Artist Residency in Motherhood
Happy New Year!! I'm so excited for what 2018 has to offer, and I'm excited to share with you what I've got planned! 2017 was so full...
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Holly Carton
- Dec 26, 2017
- 2 min
DIY Baby Footprint LOVE plates
What do you get when you mix an artist with a new mother? DIY Christmas presents, of course! (At least for the Grandmothers!) We've...
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Holly Carton
- Dec 2, 2017
- 1 min
Wedding Bouquet Process
I've had the privilege to paint a lot of wedding bouquets as anniversary presents recently, and I love it! I always find it really...
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Holly Carton
- Nov 30, 2017
- 1 min
Inktober
October was 'Inktober' for two-dimensional artists, and I had a blast this year! The challenge is to do one ink drawing every day. I did...
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Holly Carton
- Nov 26, 2017
- 2 min
Watercolor Ocean Styled Shoot featured on Wedding Chicks!
Remember when I talked about planning a styled wedding photoshoot? Larissa and I put one together in January of 2017, and we got to work...
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Holly Carton
- Feb 24, 2017
- 2 min
DIY Backdrop Frame (styled shoot part 3)
Last time on the blog, I showed you how I DIYed a wedding backdrop - but you need something to hang that backdrop on, right?? If you...
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Holly Carton
- Feb 17, 2017
- 2 min
How To Make a Hand-Painted Wedding Backdrop (styled shoot Part 2)
Last time I started the story of our amazing Watercolor Elopement Photoshoot; today I'll be showing you how I made the giant backdrop!...
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Holly Carton
- Feb 10, 2017
- 2 min
Putting Together a Styled Shoot (Part 1)
A lot of people make amazing products, but they don't have the knowledge or equipment to take professional pictures of their work - and...
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Holly Carton
- Apr 16, 2016
- 2 min
1 Trick to Faster Oil Paintings
Just finished my first seascape commission! The customer ordered it after seeing some of my smaller personal seascapes, and it was a...
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Holly Carton
- Apr 10, 2016
- 2 min
Creating in Community
You can create in a vacuum. You can make things by yourself, without input from others; you CAN. But should you have to? There's...
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Holly Carton
- Mar 21, 2016
- 2 min
My first 'big' Craft Show!
I just finished my first 3-day spring craft show (which apparently is not a 'big' show to veterans, but to a terrified first-timer, it...
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Holly Carton
- Mar 11, 2016
- 2 min
What to do when worry stops your creativity
Next weekend will be my very first 3-day craft show. I've been enjoying the preparation, the painting, the art-supply-buying, but I hit a...
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