ReBloom

What if the objects we hold onto have stories of their own?
This week, we welcome three Minnesota artists, Amy Wilderson, Brenda Olson and Katy St. John, whose creative work explores the connections between art, memory, storytelling and the things we treasure.
Amy is a jewelry and sculptural artist who transforms forgotten treasures into meaningful new creations. Brenda is an illustrator, mixed media artist and children's book author who brings imagination and unexpected materials into her work. Katy is a Minneapolis-based photographer whose images go beyond the surface to capture stories, emotion and connection.
Together, these three artists collaborated on Objects Through Time: Connection, Story, and Legacy, an exhibition at F-O-K Studios Gallery exploring how everyday objects hold our history, carry memories and connect us to the people and experiences that shape our lives.
We explore the power of creativity, the meaning we attach to objects and how art can help us see the familiar in new ways. It's a conversation about connection, personal stories and the beauty of giving something old a new life.
Until next time — peace, love and rebloom
Lori & Jamie
Connect with the Artists
Amy Wilderson
Website: https://www.amyajewelry.com/ Instagram: @amyajewelry
Brenda Olson
Website: https://www.brendaolsonart.com/ Instagram: @brendaolsonart
Katy St. John
Website: https://www.saintphoto.org/ Instagram: @_saintphoto

What can a love of reading make possible? Anything!
This week, we welcome Kwame Alexander, poet, educator, Emmy Award-winning producer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 47 books, including The Crossover, The Undefeated, Black Star and Say Yes.
Kwame shares how books and reading shaped his life and his journey as a writer. Together, we explore how creativity and confidence can help us find our voices, open our imaginations and, even when we’re given a “no,” find the courage to keep looking for the “yes.”
Kwame is the founder of the literacy nonprofit One Word at a Time. He also opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana. His work invites readers of all ages to imagine what’s possible.
Until next time — peace, love and rebloom 🌸
Lori & Jamie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KwameAlexanderBooks/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kwamealexander/
Website: kwamealexander.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr0zZOM9cgu6LEgJQlQ1JjQ
One Word at a Timeonewordcommunity.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onewordorg
IG: https://www.instagram.com/onewordorg

In this episode, we’re joined by Flora Bowley, artist, top-selling author, and internationally recognized creative guide whose work has helped shape the modern intuitive art movement.
For more than fifteen years, Flora has inspired thousands of people around the world to see creativity as more than an artistic practice. Through painting, movement, writing, retreats, and online programs, she helps people reconnect with their intuition, move through change, and live with greater courage and aliveness.
Creativity as a Way Forward
Flora believes creativity belongs to all of us. Her approach encourages us to loosen our grip on perfection, trust the unexpected, and allow the creative process to show us something new about ourselves.
It’s a philosophy that reaches far beyond the canvas: creativity can be a source of resilience, self-discovery, and possibility, especially during times of transition.
The Art of Aliveness
Flora is the author of four books, including Brave Intuitive Painting and The Art of Aliveness, and the founder of FREE FLO, a global creative community centered around creativity, courage, and connection.
Her invitation is beautifully simple: trust your intuition, stay curious, and make space for what brings you alive.
Connect with Flora
Website: https://florabowley.com/we-are-the-revolution/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/florabowley
Until next time — peace, love and rebloom 🌸
— Lori & Jamie

In this episode, we're joined by Wendy Solganik, an artist, educator, and the founder of Willa Workshops. She is also the creator and host of Fodder School, an internationally recognized, year-long mixed media art program that has inspired thousands of artists around the world.
Wendy believes art is more than something beautiful to hang on a wall. It can help us relax, express ourselves, build resilience, and live with greater intention. Her invitation is simple: choose curiosity over perfection and rediscover the pleasure of making something with your hands.
Curiosity Over Perfection
Wendy's warm, practical approach gives students permission to experiment, quiet the inner critic, and make room for play. The goal is not a perfect finished piece. It is a creative practice that brings more calm, connection, and joy into everyday life.
Fodder School & Creative Community
Through Fodder School, artists make painted papers, collage elements, handmade books, and mixed media projects alongside instructors from around the world. Through Willa Workshops, Wendy also collaborates with artists and educators to create engaging online classes and meaningful creative communities.
Whether she is teaching or hosting a conversation, Wendy's goal remains the same: to help creativity become a joyful, lifelong practice.
WillaWanders.com
@willa.wanders on Instagram
Until next time — peace, love and rebloom 🌸— Lori & Jamie

For episode 50, we're joined by Janne Ford — a floral designer and photographer based in North Yorkshire, UK. Her background is in fashion and textiles, and more than a decade in that industry gave her a deeply trained eye for colour, texture, and movement. That eye now turns entirely toward flowers.
She grows what she photographs. She shoots only in natural light. The results are floral portraits that feel less like images and more like moments — intimate, seasonal, and full of quiet intention.
Janne's move from fashion to floristry wasn't a departure — it was a deepening. The principles that shaped her textile work (how colour behaves, how texture creates mood, how movement draws the eye) translate directly into how she designs and photographs flowers. That compositional confidence is hard to pin down until you know where it comes from.
Because Janne grows what she photographs, her work is genuinely tethered to the seasons — not styled to look that way, but rooted in the real, day-to-day changes of a living garden. Each image belongs to a specific time of year, a quality of light, a bloom at its exact peak. It's a patient practice, and the body of work it produces feels honest and alive in a way that's increasingly rare.
Janne runs floral photography workshops from her garden studio in North Yorkshire and leads creative retreats in the UK and France. If you want to learn to see and capture botanical beauty with more intention, her website is the place to start. Until next time — peace, love and rebloom 🌸— Lori & Jamie
JanneFord.com
@jannelford on Instagram