On keeping your ideas organized
How to use Notes app on iPhone to gather your thoughts, keep ideas in one place together with photos, etc.
Author: Ana Buzzalino
Ana has been teaching quilting since 1986. Ana loves traditional quilting techniques but started using innovative machine techniques and surface design techniques around 2002. Her quilts have won international, national as well as local awards. Ana is a frequent contributor to Quilting Arts Magazine and has appeared in several seasons of Quilting Arts TV.
Wonderful, wonderful Spooonflower
Creating magazine paper collages has been a lot of fun: going through the magazines looking for papers to use. It followed that printing on fabric needed to be done. Read on …
What a difference a week makes …
A much better week than a few back. Lots of stuff going on around the house: cleaning, culling, gettting rid of things I don’t use anymore … And finishing some work.
On navigating a difficult week
On navigating a difficult week. Finding help. Talking to friends. And crying a lot.
A week full of “stuff”
What’s been going on in my Studio this past week: a mixture of cleaning, creating and dealing with the everyday.
Summer … don’t go yet!
Summer. Warm days and cool nights in Calgary. And I am excited to be preparing for a studio sale and cleaning and reorganizing my studio in the basement. Stay tuned … it’s going to be great!
A thank you to my hands
I don’t normally give much thought to my hands. We are so used to having them and doing with them. But hands are more than just practical and diverse. They’re symbolic. Hands can represent giving, and love. But also taking and hatred.
On cutting papers and creating stories
I have been creating collages using magazine images. And writing stories in my mind that matter just to me. A great way to spend quiet time and collect your thoughts.
I am inspired …
On reorganizing and rearranging and getting rid of stuff in order to clear the mind and make space for creativity.
A healthier happy, a healthier you
Healthy positivity doesn’t mean you should never be sad or have a bad day. It means you approach everyday challenges in a more productive way.