Illustration Art

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Joy Fisher Hein had been a painter for decades, but what she really wanted to do was illustrate children’s books. Only she didn’t know how to go about it. “I did it blindly,” she says. “I would submit work to publishers and it would get rejected. I made a lot of mistakes. I sent originals, […]

Overcoming Holiday Stress

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year …” or so Andy Williams croons in the beloved holiday song. Starting just after Halloween, mothers everywhere start preparing for the holiday season: making phone calls to relatives near and far, planning get-togethers and family time, arranging trips to grandparents’ homes, shopping, cooking, decorating, entertaining and more […]

Make the Holiday Season a Green One

What’s green, has two legs and makes soft footprints on the earth? It’s not the the Green Hornet, the Green Giant or an alien. It’s the Ecoista. “What the heck,” you might ask, “is an Ecoista?” Well, it’s a woman who recycles, is environmentally conscious and is ecologically concerned. Why we’ve just gotta go green […]