Tag Archives: Carol Wiebe

Fabulous Opportunities

Posted on December 14, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I have been afforded some fabulous teaching opportunities, and hope that some of you will join me. I have a great passion for teaching, and have experienced over and over the tremendous expansion in creative energy that takes place when … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Creativiity, Workshop info | Tagged art book, Carol Wiebe, celebration, emotions, opportunities, passion, Quilting By the Lake 2, Southampton Art School, workshops | 8 Comments

Use a Book to Make Purse: Especially If You Don’t Like the Book

Posted on December 4, 2010 by CarolWiebe

My friend Jan recently attended the One of a Kind Show in Toronto, where a mutual friend, Laurie Skantzos, has a booth displaying her paintings (see more on her website). Jan mentioned some purses made from book covers, which really piqued my … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Authors | Tagged BevsPaper, Book Crafts, Carol Wiebe, Cracked Paper Quilt method, Designer Style Handbags, Laurie Skantzos, Lois Wade, Michelle Mitton, One of a Kind Show, opinions, purses, purses out of books, Scribbit, Sherri Haab, Squidoo, Ulysses, wikiHow | Leave a comment

How To Live In The World

Posted on November 8, 2010 by CarolWiebe

A friend of mine, Roberta Hickey, gave me some literature and advised, “Carol, you should go see this glass display, especially the work of Irene Frolic.” On Friday, November 5, my husband and I went to the Canadian Clay and Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Life Strategies, Spiritual, Writers | Tagged Baba Jaga, beauty, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Carol Wiebe, Glass Art Canada, glass sculpture, Gloria Hickey, Habitat Galleries, Her Maiden Braid, Holocaust, how God must feel, how to live in the world, Interview with Irene Frolic, Irene Frolic, Living Glass History, Oldest living Holocaust survivor still plays a mean piano at age 106, Robert Geyer, Roberta Hickey, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, soul, Winter Tale | 3 Comments

Life Is Beautiful

Posted on November 3, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Remember that movie? Wikipedia offers a succinct synopsis, as well as plenty of information about the film and actor Roberto Benigni, who directed and co-wrote it. He played Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian, who made use of his fertile imagination to help his family survive … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Up a New Reality

Posted on October 29, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Listening for the promptings of spirit, and seeking to follow them, has been my way of life for decades. In fact, I have clear memories of experiencing a sense of “the Other” as a young child. Therefore, my attention was … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Creativiity, Inspiration, Life Strategies, Spiritual | Tagged Art and Meaning Project, Art Of This World, Art of Transformation, beliefs about money, Carol Wiebe, catalyst, creativity, Divine Mystery, emotions, emulate, energetic field, energy, glimpses, God’s face, healing, inner work, Intuition, Katherine Treffinger, link spiritual and artistic, longing, Mary Anne Wakeley, meditation, mentors, other realities, Our Living Dream, painting process, perception, profound, proof is in the painting, reflection, role models, silent saboteurs, Silverspring Studio, spiritual awakening, the ineffable, the Mystery, touchstone, Treffinger Daily, unique voice | 8 Comments

Do You Want To See?

Posted on September 28, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I just finished this little handmade art book . . . . it’s about 4.5″ x 5.5″. It cups nicely in the hand, and was created much like OVA. This book was created for a dear friend whom I spent … Continue reading →

Posted in Carol's Art, Carol's poetry, Handmade Books and Journals, Carol's Writing | Tagged starfish, Carol Wiebe, Cracked Paper Quilts, ocean, handmade art book, crow, What We Want, sand, cranium, WOW, Ova, skull | 12 Comments

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow!

Posted on September 19, 2010 by CarolWiebe

On my last post, I said I’d show how my journal pages had “progressed.” I specifically mentioned tomorrow, but it came and went. (What does tomorrow mean in blogland, anyway? It all depends when you read it.) Why did I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Carol's Art, Carol's Art Processes & Techniques, Paintings | Tagged Carol Wiebe, collage, collage paintings, dream interpretation, dreams, I love ya, interpret deams, It is written, Little Orphan Annie, painting, tomorrow | 5 Comments

What We Want

Posted on August 5, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Do you want to see my starfish? the small boy exulted, flaunting his treasure before us and everyone else on the beach. We smiled and paid him our attention but can anyone own a starfish (or a husband or a … Continue reading →

Posted in Carol's poetry, Carol's Writing | Tagged Atlantic Ocean, beach, Carol Wiebe, divine, Maritimes, Nova Scotia, Our Maritime Adventure, poetry, sand, small boy, What We Want | 5 Comments

The Art of Cropping

Posted on August 3, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I call this new double page spread, from one of my art journals, “Every Moment.” Every moment, something is waiting to be born in your life ~ let your mind open to each possibility and your arms will acquiesce. Glare … Continue reading →

Posted in Carol's Art, Handmade Books and Journals, Carol's Writing | Tagged Carol Wiebe, ovum, Jeane Myers, journal pages, orientation, Diane Kramer, she wolf, Every Moment, varnish, matte, waiting to be born, crop a painting, flip your painting | 7 Comments

Wearing Your Altered Art

Posted on July 30, 2010 by CarolWiebe

One of the dresses that I bought at Frenchys, during a shopping adventure with Margi Hennen in Nova Scotia, was too tight on top. I didn’t mind because I had a plan. I would make a crocheted top and attach … Continue reading →

Posted in Crochet | Tagged altered art, bodice, Carol Wiebe, Crochet, Dress, Frenchy's, Hennen, Maritimes, yarn | 2 Comments