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I've loved their stationary and wedding invitations... especially the one Craig and I used for our own special day, but then I discovered minted. is selling fine art prints and I kind of freaked out.  I freaked out because I learned they are enabling artists and preserving the integrity of the artist's vision.  They have different competitions for independent artists to enter their unique work in hopes of connecting with other artists and sharing their work with customers, and although monetary prizes are awarded, the community decides how the artwork is rated.  This rating is validation for the artist.

All art and artists should be appreciated, but validation as an artist comes when you know people saw your work and selected it.  Something about your work made the viewer stop and think... appreciate, understand, question... there was a connection... even if only for a second.  Then to have your work purchased by someone... they probably have an even greater connection with the piece!

I'd like to reach more people across the world with my work, so I've entered the Minted x Domino Round 2 Art Challenge.  domino, a fresh interior design magazine, is looking for artwork from independent artists for their print edition.  You've yet to learn that Craig and I are quite passionate about interior design, so the possibility of being part of this is very exciting!

Voting opens today, so please vote for the artwork that would make your jaw drop if you saw it in a restaurant or you wish it was on your own walls... the one that makes your neck stretch to see more on the computer screen, or the one that makes you feel funny cause your heart's happier than a second ago.

I hope it's the work I've submitted!

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A Walk Along the Haw River...

 ....and a morning spent inspired by the world around us.

Painting on the shores of the Haw River, or tracking an improbable count of 5 Ospreys fishing the flat water, creating art should not be limited to the confines of our home, our studio, or even our familiar surroundings.

Flowing wildly through the northern half of the Cape Fear River Basin, the Haw River is a far too little celebrated natural wonder. Spilling over six damns, the water flows gently from Forsyth county to Chatham County, North Carolina. Snaking its way through the largest water basin in the state, the river feeds Jordan Lake. Eventually, the Haw converges with the Deep River to form the well known namesake of the basin, the Cape Fear River, which only draws to an end as it spills into the Atlantic ocean. Through that 110 mile cascade, and the 14,000 acre lake it feeds, the Haw River brings many wild wonders to the area. 

A day spent on the river, is often met by the beautiful sights, sounds and smells of local wildlife, small rapids and wild flowers. Capturing the essence of those moments, we set out armed with paint brushes and cameras to enjoy both of our arts in the same surrounding. One artist admiring the landscaping - ripples in the water, eddies in the shadows, and river grass reaching for the sky - while another admires its inhabitants - king fisher, great blue heron, osprey...

The river is home to many splendors. 

 

One being the aerial battle of a long crow and those five hungry Osprey. In the end, the crow prevailed, ruling the sky...

Map provided by: www.regions.noaa.gov
Haw River facts provided by: www.hawriver.org

The Cubs Turn One - A Lion's Birthday at the Zoo

A little over one year ago, on July 30th 2014, Mekita and Riley became proud parents. So...Who are Mekita and Riley you may ask?

Well, Mekita and Riley are the proud parents of four lion cubs who just celebrated their first birthday. In an age of growing concern, and international attention to the fate the biggest of the big cats,  we here in North Carolina have had the gift of watching this majestic family blossom at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, NC. The proud father - Riley - the mother to be proud of - Makita - and their pride - Savanna and Lololi, the girls, and brothers Khari and Kirabo.

Savanna and Lololi, Khari and Kirabo, were the first new cubs born at the Zoo since 2006 - and though little cubs no more, the excitement is not over! To celebrate their birthday, their keepers decided to through them a party. A party complete with life sized, paper-mache Red River Hog and Zebra. For the first time, the young cubs were able to experience the thrill of the hunt.

View the rest of the photographs from the birthday bash, and see the cubs in actions, at our community events gallery at GreinerStudio.com.

I Want a Rooster.

One of the Hawaiian Islands, referred to as the Garden Island, Kauai, is known for it's natural beauty.  It is also known for it's high population... of Roosters!  While this is not fact, having recently stayed on the island, we're pretty sure the wild rooster population outnumbers the people residing on the island.  They are everywhere!  We saw them in parking lots, parks, beaches, backyards, even on the sides of mountains as we hiked the Na Pali Coast.   There are many stories as to how they got to the island, but it seems most logical that they were brought to the island by the Polynesians as a source of food and then were set free after Hurricane Iniki decimated numerous chicken farms and coops in 1992.  They are large, boldly colorful, brave fowl... very protective of their lady fowl and little ones.  They just don't seem to know that they're supposed to crow when the sun comes up.  They are free though... free to "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo" at all times of the day and night.  Unlike many people, I fell for them... aren't they gorgeous!

  Here's one we caught...on camera, and then rediscovered it's beauty with oil paint on canvas.

 

 

 

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How To: Jewelry Holder

Let's create a unique piece of art that's functional too.  Better yet... we're re-purposing something instead of throwing it in a landfill that eventually turns into a sink hole that... wait positivity...

 Isn't it beautiful!?

 

 

You can use any old piece of wood... of whatever size you like... you can paint it or strip the paint off of it... I chose to go with a vintage country feel and repurpose an old door that had cobwebs and paint chipping off of it... so with some wire brush scrubbing and a good wash, the wood in the door brightened up and I started drilling holes where I thought door knobs would look nice.  Just remember to remove the hardware you do not want on the finished product first so that it's out of the way. 

You will need to use a router on the back side of the door where your hole is.  This is so that the nut and bolt, seen next to the fancy doorknob below, can fit inside the wood when screwed on to the doorknob.  The hole on the front after drilling is on the left, and the same hole, from the back, after using a router, is shown on the right. 

A ratchet (small one shown below) matching the size of the bolt will need to be used to tighten the doorknob securely in place.  When you are done, a tool called a dremel (not pictured), can be used to cut each doorknob's screw flush with the wood after the nut and bolt are secured.  Remember, safety precautions should be taken any time you or someone near you is using a power tool, like a drill, dremel, or hacksaw (not pictured), which is what I used in this case.  A hacksaw is not as easy to use as a dremel, but can also do the trick.   

     

 

 



The back of the resulting door with doorknobs, nuts, and bolts attached are shown on the left.  The door will now rest flat on the wall.  In order to hang it, simple, supportive hardware, like the saw tooth hanger above, can be attached with small screws and a screwdriver, also shown above.  Try to center it as much as possible at the top of the wood, however, there is forgiveness with a saw tooth hanger.  Flip it over and check out the jewelry holder you've just created!

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"Browns vs. Greens" - The Secret to Composting

Remember that old saying, "you are what you eat"... well, we like to look at it this way:

what you eat can build you up, or it can break you down...

We aren't going to tell you what to eat... your body does that and your brain tells you what it thinks about it; so how does this correlate with the thought above?  Well, think about the last time you ate ice cream and then went for a run... your brain didn't fully think that through and your body let you know it by "breaking down".  So, let's break our food down so that it can build us up. 

We know that we need to consume healthy foods in order to live healthy lives.  Therefore, the healthy foods we consume need to be grown in healthy natural environments. 

Soil is at the root (wow... I surprised myself with that one) of a healthy environment for the majority of our food... even the icecream.  Strawberries, vanilla bean, even chocolate, which originates from cacao, is grown in soil.  The meat we consume, comes from animals grazing on grasses grown in the soil they walk on.  This is why we have decided to start growing our fruits and vegetables in healthy, organic soil, which we are creating through composting.   

Not only does composting help to enrich the health of the soil we use, it helps cut down on landfill waste.  The same natural waste used in composting, put in a landfill, can take significantly longer to break down due to other landfill waste, such as a refridgerator or washing machine that is unfortunately only going to help create a sink hole in the future (maybe that's for another post).   

 healthy soil = healthy lives  

(breakdown what you eat = build up your soil)

 

What to compost to create natural organic soil: 

• fruit scraps                                                                   

• vegetable scraps                                                         

• toilet paper rolls                                                           

• unused toilet paper and tissues                                                    

• unused paper towels without ink
• cut grass and weeds
•  used tea bags                                                                

• used coffee filters

Note: The smaller the food scraps, the thinner the paper products... the faster the break down.

What not to compost to create natural organic soil:  
Non organic matter and organic matter containing bodily fluids (ex. meats, cheeses, used tissues).

 

Select a location and container:

After our amazing honeymoon on the island of Kauai at Hale Mala Pua, LLC, we've brought back the heightened desire to take care of our immediate environment with environmentally friendly household products.  Our host showed us simple changes we can make, like how to prevent and keep away ants naturally and still have pineapple and mango juice all over the counter each day.  She introduced us to the OXO Good Grips POP Big Square 4-Quart Storage Container 

We highly recommend a household container like this one (Thanks Holly!) to keep your food scraps in for the day, the week, maybe the month, depending on how much organic waste matter you produce, because of it's seal.  We don't have ant issues or weird smells.  Compost smells...  and not like fresh soil, until it is fresh soil.  So we also recommend a sealed stationary container like a metal drum and/or a stationary structure that you can easily turn the soil in as it builds up, with a shovel.  There are also, rotating containers, which are intended to make turning the soil easier.   

 

Turning the compost:

Using a sealed metal drum will trap heat inside, stimulating rapid breakdown of the waste, yet it can be difficult to roll and empty.  We like this method because it speeds up the breakdown and can be right next to your garbage and recycling containers.  It then gets rolled on it's way to being dumped and turned with a shovel because not all of it will be broken down.   Make sure you maintain a pile as you turn the compost.  The greater the pile, the higher the temperature, and the faster the breakdown.  If you want to make sure that your pile maintains a constant temperature or a certain temperature, there are thermometers made specifically for composting. 

 

How to balance the soil nutrients: 

You'll first want to check the loaminess of your native soil. 

To test loam with a Mason jar: 

1. Use a clear, clean jar with a tight sealing lid. (A Mason jar is perfect.)
2. Fill the jar half full with soil. (Do this in different jars for different areas of the garden.)  
3. Fill the jar almost to the top with water.  (Leave room for shaking.) 
4. Tighten the lid and shake the jar for several minutes or until all particles are suspended.
5. Set your shaken Mason jar aside for several hours so the particles have a chance to settle.  (Do before work or bed and check later.)

They will separate from top to bottom in this order:

• floating organic matter
• water
• clay 
• silt
• sand
• rock

20% Clay, 40% Silt, 40% Sand = Ideal Loam

 

Note the color of your soil.  The darker the soil, the more nutrient rich it is. 

Soil can be more acidic (low pH) or more alkaline (high pH).  It's important to know what type of pH the plants you want to grow need and what type of pH is native to your area.  The pH comes from the interaction between native rocks, plants, and weather.  It's a measurement of how concentrated the  reactive hydrogen ions (H+) are. This can change based on changes in climate and physical surroundings.  Test your soil before planting to maximize growing potential.   

There are many ways to do this and electronic devices you can use as well as places you can send samples for testing.  

To test soil pH with vinegar and baking soda:

1. Collect 1 cup of soil from separate parts of your garden (each cup is a sample). 
2. Put 2 spoonfuls of one soil sample into a container (Mason jars are perfect). 
3. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the soil.  If it fizzes, you have alkaline soil (pH between 7 and 8).
4. If it doesn’t fizz, add distilled water until all the 2 spoonfuls of soil is muddy. 
5. Add 1/2 cup baking soda. If it fizzes you have acidic soil (pH between 5 and 6).

If your soil has no reaction, it is neutral (pH of 7).  This is great!  You shouldn't have to make any major changes to your native soil! 

• Repeat this for the remaining soil samples. 

 

"Browns vs. Greens" is key! 

We try to make neutral soil so it can be used anywhere with slight changes toward being more alkaline or more acidic in certain areas of the garden.  To do that, it takes a conscious effort on our part to think of what we call "browns vs. greens,"  better known as the Carbon-Nitrogen ratio (C:N).  We want a balance of brown matter, being things like paper products that are dry, and green matter, being food scraps that are moist.  If your composting doesn't appear to be working, you may have too much Carbon.  If your compost absolutely stinks like ours did... you have too much Nitrogen.  It's a balancing act.  Keep adding the right waste matter to your compost and you will be successful!  

You're on your way to producing the soil pH that your garden needs to be a healthy natural environment fostering a healthy life for those consuming your produce.  Isn't this exciting!?       


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Composting Facts Provided by:
http://www.planetnatural.com/composting-101/
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/soil-ph-zm0z14amzkin.aspx
http://preparednessmama.com/jar-soil-test/
http://preparednessmama.com/testing-your-soil-ph-without-a-kit/
http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/carbonnitrogenratio.html

Look Within

"Art moves through us.  It is colored by our individuality, but we are not precisely its origin.  Or, to put it differently, a piece of art may originate with us, but we originate somewhere larger ourselves.  We are, each of us, more than we seem, more than the sum of our merely human components.  There is a divine spark animating each of us, and that divine spark also animates our art'...'There is a breath of the divine that blows through us as artists and blows through our art as well." 

 - the Artist's Way Every Day by Julia Cameron

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How To: Pressed Flower Collage

Craig is such an amazingly sweet man... he picks flowers for me practically everywhere we go so needles to say... I have a lot of pressed flowers!  Books are great for pressing the flowers; each page can hold at least one flower and then they can sit on top of paper towels holding more, but I want to be able to see them!

Inspiration hit one day while perusing Kirkland's...  I saw a stack of picture frames that screamed "Your pressed flowers would look great in me!"  So, I am somewhat sorry to the creator of this once original and now mass produced picture... I am taking two and taking them apart because I like the frame.  If you too have a bunch of pressed flowers or a sweet someone who likes to pick them, here's a simple way to display them:

Step 1:  Make or simply find a frame like I did...

Step 2: Remove the picture insert...

Find the picture insert on the back with your finger.  You will feel a ridge unless you can see it.  Use an exacto knife, pocket knife, or really sharp pair of scissors (all with extreme care and/or supervision of course) to cut along the ridge on the back.   If you cut carefully along only three sides of the picture, your backing will look more like it was professionally done (see below).  If you have metal tabs or staples holding the picture in place, use a flat head screw driver to bend them away from the picture until the picture can be removed.  

Step 3:  Replace the background paper... 

If you want to change the background paper, scrapbook paper can be perfect because you can choose the color or design you want.  Lay the paper you want to use, color side down.  Spray the picture from your frame with a simple craft adhesive (read the container for safety purposes), which will leave a smooth finish.  Lay the picture from your frame that you no longer want adhesive side down on top of the back of your new paper (see below left).  When it's dry to the touch, you are ready to cut along the edges of the old picture.  If you're worried about the edges not being perfect, cut the paper a half inch to an inch larger and fold the edges over (shown below right).

Step 4:  Create your own piece of art...

I decided to do a collage of pressed flowers using small amounts of super glue.  Your flowers will be too heavy to use a simple craft spray adhesive.  A super glue should do the trick (read the container for safety purposes).  It's hard to go wrong with a collage... but if gluing the flowers down worries you.  Practice first by laying the flowers down on your background how you like them.  When you overlap the flowers a little, it's okay.  You can cut the stems shorter if you want...  it's your artwork.  When you like what you've done, glue one flower down at a time.  If they overlap, make sure to glue the one on the bottom first.  To make sure your flowers are going to stay adhered, I recommend covering your work with the piece of glass or a paper towel and stacking books on top of it.  Leave it stacked overnight so it will not fall apart.  Minor repair may be needed the next day.   

Step 5:  Insert the finished product...

It is time to put it all together!  The clean glass piece will go in the frame first (watch the edges... glass is fragile).  Make sure you have located the top of your frame and insert your artwork into the frame.  Take the paper backing you cut open and lay it back down on your work.  This part is tricky and can be dangerous.  If you have metal tabs that were bent away from the picture, bend them back down now with the screwdriver.  If you do not have tabs, you can create them with a simple stapler (with extreme caution and/or supervision of course).  With the paper backing down, insert the staple in the center of each side of the frame as shown below.    



Step 6:  You're done!  Flip it over and find a spot to display your beautiful new piece of art! 

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Through the Lens of an Astronomy Photographer

Astronomy Fans, Star-Gazers, Astronomy Photographers, Aerospace Engineers, Astronauts, and curious kids at heart - both big and small... you can appreciate this.

We are all fascinated by the universe and the possibility of life elsewhere, whether that's us or something alien to us.  It's one thing to know there is a moon, planets, and stars around us, and then to realize that they move... that's crazy!  You look up at the sky at night... it looks the same as the last time right?  No... it's always changing, because we're moving and objects out there in space are moving too!  I hope you read that like Bill Nye, the science guy... if not, please do.  It's just hard to see the movement looking briefly with the naked eye, until a star shoots across the sky, or there is a meteor shower.  Well the brightest meteor shower of the year just happened, and while us star-gazers are happy with just taking it all in with the naked eye and wondering what's going on up there, others are trying to capture the moment to get a closer look...and still others, studying their findings to further scientific discoveries and exploration.  You Astronauts are hopefully looking at this like a professional surfer looks at a wave off the Hawaii coast...an absolutely amazing occurrence, although you've seen vastly greater. 

Words really can't explain the feeling that comes from being wrapped up in a sleeping bag, temple to temple with your special someone, peering into the night sky, not knowing what's out there or even in the woods around you.  (It's funny how the dark unknown of the sky can be comforting when you're in the dark woods, and how knowing what might be in the dark woods can be comforting when imagining the unknown dark sky.)  And to know that you've got your camera set up on a tripod, in just the right location at the perfect angle, so that you can accurately capture that moment in time. 

Between the hours of 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM, over the dark waters of Jordan Lake, on a clear night in August, one day before the new moon - the Perseid meteor shower was in full display! 

So how does one photograph a meteor - particles flying through the Earth's atmosphere ranging in size from about that of a small pebble down to a grain of sand, generally weighing less than 1-2 grams, traveling at speeds ranging from 25,000 mph to 160,000 mph, and visible for less than half a second ???


1. Use a wide angle (Pentax 12-24 f4 ED AL) lens focused to infinity, with a 15 second exposure on an interval timer, take one shot of the night sky every 30 seconds for 3 hours.  

2. With the aperture wide open (f 4.0) to capture as much light as possible, underexpose the shot by -1 EV to balance the foreground.  

3. Use a high ISO, like the photographs above set to 800, to balance light sensitivity vs noise.


Oh, and possibly most important, apply foot warmers (yes the camping kind, with hairbands, thanks to my sweet wife - a rubber band works too), to the outside barrel of the lens in order to reduce condensation on the lens as the temperature drops throughout the night.

Another successful method is to use a higher ISO (1600-6400) and longer exposure time (30-60 seconds) to catch more "background" stars in a single frame.  However, when doing so, there is a rule of  thumb - "the rule of 600" - to remember when doing astrophotography.  Take 600/(lens focal length).  This gives you the slowest shutter speed you can use before noticing motion blur in the stars (because you are constantly moving with the Earth's rotation).  For a 12mm lens as the one used, the shutter speed should be kept below 50 seconds so that the stars do not appear blurry.

And if you find yourself wanting to try this method, don't be discouraged if things do not turn out just how you planned the first go around.  It takes a lot of patience, and most of those brilliant astrophotography shots out there use stacked compositions (stacking several photos of a time-lapse on top of one another in special software) or a GPS motion tracker on the tripod ($$$).

So the next time you hear of a special celestial event, or are just looking up at the stars, wrap your brain around this final thought...

Though theory states that the universe is constantly expanding into eternity, that is not the whole story.  As some new celestial bodies are created, the universe is actually dying. Stars are continually imploding and the energy of the universe is dwindling.  Ok you science nerds - it is being conserved - but the number of stars in the sky is always in flux.  So... next time you look to the heavens at night, do not take it for granted.  Though it may take thousands of lifetimes, those familiar constellations, that bright north star, those guiding lights... will not always be there.


Stay tuned for additional photos from that evening and check www.GreinerStudio.com for more...


Astronomy facts within this article provided by:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/
http://www.npr.org

Celestial Light Show Tonight!

The brightest and most consistent meteor shower, according to Quarks, the Perseid Meteor Shower, is happening tonight between 1AM EST and 4AM EST, peaking at 4AM EST.  So for those of you like us, in Central North Carolina, don't miss out!

According to timeanddate.com, this meteor shower will consist of hundreds of pieces of tiny debris flying through the night sky, following Comet Swift-Tuttle.  The Perseid Meteor Shower will be seen near the Perseus constellation it was named after, located between the North East sky and Zenith, directly above you. 

Photo Credit Stellarium via Quarks.

This year's weather and light conditions are perfect for viewing!  Wunderground.com is predicting clear skies tonight in Central North Carolina.  So find a dark spot and someone to share the experience with!  



If you go... Don't Forget:

1. Set your alarm for work... it may be a late night. 
2. Find a viewing spot that does not have a lot of light pollution around it (city lights will make it hard to see).  If you can't venture out, it's still worth taking the family out into the backyard, at least, to try to see this wondrous event.
3. Give your eyes time to adjust if there is light around, like cell phone light.  Unless you have a red light, your eyes need about 15 to 20 minutes to adjust in order to see clearly in the dark. 
4. Take something comfortable to lay down on or rest your head on so that you remember how amazing the meteor shower was in the morning and not your aching neck. 
5. The most important part is trying to share this memory with someone... a date (a spouse counts!), your family, and/or a group of friends.  If you venture solo remember while peering at the vast, starlit sky... you're definitely not alone.

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Oranization Tips: Desk

This is for those of you who need an idea for a kid's craft area, have too many Post-it notes or just not enough space!

This post assumes your space is wood, but you should be able to use the same concept in your space...

This is an artist who needs desk space to work and a place to put their inspiration and reference materials.

Look at all the empty space above the books... there is a shelf that can be utilized!

I didn't want to damage the wall, so a pegboard or simply putting Post-it notes on the wall were not an option.  So, here's what I came up with for a solution.

To do this:



Tap screw eyes into the wood under the shelf with a hammer until you can twist them into place.  A tight space like this may require needle nose pliers instead of fingers to do the twisting... Tie your string or wire of choice (jute is a strong natural choice) to the most inconspicuous screw eye and go from one side of the desk to the other tying it off at each end or feeding it back and forth until you are forced to tie it off because you have no more screw eyes.

  

When you're done, there's a place for notes to be clipped several rows back (shown using clothespins) and there is still plenty of space for Post-it notes, a pegboard later, inspiration, and work that needs to dry.

This could also be done vertically.  Anyways, I hope this helps keep you better organized in a small work space like this.

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Get Outside and Play!

What is this thing?! 

Obviously it's a bug of some sort... it's a June Bug, also known as a May Beetle.  You scientific readers may know it as a North American scarab beetle of the genus Phyllophaga, but I just learned this recently.  I read that they are brown, but they are anything but brown!  They're green and have bright colors that you can see when the sunlight hits their shell. 

I found myself overwhelmed by a humming swarm of them as they ran into me, my home and everything in between.  I even saw one at eye level just fall to it's death...?!  It appeared to have run into a transparent wall.  Not knowing what type of plague this was or if there was something in the air, I found that the larvae feed on the roots of grass underground until they hatch in late spring and early summer when they burst out of the ground and learn to fly.

From a spiritual standpoint, they represent navigating the subconscious or unconscious and are seen as highly intuitive creatures.

Have you woken up to find that you can fly? Or woken up to find that you have to fly?  Or woken up to find that you don't know what happened exactly but are determined to fly?  I don't know where they went, but I think every last one of the hundreds, maybe thousands, of June Bugs eventually learned to fly...


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Osprey: The Majestic North American Raptor

What a great summer morning! Craig is still talking about how amazing this experience was!

I wasn't able to visit the Ospreys at Jordan Lake this day, but we are so fortunate to have access to these incredibly majestic North American raptors.  It is rare to witness, and with such clarity, a migrating bird, such as the Osprey.

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Welcome!

This being the first of many posts... welcome to the Greiner Studio space! 

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...of inspiration

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Our interests are broad, hopes are high, and dreams are coming true.

We thank you for stopping by and hope you keep coming back, but more than that we hope this blog, this website, this artwork impacts your life in great ways. 

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