Tuesdays in Goleta

At the Stow house there is a free music concert every Tues. Earl's company is sponsoring it. It starts at 5:30. Local band Area 51 is there next Tues. Anyway it was fun watching everyone dance and enjoy each other.

Looky what I got!!! A fun filled package from Tara....We are starting another collab. This time a journal....If you look at her site you can tell how this is a perfect pairing of art. Thanks Tara for the great art!

Also had a good day at the beach Tues. with Colleen and Mary. The waves were pretty big.

Wed. I met up with some of my art buddies for a movie in Santa Barbara. We went to see Despicable Me then some dinner. It was really fun. We laughed alot...which is what we all need to do more of!

If you are in the Santa Barbara area...

The reception is a fun time! Lots of friends are in this show besides me. Check it out.

Had a great 4th of July

Spent the day in Santa Barbara at an art show with 40 other artists. Met lots of great people and reacquainted with others. Got home in time for amazing fireworks at the mission. I am still exhausted and happy.

Here is my little spot under the lemon tree. Sukie, Mary and my nephew Mike's family came by for a visit.
Here are the sockies on their way to Mary Lou Zeeks Gallery in Salem, OR. Byeeee

Here is one of the few I brought to the show...on it's way to a new home. Byeeee

What a busy Wed.

It is Maili's birthday and she threw...with much help...a fantastic Alice in Wonderland tea party....Madison was not to sure about it at first but then she really liked having tea at a little table. Jill and especially me, dressed up pretty crazy and Madison looked at me and said " That's not right"....

This is the easel that my dad built me when I was 4 or 5. I am so glad to have it still to share with Madison.

Here are the last of the summer flowers....

work work work.....

I so wish I had one more week to get ready for the 4th show!!! Here is what I am working on....

Happy Father's Day

Earl had a great Father's Day and I think Joe did too. Next time he will bring a bathing suit. But I think Madison had the best time. It was a perfect day at Refugio Beach.

Madison went to her first play

...and she liked it. It was a Dr Suess theme. She got on the stage after and got in the nest that was a prop. Didn't want to leave the stage. She said "fun" on the way to the car.

Molly Robertson graduated, after 11 years of college, from UCSB last weekend and Colleen and family put together a really nice Bar BQ at the new park. It was a really nice day and Molly was so happy....Wish I had one of those delish sliders...or maybe the pulled pork ...or that great tri tip ...but wait the chicken...Then I "need" another of those delish cupcakes Susan made at the Solvang Bakery....

Here is my piece for the Green assemblage show at Art from Scrap....Tree Graffiti....

Lots of stuff going on at the At Clinic. Barbara Carr is coming again to teach a felted vessel class on Sat. June 26th. I think there is still room. Also Sukey Hughes is getting together another set of Wed. classes. More info to come. My second class of this series is Tues. This one is all about collage.

I am busy working every chance I get on stuff for July 4 show in Santa Barbara. Some orders for Imagine in SB and more sockie for Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem OR. I better quit blogging and hit it!

Here we go....hot weather

Madison and I went a bought a swimming pool today and spent an hour getting our feet all "wrinkly"...
This is my Art from Scrap piece...due Monday. The theme is green...

....(drum roll please) I just got word I am teaching at ArtFest in April. I am soooo happy and excited! The class is called "Welcome to my World". I am not sure I can give out to much info yet but I will say this is an acrylic painting class for all levels....stay tuned...

Lock down #2 at the Art Clinic

This is a good way to get some work done....We had our second all nighter...actually it was 2 nights...at the Art Clinic....We were joking using art retreat references ...like we went to Santa Maria to Target and Beverly's Crafts for our "vendor night" and here is our "commons dining"....It was really the Bit o Denmark in Solvang....For some reason the Jello was our fave....It was all good though....The weekend was kinda exhausting but good.
Here is Penny's not finished work...She also did some fantastic journal pages...
Here is Susan's work from ArtFest. She was started more in this vein.
Colleen had some cool needlework she worked on. I will ask to photo it when it is closer to done...very cool!
Here is what I worked on....I put more on my Flickr. I have a July 4th show in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Arts took some more work for tonight's First Thurs., I am working on aan Art from Scrap assemblage for the Green show...due Mon. and I have 2 guild shows to get work done for...so I should not be blogging...I should be painting!!!
But isn't Maddie cute in her Oaxacan apron Colleen brought her from Oaxaca?

Sweet Baby James

And Carole King

...and I think that is Wayne McCall......

Fun art day

Thanks everyone for coming and letting tell you what to do....hahaha
I was so impressed with all the great work. It makes me really excited about the class...We will see what Teesha thinks. So I won't post your work right now and please send me some pictures if you get to a new point....



Here is some work in progress....

More Madison .....

Earl got her a car. It is battery operated but she did not like the noise. She just likes to get in it and pretend she is going to the beach or to see Mom etc. Then she says " I'm back" and gets out ...seconds later she is back in. The first day she did this all day! She has her hat on because the girl in the picture on the box wore a hat....

I may be a little partial here....but I would be surprised if she does not follow her mom into art.

Happy Mother's day

Jill and I did some journaling at the Corner Coffee House....then had cupcakes. Fun day for both of us. We were missing LE though....

ME

...as in Mary Engelbreit Home Companion Workshop in St Louis, MO....What an amazing event that was. I signed up because I was super excited to get a chance to meet someone I admired so much, Mary Engelbreit, but it ended up that I just loved everything! The Chase Park Plaza was amazing. So beautiful, comfortable and friendly. I felt like Elouise at the Plaza in NY. We got to tour Mary's studio and look at all the things I had seen in the magazines up close. There was a wonderful luncheon with chuck full goodie bags. The classes I took were perfect....Kaari Meng from French General, my buddy Charlotte Lyons, Wendy Addison and Kathy Curotto. The seminars were really great too..Sheila Meehan and Margo Tantau. I learned so much and it all really made me ask myself some questions and it turned on a few lights that were getting dim... Sukey was a delight to travel with and we even had a tornado warning...sirens and all!

Madison's new teeth

That was a tough day or really the whole week was tough. But the surgery went really well and her caps look great. We are still getting used to her new look but so glad that is all behind us.....Her she is being nice to the cat...this is rare...