Canning Peaches

I love watching nature and seeing flowers and food grow in my garden. It is amazing to see a flower sprout and turn into a beautiful piece of fruit right before my eyes. Growth is what this world is all about. If you are not growing and constantly…

Hair and Makeup

Guess what I'm doing in this picture ...Okay besides getting some attention. I'm at a photo shoot for a new album. FUN! Are you excited?  

How to make your water taste good

Tired of drinking plain water? You know it's good for you right? It is so easy to dress up your water with hardly any thought. There are several concoctions listed here. [yumprint-recipe id='18']

Water

Why do we need water? Everyone knows our bodies are made up of mostly water. Children and babies have more water in their bodies than adults do. How important is water to primping yourself? Well...it's something we all need to survive so it's…

Fun time performing with Nathan Osmond

Healthy Raw Chips and Guacamole

It's Friday Food day and I've created another awesome recipe that I have to share with you today.  This is SO good! The chips remind me of blue corn chips you can buy in the store, they are very easy to make and the Guacamole has a ranch…

Singing with Nathan Osmond on Sunday April 27, 7:00pm

5250 W Thunderbird, Glendale AZ (Just west of 51st Ave on Thunderbird)   

The Duttons

I'm opening for the Duttons tonight with Marvin Goldstein at the Dutton Family Theater in Mesa, AZ. For tickets to their amazing show go here.

Want to promote your good music?

We're starting a new blog series of a variety of different artists who are passionate about good music and want to promote themselves. If you are an artist (or know of an artist) who creates uplifting music  who wants to participate, send…

Breakfast in Phoenix

Are you looking for a great place to eat this weekend? Breakfast is one of my favorite meals of the day.  Most often I drink a green smoothie fresh from my garden for breakfast, but sometimes I like to treat myself too. (with a healthy…

Fireside at ASU Institute Building March 30 at 7:30PM

Calgary

Performing with Brandon Oberhamer and Marvin Goldstein in Canada was a blast! Great music and great fun. We're planning to do more of it in the future and I can't wait. 

Edmonton

I got to perform last night with amazingly talented Marvin Goldstein and Brandon Oberhamer in Edmonton. I'm excited to also perform together tonight in Calgary. For tickets go to www.brandonoberhamer.com I hope to see you there!

Canada Performances

I'm excited to announce I'll be performing in Canada, in Edmonton (March 21) and Calgary (March 22) at 7PM. For tickets go here. Please see the flier for more details. 

Website

I'm so excited to present my updated website to you. What do you think about it? You can get to my website faster now (yes I know you're all checking it out every day, and you can't wait to get here) by going to vanessajoy.net (or don't worry,…

Blackbird

This morning my garage door was broken. BLAST! Can you believe I had to get out of my car to open the garage manually so I could drive my car? "Inconvenient!" I though to myself "I like opening my door with a button". I got out of my car to…

Once There Was a Snowman

Once there was a snowman Snowman SNOWman Once there was a snowman Tall Tall TALL In the sun he melted Melted Melted In the sun he melted Small small SMALL Written by Moisella Renstrom (this is a cute little song you can do with children…

Ding Dong Merrily on High

I got to do something very out of the ordinary this year. I got to hand deliver 3 CDs to a woman just down the street from where I was staying. (okay read on, that doesn't sound too out of the ordinary) This woman was a customer who ordered…

Deck the Halls

Noel Noel

Did you know I wrote a song for Christmas on my new Album? It's called, "Noel Noel". It can be found here.  The lyrics: Sing we now of Christmas Noel sing afar Hear our praises sing we Underneath the star Noel Noel…

Deseret Newspaper

My Christmas CD was reviewed by Deseret Newspaper find it here. “JOY TO THE WORLD,” by Vanessa Joy, $15.95 Soprano Vanessa Joy shares 15 Christmas songs from traditional carols of “Joy to the World” and “What…

Great Joy!

Seeing my name everywhere is so fun this time of year. Just had to share that a really sweet friend gave me a beautiful scarf and yummy homemade chocolates ... I ate the last one today they were SO good! Good friends and good people doing nice…

3TV

Today was a fun day. I sang selections from my Christmas Album "Joy To The World" for 2 shows on AZ 3 TV today! It will air on Christmas Eve and also Dec. 31. Hope you will tune in at 10:00 a.m. to watch me if you live in Arizona.

3TV Celebrity Style - Diane Keaton

Celebrity Style Diane Keaton on 3TV