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This is a video tour of my (Rebecca E. Parsons’) home studio in 2010… I miss that space since downsizing in 2012.
I hope you enjoy this quick look into my creative world. I would love to have videos and photos of your creative spaces. If you are interested in sharing with our readers, please contact [...]
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I love to cook. And I love to create a beautiful atmosphere for enjoying my food. Easter morning is no exception. After sunrise mass, we sat down to a joyous meal. This was really a ‘break fast’ meal as Lent is over, Christ is risen and we are blessed indeed.
It was a bright and cheerful [...]
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The redo of my Hoosier cabinet…Taa Daa…looks for less is always best for me!!! To see the whole humble, and oh so messy beginnings, of this sad little “piece of junk” that my son-in-law refused to allow my daughter to accept here…it also included a history of Hoosiers.
I restored this vintage Hoosier over a 6-week [...]
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Color: A Balancing Act 2
What is the “emotional loading of a space”?
Says Helen Gurura, an internationally accredited colour design consultant, and executive vice-president of the International Association of Color Consultants (IACC). “Feelings can be evoked through colour at even an unconscious level and this gives rise to the term “colour emotion”, defined as “an associated feeling [...]
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Imagination is my biggest strength. I have what some might say is an ‘over-active’ imagination…I prefer to call it vision. Yet even a visionary can have an issue when she doesn’t have a real fireplace in her home ~ Villa Rebecca. So how does one decorate a mantle if your home does not have a [...]
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We are moving toward the edge of what’s possible here at C8C. Check back often to see what’s new. From today forward, Monday’s will almost always be about DIY style ideas and resources. DIY makes my heart sing…I love creating something from nothing or something for less than I can buy it in a store. [...]
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What? No Fireplace? HORRORS!!!!
Well how on earth does one decorate a mantle when they don’t have one? Ah Ha…that’s the magic! I am not going to let a little thing like no fireplace stop me from my decorating dreams!!! You know how creative I am…so it took about three and a half minutes to remedy [...]
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Your editor and fellow creative journeyer, Rebecca E. Parsons is a Renaissance gal with designers eye...writer, publisher, DIYer, Foodie, digital and photographic mixed media R-tiste, Retreat Leader, Dreamer, Possibility Coach, Lifelong Communicator & Blissful Wordsmith...just one inspired creative soul on a journey to Cre8Topia. Unconventional and delightfully curious, she is passionate about helping others embrace the artist within and create a life around their passion. She believes that every dream is possible and possible is everywhere!
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