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Color, ribbon, placement, and the space between decorations: a few things to consider before adding more to your Christmas tree.

A look at the mixed-media work on my table: printed images, painted backgrounds, texture, and the decisions that connect them.

A closer look at the new Peacock Collection — one wreath and two swags in teal, purple, gold, and lime, built to be a year-round statement.

Most of my wreaths start with a feeling or a single material, not a sketch. Here's how one pink wreath and a nutcracker became a finished piece.

From an empty wreath base to a finished front-door piece: a peek inside my newly organized studio and how each wreath comes together.

After a season away, Designs of a Creative Soul returns with a new Nutcracker wreath collection and jewel-tone Peacock pieces.

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Published by Designs of a Creative Soul There's a version of me that spent twenty years waking up before the sun, standing watch, and making sure everything ran exactly as it should. I was a Navy Chief Petty Officer — E-7, cryptology and information systems — and I gave that life everything I had. I loved it. I'm proud of it. But somewhere in the middle of all that discipline and duty, the girl who used to paint and create and make things with her hands got a little quiet. Sh