Greenhouse Ministries

Artsy Mamas is so proud to have teamed up with the local agency Greenhouse Ministries. They welcomed us into their facility and embraced our mission with open arms. We enjoyed pizza and some fun art activities. There was a holiday tree theme: gratitude trees and Christmas tree magnets! Here are some photos from our evening.

El Dia De Los Muertos

Ms Courtney reads a Spanish book to the moms and kiddos.

Our Ofrenda

Our sugar skulls

Artsy Mamas work on their paper flowers.

Gracias to Dos Amigas for bringing us one of the best attended Artsy Mamas events to date! Kudos! I had a blast and so did my kids!

Decorating Onesies at the Pregnancy Support Center

Earlier this month, Artsy Mamas volunteered to lead a onesie/t-shirt decorating activity at our local Pregnancy Support Center. Word has it that as soon as they put out the sign up sheet, all six slots filled up. I can honestly say that it makes me so happy to know that people are benefiting from the efforts made by this organization. All of those signed up came to decorate a onesie or a t-shirt for their unborn child. We provided a variety of sizes of white onesies and shirts. Also, we provided iron-on transfers, fabric paints, brushes and stencils. With the sticky stencils, this activity was super simple and everyone was quite successful. I loved learning how easy it was to decorate my own cute shirts for my kids. All of the moms were excited about Artsy Mamas and asked when we might be doing something similar to this in the future!

Apple Art Date

First, we gathered apples in my front yard! Then we took them to the back porch for apple painting (similar to marble painting only with apples) and for apple print making. Check out the photos! We had a blast!

Check out that cool star pattern that the inside of the apple makes!

BOLD Red Tent East Nashville

Together with Krystal Kinnunen and BOLD (Birth on Labor Day), Artsy Mamas helped promote a "Red Tent Event" in East Nashville. You can see what the event is all about here but basically, a bunch of mamas got together and shared our birth stories. I found the experience to be very empowering and I hope to offer a similar event through Artsy Mamas here in Murfreesboro in the near future. Only I'd like to incorporate the arts into our event. Check out these glorious photos of moms expressing themselves through movement and sharing their stories of giving birth.

Dinner at the Center

On Friday, August 22nd, Artsy Mamas, in conjunction with Center for the Arts, hosted the very first Dinner at the Center. You can read more about the concept here. I, personally, had a blast and I'm looking forward to the next event! A big fat thank you to Adam Selzer of Adam and the Couch Potatoes for coming all the way out to the Boro and entertaining us! We really appreciated it!

Christmas in July

Back at the end of July, Artsy Mamas celebrated Christmas a little early by making ornaments and decorating cards. Fun was had by all. Thanks to the Boro Book Warehouse for letting us use their space.