…thinking you YOU!!

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You really are!

I have been trying to juggle many pens and paintbrushes in the air
and this poor blog gets so neglected.  
This year has started off with a bang.
I am teaching and traveling like a mad woman and 
have just returned from 
art events in Anaheim, CA,  Las Vegas, NV and Ontario, Canada.
Talk about being all over the place!
It’s all good.
  Loving the beautiful souls that i am 
so blessed to meet along the way, in person and online.
So much creative bliss, pure joy.
It’s awesome meeting face to face, my best art friends 
that i never met in person!

Check out MY 2013 TEACHING SCHEDULE.  
Will i be meeting YOU this year??
Just popped in to let you know…
You are LOVED…
 a lot!

….see you at midnight?

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…i can’t believe how excited i am about my new online class


Come join us for an inspiring creative adventure that will make your own personal (even if you think it’s crummy) handwriting look like a million bucks.  We’ll be making “Louvre worthy” art in 28 lessons!  Well, maybe the Louvre in our minds!


LIVE IN REAL TIME
 February 1-28, 2013, 
28 LESSONS 
28 VIDEOS 
LIVE NETWORKING 
FOREVER ACCESS
….what’s not to love?  
It’s like buying a book, really.
Hope you’ll join us!
“LETTER LOVE 201: Lettering As Art”
$38

…getting this arty party started!!

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…….ABCDEFGeeeee Won’t you come and play with me????
…a color full pile of handmade business cards i made,
 all original little artworks to share at CHA…

I’m off to CHA (Craft and Hobby Association trade show) this weekend in Anaheim, CA to demo, work and play.  This is the international event where all the manufacturers of any creative product come to celebrate and showcase their wares.  Attending the show is like being at an artsy Disneyland!!  But then again, Disneyland is only 2 blocks from the Convention Center, so it will surely be the happiest place on earth!

Have you seen the January/February 2013 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors??  That’s my painted and free motion stitched art on the cover!  There’s also my article in the issue on how to create this painted and stitched art with muslin and batting.  

Here is the issue with the original art that just arrived back home to me.  
It’s a dream come true to be the “cover girl”!

…i was so thrilled to see the issue on the shelf at Wegmans, my local grocery store!

So now, let’s get on with the arty party!
Hoping we can create together this year, check out my 2013 teaching schedule…

So far, i’ve scheduled 11 teaching events in 2013.  
I can’t tell you how excited i am to be on the road sharing creativity with like minded souls.  
Registration is open for most of these events  and classes are filling quickly.  
Just click on each link to view class samples and details. 

  Will i be in your area?  

Come and explore, and let’s create together….experience artful hand lettering, whimsical colorful painting, awesome alphabets, decorative doodling, juicy journaling, painting fabric, free motion sewing and more! 

February 15-17, 2013- THE ART HOUSE, Canada
March 1-3, 2013, SCRAPPERS PLAYGROUND, Long Island, NY (coming soon)
March 8-10, 2013- THE QUEENS INK-Savage, MD
April 3-6, 2013- ART & SOUL RETREAT, Kansas City, MO
April 26-28, 2013- WHIM SO DOODLE- St. Petersburg, FL (coming soon)
May 28-June 2, 2013-“CREATE” RETREAT/, Irvine, CA
July 17-21, 2013-“CREATE” RETREAT-Somerset, NJ
August 1-5, 2013- “ART UNRAVELED”-Phoenix, AZ
August 21-25, 2013- “CREATE RETREAT”-Lisle, IL (coming soon)

September 15-22, 2013- “ADVENTURES IN ITALY”, Orvieto, Italy
October 10-11, 2013- “ART IS YOU”-Stamford, CT (coming soon)

Looking forward to sharing more 
of this artful journey with YOU 
and i’ll see you somewhere!


…to BE….

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 …Happy 2013 my friends!  
May it BE all that you hope for filled with 
good health, true happiness and a whole bunch of love and laughter.
I love the word “BE”.  
While many of my friends were busy planning their “word of the year”, i struggled a little to come up with that word before January 1st.  
I just couldn’t embrace a word that really spoke to me at this point in my life.  
I am so very blessed and content and i needed a word that reminded me to savor life’s moments.  

My 2013 “life word” is “BE”….
…it’s my favorite word…it speaks to my soul….we have so much to BE every day. 
This year i will BE happy, healthy, content, curious, and prayerful.  
I will BE grateful, kind, content, quiet and patient.  
And this year i will BE a mother in law!
…I will just BE… 
…i will BE who i was created to BE…
(and i mean it!)
….and set the world on fire!
What will you BE in 2013?
  
…be blessed…
joanne

…did someone say "MORE letter lovin’"???

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Couldn’t keep it in any longer… 
MY BRAND NEW CLASS!!  
“LETTER LOVE 201”-Lettering As Art
…Lipstick not required, but suggested!  

An awesome post holiday event to help beat the blues.  
Come get “letter sassy”, artsy and fabulous in 
my new lettering class launching in just 8 weeks.
  
Wouldn’t this class be a perfect stocking stuffer???

I’m so excited about teaching some BRAND NEW lessons with crazy fun videos, a wealth of techniques and more inspired projects to help you master your artful lettering skills.  

So today i am  announcing my annual Letter Love class that will debut on my birthday February 1, 2013. I have a million ideas buzzing around in my head at any given time, and the good thing about that is that i have so much to share.  This is the case with my new lettering class “LETTER LOVE 201″-Lettering As Art.  You thought you liked Letter Love 101?  You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.  Email me (jzsharpe@yahoo.com) about “gifting a class”, it’s a perfect gift for your best artsy friends and family.  Hope you’ll join us!  (*LETTER LOVE 101 not required)


LETTER LOVE 201- “Lettering As Art”
Explore 28 brand new techniques, concepts and projects
 to add sophistication to your artful hand lettering.
28 NEW VIDEO LESSONS
*FOREVER ACCESS*SELF PACED*NETWORKING GROUPS*
CLASS GOES LIVE February 1-28, 2013

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
$38

***You’ll have a Paypal receipt upon purchase and on
 December 15, 2012 you’ll receive a welcome letter and classroom access with supply list information
 from Joanne Sharpe, Instructor.