August 2010
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By Angela Flicker on August 27, 2010
Yesterday was a day filled with all the things I love: playing in the garden with my daughter, a walk around the neighborhood, cooking, sewing, a glass of wine, and a nice dinner with my family. On the outside it really doesn’t seem like anything extraordinary, but to me, it’s days like these that make [...]
Posted in Canning, Cooking, Daily Monet, Family, Gardening, Herbs, Moment, Recipe |
By Angela Flicker on August 25, 2010
“Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.” -Elbert Hubbard Do you remember my homework assignment –set some goals and organize a plan. Well I’ve been thinking a lot about that these past few days, while [...]
Posted in Business, Goals, Inspiration | Tagged goal planner sheet, s.m.a.r.t goals |
By Angela Flicker on August 23, 2010
“Back to school” seems to be all the buzz these days. Back-to-school sales fill our stores, kids have backpacks filled to the brim with new back-to-school supplies, and moms talk half excited and half sad about how their kids are going back to school. “Back to school” has a little different meaning for us here [...]
Posted in Business, Family, Inspiration |
By Angela Flicker on August 16, 2010
I can’t get sewing out of my head. I feel like a teenager in love, always thinking about sewing, obsessing about it really. Wait, is this a diary entry or a blog post? In all honesty, and putting all silliness aside, I am absolutely smitten and in love with me job. I had my first [...]
Posted in Business, Creative Process, Inspiration, Sewing | Tagged success |
By Angela Flicker on August 11, 2010
Sunday afternoon, I was sitting on the floor of my studio pining the last row of my most recent quilt. My husband and daughter had just gotten home, and while I was “locked” in my studio I heard Monet call for me, “Mommy!?”, asking if I was home. I wanted to finish what I had [...]
Posted in Applique, Family, Inspiration, machine applique, Quilting, Sewing | Tagged "Rooms Hold Memories" |
By Angela Flicker on August 9, 2010
I’m pleased to announce, a guest post from my husband, the sweet and funny, Joshua Flicker. When my wife was introduced to the “blogoshpere,” it immediately sucked her in. She became a new person both literally and figuratively. Now she isn’t just Angela, she has also become The Artists’ House, the name of her blog. [...]
Posted in Guest Post |
By Angela Flicker on August 7, 2010
Congratulations Eleise, from One Artsy Mama, you’re our lucky winner!
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By Angela Flicker on August 6, 2010
NOTE: Giveaway ends at noon today. Follow this link, leave a comment, and you could win! Because people, smiles, and laughter, more than anything else, is truly what makes a house a home, here is this weeks “moment”… “{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from [...]
Posted in Daily Monet, Moment |
By Angela Flicker on August 4, 2010
The above images are scans of machine applique blocks I’ve made. Eventually they will be featured in a retro quilt I’m currently making. These images are available as giclee prints in my etsy shop. They can also be purchases as greeting cards. I’m so excited to finish this quilt! Along with the above images, I’m [...]
Posted in Applique, Baby, Giveaway, machine applique, Quilting, Sewing | Tagged craft lake city 2010, fine art greeting cards, giclee prints, retro quilt |
By Angela Flicker on August 2, 2010
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Most days, my ambitions are impossible to ignore. They control me, and responding to them is not a question, [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Uncategorized | Tagged spare moments |
