Attitude Is Everything

Feb 16, 2015 | Hand Lettering, Mindfulness, Storytelling, Writing

On Friday I sent out The Creative Brief, my monthlyish newsletter. I wanted to give you a chance to see what’s there and decide if you’d like to receive it too. Here’s this month’s issue: Attitude is everything. If you like it, click here to... Read More

The Jealous Curator January Creative UNBlock Challenge

Jan 31, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Hand Lettering

For the past few days I’ve been playing around with The Jealous Curator’s January Creative UNBlock Challenge. We were instructed to take an image, copy it 50ish times, and alter each one a different way. You can read more about the challenge on... Read More

10 Reasons to Follow Me on Instagram | @melanie_biehle

Jan 30, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Strategy, Family, Hand Lettering, My Creative Journey, My Life, Photography, Places, Storytelling

Did I really just do that? 10 Reasons to…? I did. Whatever. I’ve been growing even more obsessed with Instagram these days. I didn’t even know I could be any more obsessed, but here I am, totally addicted. I can’t remember how I first found out... Read More

Print This: Abundance

Jan 10, 2015 | Creative Projects, Fine Art, Hand Lettering, Mindfulness

I created this watercolor painting and hand lettering piece for my 2015 vision board and I want to share it with you. Click here to download a free printable version for your vision board or workspace! Here’s a section of my vision board so far this year. Every... Read More

2015 Word of the Year: Mindful

Jan 2, 2015 | Hand Lettering, Mindfulness, My Creative Journey, My Life, Storytelling

Happy New Year, friends! I don’t know about you, but I am excited about what’s to come this year. I love cracking open a brand new journal and thinking about how I want to feel in 2015 and what things I want to focus on that will bring the most meaning... Read More

Merry Christmas!

Dec 23, 2014 | Family, Hand Lettering, My Life, Photography, Places

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends. We’ll be celebrating Christmas Eve with friends at Osteria Rigoletto and eating lots of homemade cookies on Christmas Day. I’ll be back soon with a few 2014 in review posts before we... Read More

Space: A Tale of Longing & Living

Dec 19, 2014 | Family, Hand Lettering, Mindfulness, My Life, Storytelling

Yesterday Nathaniel invited me into his room to play with him. “Let’s play bad guy and good guy, Mommy! No, wait, you be Wonder Woman and I’ll be the Human Torch, no wait…” At some point I threw in, “Hey, do you want to play a game... Read More

New Print: Gilmore Girls Gets Me

Dec 17, 2014 | Creative Projects, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Hand Lettering

Hi friends! As 2014 winds down I find myself in a middle ground of wanting to create brand new new work (see my painting in progress on Instagram) and share the work that I’ve done in 2014 that I haven’t shown you yet. This “Gilmore Girls Gets... Read More

How To Create A Color Story by James Buckhouse

Dec 12, 2014 | Creative Process, Creative Strategy, Hand Lettering, Photography, Storytelling

One of the tasks I’m trying (so hard) to finish up before 2014 closes its doors is going through emails and articles I’ve saved to read later. I’d like to say that whatever I don’t finish will get trashed, but what if I threw away gems like... Read More

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

Dec 10, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Mindfulness, My Life, Writing

Last week I promised more details on The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo. I wrote an article about the book for Seattle Refined, so be sure to check it out if you’d like to know more. I also... Read More