...for 2014...

Wishing you 

a New Year 

overflowing 

with 

abundant joy and blessings, 

my friends!

with love and light,

joanne

...take a peek inside my BOOK!!!!

Dreams really do come true.  

I just can't believe how excited i am!  It's almost here!!!

 Over at Amazon, the LOOK INSIDE feature is now LIVE and available to preview my book coming out in early March.  I am so proud of the way Interweave published my ideas and artwork, it's perfectly true to my vision of what my first book would be.

Here's a link to get you over to Amazon and take a look! 

LINK: CLICK ON THE "LOOK INSIDE" ICON ON THE CORNER OF THE BOOK IMAGE.  

You can get an idea of the content and style and even pre-order at fantastic discount. 

Thanks so much if you've preordered a copy.  It's going to be a very fun 2014 making lettering art with this as a "workbook".  Details will be posted throughout the year about my "The Art of Whimsical Lettering Book Tour" hopefully coming to a location near YOU!! 

What do you think of the preview???  Let me know! 

So blessed.

...tis the season.......

....New Year! NEW ONLINE CLASS!!!

"2014 
DRAW YOUR AWESOME YEAR"! 

NEW! Online classJoanne Sharpe

"2014 Draw Your Awesome Year"

-CLASS IS LIVE Jan 6-27, 2014 then all lessons are self paced with forever access.

-YOUR ILLUSTRATED LIFE....15 dynamic video lessons for drawing, sketching, doodling, watercoloring, painting, lettering and collage.  

-INSPIRED EVERY DAY with creative, thoughtful, soulful themes with new projects and prompts for 12 months. 

- 15 VIDEO LESSONS (FIVE lessons will post each week for three weeks) with art, drawing and journaling techniques and instruction for creating the 2014 "AWESOME YEAR" journal book. 
-11 NEW MONTHLY VIDEOS POSTED on the FIRST OF EACH MONTH FEBRUARY through DECEMBER 2014.  26 LESSONS TOTAL!!!

- A NEW THEMED LESSON/PROMPT will post on the first of every month in 2014 in the classroom.  With the first 15 lessons you'll have all the tools to draw your life for the whole year.

-LIVE NETWORKING FACEBOOK GROUP with your new forever art friends!

-SIMPLE SUPPLIES!  You'll just need a large journal size 8.5x11" or 9x12" mixed
 media (I WILL BE USING THIS STRATHMORE JOURNAL)

 or watercolor paper with 48-68 pages (nothing smaller), black pigment pens (Pitt, Micron, Zig, Uniball), pencil, Tombow markers, watercolor set, NIJI waterbrush size medium, blingy gel pens, glue stick and washi tape.

- PRIVATE CLASSROOM is hosted on a Blogger 

***This is a companion class to "DRAW YOUR AWESOME LIFE" (not required, but strongly encouraged for maximum skill benefits)  Take them in tandem!

"2014 DRAW YOUR AWESOME YEAR"

online class
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
26 LESSONS TOTAL!!!

 WHOLE YEAR CLASS!
$55

YOUR PAYPAL RECEIPT IS YOUR CONFIRMATION.

CLASS ACCESS INFO WILL BE SENT within 24 hours of your registration.

....and if you're inspired to "draw more"...

***CLICK HERE FOR "Draw Your Awesome Life" $38 CLASSROOM NOW OPEN:  ADD "DRAW YOUR AWESOME LIFE" to your virtual class library jam packed with awesome techniques to maximize your creative skills.

...wishing you....

...an abundance of blessings and joy...

Happy Thanksgiving!  

Thank you for blessing me...

...my BiG, BIG NEWS!!!!

.....i can finally finally share this exciting news.  I've been chosen to be an ARTISAN AMBASSADOR for BERNINA!!! (the most amazing sewing machines and warmest creative community on the planet)

I will continue to nurture my mixed media and inspirational art blog here at "Whimspirations", but have created a new blog that will exclusively showcase my sewing and art quilting adventures.

Here is the blog post you will find on my new page "ARTFUL QUILT AND STITCH".  When you're done here, go check it out and add it to your bookmarks.  Thanks for stopping by!

****************on my new blog************************

  Welcome to my brand new blog "Artful Quilt and Stitch" where i will share my obsession and passion for making art with fabric, fibers, threads, dyes, paints and a rockin' sewing machine!  Let's talk "art sewing" and expanding our creative horizons together.   

I am beyond excited, and words just can't express how ecstatic and honored I am to announce 
that i just have been chosen to be an 

"Artisan Ambassador" for 
BERNINA of America. 

 If you have traveled with me on this creative journey in the past few years, you know that the acqusition of my BERNINA 350QE sewing machine changed my life.  This little powerhouse with thread and a foot pedal has taken me down an additional creative path adding a new dimension to my mixed media artwork through art quilting and stitching.  All my artistic ideas have collided into the "art sewing" universe where i am creating and teaching fabric arts, making whimsical art quilts and celebrating every day the absolute joy of working on a BERNINA sewing machine.

As an "Artisan Ambassador" i will regularly be sharing ideas, tutorials, projects, online classes and traveling to teach workshops as a passionate BERNINA girl!  My artful heart is on fire with ideas and possibilities as i work with the BERNINA 7 SERIES machine, the 750QE exploring the magic of this incredible machine.  This baby is a tank,  purrs like a kitten and does everything but cook your dinner!  (Drats, that would be nice, LOL!)  I'm so thrilled to have this opportunity to share my BERNINA love.  It's crazy!

I'll be adding a gallery of my art quilts and fabric pieces along my workshop schedule for 2014 in the next few weeks.  Looking forward to sharing my needle and thread and paint passions and hope to meet you along the way.  

So grateful, so blessed. Happy Thanksgiving!

...heading to Florida!

Where are all my sunny Florida girls??!!!! I'm leaving the Uggs, the frost and rakes at home, got a ticket to Tampa and heading down to WhimSoDoodle in TWO WEEKS! Stop in for my most popular classes this fall. Can't wait to see you at Jill Gerhardt Orobello's place. HERE ARE THE DETAILS: COME PLAY WITH ME AT WHIMSODOODLE!!!  

In FOUR JAM PACKED classes, we are DRAWING and LETTERING and SEWING and STITCHING and PAINTING and COLORING and LAUGHING and CREATING.......there is something for everyone!  Registration now open, call WhimSoDoodle to sign up.  Can't wait to see you there!

Whim So Doodle 237 2nd Ave South  St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 727.827.4911