Welcome! The Muse House is the overarching entity for artist and teacher Wendy Altenburger (me!). Prop up your feet on
the kitchen table, grab a cup of coffee, and visit. Leave a note on the refrigerator if you need anything.~Wendy
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By wendy, on June 9th, 2010
Sometimes, when life gives you rain, you have to put on your funky rain boots and go play in it.
It all started with the boots. When I was a naturalist I found funky pink boots to wear for stream studies. It made the kids laugh. Kids who were afraid to venture into the water found . . . → Read More: Rainy Days.
By wendy, on May 26th, 2010
from www.birchfabrics.com
Birch Fabrics has come out with a line of mid-century inspired fabrics. I am in love. I am not usually the pink and blue kind of girl…but…but…oh, my. I see pajama pants and boxers and oven mitts. Little cami-tops to wear with the pajama pants (Ok, I admit it, Birch had some of these hung . . . → Read More: Oh Fabric, how I love you
By wendy, on May 21st, 2010
So I have this website. I also have website anxiety. I lay awake at night wondering if I should post things or not. Should I just blog and catagorize to benefit my business? Should I just post business stuff? Should I just blog? Should I just give up??? So all this website anxiety leaves me too . . . → Read More: Approach Advoidance
By wendy, on February 27th, 2010
One of my students just got the role she was hoping for! Great job! I can’t wait to see . . . → Read More: Congratulations!
By wendy, on January 6th, 2010
Welcome 2010!
I hope everyone had the holidays they hoped for. Our house was quieter than usual-between illness, weather, and just plain old exhaustion we kept a low profile. It was just what we needed.
The rest was short-lived, however-now it is time to get ready for the new year! Small spaces studio will open in a week! . . . → Read More: Happy New Year!
By wendy, on December 14th, 2009
Something remarkable happens when you support creative people and process: New ideas are born. Lives and communities are transformed. We view the world differently. Sparks fly. And yes, the products and outcomes are pretty amazing, too!
Advocating for artists – painters and poets, choreographers and composers, filmmakers, writers, architects, and others – and their creative development is . . . → Read More: From an email:
By wendy, on November 22nd, 2009
Know a child, or child at heart, that loves Frank Lloyd Wright, or small, long dogs? Then find a copy of Moxie, The Dachshund of Fallingwater by author and illustrator Cara Armstrong.
Cara is the Curator of Education for Fallingwater and loosely based the pearl wearing title character on an actual canine resident of the landmark structure. . . . → Read More: Moxie!
By wendy, on November 3rd, 2009
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Love
Hi Everyone! Just to let you know, Kevin and I eloped (with our moms!) to New York.
We were married at 3:00pm, November 3, 2009
We . . . → Read More: Married!
By wendy, on October 18th, 2009
I started The Muse House by hand drawing and painting Christmas Cards in 2001. Kind friends and family ordered cards and kept me in Christmas money for a few years. Since then I have been painting and creating in my basement studio. This year, I am branching out, or should I say, returning to my roots.
I . . . → Read More: Present & Past
By wendy, on October 17th, 2009
While I am waiting for the final details to be worked out for the big announcement, and for a little virus to go on it’s merry way, I have been working on my first quilt. I am machine quilting, as I have little patience for hand sewing. It seems a little fake to me, but . . . → Read More: Waiting
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