I am so glad you are here!
Welcome to my site! I am so excited to introduce you to my custom art pieces and share a bit of life with you through my blog. I am determined to become the woman God wants me to be and I believe that path includes glorifying Him in all that I do. This blog is a testament to my everyday journey through faith, family, friendship, service and creativity.
Fruit of the Spirit SPRING BREAK Workshop!
It’s too long to wait for Summer Camp! How about a Spring Break Workshop?!My Fruit of the Spirit Banner is the perfect introduction to the art techniques and supplies we’ll use in Walk this Way Art Camp this summer! This is also a great chance to meet me, see and create in my home studio…
Art Camp: 12-14 year olds
Faith, Art, Nature, Community, Mindfulness, Self-Discovery, Journaling, Friendship. 1p-4pm M-F Monday-Thursday, we will create at my home studio in Rochester, MN. Friday we will spend all day at Quarry Hill Park creating in nature, hiking and exploring. Our big project will be creating an art portfolio that they will fill to the brim with their…
Art Camp Dates!
AE{art} Camp 2025: FOLLOW ME{A Creative exploration through Psalm 23} Art camp will take place at my home art studio this year! I would like to invite the girls into the way I create, how I invite God in, to feel the peaceful retreat of my studio AND to really be loved on in a…
AE {art} Camp 2025
Mixed media, collage, book-making, color-mixing and faith. Snips and sneaks for now….dates and info coming soon!
Word of the Year 2025
✨A note on WOTY Art Blocks 2024✨This has been a really hard decision: I am NOT making WOTY blocks this year. Ugh! I know this leaves a gaping hole in some of your collections and that tugs at my heartstrings. I’ve been taking time off from selling in order to practice my art. To take…
Summer Berries
✨AE{art} Palette Prompt: Summer Berries✨ Supplies used: smooth Bristol paper, watercolors, watercolor markers, Neo Color II, black stabilo pencil, patterned paper, alphabet stamps, ink, scissors, glue stick. After painting my strawberries, I cut them out and arranged them in a bowl that I cut out of patterned paper. So cute!! Next, I added a hand…
Art Prompt 3: Summer Berries
✨AE {art} “Summer Slow Down” Palette Prompt THREE✨ Prompt: SUMMER BERRIES Use your choice of medium (watercolors, colored pencils, etc) and your choice of paper and album size. Enjoy the process and do a little or as much as you’d like. Let the palette inspire your nexts steps: perhaps sketch and paint your Summer Berries!…
AE{art} Palette Prompt 2 Painting
I’m so inspired by this “Potted Flowers” Palette Prompt that I’ve been creating away- based just on ONE photo! Supplies Used: Smooth Bristol Paper, watercolors, colored pencils, Neo Color II and a black Stabilo pencil for outlining. After creating this palette, I was inspired to practice sketching begonia’s which led to me painting them. This…
Taking inspiration from your Daily Devotional
At art camp this summer, I used this devo, “Playing in the Dirt,” to inspire several of our art prompts. After reading a daily scripture + story (Devo) + prayer, I’d ask, “what pictures/ images came to mind as you read the devotional?” Sometimes it’s the verse itself that inspires or the words the author…
Prompt 2: Potted Flowers
I’m so inspired by this “Potted Flowers” Palette Prompt that I’ve been creating away- based just on my photos. In this layout, I used a watercolor album, Neo Color II that I watercolored, Instax Kodak camera, masking tape, a fine-line marker and date stamp. Quick and easy, a great “warm-up” or jumping off point for…