​The Empowering Creativity Retreat is a private event for creative business owners, hosted by Dionne Woods of The Turquoise Iris & The Turquoise Iris Journal magazine, featuring guest ​expert speakers, hands-on workshops, live demonstrations, networking, and content creation opportunities!

Monday, October 24th, 3pm CST – Friday, October 28th, 11am CST

Each day of the retreat brings new opportunities to connect, create, and cultivate your artistic perspective thanks to tailored lessons from guest experts.

The A, B, Cs of ECR

We cover three main topics at the Empowering Creativity Retreat:

• ​Art
• Business
• Creativity

Attendees will learn from some of the most successful, inspiring, and knowledgeable creative experts in the industry, like…

• ​Dionne Woods — Artist, Coach to Creatives, CEO of The Turquoise Iris Journal and the Creative Connection, podcast host, Bloom TV Network Expert
• Debi Beard — Artist, Owner of Debi’s Design Diary, DIY Paint, DIY-A-GOGO shop owner, expert visual storyteller
• Kamee Collins — Copywriter, Artist, Marketing Expert, Editor of TTIJ
• Michael Sells — Artist, World’s Only One Thumbed Puppet Maker, expert storyteller
• Andrea Earhardt — Artist, Author, Muralist, Podcast Host, and TikTok expert
• Lori Siebert — Artist, Bloom TV Network Expert, Workshop Hosting Genius, Licensing Expert

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Some of our experts are also offering breakout sessions on topics like owning a Brick & Mortar store, art licensing, NFTs, stress management, and more!​

Tickets can be purchased on the Retreat event page (Click Here) and there are still some payment plan options available!

Make sure to visit our Facebook event page (Click Here) to see who else will be attending.

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Carrie Schmitt randomly selected picks

Carrie is awarding one free month of her flower painting club!!

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Aga Pachlewska

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Deede Ediger

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Kimbie

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Crystal Tan

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Thanks again to all who participated and shared their wonderful work.

​Bari J Ackerman Selections

Bari will be awarding a copy of her book “Bloom Wild” and a watercolor palette to each of her picks.​

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​Maria Rose Adams

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​​Michael Wurm Jr​

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Lucy Proctor​​​

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Stay tuned! More winners to come!

Lynn Whipple selections

Lynn will be awarding her book “Expressive Flower Painting” to each winner!!

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Annie Riker

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Molly Lam

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Sue Luxon

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Karin Lauria

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Anna Tjan

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Kicki Fjell

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Stay tuned! More winners to come!

Wendy Brightbill selection…

Wendy will be awarding a spot in one of her on-line courses (the winner can pick.)

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tara_loves_flowers

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Stay Tuned! More winners to come!

My Oh my!!! The gorgeousness that was created for the May floral challenge!!!

Thank you so much to my co-hosts Kirsten Katz and Kenzie Elston!!

The judges had a REALLY hard time making their selections!!! I’m going to feature the winners in a couple e-mails so I can include visuals too (as requested!) I will be collecting all contact info from the winners to forward on.

Bloom Tv Network selections ….

Founder, Monica Michelle is gifting all of the winners a lifetime membership to Bloom Tv Network!!!

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Michael Wurm Jr. 

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Kristy Decastro

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Aga Pachlewska

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Roberta Mohar

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Mary Beggs Bosley

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Anna Galitskaya

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Stay tuned! More winners to come!