Author Archives: MarvyMaike

Frohe Weihnachten!

Gingerbread and Snowman cards by Maike's Marvels

Happy Holidays   I wish you and yours a lovely year-end and safe travels to see your loved ones, whether around the block or a flight away. Here are the cards (both mine and for clients) that are making their way to various post boxes around the world. May your last week of the year […]

Radvent: Style (and being happy with your self)

Radvent 18 on Style by Princess Lasertron

Princess Lasertron’s Radvent on Style has a fabulous opening: “Ladylike dressing is making a comeback, opening the door to beautifully defined silhouettes, exciting accessories, and life with grace and style in all the details. The exciting thing about being a modern example of style is that we don’t have to look a certain way there’s no […]

Radvent: (Holiday) Music

Music Radvent 17 by Princess Lasertron

I’m sitting on a fear-busting Radvent entry but Princess Lasertron is nice enough to give me a cop-out with this Music post. Graphic re-blogged with permission from Princess Lasertron. I actually just made a Christmas mix for my friend. It is so much quicker to do this in iTunes than it was when I grew […]

Radvent: Writing

Radvent Writing by Princess Lasertron

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”  ~William Wordsworth Last weekend I visited Piccolo Theatre’s Holiday Panto (ends tomorrow, December 17). Jessica Puller did a fabulous job writing Space Wars. I thought it would be a Star Wars vs. Star Trek type show, but the geekery was far better than that. This review […]

Radvent: Performance

Performance Radvent by Princess Lasertron

“When I consider my actions as performing certain ideas, it helps me reclaim my agency.” ~Katie F-S Yesterday I attended a free concert performance in Northwestern’s Alice Millar chapel. I’ve passed by this beautiful building many times and admired its external stained glass window. The internal windows are just as beautiful. You can read about […]

Radvent: Influence

Influence Radvent by Princess Lasertron

I’ll have to let Radvent go through January because there are a few good topics this week. Today I’ll work on Influencing.  Image re-blogged with permission from Princess Lasertron Five of my greatest influences is difficult to narrow down. I could easily do this exercise for every year of my life, as well as make […]

Radvent: Comfort and a comfortable studio tour

Radvent Comfort by Princess Lasertron

“I love geeking out on art while drinking wine.” ~ Jennifer Yang, Meetup organizer On December 2 I visited a painting and sculpting studio with a local Meetup group. I first met this lovely group at the Ravenswood Art Walk. Vitruvian Art Studio offers drawing, painting, sculpture and anatomy classes. It took me a while […]

Radvent: a breather to get Started

Radvent Starting by Princess Lasertron

Today I am planning on working with Princess Lasertron’s “how to get started” prompts to get my 2012 goals fleshed out. Identifying my mission to “begin to be the person you want to be today” is a daunting task, so these 6 tips will help me move it along. Image re-blogged with permission from Princess […]

Radvent: Caring

Caring Radvent by Princess Lasertron

“Zie ginds komt de stoomboot uit Spanje weer aan.” ~ Sinterklaas lied Happy Sinterklaas! I forgot to order my kruidnoten this year so it is passing this household without much ado. Today I’m busy wrapping up two Christmas orders and haven’t even started to draft the blogs about my two fabulous Friday outings. Technically I […]

Radvent: Challenged Authenticity

Radvent Day 1 by Princess Lasertron

“Challenge yourself, it’s fine not to be a totally finished person.”  ~ Leigh Steinberg Happy Radvent to you! I’m following Princess Lasertron’s series and will try to blog my own version as I can (not necessarily daily). Her post from yesterday asks: Reposted with permission from Princess Lasertron I declared this my year of authenticity. […]

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