The one about Art*Play

Hey folks, I am here. I have been lying low. Lots going on, lots of work, too much worrying.. I can't really go into it right now but I will when I have more details. I am just... my mind is in orbit around my head as opposed to being IN my head.

Here is a collage of some random images from our Art*Play weekend with Kelly Kilmer. It was really fun to get messy with paint and a lot of what we made is really just sheets of paper with lots of paint on it. We did make a couple of journals and you can see one up there. (green with a stamped kind of paisley image) I did make a wee journal as well but that is fodder for another post. We learned a lot and made new friends. It was cool to *know* that there are other mixed media artists in our area and we hope to be able to get together and play once in awhile. Our first workshop taught us so much but we did learn that we DO want to work out the kinks and try again. We will probably work toward a date in the spring if not sooner. Maybe we will need a winter pick me up. I need to get our follow up surveys out and see what feedback our students had to offer.

back to business

We're back from our Art*Play weekend and we had a lot of fun with Kelly but we are EXHAUSTED. Everyone in class made really cool projects and enjoyed themselves. I will have photos to share and a break down of what we did soon. In the meantime thanks again to our goodie bag and raffle sponsors. The participants were delighted with their prizes!

Right before I left for the weekend I finished up this banner for Priscilla at Sweet Remembrance. Its a bit different for me but it suits her.

If you are waiting to hear from me, I will be returning emails early this week and continuing on my "to do" list. My waiting time for design work is approximately 2-3 weeks at this point. I have a few projects that need to go in the mail and will tryt o get all caught up on that this week as well.

Cheers, hope you all had a great weekend.

and back to our regular programming...

Thank you to those who commented yesterday and shared your stories or your blogs. 9-11 will always be a hard day, as it should. It is most unfortunate that my daughter's wonderful pre-school teacher shares her birthday with that tragic day but we celebrated her today.

Now, we will tune back to our regular programming and some amazing eye candy from the fabulous Holly! Check out what I got in the mail today!!!

It's hard to take pix of yourself, but I don't look too terrible so you can actually see my face here.. I am queen for a day! This lovely crown is SO beautiful and full of detail.. vintage flowers, and rhinestone jewelry, lovely ribbon and crepe paper. Holly finishes everything so beautifully. Check out her site to see her lovely Halloween and Autumn crowns.

Cerri has been up to some cuteness too. She is sending us some treats for the Art*Play goodie bags. I spied them on her flickr account and was delighted to see her using the new labels that I designed for her. She makes up a cute package folks!! Check out her shop for more fun treasures. ( Thanks for letting me steal your picture Cerri)

Hmm, what else? I have been running around like crazy with details for Art*Play. We only have one or two seats left and they seem to be filling up. Today we received a BIG treat in the form of a package from Jenny & Aaron! The pair graciously donated one of their fabulous pieces of artwork as our main raffle prize. Thank You sooo much Jenny & Aaron!!

Ok, that is about it for today. I hope to have more to share tomorrow as I pack up goodie bags and things to mail.

Ooops, I forgot to mention that Delila got her new shoppe open! Go check it out!

Art*Play

Whew, after a technically bumpy road we have finally steam-rollered out the details and gotten the classes listed for Art*Play!! They are being sold through the Hannah Grey website. Space is limited so don't wait to reserve space if you want to come play with us!!