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An Interview with Carrie Waller

By MilspoFAN on Tuesday, December 27, 2016
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My Dear MilspoFANs, When I was first conceptualizing MilspoFAN, I spent some time randomly Googling the arts and military spouses. I remember coming across Carrie’s work and being blown away by the vivid beauty in her watercolor paintings of everyday objects. I put her name in a file, intending to write a cold email asking her …

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An interview with Nicole Dufield

By MilspoFAN on Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Welcome, Dear MilspoFAN Readers! I have a lovely treat of an interview for you today! Nicole Dufield is an amazingly strong, spirited singer in the Hampton Roads, VA area. I met her through a mutual friend when I lived there but had no idea that she had a musical background until I was about to …

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An interview with Maria Bennett Hock

By MilspoFAN on Tuesday, October 25, 2016

You guys. Stop whatever you’re doing and read this interview with Maria Bennett Hock. Maria is a military spouse and painter who specializes in portraits. She blogs consistently about her work and her process. She is a warm, joyful woman and I’ve felt privileged to get to know her a bit through her blog, our …

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“Mrs. Houdini” in ink!

By MilspoFAN on Thursday, October 13, 2016

Hello MilspoFANs, and Happy Thursday!  I wanted to share an image with you that was created by the daughter of a military family who is in her first year of art school and still manages to make time to connect with MilspoFAN. In this illustration, Carly Dilday responds to MilspoFAN’s recent interview with Victoria Kelly. …

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An interview with Victoria Kelly

By MilspoFAN on Thursday, September 29, 2016
Victoria Kelly Portrait

Welcome readers! I’m so excited to kick off what I hope will be a long series of interviews with military spouse artists. These interviews will give you a little information about some of our talented members and the work that they are doing. I encourage you to reach out after you’ve read the interview to …

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Our first work of art!

By MilspoFAN on Thursday, September 8, 2016

I had the wonderful opportunity to commission some artwork for the site from Carly Dilday, the daughter of a military family this summer. Carly has headed off to art school this fall to pursue her passion for illustration. She  was gracious enough to create some lovely illustrations for MilspoFAN before she left. I’m excited to share …

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A blip from the other side

By MilspoFAN on Thursday, September 8, 2016

Hello Dear MilspoFAN readers, With the passing of Labor Day, Summer 2016 is now unofficially complete! For my family this has meant the addition of a new baby and a PCS move across the country. This week is the beginning of our newest normal. The boxes are unpacked and Mr. MilspoFAN is back at work. Firstborn child …

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A bit about me…

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Welcome back, Dear Readers! Soooo… it’s everyone’s least favorite writing assignment, the dreaded “About Me” post. Woe is me! Yes, please, let me go ahead and sum up my entire being in a few paragraphs-sounds easy and fun and not at all intimidating and reductionistic *teenage eye roll*…  I’ve started this post three or four …

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Call for help!

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Welcome back, Creative Squirrels! Has this ever happened to you? You’re a couple of months away from a PCS move when you meet a lovely human being. Someone who would make an inspiring artistic collaborator and friend. Oh, the things you could do and create, if only you weren’t moving! You daydream wistfully (or pissed-fully?) …

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Elucidating on the dream

By MilspoFAN on Monday, April 25, 2016

Welcome back, Beauties! We begin today with bit of self-indulgent context for today’s post: I’m nearing the end of one of those wildly productive but crazy-making two-week periods where everything is happening at once. You totally know what I’m talking about. You feel overwhelmed and overcommitted, but when you start ticking big things off your …

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