You know, Kate, that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I absolutely love your creative expression. I love even more that you don't pigeon-hole yourself into a single form of expression. You truly do inspire me. Thanks so much for being so authentically Kate.

For me, art is all about emotion. Goofy, tragic, glam, awe-inspiring. Doesn't matter. If it touches my heart, it's art. Could be a poem, a fallen leaf, The Sistine Chapel, a fresh loaf of bread, or a book by Kate. 🎨 Greetings to everyone here on the LGS today.

I think your art style is already there. Your love to show colorful things in every part of your life. Your journals, your knitting, your beautiful quilts. You are an artist Kate. A very talented artist.

I could totally see an exhibit being held to showcase all your creative endeavors. It's all so very lovely! You might not see it. But the rest of us can.

"how hard could it be?"" what a great motto for anything you would like to try. really what''a the worst thing, you don't enjoy it but then at least you would know. hope you have lots of fun!!!!

No need to apologize. I love all of your videos. You help to bring peace and comfort during this troubled time.

Oh Kate, I LOVED this! I used to sell my art and was always consumed with “Is it good enough? Will it sell?” And eventually it became too much pressure and I didn’t enjoy it. I am inspired to go make marks on paper with no thoughts for anyone else’s opinion. I will just do it for the joy of it. Thank you. You are such an inspiration to me. Love you and take care, Sally in Northern California 😁😷

Yay! Thank you so much kate, I am glad you have taken on my challenge....how hard can it be! 🤔 love your channel.....why wasn’t I aware of it before? Watching every video now! You have inspired me to show my face a bit and chat 😊 take care and see you in the morning x

Agnes is going to love having her grandmother's creations to enjoy for all her life!

"Give it a go" should be the motto for this time in our lives when we have lots of it. Not everything we try will become a passion, like telling our kids "try it you might like it"

First I love the cleaning video with Rita. The only good thing about stay home is I get to watch you whenever I want.

Gosh. You are so! Talented. Those books are gorgeous.

Your works are not " just marks or colours on paper " , you have a natural talent in choosing the colours. The first book you shown could be a selection of drawings ready to be printed on fabric !

We love Michelle's channel. X

I’m at the farthest end of the lime green sofa today because i got up very late . My favorite giraffe 🦒 is standing near me , not on my lap-she’s much too heavy for that. There’s a ball of sea blue yarn on one of her knobby things on her head. What do you call those things anyway? Not horns. Hmm. Anyway, crocheting for the pleasure of it, not really making anything in particular. Happy as a clam . So much fun, yet relaxing. Thank you for letting me join y’all !! Please pass the raspberry zinger tea, and sugar of course! Got a bit of a sweet tooth.

Kate, you've discovered the true essence of art...self expression of every mood and feeling, not bound by societal conventions or expectations. What a lovely play of color and random ideas. I see the joy in your face as you retrace your earlier efforts. Not just art, but creativity of all kinds should elicit this response in each of us. Joy when doing it, joy when remembering it, and joy in sharing it with others. That is the mark of a true artist, and if we werent so fearful of experimenting and releasing our inhibitions, we could find some of that joy in ourselves. Well done, my friend!

Kate, if I could say this.. to describe you in one word. BRILLIANT 🌸🌸 you are extremely inspirational and I look forward to your videos. It is obvious that many hearts have been touched by your videos. Thank you very much. Many blessings.

I am a retired teacher and taught visual arts. LOVED seeing your art journals and mine are similar. Like you, I just have fun and enjoy the process and in the end all the entries become a lovely piece of art with added bonus of memories. AND like Rita, I was raised in Brazil!!

Kate, always remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You didn't share anything that I didn't think was very original and beautiful. I'm not trying to be mushy or anything like that at all. I love colors...looking at them, combining them into something that makes me happy and you have done the same with everything that you do. From cooking to gardening to spinning knitting and more. It's all art. And all of your followers appreciate all of what you do.

Many thanks Rita. I agree you are 👍

Kate,I loved the books AND all Art is Play. The basis is joy and your wild colors are joyful! You should go on "putting marks on paper. They are beautiful, and even if they weren't, it's good to do.

I like the blouse you're wearing today. Thanks for the recommendation art connect. Here is one for you. paintings by Susan. I watch his you tube channel in the evenings because it is so calming. I watch your channel in the late afternoon because you inspire me to add something more to my day. I do offer you a cup of coffee as I am having mine, but I suspect you are a "tea" girl. We do enjoy our visits, even though I sometimes talk longer than you. Blessings to you.

Love UR colors,,,,Kaffe fassett style!!! Love UR tastes,,,, Thanks,Kate, Elaine🏡🏠🏡🏠

🥰💕Having an awfully bad day. My head was exploding first day shutting off the news. I thought I was having a stroke today. Just when I couldn’t take another moment I said I know what I need to do right now I need to hear Kate’s soothing voice. I put my earphones in held my head real tight I thought it would explode with a total migraine & put on your video today. Just watching your video calmed my sparking nerves & slowed me down to a halt. I couldn’t even see straight. Just held my head & listened. You got me through two hand surgeries recoveries & you just have a charm about you to get me to relax & calm me down. With all that is going on it’s so hard to focus. But like you said turn the news off we need a mental break. Thank you for today. You are eternally my best You Tube friend on that lovely couch. Thank you. God bless us all. 🥰💕🧵😇🙏🏻

Hello! I watch Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Co., and she shared one time that to start her day, which is mostly full of sewing for tutorials, she treats herself to 1/2 hour or so to "play." She does crumb sewing. I admit, I didn't know what in the world that was, but she explained, and showed some of what she had made. She said it just kick starts her day, and gets her in the mood. She feels relaxed, and usually spends more than the allotted time. Can't wait to see your "inspiration" pieces!

I loved yesterday's Earth Day video. I learned a lot about making my own house hold cleaning items. Rita is a sweetheart, very pleasant and easy to understand what she demonstrating. Love today's video love the art book with the holes in the middle of the pages. Would really like to give that a try. Can't say enough THANK YOU'S Kate for the time you give us each day with something that is all ways very encouraging. Hello to every one on the lime green sofa today, stay safe, stay busy, stay home and this to shall pass.

I enjoy the excitement in your eyes and on your face. Makes me feel happy and hopeful. May we not forget it.

Go Kate Go !! Have some fun .....you know that a day without art is a day without sunshine !!! It’s always good to try something new......an art journal is one of my favorite ways to try new products and techniques!!! Sending you and the cats loads of love !

I love your bird-fabric top! ❤️ And your mixed media creations are gorgeous!

Kate none of them are rubbish! They are your wonderful creations. I have played with watercolours every now and then for years and in November last year I decided to put a brush to paper every day and I have kept to that. I created an art journal and everything goes into that,even those I think are rubbish, which is quite a lot of them. 😊I have played with different mediums and then decided I needed to learn to draw, I am amazed at how my "art" has evolved and I become totally lost in creating.

Thank you ❤️🐾

Oh Kate, I love the little books so much. Good for you keeping away from the news. Thank you for encouraging me to "just have a go at it".

I love your books of your making marks!!! I have painted some in the past, and have not picked up a paintbrush since the pandemic started. It is now 2024, and you have inspired me to start again!!

Yes Kate, have a go at it. Paint and color to your heart's content.

Love your bird fabric you are wearing 🌷🌷🌷🌷

It was fine I loved it, going to use information. Many thanks ❤️

As a long time quilter and seamstress, I think you would be a marvelous fabric designer. Keep well!

Oh Kate this was the most fascinating vid.I knew you were a vibrant person, but oh my that was just the tip of your iceberg!You express yourself in so many ways.... the journals and catalogues of colour are so beautiful! Each page was a delight....I love that you have recorded your feelings a true legacy, but also happiness to be revisited when you choose. You are such an inspiration.Thank you so much for posting and sharing, you have truly opened my eyes to possibilities.

Kate, thank you for introducing me to the work of Michelle. My sort of art also. I liked your journals and as you were showing them and saying you did not think they were good, the thought went through my mind that if you are putting marks on paper you are being creative so it really does not matter how 'good' they are. As long as you are enjoying the process you are being creative which is the important thing. I also like the work of Rosina Wachtmeista.

I love your books how colorful and creative. You are definitely an artistic Kate so I would say an artist,

Oh dear Kate! Today you video is exactly what I needed. By the way, I LOVE your beautiful bird shirt you are wearing..simply delightful. Your books and marks are ART!!! SO MANY inspirations and playful touches of color. I look forward to our future art adventures...making sacred marks heals a troubling soul. What was Michelle's last name??? Somehow I missed it. My mind and bottom is settling down on the lime green sofa...dreaming...maybe of magical, colorful birds...like your shirt. Imagine and live in 4. Artlady

I love your books!!! The color is so gorgeous. Far more than marks on paper. I can't wait to see what you make next. Hi everyone on the lime green sofa! visiting here is my favorite thing to do at the end of the day.

Lovely tribute to MITSI Kate. You too are very talented. 💋

Great ideas Kate!

Michelle has some designs on Spoonflower. It can be expensive to buy. But you might afford a few fat quarters and work them into a quilt. Your content and voice calm me like so many others have mentioned. Thank you for sharing your days with us.

Found Michelle thank you , we also have two wonderful daughters in laws , x

Just seeing this now, and fully enjoying the exuberance of creativity in all of your work. It’s so much about the process, isn’t it - just doing, making, “giving it a go” - Love it!

The idea of just doing it, painting in those books, is great especially now. Calming and exciting at the same time.

You are such a talented woman Kate....geez such beautiful marks on paper you've made! The colors, the shapes how you have cut out circles all the way through was eye candy for me. You are humble I love this style of art! Can't be much you have not experimented with yet Kate... Always excited to see what is next. You are amazing in my book!

Wow, your books with your artwork are fantastic. Thank you for sharing them. And also for sharing Michelle's channel. I subscribed to her and will be binge watching her videos....I got all the time in the world...if you know what I mean. LOL

I love your bird fabric and new ideas for playtime today. I am thankful you have stopped watching the news and are feeling less anxious. I have not left home in six weeks but have been so busy sewing and gardening I really do not feel deprived. I will have to admit I have been binge watching you and Roots and Refuge Farm on KZfaq.

Love your books! Your videos are a source of joy and peace for me. Thank you.

It seems to me that you’ve been “having a go at expressive work” for many years yet you don’t realise it. Thank you Michelle for throwing down the challenge...... enjoy Kate and don’t hold back.

Kate, I love the book with the circle cut outs. I have made small books using leather and stitching designs on the covers. Several women in my art group make books and I will share your video. Thank you for all of the videos that make staying at home so interesting.

Your books & art is beautiful!!

Hi Kate , love your top fabric, that would look great in a quilt when you get sick of wearing it. and there is nothing wrong with your journals at all, its about how you feel on that day, and that's how they come about. Lovely video.

You are a very talented lady. Beautiful work

I absolutely love the mixed media art you do. Especially like the fabric bits that you extend onto the page. Love your videos Kate.

Hi Kate, nice show today. I love your abstract painting. We’re planning a trip for 2021. I think I’ll make a journal for it and start now to put ideas of where I want to visit. Cooked a turkey today but can’t invite anyone in to share it with us. What a shame. Our premier of Nova Scotia, Canada says “Stay the blazes home” It has become a popular slogan around here. Stay safe! Irene

I see fabric. Lots of fabric with your designs. You have such a fabulous Happy Place within you

Good morning everyone! Kate I love all your little books. You have such a creative mind and your hands are always so busy. Can't wait to see what you have done with the garden.

I can’t wait to see your masterpiece, Kate!

Love your work Kate, I went to night school about twenty years ago to learn how to paint with water colour. MMMM I'm not great at it but I did improve over the last few weeks. It took me out of my comfort zone and I did enjoy it. Actually I went looking for a couple of paintings I did as homework but I cannot find them and I guess after moving three times over the last five years they have disappeared into the night. but I do get where you are coming from, sometimes it's like an itch that just has to be scratched 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I do hope everyone is well and happy on the sofa xxxx Avril xx

Thank you for being such a wonderful bright spot in my days! This was an especially timely challenge to "make some marks". I am going to give it a go tomorrow! Thank you, thank you Kate.

Kate ,today is Aug 18 2020- I am a new subscriber and find your site a happy place for the me.I have been painting watercolour for some time little over fifteen years but I also sew ,garden,dabble in altered book making ,bind my own watercolour sketch books and play with ecodying paper and fabric I am not sure if I am an artist but I know I am a maker and if I cannot “make” I am not happy .You sound like a kindred spirit in your creative journey.❤️I found Mitsi this past year and her work is inspiring and she instills in me the desire to keep creating ,finding “me “in my work.I found you through her site and it is a pleasure to find you both🥰

I love your book of circles!!! It’s wonderful ❤

The pages of your sketchbook are incredible. Keep it up. Art is a very broad term and can include many forms of mark-making.

Sounds like a lovely idea to sit for a half hour to do your paper art! Can’t wait to see what you come up with! I don’t know all the details about it but Spoonflower is a website where you can have your art and designs put onto fabric. You could become the next Kaffe Fassett!!! Hello 👋🏻 and nice to see everyone on the LGS 🥰!

Love that picture of the cat, great colour. Just loooove the books you made

last night few hours i cleaned my office/ Studio for the long hot summer on it's way to Georgia USA i will be spending many of hours painting,sewing writing . You must have read my mind.

Yesterday’s video was wonderful! No need to apologize at all. I appreciate everything you do for us 🌸 And I enjoy the creativity of your books and paintings. Everyone on the lime green sofa would join you in making marks on paper 🙂

Wow! So much awesomeness! So much inspiration!

WOW -- The book you made is stunning. I love it. That is amazing. I am so impressed. You are very creative. My brain does not work that way. You small color books are so impressive also. I am astounded .... and wish I could watch you one day. Will you be doing that for us?

Love this kate, that everyone can be creative, who cares what anyone else thinks. my grandfather was a successful artist who told me I couldn't draw..I have found all sorts of ways to be the creative person I am and being able to draw or not its by the by now. I'm enjoying 'art in isolation' very much at the moment on KZfaq and am looking forward to Grayson Perry on Monday on the television when he will be encouraging all our inner artists. Good to see you looking more sparky again x

Enjoy all your videos. Seeing some of the pages in your books made me think of the scrapbooks I have done. I too love color and sparkle. It's fun creating whether it's quilting, sewing, crochet or scrapbooking. I've always loved using things that most wouldn't think of in creating things and repurposing items. Thank you for inspiring us to think of all the possibilities. Have a blessed day.

What you have done in those books, Kate, is truly beautiful, Oh, what colors! I am so glad I discovered your podcasts. I am a retired nurse in my 70"s living in Maine, USA. Our scenery is very much like yours. Like you, I am trying to stay away from the news and am doing projects that make me happy and lots calmer. Right now, I am doing a lot of knitting. I do have some other artistic "inclinations" (ha, ha). I have a bunch of stretched canvases, paints, and brushes--I guess it's time for me to get to it. It's nice to see you again and your adventures and I love your kitty. Stay well. Bye For now. Carol

You are a blessing. I look forward to your visit every day. Recovering from this nasty virus is hard work. Makes the day feel more normal.

You would be a great fabric designer. The journal you showed would be gorgeous.

You are such an artist of all things, ❤❤❤your channel

Ahhhh Kate don’t worry it was delightful as always.

Your art books are stunning. Thank you for sharing. Takes my mind into a better place.

It just so happens in art class I started a book like that. I think you have inspired me to give it a go again. I want to try something that looks as absence of space.

Thank you Kate!

I can’t wait to hear more about the book you took out of the red fabric envelope!! That book is gorgeous and very intriguing! You certainly do more than make “marks on paper!” I do believe you are quite fearless with your crafting and decorating!

Kate, you have a great sense of color❤

Very inspiring video. I love your books and you do BEAUTIFUL Paintings.

Love many pages in your books. You were smart to keep it in the book. I however went through a huge moral injury and took on a wall to the horror of my son. Like you I love gold but glinting on the edge of clouds. actually came out well. Better than the large, bold "Live, Love, Laugh , PERSIST" on the livingroom wall.

Your Portugal book, I love. You have so much talent!

Kate! First I must say that I love the shirt that you are wearing---The birds seem to be mourning doves, which I love. I want to paint your shirt! It so excites me to see your art, I love art, love painting, and seeing other artist's work. I haven't heard of Michelle, but I will definitely be checking out her channel. My problem with making art is that I always feel that it has to be perfect, or I take it out of my book. I want to try doing what you are doing, just making marks with color on paper. What is there to lose except a bit of paper? Thank you so much for the inspiration today. I've been so down with the state of the world, and this really gives me a mental boost!

Sitting on the lgc enjoying the company sharing the never ending pot of tea .....and like bea Miller I am crocheting ...just discovered lol I think it will cat blanket totally relaxing ...as I listen 🌍😎👍🇦🇺☕️

Love to see you are ok your books are so pretty beautiful colors

BTW, love the bird blouse 😁🥰

I've been following Michelle for quite awhile and I just love her style too!

Kate you are so talented ♥️

Isn't mixed media such great fun? Just love it! Headed over to her channel to get inspired! TFS the inspiration, Kate!

I liked both your books they were very interesting tks for sharing 💞💞☺️

Very nice, I just love your books. I think you do everything great, the books are very good. And you do paint very well I think.😊

Wonderful is all there is to it. What you do is brilliant. Kate, I don't think you give yourself enough credit for your artistic and creative endeavors. I am in awe of so many things you do. If it comes from the heart, it's art. It is in finding your passion, finding the joy something brings you that draws ones' interest.If it makes you happy, whether sewing or cooking or putting paint to paper, I say jump in with both feet! Take a deep breath and go for it. How hard could it be!? Thanks for all your inspiration. Much love. XO

Your books are fabulous! You are so creative Kate! Ive got a poorly doggie at the moment so spending time looking after her and doing a bit of crochet, knitting when she is asleep. She is on the mend now, but needs some extra cuddles. Stay safe everyone on the lime green sofa!

Kate! You're back! I'm so happy