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Dia de Los Muertos
Dia de Los Muertos was never something we celebrated with our kids as they were growing up. My husband is Hispanic and has some other...

Marissa Villescas
Oct 26, 20222 min read


Photography And Me
For me, photography has always been a lifelong hobby. I remember having an old film 35 mm when I was a kid. I would take it up to the...

Marissa Villescas
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Finding Magic In What I Do
True statement, I make a lot of bad art. I start out wanting to create a masterpiece, but something happens along the way. I get an...

Marissa Villescas
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Tiny World Hawaii Project
E Komo Mai- Welcome Six years ago my family and I were privileged to move to Hawaii. It was magical and wonderful and everything you...

Marissa Villescas
Jul 18, 20222 min read


10 Quirky (and not so quirky) Things About Me
I love to cook and bake. A few years ago I taught myself how to bake bread and lovely treats by watching the Great British Bake-Off. I...

Marissa Villescas
Apr 22, 20223 min read


Grounding Myself In Creativity
My soul speaks in pictures and words, with pencils, paints and a camera. Everyday I feel a tug to create something. It might be a quick...

Marissa Villescas
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Behind The Artist
Long before I was a wife, mother to three children, soap maker, dog mom, and a teacher, I was an artist. I was a seven-year-old little...

Marissa Villescas
Apr 2, 20223 min read


Darkness and Light
(Originally posted on ChasingtheCloudsstudio.com) Summer 2021 Earlier this spring as I was going through things in the house to donate, I...

Marissa Villescas
Jul 12, 20213 min read
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