Artistically Speaking Talk Show/Cre8Tive Compass

Tonight we have guest host Ronique Gibson from Stagetecture.com. Please join Ronique for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. You've taken the plunge into entrepreneurship! Learn tips for hiring a virtual assistant, getting organized and more! Ronique will share tips for how she left her 9 to 5 career to pursue her passion and create a living that provides value for herself and homeowners.

Tonight we have guest host Ronique Gibson from Stagetecture.com. Please join Ronique for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Trying to find a way to leave your 9 to 5 and pursue your passion? Whether you love or hate your job it’s still possible to pursue your passion in life and become an entrepreneur! Ronique will share tips for how she left her 9 to 5 career to pursue her passion and create a living that provides value for herself and homeowners.

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Today self-taught Zentangle® artist, Sandra Strait,  joins Rebecca for fu with doodles!!!  She posts daily on her  blogs ( http://lifeimitatesdoodles.blogspot.com/  & http://lifeimitatesdoodles.wordpress.com/). Sandra is on the Design Team for Viva Las Vegastamps! and reviews products for  Exaclair, Stillman & Birn, Daycraft, and Shoplet. 

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Today I chat with Lisa Solomon, author of Knot Thread Stitch! Lisa’s mixed media works revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and masculine and feminine triggers. She is drawn to found objects altering them conceptually so that their meanings and original uses or intents are re-purposed. She often fuses “wrong” things together – recontextualizing their original purposes, and incorporating materials that question the line between art and craft. Lisa’s work has been featured in many books, and her drawings and installations have been featured in numerous national and international venues. Visit her online at http://www.lisasolomon.com.

Artistically Speaking with Rebecca E. Parsons

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. This week we will chat with Ronique Gibson, Archictect, Author, Blogger and Home Stager, who combined her passions to create the popular blog Stagetecture. We also delve into her e-book "111 Simple Tips for your Everyday Home." Don't miss this one!!!

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Today I chat with the fascinating artist Alena Hennessy who has long been fascinated with nature and the outdoors. After art school, Alena did an independent study in Florence, Italy, where she began to get down to what she loved in art and in life: simplicity, stillness and a sense of little things relating to one another, all peaceful and quiet. Since that time, Alena focuses on what she loves best, making art and thoughtfully designed products available to people everywhere, everyday. She has created custom art and designs for Target, Urban Outfitters, ABC Studios, Galison/Mudpuppy, Papyrus, Monique Lllulier, Lark & Loon, and the City of Chapel Hill, among others. Alena's work has been published in Dwell, Readymade, Redbook, Natural Health, The Washington Post, ME Home Companion, Victoria and numerous design blogs. Her paintings and wares can be found in numerous boutiques and galleries across the States and abroad. She has exhibited her paintings in such places as New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, Berkeley, Raleigh, Asheville, ChapelHill, Atlanta and Rochester, NH. Alena is a practitioner in plant spirit medicine, yoga and energy healing. She teaches workshops in museums and artcenters on the creative process, yoga, movement and manifestation. She currently resides in Asheville, NC. Visit her online at http://www.alenahennessy.com.

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here.

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Rebecca chats with Pluckyfluff creator Lexi Boeger who has forged a new genre in the craft of handspinning. With the publication of Handspun Revolution (self-published) in 2003, and Intertwined (Quarry, 2007)) a small cult interest has literally become the revolution it was rumored to be. Lexi has been a working artist, writer, and designer for twenty years and brings the perspectives and knowledge gained in these fields to the craft of spinning. She has brought creative spinning to the attention of the international art world through art yarn exhibitions and workshops, and has helped to permanently blur the line between art and craft. Boeger currently produces new works from her studio in California.

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Today we visit with artist Jacqueline Moore and color muse Debra Disman.

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Today I chat with Autumn Carpenter, a skilled sugar artist, demonstrator, teacher, and author. She is the author of The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating and a third generation candy-maker and confectionery artist. She is part-owner of a retail cake and candy supply shop and has a successful web site: http://www.autumncarpenter.com and popular blog: http://autumncarpenter.wordpress.com.

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Today we have Suzi Blu artist and author of Mixed Media Girls... Known for her quirky videos and down to earth style, Suzi Blu is a leader in teaching art to women all over the world through her online school Les Petites Academy. She lives in a gypsy cottage in San Diego, California with her best pet friends Gigi Rainbow Sparkle and Finnegan Glitter Sunshine Magic. She encourages everyone to be an artist. Visit her blog at http://suziblu.typepad.com. 

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Our special guest today is Kerry Vincent, Television Personality, Master Sugar Artist, Author, Freelance Writer, Event Producer and so much more. Learn about the art of sugar and cake decorating and about the life and lifestyle of this remarkable woman. This one is not to be missed!!!

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Tonight I talk to Lisa Fulmer about her new vBook coming out in May, crafting, and craziness. Lisa is the Communications Manager for C&T Publishing. Dale Anne Potter talks about books too in the cloosing segment!!! You can't miss this one...sure to be loads of fun!!

Please join Rebecca for lively chats with artists and crafters about their lives and lifestyles. Every artist has a story...we tell them here. Tonight we have bloggers Deb Thompson of http://justshortofcrazy.com/ & Christy Gossett of http://www.insanityisnotanoption.com talking crafting, DIY and much more. Then Color Muse Deb Disman joins in.