by Christy Strickler | Sep 4, 2017 | Articles, Memoirs of a Design Team Addict |
I can clearly see that blogging has not been a top priority for me for a little while now. It’s not that I don’t like blogging. I do. It’s not that I don’t have ideas for posts. I have a notebook full. I could say that I have been busy, which...
by Christy Strickler | Jul 4, 2017 | Articles, Memoirs of a Design Team Addict |
It’s been awhile since I have podcasted. Maybe too long. I recently sat down with my friend, Karen Poirier-Brode as a guest on her podcast, A Creative Approach. Karen interviews people from all walks of life, inviting them to share how they keep creativity in...
by Christy Strickler | Apr 19, 2017 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Memoirs of a Design Team Addict |
If it happens again, just go with it.Let the paint run. Let the ink splatter as it will. Ignore the stray pen mark. Stop worrying about spelling. Let the words flow from your mind and heart as you write that next blog post. Whatever the creative endeavor, understand...
by Christy Strickler | Mar 22, 2017 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Expat Life, Memoirs of a Design Team Addict |
I have talked about it off an on, but maybe not directly enough. We’re expats and we live a very minimalist lifestyle. Now there are a lot of images that come to mind for many people when I say that. Many of these images often include a very well manicured home...
by Christy Strickler | Mar 8, 2017 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Memoirs of a Design Team Addict, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
Am I the lucky one? My philosophy on luck is probably a little bit different than most. In many ways, I equate luck with gratitude. It’s sort of a cup half empty versus cup half full scenario. You can choose to see the good in any situation and you can choose to...
by Christy Strickler | Feb 22, 2017 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Memoirs of a Design Team Addict |
When blogs first started appearing, many of them took the form of online journals. It wasn’t unusual to find blog posts written about a family vacation or for someone to share their thoughts about virtually any subject on the web. I was never really one of those...