How to have an Amazing Creative Space & Art Studio ~ Creative Spaces from Around the World ~ Artist's Studio Tour!

Where do you Imagine? 

Where do you write?

  Where do you paint?

Where do you create?

Where do you keep your favorite books?

Where do you express yourself?

Do you have a room of your own?

I am lucky enough to belong to the most AMAZING online community of creative friends!  They have shared THEIR creative spaces and art studios with me so that I could be inspired by them and share them with YOU!  Recently (FINALLY) I scored an entire room of my own in my house to use for my Creative Space.  I can’t wait to set it up.  I have a lot of sorting out to do before I get organized, and then even more organizing to do before I am sorted out!  That is okay because I am excited about the process and the future of it all.  Right now I am MORE excited to share these wonderful artist's AMAZING CREATIVE SPACES with you:

(Viewing tip that will work now and anytime on the computer ~ Hold the control (Crtl) key down (the whole time) and then click each & every link one at a time... all the browsers will open for you each in a new window and you can look at them one by one!!!)

Laly Mille ~ Studio Tour

Amy Riddle ~ On a Journey Back to Her Wings ~ A 
Room of One's Own

Colorful Creations by Jackie Tury ~ Studio

Michelle Grant Designs ~ Studio & Storage

My Artful Life by Ginger Deverell ~ In Flow

My Artful Life by Ginger Deverell ~ My Cozy Attic Studio

Seasons of Grace & Wisdom ~ Unearthing

Vickie Martin Mixed Media Art ~ MY SACRED SPACES

Suzi Poland ~ Open Studio Tour

Beyond Words Designs ~ New Year, New Studio

Oolala Living the Arty Life ~ Say Ahhhhh

Lulu Beas ~ My Workspace

Tanya Cole Arts ~ Studio Photo A 

Becky Cavender  ~ Writing Studio

SANDYMAIRART  ~ Studio in the Making

Thank You Ladies!!!!!

Do you have a Creative Work~space Blog Post

 or Public Facebook Photo of YOUR  space that

you want me to add here?  Message me at

Poemifyme@gmail.com with the post

 and I will consider adding it here! 

Not sure how to refer to YOUR Creative Space?

Make it something FUN!

How about...

Watercolor Workroom

Crafty Conservatory

Construction Cubby

Sculpting Sunroom

Objects d'Art Office

Invention Junction

Landscape Library

Animation Station

Imaginationarium

Sketchbook Study

Dream Dormitory

Production Patio

Patchwork Porch

Thinking Theater

Painting Parlor
Assembly Room

Drawing Room

Discovery Zone

Designing Den
Graffiti Gallery

Visual Hideout

Ceramics Suite

Innovative Inn

Glue Getaway

Forging Foyer

Woman~Cave

Savvy Studio
MY Room!

Mine will be.... 
MY Room and Imaginationarium!!!!!
YAY!!
I will add pictures of my Imaginationarium
someday when it is all sorted out!


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Thank You School Bus Drivers ~ A Kindness Mission Blog Hop ~ by Karrlin Bain

I am so happy that I get to take part in the Flying Sisters Blog Hop!  (We are "Flying Sisters" because we took Kelly Rae Robert's Flying Lessons together!)  At the end of this post you will be given the link to another wonderful blog post by another creative friend of mine, then at the end of hers will be another link, then at the end of hers.... and so on... until you get all the way back to my blog! We all blog on the same topic... It is a Blog Circle... or a BLOG HOP!

This month's topic is: 

KINDNESS MISSION

as found on (clicky link)

Artist Kelly Rae Roberts
 Kindness Mission Page

My Kindness Mission:

  APPRECIATE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS:

An inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City reads:

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.[1]

The above quote is about mail carriers, but I also think it applies to School Bus Drivers.  The difference is that their cargo is much more precious!

          The only thing that stops our bus drivers is the much beloved "snow day" or, as of late, the "polar vortex".  A bus driver has to work hard to get their special driving license.  I am so impressed by anyone that can drive such a large boxy vehicle.  I would be impressed if the vehicle were empty.  Add in 1 to 75 lovely beings and the feat becomes simply amazing!!!

My Kindness Mission is to

  APPRECIATE OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS by:

1. The "Thank You School Bus Drivers" poem (below) is the cover of a FABULOUS Thank You Book that will be dropped off for the bus drivers to keep in their meeting room.

2. I joined with another teacher to have over 100 local students write thank you letters to bus drivers.  These letters mean an awful lot because they are from grades 6 and 7!!!  The letters include favorite stories about, and appreciations for, their bus drivers. These make up the pages of the book. These student created letters AND poems are simply AMAZING!!

3. CHOCOLATE!! Chocolate will be delivered too! Nothing says thank you like CHOCOLATE treats!

  4.  We can show our appreciation every day by helping school buses out when we see them on the road.  Research universal and local laws in regards to driving near school buses.  Help a driver out by giving them access to the road before you during high traffic times.

I have a special place in my heart for school bus drivers...
Because one of them is my Mom!!!!

Thank You School Bus Drivers

                                        by Karrlin Bain

Thank you school bus drivers

That go the extra mile

Driving safe and caring with

“Good Mornings”

Treats and

Extra smiles

Seating charts and mirror checks

Safely driving kids to school

Bus drivers kind and thoughtful

Gets points for being extra cool

Sometimes they play the radio

Sometimes seat choice is free

The role of bus driver is not simple

This I can easily see

Because sometimes driving my TWO kids

Is hard enough for me

Imagine seventy plus kids

Fog, freezing rain, or snow

They keep our kiddos safe each day

And befriend them as they grow

From tiny tots with GIANT backpacks

To teens refusing coats

So thanks again Bus Drivers

For the many things you do

You are appreciated

For your services so true

  All the lovelies in the Blog Hop have posted their
Kindness Mission:

Heart Soul Create, USA
Ginger Deverell, Canada
Sandy Mair Art, Atlanta
A Gentle Rebellion, Australia
Bag Lady Lulu, USA
Lulu Bea's, USA
You Are Here ~ Karrlin Bain Creates, USA

Thanks to Kelly Rae Roberts for sharing our
 Kindness Mission Blog Hop on her awesome website Here
 
Photo Credits
School Bus in the Sun ~ belongs to Karrlin Bain

Works Cited:
[1]. Wikipedia contributors. "United States Postal Service creed." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 18 Aug. 2013. Web. 24 Jan. 2014.

Thank You School Bus Drivers by Karrlin Bain is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at KarrlinBain.blogspot.com.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at Karrlin Bain Creates.

Gratitude for LOVE by Karrlin Bain

I am so happy that I get to take part in the Flying Sisters Blog Hop every month! At the end of this post you will be given the link to another wonderful blog post by another creative friend of mine, then at the end of hers will be another link, then at the end of hers.... and so on... until you get all the way back to my blog! We all blog on the same topic... It is a Blog Circle. 

This months topic is: "Gratitude" 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Here is my original POEM that provides a SNAPSHOT
of  our Thanksgiving (clicky link)
Did you notice the last word of my Thankfulness poem?  It is LOVE!!!!

Now... about GRATITUDE: I am grateful for the family, friends, and pets that I love. I am grateful for LOVE!!!

(I am also thankful for wonderment, imagination,

and everyday magical moments.)

Recently a WONDERFUL person blessed me with an amazing compliment. She said the only way she could think of to describe it was that I actually create:

A LOVE CLOUD!!!

What an excellent thought... A Love Cloud!  I am so grateful for this beautiful sweet compliment!  The compliment itself and the way it made me feel (happy) is an important gift I have been given that no one can ever take away from me.  It is like Maya says....

— 'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.'

Maya Angelou 

My friend is the one that brings the "love cloud"  actually! That is probably why she can spot them!!!  : )  What I can learn from this, and what this inspires me to do, is to go forward and make sure that I treat all the people that I meet with 
Gratitude and LOVE.

Speaking of LOVE... 

HERE is a poem called "Love is..." 

that I wrote that sums it up (clicky link!!)

A BEAUTIFUL family member that I LOVE reminded me TODAY how important it is to LIVE IN THE MOMENT!!!  I am grateful for that advice and plan to follow it!!  I believe living in the moment is ESSENTIAL for 
keeping the LOVE CLOUD afloat!!!

Here is a awesome song I heard today about LOVE.  Are you surprised to hear that I am crazy about it?  
CLICK ON IT  & listen ~ it is lovely!!!!

 Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

May YOUR day be filled with LOVE and GRATITUDE!!

p.s. I appreciate the two fabulous ladies that inspired this post.  Thank You for filling up my LOVE tank with positives to keep me floating forward on a LOVE CLOUD!!

This is a Flying Sisters Blog Hop
about GRATITUDE!!!!
Please check out my friend Kathie Gadd's
wonderful blog at Lavender Chalet

Possibilitarianism and the Power of Possible Thinking by Karrlin Bain

I am so happy that I get to take part in the Flying Sisters Blog Hop on the third Thursday of every month!  At the end of this post you will be given the link to another wonderful blog post by another creative friend of mine, then at the end of hers will be another link, then at the end of hers.... and so on... until you get all the way back to my blog!  We all blog on the same topic...  It is a Blog Circle.  

This month's topic is:  How I'm becoming a Possibilitarian (celebrating our one year of flying!) My approach to this topic is to investigate and define "Possibilitarian" and decide how many ways I am one. Here is what I found....

"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there."
     ~Norman Vincent Peale

What a great guy!  Among many other things, he wrote the famous book The Power of Positive Thinking.  He is also the owner of many WONDERFUL quotes found here (on this clicky link - my fave is the one about Christmas!!!). 

Artist Kelly Rae Robert's also celebrates the idea of being a possibilitarian.  On her Possibilitarian page she states: "Because when you step forward as a Possibilitarian — and share the truth about how you created your beautifully messy, magnificently complicated & exquisitely joyful life and career — you give everyone else permission to dream bigger, be braver, and create what they want. And just like that, the impossible simply . . . isn’t."

I am a possibilitarian because...

* I see amazing possibilities in my kids (clicky link) and realize the value of setting some of my own interests aside for now to invest in them. 

* I believe anything is possible if only you believe..... and I can't for the life of me figure out where that quote comes from... some Disney movie, right?  I was looking and found Cinderella singing "A dream is a wish your heart makes."  I love that song.... I think it lines up perfectly with being a possibilitarian.

* I LOVE watching my friends from Flying Lessons (and from life) achieve general awesomeness and even super specific crazy awesome success based on THEIR belief in the possibilities!!!!

* I am storing ideas, art classes, and art supplies away for whenever I get a moment of time.  I believe this "moment of time" may just coincide with my future "empty nest syndrome" that is way in the future (6-8 years)... so then I will cry on my art projects while having a blast instead of just crying in a state of general sadness.

* I write poems that ooze an optimistic rose colored glasses worthy positive attitude.

* I believe in a glittericious colorful creative life.

* My imagination is super vivid.

And last but not least I am a Possibilitarian...        
because I said so!

Now please visit my 

friend Becky Cavender's 

wonderful blog.

She is also a Possibilitarian

Click on her name right here....

 ~ Becky Cavender ~

image credits

It Doesn't Get Better than Emerson ~ Qotes to Inspire ~ A Flying Sisters Blog Hop

I am so happy that I get to take part in the Flying Sisters Blog Hop on the third Thursday of every month!  At the end of this post you will be given the link to another wonderful blog post by another creative friend of mine, then at the end of hers will be another link, then at the end of hers.... and so on... until you get all the way back to my blog!  We all blog on the same topic...  It is a Blog Circle.  

This months topic is: "My Favorite Quote"  

As I move through my days I often find myself longing for the sound of language from the past... a bit archaic sounding, romantic, wordy and wise.

My favorite place to turn for some good wisdom is to....

Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Clicky Link ~ Click his name and it brings you to site about Ralph!!)

Who has given me my faves:

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...”

Ralph Waldo Emerson  “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson  There are so many more... search for  Emerson and find your own favorites! Please move through the AWESOME flying sisters BLOG HOP and go next to visit my friend the wonderful artist Kristen Conley at www.whimsyinspired.com ~ Her writing and shared quote on  this blog hop has already inspired my day! p.s. Flying Sisters are a group of amazing women that I was in a class (by artist Kelly Rae Roberts) with last summer.  They have become such an important part of my life! Owl with a Book Picture Credit

My Big Brother ~ by Karrlin Bain

I am a lucky girl

because I have a big brother...

Let me tell you a little bit about him...

He plays guitar and is 
also an amazing guitar
enthusiast and doctor! 
Check out his cool fb page
Yamaha Guitars , 80's and 90's

He is soooooooo fun and hilarious!

  

He is AWESOME... 

and...

Happy Birthday Rob!!!!!

Facebook is fun! ~ Poemify Me by Karrlin Bain

Free Image found Here ~ Altered in Picasa by Karrlin Bain

My Brother Robert Panosh Jr. by Karrlin Bain is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Based on a work at KarrlinBain.blogspot.com.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at Karrlin Bain Creates.

Karrlin's Word of the year for 2013

* click the next name link at the end of this post to read 
the next blog in the 
~ Flying Sisters Word for 2013 Blog Circle ~

The Flying Sisters are the wonderful group of artists and creatives that 
took the awesome class Flying Lessons with me this past summer/fall.

***We were also lucky enough to be invited to join in on the 
FLY TRIBE ~ 2013 WORD HOP

Click Here to Read and Enjoy them ALL.....

FLY TRIBE WORD HOP 2013

* * *
My Word for 2013 is... 
(drum~roll please....)

"IN"

as in... 

"I am IN!" & "Count me IN!"
"IN the moment"

"IN my prayers"

"IN my dreams"

"IN my jammy~jams"

"dancing IN my kitchen"

"IN Action"

"a twinkle IN my eye"
and
"Karrl~IN!!!" 
(HA!... get it...Karrlin... that's me!!!!)

  

All alone the word "IN" might seem somewhat meaningless.  When the word "IN" is surrounded by lovely, meaningful, positive, purposeful words... "IN" becomes amazing, exciting, positive and fun.  I love "IN" for my word because it is so versatile.  This word makes me responsible because I have to be IN ACTION and bring the other words to join with it to make it 

WONDERFUL!

Similarly... this year I choose to surround myself with energetic, lovely, meaningful, purposeful people, thoughts, and activities!  

When the words surrounding "IN" are positive and well thought out... they can lead to excellence, creativity, peace and FUN.  I need to take this approach with my thoughts this year too.

Also, I can walk with the attitude that I belong where I am... and I am "IN" and it will be so for me.  If I choose to go with the opposite negative side of that... feeling "outside" of things... well forget that!!!  This is the year that I put and end to that ~ and just know I'm "IN!"

This year I choose to approach life with a positive attitude; I will bring the  "I am IN!" attitude along with me wherever I go.

Part of my decision to have this word was this comment that I made in response to joining a word of the year group:

"Drawing a blank for a word that will light

 up my life...  (sing that song) but count me IN!"

This comment made me think to admire the brave girl in me that is willing to say "count me IN!" and then trust myself that I will be able to follow through later.  Saying "I am IN" has made a difference in my life! ~ If I hesitate to "think about it," and give myself too much time to think (a.k.a. worry), that is when the negative thought gremlins would talk me out of whatever it is that I am considering.  Poems, Art Classes, New things!!!  Bring it!

When completing a search of MY COMMENTS by putting in my name "Karrlin" and the word "IN" in my Online Summer Flying Lessons Creative Biz Class fb group... here are my comments that came up to confirm that the word "IN" is a great word for me to have in 2013.... 

When I use the word IN I am typically being active, positive, supportive, AND often times I am also having LOADS OF FUN!

See for yourself.... these are my comments and the portion using "IN" is highlighted in blue...

I just added in this missing statement "I am also blessed enough to belong to artist's communities online and can view art to my heart's content. Thank you artists for making my every day like a walk through the loveliest of galleries!"

Okay I JUST PAID AND SIGNED UP... WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT... I gave her 3 minutes and I am not in a group yet!!! Just kidding... YAY!!! Thanks for taking me with you ladies!!! EEEeeeeekers I'm excited.

in addition to prayer

 

... plus plunking in YOUR beautiful art... right now I am gearing up to learn so I LOVE your blog as it has been. I already ordered one of the books you blogged about and plan to get more as I can....

  
What a bunch of amazing ladies and comments up above here!!!!!!  I will keep you all in my prayers over here too! <3>

 

You are not alone in feeling bummed... big hugs!

  

but today at "Thanks~Christmas" at my mom-in-law's house I got Christmas and birthday (Dec.27) money and can put it towards Life Book 2013... so my whispers are turning into an action plan... YAY... I am signing up soon and am in for sure!

oops not yet... when I say "meager scratch and sniff collection" above that is about STICKERS... just in case no one was around doing that at the beginning of the 80s

 

when I was in the 4th grade... What would appear to be possible self promotion is actually a quest for flags.... That is my statement. Love to Flyers in so many COOL FLAG PLACES OF THE WORLD.... Here is the super cool flag tracker site:

 

I'll keep you guys in my prayers!

 

Oh wait... I WAS in FLYING LESSONS so I CAN say it.....

 

love me NOW in my sane~craziness

 

I want in... need to save for it.

 

I have my cart before the horse in a big way and that is my plan and I am loving it... : ) 

 

Checking in 

You are SO IN that mag!!!!!!

   

I have not been an artist and am not really yet even... just a twinkle in my eye... 

  

I'm coming along maybe... if I can get in... no camera... I'm in jammy jams!

 

and was in heaven

  
I suppose this is enough graffiti for one night... think we will get in trouble... class is done! O:)

 

Actually dancing in my kitchen with joy... dancing for joy... in my kitchen... not with someone named joy....

 

eekers... I googled and got something not so nice! Oh good... thank you... 
I was in Danger!!! ; )

 

In my heart... I am shopping your shops!!!! Hi Flyers! I think it is so cool that you are having a Flyers only sale and I just want to say I am buying vicariously!!!

 

Oh and I must bring in the Bible here... it does say somewhere that we "LEAVE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND CLEAVE TO OUR ART BUSINESS".... right?? I know it was something like that..... hmmmmmm??????? ;)

 

keep on hanging in there!

 

Matthew 18:20 New International Version (NIV) 20 For where two or three gather in My Name, there am I with them.”

 

I typically like to stick my head in the sand but want to try to help

  

that is great because you tried and are "in action!"

 

... I could do in the end was poemify my pain... haaaaaaaa!!!)

 

what I am trying to say is your work is very moving in a peaceful way! ; )

 

... just like in "Ice Castles"... does that count?...

 

... click links in internet circles!!! (internet square dancing... "click your browser round and round.....") ; ) It is perfect! I love it when I can fast find links for peoples other pages on each of their pages!... 

party in the future. ; )

Another factor to consider ~ the definition of the word "IN" from http://www.merriam-webster.com/ and http://dictionary.reference.com/
My fave definitions of IN from the above 2 dictionary sites are as follows:

• to or toward some destination or particular place
• on good terms
• in a position of assured or definitive success
• in vogue or season
• in production
• a condition of clarity 
• keenly aware of and responsive to what is new and fashionable
• one who is in office or power or on the inside
• located or situated within; inner; internal: 
• well-liked; included in a favored group...
• plentiful; available.
• in with, on friendly terms with; familiar or associating with: They are in with all the important people
• used to indicate goal or purpose
• informal in it  joining in; taking part
• in with associated with; friendly with; regarded highly by

How about it, are you IN?

What is your word for 2013?

Thank you so much for stopping 

IN and joining IN on my word FUN!

Please go to the next WONDERFUL 
post by fellow flying sister 
Laura Moss
who shares her creativity at gratefulamazement.wordpress.com

Facebook is fun! ~ Poemify Me by Karrlin Bain