Featured Artist Friday! Nena Lopez

This is something new that I’m starting that’s been on my mind for a while. What was once a creative outlet for me in dealing through the emotions of motherhood, this blog has transitioned to focusing on supporting other artist moms on their journey, whatever that may look like. Continue to look for featured artistContinue

Meet Maker Mama, Kimberly Poovey

Kimberly Poovey is a writer and artist living in Columbia, South Carolina with her husband and 5-year-old son. She has loved to create all kinds of visual art since she was a child and is largely self-taught. Like any good artist, she suffers from a variety of mental illnesses and believes in breaking the stigmaContinue

Meet Maker Mama, Claire Brown

Claire is primarily a stay at home mother, but moonlights as a professor of Early Childhood Education. She enjoys doing art both with young children and by herself. Her favorite mediums are watercolor and wax. Like many creative moms, Claire turned to writing to help process the emotions of motherhood. Her writing has been published onContinue

Meet Maker Mama, Odeta Xheka

Known mostly for her unique brand of mixed media on canvas, Odeta Xheka is an artist, writer, poet, and debuting picture book creator. Her creative nonfiction can be found at Mutha Magazine, Literary Mama, and Her View From Home among other online publications. Her blog focuses on open-ended creativity as it relates to child development.Continue

Meet Maker Mama, Jen Mearns

Because I am all about supporting moms and their creative pursuits, I wanted to highlight Jen Mearns, over at The Distracted Mom Store. Jen is a mom of three boys, two dogs, two cats, two birds, seven goats and nineteen chickens. She works in a medical lab and is working on her masters degree inContinue