There is something magical about exploring the world together.
Posted on June 26, 2026
Every retreat leaves us with a camera roll full of beautiful places… but our favorite memories are never just the scenery. They’re the moments we share with all of you.
As we get ready for our Greece Creative Retreat in April 2027…we thought we’d share what we each love most about traveling and teaching together.
💙 Lori
One of my favorite jobs on every retreat is being the official Mamarazzi! I love capturing Kenzie in her element and documenting all of the laughter, creativity, and unforgettable moments we experience together.
I absolutely love watching creative minds at work. Give a group of artists the same supplies and the same prompt, and you’ll get completely different masterpieces. That kind of magic never gets old.
Most of all, I treasure laughing until our cheeks hurt with women who quickly become friends. There’s something special that happens when like-minded souls gather around a table with paint, paper, and a spirit of adventure.


🌿 Kenzie
One of my favorite things about travel is simply wandering. I love getting a little lost, turning down charming side streets, and discovering places we’d never find with a map.
And let’s be honest… the food is always part of the adventure! From fresh pastries to seaside dinners, I love trying flavors that become part of the memories.
The best part, though? The inside jokes, spontaneous dance parties, and all those little moments that can’t be planned.
Travel also gives me something I don’t always find at home…it gives me space to slow down, breathe deeply, and rediscover parts of myself that sometimes get buried in everyday life.


We’d Love for You to Join Us
If you’ve been dreaming of wandering whitewashed villages, sketching beside the sparkling blue sea, filling your journal with memories, and sharing laughter with an incredible group of creative women…


Come with us.
This isn’t just an art retreat.
It’s a chance to create, explore, reconnect with yourself,
and make friendships that often last long after the trip is over.
We’d love to save you a seat at our table in Greece.

💙 Lori & Kenzie
Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 101
Posted on June 22, 2026
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 #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
— Mother Teresa
Inspiration of the week: Liberty of London
Liberty of London is an iconic, luxury British department store and textile brand known for its artsy, avant-garde aesthetic and signature floral prints. Founded in 1875 by Arthur Lasenby Liberty, the brand originally championed exotic Eastern goods and ultimately revolutionized 19th-century interior design and fashion. History and Origins
- The Founder: Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843–1917) opened the first store on Regent Street in 1875 with a £2,000 loan.
- The “Eastern Bazaar”: The shop found early success by importing vibrant Japanese and Oriental fabrics, ornaments, and objets d’art. Arthur Liberty’s appreciation for exotic designs directly fueled the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements.
- The Flagship Building: The iconic mock-Tudor department store on Great Marlborough Street was opened in 1924. The structure is historically built from the timbers of two decommissioned Royal Navy warships: the HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan.
Iconic Fabrics and Design
In-House Studio: Liberty has its own dedicated design studio in London that has been creating, hand-drawing, and reworking hundreds of textile designs since the 19th century.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Wendy Solganik
Wendy Solganik, aka Willa Wanders, is a lifelong artist and crafter, currently working in handmade books, mixed media art, collage, hand lettering and watercolor. From production wheel pottery to scrapbooking to knitting and so many more passions, Wendy always dives deep to master a craft. After a fifteen year stint as the co-owner of Luscious Verde Cards, a successful, award-winning, custom invitation manufacturing company, you can find Wendy at home in her art studio. Crafting and creating online art class experiences for students all over the world is her current passion.






Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 192
Posted on June 19, 2026


Where Women Create podcast!
I had the chance recently to chat with Susan Harold, editor of WWC. She is lovely! You can give a listen!!
Want to come to Greece with Kenz and I? April 2027
We will be sharing all kind of tips on capturing memories, travel journaling, composing pages, and learning to loosen up and create playfully!!


You HAVE to see this!!
Victoria MacKenzie and Richard Childs share a tour of their beloved home which is on a ferry boat. I marveled at their cleverness. Victoria, sadly, passed away recently. I met her once. She was quirky and lovely and kind. Such a brilliant mind.
Abhinav Yadav
The projects that this Indian creator shares are SO INSPIRING!!! So many clever ideas!!!!



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 100
Posted on June 15, 2026
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 #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“If you are not playful you are not alive.”
— David Hockney
Inspiration of the week: David Hockney
David Hockney (1937–2026) was an influential English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and photographer. A leading figure in the 1960s Pop Art movement, he was celebrated for his vibrant Los Angeles swimming pool paintings, pioneering photo-collages, and brilliant late-career landscapes capturing the shifting seasons of Yorkshire and Normandy via modern technology like the iPad.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Elyse Pignolet
Born in Oakland, CA, Elyse Pignolet is an American with Filipino heritage, living and working in Los Angeles. She attended California State University, San Francisco, studying Fine Arts. In 2001 she lived in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, studying arts and Spanish language. She completed her BFA degree in ceramics at CSU Long Beach in 2007. Her studies included an intensive ceramics tour through Mainland China, and she also attended the International Ceramics Biennale in Korea. She was awarded a CSU Long Beach Travel Scholarship for Art, and traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to study traditional tile murals. Pignolet was awarded a fellowship to Ballinglen Arts Center, Ireland. She has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and South America.
Pignolet works primarily in ceramics and her work has been inspired by and dealt with various themes including political and social issues, the dialectic between feminism and misogyny, inequality, and cultural stereotypes. Exploring the boundaries between ceramics, painting and sculpture, Pignolet attempts to place the permanence and traditions of ceramics with the fleeting and transitory nature of the contemporary world.






Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 191
Posted on June 12, 2026


I’m teaching Junk Birds at Chautauqua,NY this JULY!!
And Junk Journalling with my friend Cara Fox!! I can’t wait to get back to this BEAUTIFUL PLACE!!
Want to join Kenzie and I in Greece next April??
We LOVE teaching together. Can’t wait to be together again next year in gorgeous GREECE. A few spots are left!!


Crafting promotes well being!! Book by Dr. Anne Kirketerp
Craft psychology is the psychology of why people craft. It identifies how craft activities have positive effects on our physical and mental health. It can be used intentionally to effectively promote well-being.
Art Cures!!!!
Another book researched by Daisy Fancourt about the science of how art and creativity promotes health and well being!!



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 99
Posted on June 8, 2026
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 #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Within every person, there is a child. That child is filled with wonder, creativity, and the belief that anything is possible.”
— Catia Hernandez Holm
Inspiration of the week: Kitty McCall (Catherine Nice)
Kitty McCall is a UK-born and based interiors and accessories brand. Textile designer, Catherine Nice, launched the Kitty McCall label in late 2010 to create artworks, textiles, and wallpapers inspired by imagined landscapes, botanicals, and bold color palettes. Before that, she had a successful career as a Fashion & Homewares print designer. Her designs have been used internationally by many renowned brands including Etro, Thakoon, Descamps and Anthropologie. Colour is her signature aesthetic. Her collections reflect her interest in abstraction and asymmetry often inspired by artistic movements.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Lewis Rossignol
Lewis Rossignol is a South Portland based visual artist. After many years working blue-collar jobs, at 37 years old he decided to go back to art school. Propelled by his distinctive style, Lewis has been able to sustain a career selling his original work as well as taking on high profile commissions for artists like Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers and Tyler the Creator. Lewis is open about how creative endeavors like drawing is one of the only remedies he’s found for his condition, Tourette’s Syndrome.





Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 98
Posted on June 1, 2026
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 #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Creativity in this world is the key to survival.”
— Jack Black in A Minecraft Movie
Inspiration of the week: Fujiwo Ishimoto
Fujiwo Ishimoto (b. 1941) is a Japan-born ceramic artist and textile designer, best known for the patterns he created for Marimekko. Ishimoto first encountered Maija Isola’s designs in Tokyo in the 1960s, and they made such a strong impression on him that he decided to travel to Finland to learn more about Marimekko and Finnish design. He began working at Marimekko in 1974. As a ceramic artist, he started at the Arabia Art Department in 1989.
Ishimoto draws inspiration from the surrounding nature and its phenomena. His restrained visual language is paired with lively surface textures and rich ornamentation. He has received numerous awards, including the Finnish State Award for Industrial Art, the Kaj Franck Design Prize, and Honorable mentions at the Finland Designs exhibition in 1983, 1989 and 1993. In 2011, he was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal. His ceramic and textile works have been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions, and he has also designed sets and costumes for opera productions.





Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Lynn Whipple
Peter Bankov is a man of many things. Founder and creative director of Design Depot — one of the leading design studios in Russia — that’s Bankov. Publisher and editor-in-chief of [Kak) — the first Russian magazine on graphic design — this is him as well. Winner of numerous awards in Italy, US, and Russia — that is also him. Artist whose art is in private collections and museums in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Finland — Bankov again.
He is all those things and more, but most of all Peter Bankov is the man of the poster. He is a true proponent of the art. He is almost addicted to posters. So much so that for the last 9 years, he has been keeping a creative diary of sorts — he literally makes a poster a day. This ever growing collection of artworks has now exploded into a treasure trove of over 1000 posters.






Four Findings for Curious Creatives-Issue 190
Posted on May 29, 2026


You can apply to attend a retreat at the Smiley Manse
The Marian Nixon Scholarship Fund at The Smiley Manse is now accepting applications — and a matching donor means every dollar donated goes twice as far. If cost has kept you from attending aretreat, please apply. It’s simple, private, and handled personally.
Join Kenzie and I in Greece next April!!
We CANNOT WAIT to teach together again!!! We will be at a beautiful venue in GORGEOUS GREECE!!


Wearable Art Retreat in Connecticut
Join me this Fall for this FUN RETREAT!! We will be making clay jewelry, painting and stamping on clothing… and more!!
EunJung Kim
Join me this Fall for this FUN RETREAT!! We will be making clay jewelry, painting and stamping on clothing… and more!!



Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 97
Posted on May 26, 2026
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 #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Be kind to people. Not because they’re nice, but because you are.”
— Stephen Colbert
Inspiration of the week: Fragonard
The Perfumery: Parfumerie Fragonard (Est. 1926)The perfume house was founded in Grasse, France. The company was named to honor the town’s most famous artistic son, celebrating both the region’s historical elegance and the art of fragrance.
Modern Operations: Today, Maison Fragonard is run by three great-granddaughters of the founder (Agnès, Françoise, and Anne Costa). The company operates three factories, numerous boutiques, and multiple museums, and continues to produce high-quality fragrances, soaps, and cosmetics using traditional Provençal methods.
Founding: In 1926, a former Parisian notary named Eugène Fuchs bought an 18th-century tannery in Grasse and established his own perfumery. His vision was to pioneer direct sales to the tourists who were flocking to the French Riviera.
Expansion & Museums: Under Fuchs’s grandson, Jean-François Costa, the company expanded by opening locations in Èze and Paris. An avid art collector, Costa also launched several museums dedicated to perfume, clothing, and the painter Fragonard himself.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Peter Bankov
Peter Bankov is a man of many things. Founder and creative director of Design Depot — one of the leading design studios in Russia — that’s Bankov. Publisher and editor-in-chief of [Kak) — the first Russian magazine on graphic design — this is him as well. Winner of numerous awards in Italy, US, and Russia — that is also him. Artist whose art is in private collections and museums in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Finland — Bankov again.
He is all those things and more, but most of all Peter Bankov is the man of the poster. He is a true proponent of the art. He is almost addicted to posters. So much so that for the last 9 years, he has been keeping a creative diary of sorts — he literally makes a poster a day. This ever growing collection of artworks has now exploded into a treasure trove of over 1000 posters.





What Women Take Home From Our Retreats
Posted on May 22, 2026
People often ask us:
“What do participants really take away from one of your retreats?”
Of course there’s the artwork, the beautiful destination, and the unforgettable meals and scenery…



But what women most often talk about afterward is something deeper.


They leave with renewed confidence in their creativity.








They leave with meaningful friendships.
They leave feeling more connected to themselves.
And they leave with memories that become part of their story.


Kenzie and I care deeply about creating experiences that feel welcoming, inspiring, and personal. We want women to feel encouraged exactly where they are creatively…whether they are experienced artists or simply curious and ready for something new.


Our Zakynthos retreat next April is designed to offer:
• Creative workshops and artistic exploration
• Beautiful local experiences and cultural immersion
• Time to rest and reflect
• Genuine connection and community
• A supportive and inspiring atmosphere
Long after the trip ends, many participants tell us they still think about the conversations, the laughter, the beauty, and the way they felt while they were there. And we have What’s App and text threads and sometimes even meet ups after each retreat.

That’s the real gift of retreat. They never really end!
We would love for you to experience it with us in Greece.
“What participants often tell us they feel after retreat…”
- Rested
- Inspired
- Connected
- Creative again
- Courageous
- Reawakened

With love,
Lori & Kenzie
