Yay! I am on vacation. One of those multiple journeys kinds, summer is always soooo busy for me.
We went Saturday to my God Daughter's bridal shower. So lovely, Kristen has turned out to be a beautiful and kind young woman. She is marrying a guy who seems to be the apple of her eye. I don't really know Paul, but I trust he is a good man. Her parents think so! The shower was beautiful too, her family did such a nice job.
Monday we went to Birch Run for some outlet shopping and a obligatory visit to Zehnders for chicken dinner! Yum! I haven't been there for 12 years to have the dinner and stroll around the town. Not much has changed except that the town has planted flowers EVERYWHERE and it is gorgeous. People are still friendly there, locals to the tourists. 4000 citizens, looks like somewhere I would love to call home.
I haven't done much art lately, I apologize for being out of it, but my muse went on vacation too.
When she returns, I promise to get busy and post some things.
5/11/08
Ramblings du'Jour
Artiscape was wowzer big fun. You gotta go - if you can next year.
I really enjoyed all of my classes, but most especially loved the Stamp Zia class where we made a mural in watercolor sprays and artistic soldering, only because I want to master this skill. (must remember that practice makes perfect).
Tomorrow is Mother's Day, mom is up to visit. My mom is a lovely woman. Everyone likes her. She has a big heart. I think her secret ambition is to shop for the world. (mine too.) We spent the day shopping, going to church and out to dinner. Then we watched Charlie Wilson's War. A very good movie about the war in Afghanistan. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys history presented in an entertaining way.
I really enjoyed all of my classes, but most especially loved the Stamp Zia class where we made a mural in watercolor sprays and artistic soldering, only because I want to master this skill. (must remember that practice makes perfect).
Tomorrow is Mother's Day, mom is up to visit. My mom is a lovely woman. Everyone likes her. She has a big heart. I think her secret ambition is to shop for the world. (mine too.) We spent the day shopping, going to church and out to dinner. Then we watched Charlie Wilson's War. A very good movie about the war in Afghanistan. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys history presented in an entertaining way.
4/8/08
Going to Artiscape!
This week I am excitedly off to Artiscape, to learn, play and fellowship with other artists. Artiscape is a 3 day retreat which is being held in Sandusky Ohio, at the Kalahari resort and water park. Lions, tigers and bears.... Oh my!
My friend Puff has invited some of us to stay with her. I chose to take 6 classes, two each day. That is actually quite a lot - I remember being burned out the last time I went to an Art retreat. Oh well, it is a good kind of tired!
The thing that I am most looking forward to is the fellowship, meeting new people, seeing what other people are doing and trading ATC's, charms and pages. It's always inspiring to see what fellow creative-types are up to. We hope to hit some local shopping venues as well. I do hope that works out!
Maybe I will see you there.
12/11/07
Bad Blogger Lady...bad! Bad!
Ok, so I am not very good at jumping on here weekly and typing something worth reading. I rarely have a lot of down time and at the present I am stressing at work and avoiding the holidays like a bad hair day.
I admit that I keep myself very busy with random projects aimed at exploring my creativity and singing in the choir at church, but I am very excited to think about an upcoming week off from work where I plan to have at least 4 "me" days! Let's hope that works out.
The Crows and Ravens Fat book project is now behind me. Each artist contributed something very special to the book and it has become a real treasure. Most of the artists count it as a favorite, which makes me proud of all of us. A lot of work and love went into the project. I hope to post some pics very soon!
A shout out to my friend Emily who is coming home today after fighting and winning over breast cancer, her reconstruction surgery is over with. My friends The Reynold's who are praying that their little Cadon will have good news with the Dr's. My new nephew Wyatt Christopher, who was born October 26. Shout out to Holly who is due in January with her own baby girl and her husband Warren who is serving all of us in Iraq, My friend Peach who is looking for direction and new employment opportunities.
I hope all of you have a more focussed Christmas. Keep your eyes on Christ and you will be blessed!
I admit that I keep myself very busy with random projects aimed at exploring my creativity and singing in the choir at church, but I am very excited to think about an upcoming week off from work where I plan to have at least 4 "me" days! Let's hope that works out.
The Crows and Ravens Fat book project is now behind me. Each artist contributed something very special to the book and it has become a real treasure. Most of the artists count it as a favorite, which makes me proud of all of us. A lot of work and love went into the project. I hope to post some pics very soon!
A shout out to my friend Emily who is coming home today after fighting and winning over breast cancer, her reconstruction surgery is over with. My friends The Reynold's who are praying that their little Cadon will have good news with the Dr's. My new nephew Wyatt Christopher, who was born October 26. Shout out to Holly who is due in January with her own baby girl and her husband Warren who is serving all of us in Iraq, My friend Peach who is looking for direction and new employment opportunities.
I hope all of you have a more focussed Christmas. Keep your eyes on Christ and you will be blessed!
9/1/07
Old Friends are special keepsakes:
I spent the day with some of my oldest friends. It has been a long time since I had the chance to see all of these women at the same time. Maybe....20 years? Of course, I've seen them all at different times individually... but all together? It's been awhile!
We spent the whole day shopping at one of those meandering outlet malls. Very busy with loads of shoppers grabbing back to school bargains. Not like my usual shopping spree's out searching for funky and dreamy supplies to use in my art.
We ended the day with a nice dinner and I spent some time showing around my art. None of them had ever seen it. Now some of the ladies want lessons in book altering! If we can pull it off, it will definitely be much sooner than another 20 years!
It's fun to watch your childhood friends get older. It's good to see that we all feel right together even if we don't see as well as we used, possess gray hairs and fluffy bottoms.
I spent the day with some of my oldest friends. It has been a long time since I had the chance to see all of these women at the same time. Maybe....20 years? Of course, I've seen them all at different times individually... but all together? It's been awhile!
We spent the whole day shopping at one of those meandering outlet malls. Very busy with loads of shoppers grabbing back to school bargains. Not like my usual shopping spree's out searching for funky and dreamy supplies to use in my art.
We ended the day with a nice dinner and I spent some time showing around my art. None of them had ever seen it. Now some of the ladies want lessons in book altering! If we can pull it off, it will definitely be much sooner than another 20 years!
It's fun to watch your childhood friends get older. It's good to see that we all feel right together even if we don't see as well as we used, possess gray hairs and fluffy bottoms.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
