Best Blogs Posts by Janice Phelps Williams

Links to popular Appalachian Morning blog posts (alphabetical by subject).

Altered Book Projects and Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

A New Studio and Altered Book Swap with Angie Ledbetter

Altered Books (July 2011, with links to 4 other posts on altered books)

Artist Trading Card (ATC) Sketchbook from an old board book (Feb. 2010)

Bubble Wrap Altered Book (Jan. 2009)

Altered Book Project: Part Two, A book I created on the subject of motherhood and various musings (Jan. 2009)

Altered Book from a Board Book (Aug. 2008) my love and marriage book)

Artist Trading Cards, some of my designs (Aug. 2008)

Art in Public Places and Memorial Topics

How We Remember Together: Public Memorials, Part One

Public Memorials, Part Two

Earth, Water, Sky: A song I wrote to commemorate the Japanese Tsunami, 2011

Discovering Relatives: My Genealogy Post (July 2011)

Children's Book Illustrations

2012 Books (with contributions by or illustrations by me)

Drawing with Markers or Colored Pencils

What Nothing Teaches (Jan. 2010)

Drawing in Colored Pencil (Prismacolor Brand)

Drawing with Various Brands of Permanent Markers (Sept. 2008)

Avian Art with Sharpie Markers (July 2008)

Commemorating Cancer Journeys: My drawing for the Lilly Oncology on Canvas exhibit (June 2008)

Illustrating a Children's Book; Illustrating Book Covers

The Steps to Create Illustrations for a Children's Book (August 2012, a link to a guest post)

Birth of a Book Cover and Illustration: Norah (August 2011)

Creation of a Book Cover and Illustration: My Beginning (July 2011)

Creating a Children's Book: Illustrations for "Still Her Spirit Sings" by Robert W. Kurkela (Kidzpoetz)  (March 2010)

Miscellaneous Essays

David Pike: Visiting a Friend Turns an Ordinary Day into Something Special (Feb. 2011)

Pain: A 5-part series (Jan. 2011)

Part 1, "An Introduction to the Subject of Pain"
Part 2, "My Personal Pain Story: The Pink Porcupine"
Part 3, "Creativity in the Midst of Pain"
Part 4, "What Others Have Written on Pain and Suffering"
Part 5, "Resources Related to Pain Management"

A Patchwork of Christmas Memories (Dec. 2010)

On Luck, Resolutions, and the New Year (Dec. 2010)

Things I Found Not To Be True (Nov. 2010)

I Am Crone, Hear Me Sigh (Oct. 2010)

When a Child Is Different: Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Oct. 2010)

Me Posing as an Artist, Literally!  (Sept. 2010, Photos and text)

What Nothing Teaches (Jan. 2010)

Winter Renewal (Jan. 2010)

At Each Home a Towering Tree: A visit back to the places I grew up in, musings on my father (July 2010)

What Nothing Teaches (an example of my colored pencil drawings and musings on  remarriage) (Jan. 2010)

10 Tips for Launching Your Creative Business (Aug. 2009)

Choosing Color: What Inspires You? (June 2008)

Needle Crafts and Art Dolls

Free Patterns from Yarn Companies and More! My 2012 List

Art Dolls (which I've made, with links to more info on the subject) (May 2010)

David Rakoff and My Mod Purse (May 2010)

Discovering Needle Felting (wool roving felting) (Feb. 2010)

Your Craft Hobby Can Benefit Others (April 2009)

My Crocheted Satchel (or purse) for Kindle (April 2009)

A Crocheted Hat Project (Jan. 2009)

Outsider Art

The Art of Autism Exhibit in New York City! (Oct. 2011)

Michael Jackson Drawings by Bryce Merlin

Our Time in NYC, September 11, 2001 (Sept. 2010)

Learning about Outsider Art  (June 2009)

Photographs

Tree Photos (Aug. 2011)

The Endearing Katydid: Photographs revealing the personality of a katydid

Flowers and the Memory of Flowers (August 2011)

Emptiness as the Beginning of Everything (July 2011)

Tyler at Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio (July 2011)

The Diana and Diana+ Cameras (June 2008)

Photographs of Harbor Springs and Petoskey, Michigan (Emmet County, Michigan) 

Harbor Springs, Michigan, Photos and Descriptions (Summer 2012)

Harbor Springs, Michigan, Photos (Spring 2012)

Harbor Springs, Michigan, Photos and Descriptions upon driving around (Spring 2012)

Photographs of New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans: 5 posts with photographs (Spring 2011)

1) Wonderful Food and Restaurants

2) The French Quarter and Street Bands

3) The Garden District

4) Shopping, Books, and Miscellaneous

5) People and Animals

Photographs of Southern Ohio

Small Towns, Farm Towns in Ohio, a Photo Essay (Dec. 2011)

Washington Courthouse and Chillicothe, Ohio: A Photo Essay (Dec. 2012)

Photographs: Travel in Central and SE Ohio, Part One (Dec. 2010)

Photographs: Travel Southern and Central Ohio: Part Two (Jan. 2011)

Publishing

For the Path to Publication, the Map Is under Development