Artist Renee Mak

Did you know... Fuss It Up! Designs hosts great parties? Birthdays, special events, girl scouts,  church groups, reunions, etc. All ages welcome!!! Fun, flirty & fabulous! Parties are twice as fun at Fuss It Up! Designs!   A paint party includes everything needed for party guests  to complete a small mixed media collage  canvas ready to hang on the wall!   Prices are $35 per guest for 6 or less and  $30 per guest for 7 or more up to 12.   Larger parties are $25 per guest with an additional studio fee.   Parties take about an hour and  15 minutes... please call for specifics! Ask about our LARGE SCALE  "Abstract Acrylic Explosion Workshop" for 1-2 artists!!! (pictured below) Email: fussitup@live.com or call 515-865-3044 xoxo

Happy Sunday to you all! "detail of one of my painted shirts"     Today's post is a surprise . . . even to me !  Here's what's going on: I was attempting to list upcoming classes  I'll be teaching on my  Fuss It Up! Designs  website, and I took an accidental detour! I wasn't really paying attention and apparently  logged in with the wrong email address and password. Normally, a prompt will appear informing me of the  mistake and allow me to try again. But not this time. To my surprise a website opened up that I had completely forgotten about!!! It was a blog I began a few years ago under another company name: MoTaMat... the Art & Design Company .  This is what  the header looked like! MoTaMat! the Art & Design Company’s Blog All things ART… All things Design… All the Time… Feeds:    Posts   Comments The first wor...

Hanging out... If there's one thing I like most about Starbucks,  it's making memories there with my kids! Of course that's always easy because my kids are so "special"... as you can see from the photo above, haha!   While we always have a great time, we also talk, make plans, dream  and sometimes even  do homework. They entertain me and anyone else who will give them attention.   Another important thing about our Starbucks time is the time and attention they get from me!  You can tell how much they love it! The only thing missing from this photo session is my oldest and leader of the clown pack... who will join us shortly over her Christmas break from FIDM.  I can hardly wait for that... my favorite Starbucks time is when we're all together! We always reconnect and have lots of fun hanging out at our favorite hangout... Starbucks! <3 Where do you reconnect with your kids?  I lo...