Let’s go explore Ireland!
Posted on September 12, 2025
I have something really exciting to share…I’m now teaching in Ireland with my daughter, Kenzie (Snippets of Whimsy)!
Next March, Kenzie and I will be leading an art retreat in Ireland, and we’d love for you to join us! As a mother-daughter duo, we’ve always found so much joy in creating and exploring together, so it only makes sense for the two of us to also lead art retreats together!
Come with us on a 6-day creative retreat across Ireland.
We’ll travel from Dublin to Killarney, and document our trip in our own personal travel journals. (And guess what…we’ll be there on St. Patrick’s Day!) Throughout the retreat, we’ll be sharing our favorite travel art journaling techniques to help you capture the magic of the moment, in your own unique way.
This isn’t about being “good at art.” It’s about slowing down, being present, and creating alongside kindred spirits. Whether you’re new to art journaling or have shelves full of sketchbooks, there’s space for you at our table.
Some trip highlights:
🇮🇪 A walking tour of Dublin
🍺 A Guinness Storehouse visit,
🏰 A visit to the Cashel Castle
🐑 A scenic tour of the Ring of Kerry on its winding path through the countryside
🥃 An Irish Whiskey and cheese tasting
🎨 Creative sketchbook sessions
When: March 16-21, 2026
Where: Dublin → Killarney
Who: You, me, and a small group of kindred spirits
Why: Because you deserve a little adventure
Space is limited! Snag one of the 3 remaining early bird spots before they run out! (A $100 savings)
Price: $2995 $3095 First 8 spots save $100! Selling fast, only 6 left!
Only 25% down is needed to claim your spot and payment plans are available. Just select ‘pay over time’ at booking and apply to finance your trip.
Let’s go explore Ireland!
Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 60
Posted on September 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…
“Thank your body in all ways. It is a highly tuned instrument of ancient, electric brilliance deserving of deep daily love.”
— Victoria Erickson (Author, Edge of Wonder)
Inspirational Artist of the week: Kaffe Fasset
Frank Havrah “Kaffe” Fassett, MBE (born December 7, 1937) is an American-born, British-based artist who is best known for his colourful designs in the decorative arts—needlepoint, patchwork, knitting, painting and ceramics.While still a child, Fassett renamed himself after an Egyptian boy character from the book Boy of the Pyramid by Ruth Fosdick Jones. His name rhymes with ‘safe asset’.
The second of five children, Fassett was born on December 7, 1937, in San Francisco, California,to parents William and Madeleine, who built the successful Nepenthe in Big Sur, California. He is the great-grandson of the wealthy businessman, lawyer and United States Congressman Jacob Sloat Fassett, and it was his great-great grandparents who founded the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. He received a scholarship to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the age of 19, but shortly left school to paint in London and moved there to live in 1964.
Hand lettering inspiration of the week: English Delftware
English Delftware originated in the 16th century when Italian immigrants brought tin-glazing techniques to the Low Countries and then to England, primarily through Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp potters, such as Jasper Andries and Jacob Jansen, later established production in Norwich, England, around 1567, spreading the craft to London and other centers. Initially known as “galleyware,” the production of tin-glazed earthenware was named “Delftware” after the Dutch city of Delft, a major producer of the style, by the early 18th century.
I’m teaching in Ireland! With someone special ♥️
Posted on August 29, 2025
I have something really exciting to share…I’m now teaching in Ireland with my daughter, Kenzie (Snippets of Whimsy)!
Next March, Kenzie and I will be leading an art retreat in Ireland, and we’d love for you to join us! As a mother-daughter duo, we’ve always found so much joy in creating and exploring together, so it only makes sense for the two of us to also lead art retreats together!
Come with us on a 6-day creative retreat across Ireland.
We’ll travel from Dublin to Killarney, and document our trip in our own personal travel journals. (And guess what…we’ll be there on St. Patrick’s Day!) Throughout the retreat, we’ll be sharing our favorite travel art journaling techniques to help you capture the magic of the moment, in your own unique way.
This isn’t about being “good at art.” It’s about slowing down, being present, and creating alongside kindred spirits. Whether you’re new to art journaling or have shelves full of sketchbooks, there’s space for you at our table.
Some trip highlights:
🇮🇪 A walking tour of Dublin
🍺 A Guinness Storehouse visit,
🏰 A visit to the Cashel Castle
🐑 A scenic tour of the Ring of Kerry on its winding path through the countryside
🥃 An Irish Whiskey and cheese tasting
🎨 Creative sketchbook sessions
When: March 16-21, 2026
Where: Dublin → Killarney
Who: You, me, and a small group of kindred spirits
Why: Because you deserve a little adventure
Space is limited! Snag one of the 6 remaining early bird spots before they run out! (A $100 savings)
Price: $2995 $3095 First 8 spots save $100! Selling fast, only 6 left!
Only 25% down is needed to claim your spot and payment plans are available. Just select ‘pay over time’ at booking and apply to finance your trip.
Let’s go explore Ireland!
🍀 Lucky You! Early Access to Kenzie’s Irish Art Retreat
Posted on June 13, 2025
Pack your paints – Ireland’s calling!
You’re getting exclusive, early access to a new Art Journaling Ireland creative retreat hosted by my daughter Kenzie!
Consider it the luck of the Irish if you can journal through Ireland with Kenz. (if I’m lucky I’ll get to go too!!) Imagine your next sketchbook filled with watercolor sketches, café scribbles, and the scent of sea air on each page? This new Art Journaling Ireland Retreat with TrovaTrip is your chance to slow down, soak it all in, and create something truly personal.This is a retreat for creative souls who love to wander and want to document every beautiful detail in uniquely creative ways.
Let us break it down for you:
Retreat dates: Mar 16-Mar 21, 2026
(Yes, you will be in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day!)
This 6 day trip will take you from Dublin to Killarney with 5 included activities, plus art journaling sessions. You’ll go home with a one-of-a-kind travel journal – park sketchbook, part diary, part treasure.
You will enjoy:
• A walking tour of Dublin
• A Guinness Storehouse visit
• A visit to the Cashel Castle
• A scenic tour of the Ring of Kerry on its winding path through the countryside
• An Irish Whiskey and cheese tasting
• Creative sketchbook sessions
Also included:
• Five breakfasts, two dinners
• Double occupancy in 3-star hotels (limited single rooms available)
• All city transfers
• Local, experienced guide
Wanna join?
Spots are limited, and early access means you could be on one of them. There are only 16 available spots AND the first 8 get early bird pricing of $2995 (a $100 savings). To snag one of these early bird spots, all that is needed is a 25% down payment ($749). The remainder can be paid in payments INTEREST FREE with TrovaTrip until 12/16. Payment plans via Affirm are available…more info here:
Lori Siebert & Co. 