Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 179
Posted on December 19, 2025


JUST ONE SPOT LEFT
Would you like to travel to Provence with me in April?? We will focus on loose mixed media flowers and birds!
Upwaste Art Collective online summit
I shared how I make a giant junk wall flower as part of this upcycle themed collection of classes.


Sign ups for retreat END JANUARY 10th
Heading to Mexico City in February. Want to come?? Looking forward to the Frida Kahlo Museum and all of the colorful inspiration!
Rebloom ….May 4-7… treat yourself!!
We are repeating this wonderful gathering of women!! 3 Days of an inspiring speakers , creative sessions and transformative conversations.



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 75
Posted on December 15, 2025
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
- Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
- Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
- Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
- Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Creativity is a continual surprise.”
— Ray Bradbury
Inspirational artist of the week: Emanuel Josef Margold
Emanuel Josef Margold (1889 – 1962) was an Austrian architect, interior designer, ceramicist and silversmith. Josef Hoffmann taught him at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna.At the Wiener Werkstätte, he became Hoffmann’s assistant. He and Theodor Wende were the final painters to settle at the Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-artists’ Darmstadt’s colony Darmstadt in 1911. He was a prolific designer of furniture, glass, and porcelain in Darmstadt..






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Linzie Hunter
Linzie Hunter is an award-winning illustrator, author and hand-lettering artist based in London, UK. In addition to illustrating numerous book covers and picture books, she has worked with a diverse range of international clients including Apple, Nike, Macy’s, Hallmark and The BBC.






Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 178
Posted on December 12, 2025


Retreat in Provence
A double room just became available due to a cancellation. Would you like to join me in France this Spring?
David Shillinglaw
I am LOVING the vibrant colorful murals and paintings by this UK based artist. Such wonderful details.


Carol Morais
The home and fashion inspiration in this feed are worth a peek. Especially loving all of the happy stripes!!
Corinne Lent
LOVE LOVE LOVE the wonderfully whimsical clay creations by this artist!!! Delightful!!



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 74
Posted on December 8, 2025
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
- Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
- Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
- Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
- Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“I close my eyes and I can see
The world that’s waiting up for me
That I call my own
Every night I lie in bed
The brightest colours fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
A million dreams for the world we’re gonna make
For the world we’re gonna make.”— from The Greatest Showman
Inspirational artist of the week: Jordy van den Nieuwendijk
Jordy van den Nieuwendijk (b. 1985) is a Dutch artist currently living and working in Melbourne. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague mid 2011, where he held a funeral and memorial service for his then alter-ego ‘Superoboturbo’.
Through painting, Jordy explores fundamental objects of everyday life. Working with primary colour palettes and simplified shape structures, he has a talent for examining subject matter in series that innovate inside carefully controlled boundaries. While freeing himself from the choice between abstract or figurative image forms, he creates a field of tension reinforced by the timeless character of his work. His tendency towards this style of painting could be described as new purism. He has had solo exhibitions in Amsterdam (De Voorkamer), Rotterdam (Kunsthal), Düsseldorf (Ninasagt), London (Public Gallery), New York (Moiety) and Melbourne (Sophie Gannon).
As a commercial illustrator, he has worked on projects for numerous clients such as Apple, American Express, Dropbox, Hermés, Jacquemus, The New York Times, Rimowa, Vogue and WeTransfer. Always injecting elements of fun and playfulness into his editorial work, he maintains a truly unique and discernible approach.
Jordy’s work walks a charming and endearing line between the mature and naive. Often (if not always) it conveys an underlying optimism which is assuredly refreshing in our contemporary culture. Jordy is represented by agents Monsieur l’Agent (Paris) and Big Active(London).






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman was born in Tel Aviv and moved to New York City with her family at the age of four.
She was raised in bucolic Riverdale, the Bronx. She now lives in Manhattan.
MK has written/illustrated over 30 books for adults and children.
She has been a frequent contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker.
She has created textiles for Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade and sets for Mark Morris.
Other collaborations have been with Nico Muhly, Alex Kalman, Michael Pollan, David Byrne, John Heginbotham and Gertrude Stein.
Her watch and clock designs appear under the M&Co label, the design studio created by her late husband Tibor Kalman.
She has won many awards and given numerous talks, including several TED talks.
Her art has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.




Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 177
Posted on December 5, 2025


I’m part of an Artist pop up show!
Dec. 11… 5-7 … 1326 Vine Street in Cincinnati… I’ll be showing my clay pieces and other art!! Sponsored by Queen City Clay.Click for More Info
Anastasia Tumanova
Just discovered this ceramic artist. Incredibly beautiful pieces!!!LOVE these flowers!


Maria Fernanda Smart
OH MY GOODNESS!!! The work by this artist are truly DELICIOUS!!! I am in LOVE with the combo of image and stitching!!
Michael Schvets
Oh… these gorgeous stars!!! You must check out this feed. Such beautiful craftsmanship and history.



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 73
Posted on December 1, 2025
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
- Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
- Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
- Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
- Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
— Gandalf
Inspirational artist of the week: János Kass
János Kass (1927-2010) was a sculptor, graphic designer and printer, who also worked in film and animation. He illustrated over 400 books and was honoured with many awards in his life time including Hungary’s highest award, the Kossuth prize. János Kass’s style is a mixture of fine black lines and broader colour lines there is no mixing of colour, which is kept bold and singular. This is not János Kass’s only style of work, but it is very distinctive and instantly recognisable as well as being bright, fun and happy.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Natalya Balnova
Natalya Balnova is a New York–based illustrator, printmaker, and designer known for her bold, expressive black-ink drawings and richly layered silkscreen techniques. Originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia, she trained in classical fine art before earning a degree in design and printmaking from the Academy of Industrial Art and Design. After moving to the U.S., she completed a BFA in Communication Design at Parsons and an MFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
Balnova’s work blends fine art, graphic design, and illustration, often infusing dark whimsy, poetic humor, and a hand-crafted sensibility. Her illustrations appear across editorial publications, books, posters, packaging, and self-published art projects including zines and silkscreened books. In addition to her freelance practice, she has taught courses in book design, color and design, and hand-lettering.






Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 176
Posted on November 28, 2025


Junk Bird Ornament class
I’m teaching in Madison, Indiana at Little Golden Fox on Dec.7th!!
SPECIAL DISCOUNT for Mexico City Retreat
Trova Trip is offering a special… If you sign up on Dec. 2-3 you can receive a $200.00 OFF!!! Just use code TTSAVE200


Another SPECIAL DISCOUNT!!
If you sign up for the trip with Kenzie and I … Ireland in March… on Dec. 2-3… you will receive a discount when using this code TTSAVE100
Rebloom: Mind, Body, Spirit
This is the second annual gathering of women. Multiple inspiring speakers, creative sessions and an opening and closing party!!



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 72
Posted on November 24, 2025
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
- Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
- Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
- Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
- Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“…Mistakes…are the portals of discovery.”
— James Joyce
Inspiring artist of the week: Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter (19 February 1877 – 19 May 1962) was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter.






Hand lettering inspiration of the Week: Samuel Welo
Samuel Welo was an American advertising calligrapher, typographer, designer and lettering artist whose work appeared in the 1920s. Scans by Gene Gable of many pages of Studio Handbook Letter & Design for Artists and Advertisers (1927, Samuel Welo). This book has 233 pages and is entirely hand-lettered!





New Openings! Want to join me for a Colorful Escape to Mexico City?
Posted on November 21, 2025

Hola!
A few spots just became available for my Mexico City Creative Getaway, and if you’ve been craving color, culture, and a soul-refreshing adventure… and a break from winter… want to join me???

Imagine yourself stepping into the vibrant heart of Mexico’s capital, where every corner hums with art, history, incredible food, and a sensation that anything is possible. And the best part? We’ll be capturing it all in a travel journal using creative prompts, techniques, and playful exercises I’ll be sharing throughout the trip. Your journal becomes a treasure—your own illustrated story of the journey!


Here’s a peek at what awaits…
🎨 Frida Kahlo Museum + Coyoacán Tour
Walk through Casa Azul and feel the artistry, resilience, and wild beauty of Frida’s world.
🌮 Mexico City Historic Center Tour
Stroll centuries-old streets, experience breathtaking architecture, and soak up the energy of a city alive with culture.
🍇 Mexico City Food Market Visit
Smell the spices, taste the flavors, and meet the people behind the food—this is the soul of the city!
🍸 Mezcal Mixology Masterclass
Shake, pour, taste, repeat! Learn the secrets of mezcal cocktails from a local expert.
🌮 Tacos & Tequila Night
An evening of great food, great company, and maybe even a little dancing under the warm Mexico City night sky.




This is a quick, joyful, art-filled escape designed to leave you inspired, refreshed, and buzzing with memories—from bold murals to tiny street-side moments you’ll record in your journal.
I’d love to have you join me!
XO

Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 71
Posted on November 17, 2025
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
- Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
- Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
- Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
- Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness”,
— Anni Albers
Inspirational Artist of the week: Pep Carrió
Pep Carrió (Spain, 1963) is an artist, graphic designer and book illustrator known for his exploration of the subconscious and spontaneous creativity. His Visual Diary project stands out for the inclusion of drawings, paintings and collages with recurring motifs such as heads, houses, birds, and other natural elements where he reflects human themes such as loneliness, search and natural beauty. In his work he uses various techniques and is characterized by a color palette dominated by blues and grays, evoking calm, reflection and melancholy.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Tom Schamp
Born in 1970, Tom Schamp grew up in and around Brussels. He now lives in the suburb of that same city. After graduating from the Applied Arts department at the Sint-Lukas Art School in Brussels, he spent an additional year studying Graphic Design in Poznan (Poland).
Tom has a long track record. His illustrations are aimed at both adults and children. He receives assignments from an international mix of customers, from the very commercial commissions over magazine illustrations to picture books. Over the past twenty years, Tom published thirty-five picture books, many of which have been translated in different languages.
Tom has a ‘complex-naive’ style, often spiced with a touch of humor. With acrylic paint he achieves the typical color intensity. The past decade Tom paints the different elements of an illustration separately on cardboard, which he later scans to make digital compositions. This technique allows him to find the right rithme more easily and offers Tom the right balance between craft and technology.
Tom’s later work is far more detailed than his older illustration up to the point that his illustratons need a trained eye to catch every subtlety. He has a fascination for strange objects, little hand painted boxes, stamps, animal-shaped coffeepots, you name it.






