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…

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational artist of the week… Ivon Hitchens

Ivon Hitchens (born London, 3 March 1893 – 29 August 1979) was an English painter who started exhibiting during the 1920s. He became part of the ‘London Group’ of artists and exhibited with them during the 1930s. His house was bombed in 1940 during World War II. Hitchens and his family abandoned London for the Sussex countryside, where he acquired a small area of woodland on Lavington Common (near Petworth), and lived there in a caravan, which he gradually augmented with a series of buildings. It was here that the artist further developed his fascination with the woodland subject matter, and this pre-occupation continued until the artist’s death in 1979.

Hand lettering artist of the week… Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman is an American artist, illustrator, writer, and designer known for her painting and writing about the human condition.She is the author and illustrator of over 30 books for adults and children and her work is exhibited in museums around the world.She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker.

I LOVE a good junk or antique store visit. And… even more… turning the used and well loved into something new and magical! I have taught my junk bird class several times and it is a TRUE FAVORITE!!

Come, bring some treasures and learn how I curate and create using assemblage techniques.

Geared towards all levels, I will share the process of a upcycling materials into new masterpieces!! I’ll also show how I gather inspiration from all kinds of new and used materials and incorporate them into my work.

Want to join me???

Junk Assemblage Retreat Schedule

Monday, July 7: Welcome

4:30 pm | Wine + cheese mixer
6:00 pm | Welcome dinner

Tuesday, July 8: Hunting, Gathering and Curating

9:30 am | Light in-studio breakfast
10:00 am | Morning trip to a local antique mall 
– break for lunch – 
2:00 pm | Afternoon art session 
6:00 pm | Simple in-studio dinner 
– post-dinner studio time is available –

Wednesday, July 9: Sculpting and Making

8:30 am | Early studio access
9:30 am | Light in-studio breakfast
10:00 am | Morning art session 
– break for lunch – 
2:00 pm | Afternoon art session 
6:00 pm | Dinner at local restaurant* 
– post-dinner studio time is available –

Thursday, July 10: Assembling and Finishing

8:30 am | Early studio access
9:30 am | Light in-studio breakfast
10:00 am | Morning art session 
– break for lunch – 
2:00 pm | Afternoon art session 
6:00 pm | Dinner at The Smiley 
– post-dinner studio time is available –

Friday, July 11: Sharing Work and Farewell

8:30 am | Early studio access
9:30 am | Light in-studio breakfast
10:00 am | Discussion and sharing
1:00 pm | Light lunch & goodbyes 
– optional studio time until 5pm –

This conference was born from a passion for empowering women to thrive—in business, creativity, and life!

Inspired by the magic of hosting creative retreats, we knew we wanted to create something even bigger—a space where women could come together, be inspired, and walk away ready to conquer their dreams.

At the heart of it all are three of us…Colleen Sutton, visionary owner of Richwood, who has spent years crafting unforgettable weddings and events; Cara Fox, the unstoppable force behind Little Golden Fox in Madison, a true mover and shaker; and me, a mixed-media artist, teacher, and creative retreat host with a LOVE for bringing people together.

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This isn’t just a conference—it’s a movement. And it’s all for YOU! Rebloom is the event you can’t afford to miss!

If you crave inspiration, meaningful connections, and a community of like-minded, supportive women, this is for you. Our incredible presenters will lead powerful exercises designed to give you clarity, focus, and real, actionable steps to take home. And because growth should be exciting, we’re infusing the experience with creative sessions to spark your imagination, space to unwind and play, and an epic closing dance party!

This isn’t just another conference—it’s a life-changing experience. Are you ready to Rebloom?

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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…

A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.

Eeyore, “Winnie-the-Pooh” -A.A. Milne

Inspiring artist of the week: Louise Bourgeois

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (1911 – 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes over the course of her long career including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious.These themes connect to events from her childhood which she considered to be a therapeutic process. Although Bourgeois exhibited with the abstract expressionists and her work has a lot in common with Surrealism and feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement.

Hand lettering Inspiration of the week: Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889 – 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-century and hugely influential on the surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer suggested that “of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man”.