My good friend Kathy Cano-Murillo's new novel MISS SCARLET'S SCHOOL OF Patternelss Sewing hits bookshelves this week! I'm so excited to be part of her blog tour to celebrate the launch of her fabulous novel. She has been such an inspiration with her never-ending enthusiasm and beautiful creative spirit. Check out the book trailer...
{a little about the novel}
Sometimes to find your life's true path, you have to stray outside the lines . . .
Scarlet Santana is never happier than when creating fabulous fashions for women of all shapes and sizes. Now, after years of hard work, she finally has the chance to live her dream and study under the hottest designer in New York. To raise money for her move, Scarlet opens an after-hours sewing school in a local record shop, teaching a type-A working mom whose rigid parenting style is causing her family to unravel and an enigmatic seamstress with a mysterious past.
But as stitches give way to secrets and classmates become friends, the women realize an important truth: There is no single pattern for a good life. Happiness is always a custom fit.
Grab your copy of Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing here.
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To celebrate...I have a few treats in store for you...
First, Kathy will be my guest artist this week for artJOURNALING daily..so look forward to a few creative jumpstarts from the Crafty Chica herself!
Kathy will be my joining me for a ***UPDATE****LIVE chat on TUESDAY, March 22 at 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET to talk about her new book, blog tour and creative inspirations. I will post chat details soon.
...and a few GIVEAWAYS
GIVEAWAY #1 One lucky winner will win a copy of her new novel MISS SCARLET'S SCHOOL of Patternless Sewing plus Waking Up in the Land of Glitter courtesy of Hatchette Books. {open to US & Canada residents only}
GIVEAWAY #2~One lucky winner will receive a "Crafty Chica" gift bag of crafting products. {open to everyone}
GIVEAWAY #3~One winner will be chosen after the LIVE chat to recieve a copy of both of her books. {open to US & Canada residents only}
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Kathy often uses kernels of her own experiences in her novels. If you could write a novel about your creative life what would be the plot?
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happy sewing and good luck!! xo ~treiC
hi Traci
for me its about "losing the plot" so to speak! these moments would be my plot.
Just having those emotional breakdowns over not feeling good enough and having courage to fight against these emotions and keep expressing the art regardless of what the critics say. These would be my events that together tie up to make the story. Releasing the emotional baggage through your creativity. the journey.The friends. the bigger picture.
I find this interesting.believing in yourself and your work.Nothing else matters
Hollyeva Australia.
Posted by: holly Gay | March 09, 2011 at 11:56 PM
I guess it would be about juggling art and motherhood... Never a dull moment around here.
Posted by: Claudine Intner | March 10, 2011 at 03:17 AM
That's an hard question. I think it would me the struggle (and unexpected ways) to live from my art !
Posted by: Marie-Eve | March 10, 2011 at 06:15 AM
I follow via bloglovin !
Posted by: Marie-Eve | March 10, 2011 at 06:16 AM
I'm a facebook fan (Marie-Eve Legault)
Posted by: Marie-Eve | March 10, 2011 at 06:18 AM
I have a button on my blog
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Posted by: Marie-Eve | March 10, 2011 at 06:20 AM
I'd be so thrilled to win any of the prizes...I need help with art and sewing.I have begun art journaling with my 3 daughters that I homeschool,but my art looks more like a 2nd grader did it and I hsven't sewn since middle school,so I need help! I really want to be creative and feel free again like I did as a teen when I wasn't so scared to do things.So my plot of my story would be maybe something to do with how I changed myself and believed in myself enough to be creative again.
http://2011letters.blogspot.com
Posted by: Renee Alam | March 10, 2011 at 07:01 AM
Hi Traci,
I think the plot of the book would have to be 'art hoarder' or 'art-parts hoarder'. I took a look at my art room last night and was flummoxed by the sheer magnitude of the mess! This weekend I am going to start to neaten it up!
Posted by: Pat Upton | March 10, 2011 at 07:50 AM
I follow your typepad blog! And I love it!
Pat Upton
Posted by: Pat Upton | March 10, 2011 at 07:51 AM
mine would be the adventures of a creative person... it always amazes me the people I meet, places I visit & situations I find myself in living my creative life that changes & evolves.... i'd share lots of techniques too.
Posted by: Suz Gray | March 10, 2011 at 09:50 AM
I would write about connections - art / life connections - knowings - awakenings - the artists that have crossed my path - the "non-artists" who really are artists - the people who have touched my life in meaningful artistic ways...
Posted by: Kittyj | March 10, 2011 at 12:48 PM
Hmmm... great creative question even.... I guess my story-line would center around the garden of life, how planting the seeds of kindness and love and compassion grow roots that blossom into the wild exhuberant colors of joy. Something along those lines.... ;-) (would LOVE to win the book - but will have to read whether I do or not!) Live loved and art on!
Posted by: Mo Wassell | March 11, 2011 at 08:57 AM
My plot would be mainly about my battles with the blank page, my obsession with collage, the colour green, my fixation on the seemingly unimportant details of every single work, and my adventures in colour mixing. (I'd love, love, love to win prize #2... I'm an International player in this giveaway.)
Posted by: Mina | March 12, 2011 at 08:56 AM
Hi Traci! I'm super stoked to be following your Art JOURNALING Daily blog! You are so inspiring!! I am also a facebook fan, and I subscribed to your feed, but it isn't emailing me like it should, AND, I have your button on my blog too!!
www.daniellahayes.blogspot.com
OK, enough of my craziness, what would my plot be?
A woman, on a journey, some may say spiritual even. She is looking high and low for new shades of pink! But, she finds a man, a stranger, who HATES pink! What does she do? Leave the handsome stranger? Or does she try to change him?????
Thanks tons for the chance!!!
xxDaniella
Posted by: Daniella | March 12, 2011 at 02:58 PM
YIKES. I did it wrong. ugh.
Pretend the first post was my plot only!
I'm a facebook fan and I left a comment.
Posted by: Daniella | March 12, 2011 at 03:06 PM
I have your tag on my blog!
Posted by: Daniella | March 12, 2011 at 03:14 PM
I follow you on bloglovin
Posted by: Daniella | March 12, 2011 at 03:15 PM
I also follow you on networked blogs!
Am i freaking you out?????
Hope not! I just think you are awesome!!
xxDaniella
Posted by: Daniella | March 12, 2011 at 03:17 PM
It could be about a girl who loves creative things but gets lost and forgets who she really is through a series of life changing events in her middle years, only to come back full circle to art and not only love creating again, but love life as well.
I would be overjoyed to win your book! Thank you for the generous opportunity.
Posted by: Jane Eileen | March 12, 2011 at 05:01 PM
I have your blog button on my blog: http://thesecherishedmoments.blogspot.com
Posted by: Renee A | March 13, 2011 at 03:22 PM
I have put your blog button on my blog here:
http://mylettersandpostcards.blogspot.com
Posted by: Semeeah | March 14, 2011 at 05:10 AM
I hope that I could win a bag of crafts!My family think that I'm good at art journaling and but I don't think so.I think that I do need some help improving my art journaling and need some ideas so I can get better and better all the time.I be so thrilled to win a bag of crafting products and I will be doing crafts like every afternoon if I win a bag of crafting products!I really want to win a bag of crafting products so that if I get better than I will post pictures of doing crafts on myblythedollsarepretty blog and everybody will think that I am a better crafter than I am before.I really want to start improving my art and I won't give up if I started art journaling I will not quit.That is my goal in life if I started something I'm sticking with it.
Posted by: Semeeah | March 14, 2011 at 05:24 AM
I have posted the giveaway on my blog here:
http://thesecherishedmoments.blogspot.com/2011/03/crafty-giveaway.html
Please visit our letter writing project here:
http://2011letters.blogspot.com
Posted by: Renee | March 14, 2011 at 04:18 PM
I also just became a follower. :)
http://2011letters.blogspot.com
Posted by: Renee | March 14, 2011 at 04:20 PM
I am now a proud follower of your blog!
Posted by: Yasmeen | March 14, 2011 at 04:46 PM