Look who is starting swim lessons

The amazing Miss M....Madison! She was so proud of herself and did very well. We will be there again tomorrow. Other news.... I am having a project day Sat at the Art Clinic..."Get Plastered" starts at 11 and we will be playing with plaster of Paris. Go to the Art Clinic blog to see the details.

May Day?

Who can believe it is May Day already? Not me.... but April went out with a big weekend. Sat. we had the one and only Teesha Moore in the house....the Art Clinic

It was amazing. Everything she said was like a little gift. We had 27 students and everyone was very intent on their work. I peak at a few of their journals and they were awesome!

I did not get many picture. I will post some of Jill's later. Sunday Earl and I went to my nephew Mike's house. The guys worked on a welding project and Denise and I played with clay. I felt so good to get my hands in the clay again. Mike and Denise have a great spot and I love going there. It was like a mini vacation for me....good food, a project, cool found objects to look at and lots of birds and wildlife (a jack rabbit) to see.

Then this morning we had a May basket on our porch! Happy May everybody!

Look what came in the mail!! This awesome bunny has already made herself at home. She knows I am thrilled to have her here....She puts a big smile on my face. Taylor thank you so much...I will have fun creating a character to come live with you. Other news..Tomorrow Teesha and Tracy will be at the Art Clinic teaching Journal Bonanza. Last time I checked, the class was full but I am hoping they will come again so send us an email to get on our email list at the Art Clinic...floozy@verizon.net

And then there are the pics of Madison.... She has been really busy. Something new everyday.

Other news is the Art Hus grand Opening went really well. We were so thankful for all the friends and well wisher who came by. I did not get any pictures but I will post Jill's jewelry that just got added to the inventory. So cool!

Easter etc.

Madison really knew what was going on this year.
The usual suspects...the lesser know Easter Hedgehogs....

Future deviled eggs....

It was such a beautiful day. The Easter bunny brought a bathing suit so we tried it out. It was a good day for it.

Happy mom looking at her girl.

Did something really fun

I went to Anthropologie and did some art with recycled store bags...we created some coral pieces for a display at the Aquarium of the Pacific...along with all the other stores. Very fun and I learned a little about how their art departments work.....maybe Madison can be an apprentice.



Cold wind so I did not visit many of the First Thurs. spots. But there were lots of people out and about.

Madison and I have a big day planned dyeing eggs....and Mommy comes home early.

I am having the April project day Sat. Shrinky Dinks, at the Art Clinic....Wish I had finished my example to show here...maybe tomorrow. It was too busy of a day. But a really fun one.

Madison's 4th birthday party

She was one happy girl and so sweet to all her friends. We are all exhausted but happy.

Project Day...paper mache

Berta brought her piece by Julie Arkel.....so exciting to see!!

We had a great time. Sukey Buchanan, Cindy Knight, Jill McCutcheon and I all shared our style of paper mache. But everyone took it too new places....very fun day.

a funny

My kinda humor....

So much great news!!!

First off I am beyond excited to announce that....drum roll...
Teesha Moore is coming to the Art Clinic......!!!!!!

Here are the details: She will be teaching a full day fun packed class

Saturday April 28th
10 to 5

at: Art Clinic
1576 Copenhagen
Solvang, CA

Cost $125.

Register here:
artgirl777@aol.com

alternative arts productions
box 3329
renton, wa 98056

This is what will be going on:

Journaling Bonanza

In this fast paced workshop, we will hand bind funky journals with pages made out of various papers and sizes. Then we will explore collage & drawing with a slew of products including prismacolor colored pencils (my newest passion!), gel pens, paint pens, paint dabbers, distress stains, crayons, pan pastels, stencils and japanese tape. It's going to be a blast as we fill our journals with color, imagery and lettering.

materials list:

a variety of papers to use as pages (can be scrapbooking papers, random pieces of paper from other projects, wrapping papers, cardboard ads, pages from on old children's book or other book...anything that seems sturdy enough for a page). bring all sizes.

scissors
prismacolor pencils (whatever you have)
whatever gel pens, sharpie poster paint pens, copic markers, tombow markers you have.
paint dabbers and distress stains by Ranger (whatever you have)
stencils, stamp pads, stipple brushes for stamp pads (whatever you have)
tape (paper tape, scotch tape, masking tape) -whatever you have.

1 magazine, 1 thrift store book to cut up (something with cool images in it)


OK and now the other news. I am joining 15 local artists and opening a store in Solvang!!! It is called Art Hus and is at 475 First St #2. We are all super excited and plan to be up and running by March 10th. We have a blog but not much to report yet: http://www.arthusshop.blogspot.com

So stay tuned...

What a lovely day

Susan and I drove to SB to meet Colleen and celebrate Mary's birthday at the Montecito Inn Cafe. Even with the light rain it was a beautiful day.

...Here is what my day was yesterday...broken tooth...need a crown!!! ...and not the pretty kind.

Fun day at the Art Clinic

We had a studio full for Sweater Surgery...Really fun !! Every did such amazing things.

...and then....Seattle throws us a curve....

Here is the weather we had...But they are a little over the top about the health of their trees in Seattle...

We still had amazing time!!!! Thanks to some very special birthday girls and Jon and LE. We had lots of great art, food, laughs and warm friendship on this trip. It just all went to fast. I think we needed the 12 hours it took to get home to decompress...well maybe not the whole 12 hours....But is was a really good chance to recharge the old art batteries....I have been flowing with ideas ever since....just need more studio time now.
This is our lunch at Tat's. They make their own pastrami then add delish slaw to it!
Mary is such a great traveling mate. We had a few challenges that a lesser person would not have taken in stride. Thank you Mary!!

And... of course it was heaven to spend time with LE and Jon. I miss you both so much! Thank you for sharing your cozy home with us and all the great food....no one does mac and cheese and Dutch babies like LE!!!

And now the scary news. I got a call from Jill at about 6 that she was in the hospital ER!!!!! Her heart rate had all of a sudden started racing. Luckily one of the Dr. she works for was still there and did an EKG then took her to ER. At one point her HR was 211. Just before they were going to give her a tray of drug choices she licked it and it started coming back to normal. So I brought her home and she will see a Dr. very soon to hopefully figure this out. SCARY!!!!