I was really honored to have been interview by Sarah from Siren Magazine. I love the magazine and the topics she is covering. Its pretty cool!! I thought it was going to the be the typical interview… but she asked some really interesting questions and i really enjoyed answering them. Some of them were: If you couldn’t be an artist, what would you do? Does your faith/belief system affect the way you run Promise Tangeman Creative? If you could swap wardrobes with one celebrity, who would it be? What is your guilty pleasure? And this one is really interesting: Some say the church is not creative enough, while others say the church is too focused on aesthetic (with fog machines, elaborate sets, etc.). How do you feel the church is doing creatively, and why is this important?

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Check out my feature in Phoenix New Times This month. I answered some questions about my style and story. it was REALLY fun!! A big thanks to Carrie from New Times for featuring me. Thank you bunches.

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This spring I was interviewed by the fun and talented and Si Robins for an Arizona Magazine called Wavelength. The article was titled “Youth Quake” and featured 5 talented young people running and owning their own businesses. I was REALLY excited and surprised to be one of them. How fun. The photo below shows a little bit of my creative space. Below is a little write up about the article written by Si Robins.
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YOU GUYS!! I am really excited. I found out yesterday that my blog was the readers choice for faith/arts/media/design blog for 2009 in Collide Magazine. And it was SERIOUSLY only because you guys voted. I don’t want to sounds weird, or cheesy, or sound like im gonna make a speech or anything..It’s not like I won a grammy or anything close to that.  but I do want to tell you something.

This actually really does mean a lot to me and I will tell you why. I am that girl that does a lot of things but NEVER is the best of anything. NEVER ANYTHING. There is always someone more skilled, more crafted, better educated, more creative, more focused, more driven, and with a better business plan than me. haha. and I am okay with that. I have always understood that i am not a rarity or a gift to the world for creativity… but I seriously just do what I love and I love what I do. and I LOVE to create, make things, and attempt to live out what God has created me to do.
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Brian and I were out to dinner last night with Ryan and Lindsay Guard.. When Ryan leaned over and said “hey congrats on the nomination.” hhaa. and I was like… “for what?” He proceeded to tell me that Flowerdust.net did a blog post mentioning that her and I were the ONLY FEMALES represented in the nominations for Collide Magazine Readers Choice Awards for 2009. Flowerdust (Anne Jackson was nominated in the category of theology/ministry)

I was really humbled and honored to have been nominated under the Faith & Arts category. Because I am just writing what is on my heart and the projects that I am excited about. So even the fact that I was nominated is a real shock to me and I am quite grateful for that. Collide Magazine has a BIG heart and I am very thankful for them. They graciously featured the Art For Huruma Project numerous times to help get the word out. They are rock-stars. They have extremely interesting articles, great layout/design, and culture relevant content. Super RAD!

If you have been encouraged, inspired, or have enjoyed participating in the conversations on this blog, would you please take a minute to vote for my blog over at the readers choice awards? You can click on the banner above or go HERE to vote. Voting will remain open until Monday, December 14 at 9am CST. Winners will be announced in the January/February 2010 issue of COLLIDE.

I know this is kind of a weird request…but I would love to hear your thoughts about how this blog community has inspired/encouraged you in anyway… if any. What has been your favorite blog post here?

The posters and t-shirt have been shipped, and the numbers have been calculated. I am very excited that $2530 gets to go to the Huruma children’s home in Kenya Africa. This project was a great first trial run. and I am very pleased with the result for this first time. Thank you to everyone for ordering, and spreading the word about the project.

A few people have contacted me saying that we were featured in the new collide magazine… and I FINALLY got one in the mail to seee for myself. HAHA. It’s so fun to see a project so dear to my heart featured in a magazine that i deeply respect. I know by now, you guys are probably tired of hearing about Art for huruma. haha. Well it’s almost over. BUT I seriously had so much fun working alongside barton damer and using our gifts and talents for the greater good. I encourage everyone to try a project similar to this, thinking outside the box to give to others with your art. SO fun. It is awesome that a project like this can help bring awareness in a fun way, while giving, using our talents/ abilities, then resulting in actual funds to send to the orphange.
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I have been emailing with Jocey from the www.weddingchicks.com the past few days about another project. I have to say that those girls over there have got it going on. Sheesh. SOOOO FUN! I love them. I was so honored when i heard she wanted to feature these little pretties on their site. When i got married back in May, their site was a huge source of inspiration and help. I am really honored to now have some of my designs featured with them. I am so excited for my sister and Troy and I cant wait to see their ideas come to life… I Cant wait. Stop over and say hi to Jocey for me.