I want to see the layout, how things work and to visit with a few designers that I have met along my journey.

Hopefully, with the New Year will come some new goals that I will set for myself. Number one on the list is developing collections needed for licensing. Since I am "real new" at licensing, the "developing collections" is something I really have to wrap my head around! It will come, in due time! Well I am off to think something creative! Until next time~Carmen b.

Something Beachy



I have been away from my blog for quite awhile. I haven't even been on facebook or TWITTER! That is hard to believe!! I have been working like a busy bee designing all kinds of fun stuff, so I guess I have been rather busy. I am starting to build a portfolio in hopes of moving towards the art licensing industry so that has taken up much of my spare time. Not to mention, I have two children that keep me EXTREMELY busy!

I am going to take some "Me" time this weekend. I am going to the beach with my "scrapbooking buddies" It is just the girls! No Kids, No responsiblities! I am not sure how much scrapbooking I will get done, since I create non-stop most of the time! Just being away from it all will be good!

I have decided to post a photo of a large canvas and wall painting I did for a client when I was doing custom work. It has been almost two years since I did this work. I went to see her today and while I was there, I FINALLY got to take the photos. I thought it would be a nice picture for my readers, since we are saying good-bye to summer. I hope you find some inspiration from them. It was certainly a fun project to do.

Enjoy these last warm days while they last!

Until next time!~Carmen b.