Paint and glue and creating with you!
Happy birthday to Hannah (5) and Zoe (7) who we had the honor of celebrating birthdays with at CReATE today! The open-ended creative spirit and messy freedom was our gift to share š
Yearly Archives: 2018
For Dad!
Friday, June 8, 2018Happy Fathers make happy days.
We’ve got reclaimed wood blocks just right for decorating for Dads world. Come in and make one your way, bring a picture to make it an awesome photo block!
Community Fun!
Thursday, June 7, 2018Come paint rocks with us this Saturday between 10am-12pm at CReATE STUDIO. Girls Club Strong and CReATE host this FREE community event to paint rocks to hide around our communities and spread good vibes.
A bit about me.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018Excited that my interview for @voyagelamag is online and ready to share at http://voyagela.com/interiew/art-life-jemma-wildermuth/
It’s fun to see the part of me that is an artist with a vision.
Think it, make it!
Monday, June 4, 2018“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind you will hold it in your hand.” Bob Proctor
Chloe dreamed up a room for her Barbie, then came to CReATE and made it so.
There is a lot of power in thought so it’s not lost on me that Chloe used hers to create this chic bedroom scene (with a little help from her mom). Creating for fun is a powerful tool for cultivating big dreams for the future whether it’s a 3D room or a simple vision board. Think it, make it, live it. That’s how I made CReATE STUDIO š
Jemma Wildermuth
Owner, CReATE STUDIO
Timeless
Wednesday, May 30, 2018Cardboard box play was where it all began for me.
Back in the day my friends and I would make a village of box houses and stores in the yard and play there for hours and days. That it’s still fresh In my memory suggests the power of creative play.
Express Yourself
Monday, May 28, 2018Just color!
When I think of self expression I think of Madonna’s song, Express Yourself. They lyrics are about a different subject entirely butĀ four simple words ring true, “Express Yourself, Respect Yourself”. I’ll explain. To express yourself is to resect yourself. As humans we have an innate need to do so and have since our baby beginnings. We cried, we smiled, we hugged, we stacked, colored, painted,drew, played dress-up, wore make-up, tried personal styles, all to express our thoughts, our needs, our perspectives. From the beginning of our lives It’s been a perpetual evolution of creative expressing and I was in it.
I was always expressing myself, creating forts and spaces, decorating my room at home, exploring my looks, my make-up, my hair color, my clothes, I went on like that for a long time until,Ā until I forgot.
I became an adult and I forgot about expressing myself.Ā IĀ got distracted by social connections, places to go, jobs to have, dating to do, and a career to form. I was too busy to color, draw, paint decorate or sew. I didn’t even have fun with make-up anymore. I was too grown.Ok, I kept the dim light of creativity burning deep in my soul but I wasn’t really listening. I went on like that, career, social life, who was who and what was where until again, until I started working on creating a family. ItĀ sparked theĀ pilot light that had been burning. I was creating something new. A different kind of life, I was a partner and building our nest was so much fun. I started creating again, I started painting walls, distressing furniture, sewing pillows and mosaic flower pots. We built a garden, I had a baby, I was back into creating my life, creating and coloring it with my self expression, my style, my vision. The more I created the more I created. Creativity is like that. Wen you do it, even in little ways it kicks in and starts to filter into everything other thing you do. Then, my life got tricky, I got divorced and the creativity simmered to a pilot again.Ā As I continued to raiseĀ my kids and be involved in their classrooms creativity called on me, thank goodness. The campus wanted to be updated and I created, I started to feel inspired, to create tile walls, murals, display cases, anything I could get my hands on. I was coloring my life again.Ā As time went on and my kids grew I realized that I liked to create spaces, helping friends have a new way to be in their homes, a new way to see their belongings. I liked making spaces that were inspiring. Creating helped me get back to respecting myself by expressing myself. In the divorce process I realized I had lost my sense of self in the tangle of undoing a family. But the creating, adding color to spaces and places bought me back to me, to my need to create more. Eventually after one of our visits to LACMA I realized I had to create a space where people of all ages could express themselves, their way. ThatĀ grew a blaze of firelight in me, to make space where everyone could color their day, their world, their way. Like Madonna says, Express Yourself, Respect Yourself”
Today, add a little color to your world. No matter what else is going on, no matter what life is asking of you, express yourself by coloring a little something that is the expression of you.
Here’s a littleĀ coloring page Ā I made for you. It’s just for fun and it’s just for you. Express yourself, Respect Yourself.
xo Jemma
Woo Hoo!
Monday, May 28, 2018CReATE STUDIO has been nominated for @greenamerica_ People and Planet award!! We are so honored and excited to be counted among those who seek to make positive and impactful contributions to our planet!
Please vote for us! If we win we will be able to develop Reuse Awareness and Action for Good program to broaden our reach to children, families and communities near and far! https://www.greenamerica.org
Pretty Skill
Monday, May 28, 2018@kristinavirtuedesigns stopped by to bring us this lovely quote board to display.
We’re formulating a series of Modern Calligraphy classes she’ll be teaching here at CReATE.
In the meantime you can meet her and get her complimentary help to create pretty words on terra cotta pots at next week’s Pinspired Project Night at CReATE, 6/1 from 7-10pm. Join us and get your skill on. R.S.V.P. a must.
Call us at 818-575-9566
Your Way…
Friday, May 25, 2018Creating your way is our way Tuesday-Friday 11am to 6pm and Weekends from 12-4pm