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About Teresa Shishim

Teresa has designed and implemented online and print communication for businesses and nonprofits for over 15 years, developing a great reputation as a vector artist. Her diverse background includes industry and non-profit experience, software development, animal welfare, river restoration, energy efficiency, environmental consulting, and holistic healing. Each day she puts her creativity pants on, one leg at a time.

What I Learned from Haz Said, Writer and Unicyclist

I get inspired with a little help from my friends I am always so incredibly impressed with my friends and acquaintances. I like to observe how creativity manifests through them. What I learned from Haz Said, writer and unicyclist, is inspiring. The truth is, we are all similar beings. We may [...]

By |2018-10-29T15:10:37-06:00February 21st, 2017|Someone Like You, Writing|Comments Off on What I Learned from Haz Said, Writer and Unicyclist

Why It’s Absolutely OK to Write a Self-Addressed Love Letter

Be My Own You might label Valentine's Day as a 'Hallmark Holiday'. Or maybe you have twenty hand-written love letters ready to be dropped with hugs and kisses to your friends and family.  Or maybe, if you're single, you're dreading and avoiding today altogether. But before you go out and do any loving or [...]

By |2017-02-14T10:43:31-07:00February 14th, 2017|Writing|Comments Off on Why It’s Absolutely OK to Write a Self-Addressed Love Letter

How to Make a Paper Rose Like a Ninja

Ancient Sneaky Valentine Tradition... Just to keep you on your toes today, I'll be guiding you through how to make a paper rose like a ninja. You can use them to add a three dimensional aspect to a flat card to be delivered under the cover of darkness, or drop them like breadcrumbs [...]

By |2017-02-08T09:47:35-07:00February 7th, 2017|Paper Magic|Comments Off on How to Make a Paper Rose Like a Ninja

The Essential Winter Reading List

Curl Up and Read If this isn't the time of year for an essential winter reading list, I don't know when is. The holidays are over, but there are still many days to go before spring. Plenty of time to curl up with a good book! After this month's recap below, I've got a [...]

By |2017-02-15T09:39:50-07:00January 30th, 2017|Monthly Recap|4 Comments

Write It Out and Find Your Focus

Write it, Release it Stream of conscious writing is a creative break I like to employ daily, but especially anytime I am frustrated or feeling blocked. It is much easier to find your focused groove once you purge the things that are distracting you. It only takes ten minutes, you need very [...]

By |2017-01-25T14:19:18-07:00January 25th, 2017|Writing|Comments Off on Write It Out and Find Your Focus

How to Get What You Want with Color

The Influence of Color Its obvious that light has a huge impact on energy levels, and it makes sense: As hunter-gatherer and then agricultural societies, we evolved to work in the daylight hours and be ready to go when the sun is shining. Color's influence on your energy [...]

By |2018-04-04T13:06:27-06:00January 18th, 2017|Mouth-Watering Color|Comments Off on How to Get What You Want with Color

How to Make a ‘Don’t Look’ Doodle

No Peeking Did you ever play that game where you closed your eyes and someone lead you around for a 'trust walk'? They had to make sure you didn't bump into anything or trip or fall down a manhole. Well, I've been playing this game lately with myself where you do something similar [...]

By |2017-01-11T08:30:12-07:00January 10th, 2017|Doodles|Comments Off on How to Make a ‘Don’t Look’ Doodle

Make Water Color Swatches

Turn up the Saturation I'm looking out my window and everything looks like the color plug got pulled - the usually blue sky, green fields, and red earth have drained away and everything is in shades of grey or muted colors. I'm thinking we all need a quick color fix. I'm making [...]

By |2017-01-18T11:48:33-07:00January 3rd, 2017|Mouth-Watering Color|2 Comments
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