Bella’s Mural for Covenant United Methodist Church

Covenant Mural
This past spring we were given the opportunity to create a custom mural for the new education building for Covenant United Methodist Church in Greer, SC. This mural honored a very special young lady from their congregation—she unfortunately passed away due to childhood cancer. Knowing this young lady’s background & her love for her church
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Kathy to be a part of Create You Telesummit!

This is a direct repost of the email I got this morning from my friend, teacher & mentor… Whitney Freya. She has put together a superb group of creative coaches for the Create You! telesummit that starts today! I hope you join me in the conversation this evening @ 7pm ET …. Dear kathy, You
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Artist Turned Entrepreneur – Potomac Local article

Very honored to have been interviewed for this article in today’s Potomac Local. Hope you enjoy it! All of this came out of a visit by friend to my BNI | Woodbridge Connection chapter… networking works! http://potomaclocal.com/2013/09/03/artist-turned-entrepreneur-strauss-volunteerism-community-involvement-key-to-success/
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What Do Art & Education Have to Do with One Another?

What does being a kid again & creativity have to do with one another? It’s a thought that crosses many people’s minds, especially when I hear comments being made such as, “oh, to be a kid again—I can do whatever I want!” or “oh, when I put that paint brush in my hand, I feel free
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Getting Creatively Fit with a Corporate Twist

Again – it’s one of those delayed posts, where have I been? It’s been an exciting time in the life of ImageWerks. Back in April, I finished my certification as a Creatively Fit coach. I decided to obtain this certification after many years of hearing friends, colleagues, aquaintances telling over & over— “I’m not creative.
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Another Nod of Excellence

I apologize for not keeping up with our blog – inbetween life, the universe & everything…. something had to give & I guess this was it. Of course, I keep up with my facebook postings – but putting thoughts down on “paper” just doesn’t get the attention it deserves. I did want to post another
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Two-sided Creativity

For a long time we’ve been telling people all about our business & our talents. They know that GC & I are graphic designers, we design logos, marketing materials (postcards, brochures, etc.)…. layout publications for both formal and informal use (annual reports, simple Word documents, training manuals, etc.)…. create presentations in PowerPoint… design trade show
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Success & Marketing

I do alot of reading or investigating of what to do to market our business & our clients. There seems to be a continuous tone to the messages I see. This is….. don’t stop advertising, marketing, or keeping your face (personal & business) out there. The economy might be in a slowdown – but this
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creative intuition

This evening, I thought I would sit & see if I could tap into a part of myself that I’ve been ignoring – my creative intuition. I’ve been struggling over the past couple of months with ways for me to tap into a part of myself that I know is there. Listening to the news,
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ideas rolling in my head…

I’ve been thinking to myself that when I decided to start writing a blog, it was a gut wrenching idea. Was this going to be marketing tool, a journal of ideas, or just something that I did & never followed through with. The fact is, I always fought having to write—I hated it as a
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