My Creativity Blog

My husband loves to watch Do-It-Yourself programs.  I think some of the most creative people in the world take one thing and use it to create something else entirely.  For example you can install beautiful counter tops made from recycled glass.  We watched a show where a man built his own company turning old composite [...]

The Grimes County Fair begins Saturday, June 4th.  For one week, the county is extremely busy as kids show off the best of their animal projects, cooking abilities, and creative arts entries.  The community comes out to support the youth as spectators and as buyers of both animals, food, and art. As the mother of [...]

Learn more on How To Develop Your Child’s Creativity

Every single child born into this world comes with a set of talents. Some are gifted with more and some with less. Nevertheless, they are all blessed with one talent or the other. There is never an individual born into the world with no talent whatsoever. Every single person has some talent. So the next [...]

Today you have a chance to view the results of an online art show. The show is sponsored through Art For Homeschool. You may have seen the links to the blog on a widget or in the information about me. On Art For Homeschool I started an online art show for homeschool students.  I did [...]

Ever find a book you did not know you had? I was cleaning out my bookcase when I ran across an old book titled, Creative Teaching in Art.  I have no idea where this book came from.  It may have been given to me by someone when I started writing my creativity blog. I must [...]

What does it mean to be a patron of the arts? According to Dictionary.com a patron is “a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like”.  You can be a patron in many different ways.  Giving money is not the only way to support the [...]