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Revealing God’s Creative Side Through Pottery

This post contains affiliate links. Morgan McCarver was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her work is inspired by her female mentors of past and present, as well as her connection to Victorian corsetry through her scoliosis journey. She received an art degree with a ceramics concentration and a double minor in art historyContinue reading “Revealing God’s Creative Side Through Pottery”

Life is a Banquet

This post contains affiliate links. “Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” ~ Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame in Auntie Mame (1958) “Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, and don’t get so worked up about things.” ~ Kenneth Branagh “If you’re always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. AndContinue reading “Life is a Banquet”

The Comfort of a Good Story

This post contains affiliate links. “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ~ Brandon Sanderson “Stories are the communal currency of humanity.” ~ Tahir Shah No matter what’s going on in my life, or out in the world, I can alwaysContinue reading “The Comfort of a Good Story”

Publish Like the Pros

This post contains affliate links. Self-publishing means the AUTHOR is the publisher, but you’d never know that from browsing the internet. Most authors believe a publisher is necessary, that they must sign away their rights, creative control, and revenues to offer their books to the public. This is not the case! 1106 Design’s mission isContinue reading “Publish Like the Pros”

What a Difference a Week Makes

This post contains affiliate links. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ~ John F. Kennedy “All the world is aContinue reading “What a Difference a Week Makes”