A Crafty Combination
What do you get when you combine note card making with watercolor paints, a single line drawing and embroidery thread? I've been enamored...
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- Jan 26
- 3 min
10 Tips for Following an Art Video Tutorial
Are you an art tutorial junkie like me? I love creating, but I also love watching others create and try to pick up a new technique or...
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- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
The #i_read_it_here Project
My daughter and I were discussing the holidays and gift-giving and all of the "stuff" that we accumulate each year. We decided to make...
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Join me for Artists Sunday on Nov 27th. It's like Small Business Saturday, but for art.
I've joined artists, creators and makers across the country for the Artists Sunday, earth's largest art event, the Sunday after...
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- Sep 10, 2022
- 2 min
How do you build a banjo?
Master chairmaker and woodworker, Charles Brock visited Bill at our home and workshop known as Chestnut Grove Studios in Santa Fe,...
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- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
Finding Your Creative Practice
Chestnut Grove Studios is bringing a new class format to Spring Hill Enrichment Center! Do you: have a creative energy enjoy playing with...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
How to Document a Vacation without a Camera
We just returned from five wonderful days in Savannah. I think I may have 2 photos on my phone from the trip, but what I do have are...
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- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
That time I wrote an article about William...
I happened upon a local publication a couple of months ago. I loved that it focused on people in the communities of Maury and Marshall...
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- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Some classes are just all out fun!
I just arrived home from teaching one of my "creativity classes." I call them AWOL - Art WithOut Lines. They are meant for a lot of...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Do Handmade Gifts "Count?"
I have struggled with this question for at least a dozen years. As a life-long "crafter," I have enjoyed finding new projects to make...
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- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
New Year, New Projects
A quick read on my words for 2021 and the project it inspired, plus how to quickly patina copper
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- Nov 7, 2020
- 1 min
Adding Skin to an Old Banjo Rim
I want to share a brief video showing how I put a new skin on an old banjo rim. This is a test run before I attempt to replace a new...
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- Aug 3, 2020
- 2 min
How to Eco-Print on Paper
Eco-printing is fairly easy, and you probably have most of the things you need already stashed away in your kitchen and craft table.
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- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
My Passion for Woodworking Started Here
I grew up in a very musical family. Sunday afternoons were spent at my maternal grandfather's house listening to the family band play...
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- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
5 Steps to Creating Your Own Artwork Series
Working in a series creates an opportunity for you to refine ideas, build upon your skills and develop confidence.
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- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
Sourcing Wood
Tennessee storms provide valuable Walnut wood for tiny house
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- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
An Intro to Chestnut Grove Studios
An Artisan couple building their own tiny house and studios on a small farm in a small town in Middle Tennessee.
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- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
The next chapter… Chestnut Grove Studios
Twenty (and a half) years ago, as we were anxiously anticipating what the year 2000, (aka Y2K) would bring – I was a Computer Programmer,...
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- Jun 1, 2019
- 3 min
Art Studio Reveal
A look into the Art Studio at Chestnut Grove Studios
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- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
Catching Up… and what?!? an Art Studio?
Details about our art and banjo building classes in North Carolina
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