Posted on March 9, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Your head is a living forest full of song birds.”
— E.E. Cummings
Inspiration of the week: Café Dior
Café Dior by Mauro Colagreco is a luxury coffee shop located inside the Dior Gold House in Bangkok, offering couture-inspired pastries, coffee, and cocktails in a stunning, art-filled setting. It’s known for its unique design, blending Parisian luxury with Thai craftsmanship. The menu features visually stunning, nature-inspired desserts and drinks, making it a popular spot for an exclusive, high-end experience.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Enid Marx
Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx, (20 October 1902 – 18 May 1998), was an English painter and designer, best known for her industrial textile designs for the London Transport Board and the Utility furniture Scheme. Marx was the first female engraver to be designated as a Royal Designer for Industry. Marx was a versatile artist whose work spanned industrial design and the visual arts. She valued craft and folk art, and derived inspiration for her work from her collections of vernacular artwork and everyday objects. Although she is best known for her textile and book design, she also designed wrapping paper, stamps, and Christmas cards.






Posted on March 6, 2026
Have you ever traveled somewhere and felt your creativity wake up in a whole new way?
The colors feel richer.
The patterns seem to be everywhere.
The textures, markets, architecture, and handmade traditions spark ideas you can’t wait to capture in your art.
That’s exactly the spirit behind my upcoming Color & Craft Retreat in Oaxaca…and I would love for you to join me.

This special experience, hosted with Crafted Roads, blends art-making with cultural discovery in one of the most visually inspiring places in the world. Together we’ll soak up the vibrant colors, artisan traditions, and everyday beauty of Oaxaca, letting the sights, flavors, and textures guide our creativity.
What Makes This Retreat So Special
This isn’t just an art workshop. It’s a full sensory experience.
Imagine days filled with:
🎨 Creative studio sessions where we explore mixed media techniques inspired by the colors and textures around us
🌺 Exploring Oaxaca’s artisan culture, from handmade crafts to traditional markets
🍽 Incredible local food and shared meals that celebrate the region’s rich culinary traditions
📓 Capturing inspiration through sketching, journaling, and creative play
✨ A small, intimate group where connection, creativity, and laughter flow easily
Oaxaca is famous for its extraordinary artisan culture, vibrant color palette, and deep creative heritage…making it the perfect place to gather inspiration for your art.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is designed for curious, creative souls who love to:
• explore new places
• collect inspiration from travel
• experiment with mixed media
• connect with other creative women

You don’t need to be an experienced artist…just someone who loves making things and seeing the world through a creative lens.
A Week to Refill Your Creative Well

One of my favorite things about teaching retreats is watching people loosen up, try new things, and rediscover the joy of making art just for the love of it.
And when that happens in a place as magical as Oaxaca… the inspiration is endless.
If you’ve been craving a creative getaway filled with color, culture, and connection, this could be the perfect adventure.
THE FIRST 8 SPOTS RECEIVE $100.00 off by using the code EARLY8
(there are only 6 of these spots left!)
I would absolutely love to create, explore, and gather inspiration with you.
Warmly,
Lori
Posted on March 2, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.”
— Frida Kahlo
Inspiration of the week: Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City
I took SO MANY photos at this museum!!! Just had to share a few with you for inspiration.








Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Mexico City
I was enamored with the lettered signs and other typography on my recent trip. This is just a SMALL sampling!!









Posted on February 23, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.”
— Marilyn Monroe
Inspirational artist of the week: Conner Nesbit
Conner Nesbit is an acclaimed floral designer best known for winning HBO Max’s floral design competition series Full Bloom, taking home the $100,000 grand prize by creating innovative, storytelling-driven floral work that impressed the judges.
He first fell into the world of floristry around 2010 at age 18 when he took a job delivering flowers out of financial necessity after high school and quickly became obsessed with the craft, learning names, techniques, and floral design along the way.
Conner’s journey hasn’t been without challenges: in 2014 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and shortly afterward lost his mother to ovarian cancer. These experiences deepened his connection to the symbolic nature of flowers and influence his aesthetic, which often explores contrasts and emotional nuance.






Hand lettering artist of the week: Hatch Show Print
From the restrikes, or historical reprints, of posters for classic films and advertisements for circuses and state fairs, to the custom orders printed in the shop today, the products of Hatch Show Print have always been designed and printed by hand in Nashville, Tennessee.
The shop’s enduring design and production approach is a handmade mainstay in a world of digital design. Specializing in limited-runs of posters in which one designer oversees the entire process from start to finish, including the packing and shipping of the posters, Hatch Show Print’s history of commercial printing continues with the commemorative works of art printed in the shop today.
Sharing long-standing relationships with Grand Ole Opry stars and the Ryman Auditorium, among other historic Nashville landmarks, Hatch Show Print’s posters are woven into the fabric of Music City and beyond. The shop’s reach extends as far as the touring musicians who have traveled with their show posters and as far as the music venues throughout the country and internationally that have ordered their prints for upcoming performances. To see a poster from Hatch Show Print is to see the visual history of Nashville, Tennessee, the Southern United States, and the nation as a whole.






Posted on February 16, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“This is why art is so important. Because it can get us to places that we can’t get to any other way.”
— Andrew Garfield
Inspirational artist of the week: Dora Batty
Dora Margaret Batty (12 January 1891 – 10 July 1966) was a British designer, working in illustration, poster design, pottery and textiles.
Batty was born in Colchester, Essex, the youngest of three daughters of Rev. Thomas Batty and Elizabeth Cooke Hopwood Batty. She attended the Chelmsford School of Science and Art.
Batty designed posters for the Underground Group and for London Transport between 1921 and 1938, producing over 50 different designs in a variety of different styles. From 1932, she taught in the School of Textiles at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.In 1950, she was appointed the Head of School, apost she held until she retired in 1958.
Batty also designed textiles for Helios and ceramics for the Poole Pottery and for Carter & Co, as well as advertisements for Mac Fisheries and K Shoes.She also worked as a book illustrator. She lived in London for many years, but died in Essex in 1966.






Hand lettering artist of the week: Dr. Atl
Gerardo Murillo Coronado, also known by his signature “Dr. Atl” (October 3, 1875 – August 15, 1964), was a Mexican painter, writer and intellectual. He is most famous for his works inspired by the Mexican landscape, particularly volcanoes, and for being one of the early figures of modern Mexican art.
Dr. Atl was a key figure in the development of Mexican muralism in the early 20th century, alongside artists like Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. His painting style was heavily influenced by the romanticism of the natural world, focusing on depicting Mexico’s volcanic and montainous terrain.
In addition to his work as a painter, Dr. Atl was a strong advocate for the cultural and political identity of Mexico, emphasizing the importance of indigenous roots and the country’s natural beauty. He was a prominent intellectual figure and made contributions to the Mexican artistic and political spheres during the early 20th century.
Dr. Atl was also known for his contributions to the development of modern Mexican art education, as well as his writing. His legacy as an artist and cultural figure remains significant in Mexican art history.






Posted on February 9, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
— Maya Angelou
Inspirational artist of the week: Nadia Yaron
Nadia Yaron is a Brazilian-born American artist of Russian and Italian descent. She lives and works in upstate New York where she sculpts with wood, stone, and metal to reflect themes of fragility, impermanence, and oneness with nature, often informed by her idyllic rural surroundings. Yaron demonstrates impermanence by honoring small transient events such as a fallen leaf, a gust of wind, a flower blooming, or a pink cloud.
Yaron creates vertical structures that represent the lay of the land as she sees it. Grass, cornfields, trees, mountains, and moon are abstract documentations. She assembles wood and stone to create a magnified slightly anthropomorphic portrait of a flower depicting the sacredness and uniqueness of every flower and furthermore every being.
Yaron honors the beauty of the universe by embracing the perfection and inherent truth of its natural materials. She works in collaboration with nature. Her wood is intentionally and locally sourced and as a way of giving back, every year she plants native hardwood trees.






Hand lettering artist of the week: Sarah La Puerta
Sarah La Puerta, née Sarah Gautier, is a musician, calligrapher and writer working in different dimensions. She lives in New York.



Posted on February 2, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
give the world the best you’ve got anyway.”
— Mother Teresa
Inspirational artist of the week: Gustav Marisch
Gustav Marisch (1887–?, Austrian) was a graphic designer and glass designer who studied in Vienna. He was associated with the Vienna Secession and participated in the Wiener Werkstätte, contributing to the development of modern Austrian design through work that bridged graphic clarity and refined material craftsmanship.





Hand lettering artist of the week: Paul Bommer
Paul Bommer is a British artist and illustrator celebrated for his distinctive visual style, which blends traditional folk imagery with contemporary wit. Rooted in a deep appreciation for narrative, folklore, and historical design, his work spans a variety of media including prints, ceramics, textiles, and public art. Bommer is known for his strong draughtsmanship, hand-rendered typography, and richly layered symbolism, which often draw upon English heritage and vernacular art traditions.
Educated at the prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, Bommer refined a visual language that marries classical illustration techniques with a modern sensibility. His training provided a strong technical foundation and an openness to cross-disciplinary work, elements that have remained central to his practice.
Over the years, Bommer has built a reputation for works that are both playful and erudite. His linocuts and woodcuts frequently explore themes such as folklore, nautical mythology, religious iconography, and regional British customs. His visual storytelling is often infused with humour, irony, and a love for detail, making his work both accessible and intellectually engaging.




Posted on January 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
— Henry Ford
Inspirational artist of the week: The Netherland Hilton in Cincinnati
The Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, opened in 1931 as part of the Carew Tower complex, is a premier example of French Art Deco design and a National Historic Landmark. Developed by John J. Emery as a “city within a city,” it features rare Brazilian rosewood, German silver, and Rookwood Pottery. The hotel, which survived a major 1942 fire, joined Hilton in 2002.









Hand lettering artist of the week: Daria Gushchina
Daria is a mixed media artist and illustrator whose work celebrates the beauty of everyday life. Her art practice centers on sketching, plein air work, collage, and intuitive painting …often unfolding on the pages of her sketchbook. Deeply in love with color, she resists limitations, whether in palette, time, or materials. By allowing herself complete freedom and stepping beyond boundaries, she keeps her heart open to new explorations, nurturing a playful, childlike curiosity that keeps her creative process endlessly exciting.
Originally trained in architecture, Daria also has professional experience in the field. However, feeling unfulfilled, she chose to fully dedicate herself to art and illustration…her true passion. She now shares her work through her Etsy shop and on Instagram, where many people discover her and follow along with her artistic journey. On Instagram, she documents the evolution of her style and process and is deeply grateful for the kindness and support of her community, which continues to inspire her.






Posted on January 19, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
— Maya Angelou
Inspirational artist of the week: Monika Forsberg
Monika is a Swedish born freelance illustrator and occasional animator based in North London. She studied art & filmmaking at the RCA. Her work is a quirky explosion of colour and humour. A technicolor world. Using pen, paper and paint her work is a fusion of everyday observation and fantasy. Recent clients include eeBoo, Anna Sui, NY Review, Liberty of London, Channel 4, UN, UNICEF, Anthropologie, Gorman Clothing, REDvalentino, URAX, Natur &Kultur, Quarto Publishing and Lagom Design.






Hand lettering artist of the week: E. Rollet
E. Rollet was an 18th-century calligrapher, (born around 1741), known for a surviving manuscript titled “Calligraphie du dix-huitième siècle” (18th-Century Calligraphy), featuring alphabets, texts, and calligraphic demonstrations, showcasing fine control of hand, providing valuable historical examples of script. The work serves as a valuable resource for studying 18th-century calligraphy styles and techniques.





Posted on January 12, 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:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“I wish to live a life that causes my soul to dance inside my body.”
— Dele Olanubi
Inspirational artist of the week: Henry Phillips
Floral Emblems is a book written by Henry Phillips and published in 1825. It explores the symbolism and meanings behind different types of flowers, with each flower being associated with a particular emotion or message.
It was part of a larger trend in the early 19th century towards studying and appreciating nature. The use of flowers to convey sentiments and emotions was quite popular during that time. It includes descriptions and illustrations of a variety of flowers, along with their associated meanings. For example, the rose is often associated with love and passion, while the daisy represents innocence and purity.






Hand lettering artist of the week: Pam Garrison
Pam Garrison is an artist, crafter, and general creative pursuit enthusiast. Her seemingly endless artistic curiosity has lead to her prolific creativity in many different mediums. She’s been published in numerous books and magazines as a contributing artist, and teaches art classes all over the world.





