I'm offering 2 opportunities for homeschool artists twice a month, first and third Thursdays at my studio in downtown Barberton.  The classes are offered back to back so that siblings could participate in separate classes in one trip.  What to do with siblings who aren't participating?  The Barberton Library's Children's Department is filled with loads of hands on activities, or beautiful Lake Anna park is one block from my studio. If you are signing up multiple siblings at the sibling price, please email me so that I can send you an accurate invoice.                An Artistic Journey Through Picture Books :     Process oriented art class with picture books as the inspiration to create with different    materials in a variety of ways. We will get messy and have fun exploring our creativity! Ages 4 - 8 years Homeschoolers 1st and 3rd Thursday...

  Here is the recording link! It's different from the others, so I hope you can find personal benefit. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/ share/_I_ 4443etA2Oh2VXBFLTu4hOnsI_ XVhuouOq- l0x5Xeo2o07OUBGpS6HZ5DWuNTE. 0CagDCb5SGNHsA81 Passcode: f1@pny9. Some quotes: Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life.  Failure comes when we shrink from them. {John Maxwell} I hope to always keep stretching myself and not stay in one bo or lane.  {Cailee Spaeny} A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions. {Oliver Wendell Holmes}

  Join me on Monday, April 7, at 7 pm for the next in my series of online workshops! You will want to have the journaling pages printed out (or some paper will do, too) and writing tools.  You might also want a favorite beverage or little snack.  Feel free to share this with all you friends, too! Here are the journal pages for the workshop . Here is the link to join the Workshop: Miriam Daniel is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Expand:  Simple Wonders Workshop Time: Apr 7, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88067616842?pwd=t4bwcENz78TbVCE6Ms4WKeqyHNe4NN.1 Meeting ID: 880 6761 6842 Passcode: 324275 The recording of this workshop will be available later this week.

 I have new greeting card sets available now!  These sets of 5 handmade cards of prints of my art are available at my studio for $20 and by mail or delivery for $25.  These are a mix of older artwork and recent artwork.  I selected these because they are speaking to me, and I hope they will speak to all who see and receive them.  There is a message of peace and hope and life and positive energy. Flower Garden Single Slice of Serenity Slices of Serenity Lakescape Circle of Serenity Little Garden No. 1 Little Garden No. 2 Buy these beauties HERE:   https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PCP7JYAAAZF86

Recently I've revisited watercolor painting.  These past few weeks I've enjoyed both the bright pigments and the slow and meditative way that I have been applying the paint.  It feels therapeutic and healing to create this way.  It is gentle and peaceful.  Sometimes it is random, and other times the work is inspired by memories or dreams.  There is an ease that seems to be so rare these days.  I really enjoy looking through the stack of finished work--seeing the bright colors, interesting watermarks, and the way they all combine.  There is such serenity.   I thought you might be up for some hope and joy and brightness in your life, too.  I decided I would share these works with the world.  I have matted them, so they are all ready for the frame of your choice.  I am offering these "Slices of Serenity" for $40 each.  (Shipping is available for a small additional charge.). Each is an original piece of water color art on pape...

I have a new class coming up in April at White Rabbit Galleries!  I'm excited to create the class and work with a new group of creative and curious folks! Do you love beach glass, driftwood, and lake tumbled rocks?  Would you like to assemble them into pieces of art?  This class is for you!  It also includes and optional early morning field trip on April 6 for beach combing with me at my favorite Lake Erie beach.  Please share this with your people, and invite a friends because it will be even more fun when you have someone to share with. More information and registration are found HERE

  It's all about INSPIRE and Inspiration.  Doesn't that feel so timely down deep in your soul?  It sure does to me!  Winter has been long and bleak, and it's not over yet.  There seems to be so much uncertainty and chaos swirling around us.  Believe it or not this is the best time to be inspired {and then turn around and be an inspiration.} I'm planning that at least half the time will be journaling or creative time together, so you will want paper and a pen for sure! This time you might want to bring some art supplies.  It can be anything--markers, crayons, color pencils, paint--whatever works for you! Here are the journal pages I made for you. This is the recording : https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/ share/qOR_ TgcFUWkljXYoIdK72sbdFU38Y6FBxS Yzg1v59Aoj7Z9WqTXIFiTE48Ji_ ylQ.4pMu-d6XX7T5zDHj Passcode: 4^HxPYF6 Please share with everyone you think could use an online boost! NPR Article:  8 Skills to Stress Less

  Register HERE Join me for a deeply enriching experience of Yoga Nidra.  This is a practice that allows you to decompress, relax, and find a deeper ease, despite the stress and business of life.  It allows your mind, body, and spirit to rest for a bit of time. What we do : In person I invite you to arrive a bit earlier to enjoy a cup of tea and create a cozy spot.  If you join online you create your own cozy spot at home, and then turn on the zoom link.  We will do a bit of moving and deep breathing.  Then we will lie back as if beginning shavasana.  I will guide your attention around your body, and then you will have for lack of a better term an extended shavasana. What to bring: Wear comfy clothes.  Bring a water bottle for afterwards.  Bring yoga or exercise mat(s), blanket(s), pillow for under knees.  An openness to trying something new is helpful, too. In person or online :  I'm offering both options!  If you're joining i...

  This year give an amazing experience gift for Valentine's Day! All materials, instructions, and a soft drink are provided inside my cozy studio, Blue Door Atelier, inside White Rabbit Galleries, 571 W. Tuscarawas Ave., Barberton. Usually this experience is $45 per person, but in celebration of love you can join your special person in a creative experience--both for $45. {This offer is available for purchase until February 16, 2025, and it must be redeemed on an agreed upon date between purchase and June 30, 2025} Watercolor painting –for the novice who finds joy in the process.  We will play and then create 2-3 simple landscape or seascape pieces Needle felting —learn the basics of this fiber art form to create a flower or heart pin or a holiday bauble with embellishment Beginning crochet —learn a few basic stitches and begin a simple scarf and take it home to complete on your own Oil pastels —Let’s play with this versatile media to explore and then create one or two p...