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!!!!

Seattle bond

Mary and I are on our way to Burbank airport to fly to seattle



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I doing a test to see if I can blog from my phone while I wait for Madison to wake up in the car


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...some glimpses of Christmas

I didn't do much decorating...these are 2 cute Santas done by Sukie Hughes that I love. I put up some boughs and Madison put about 12 ornaments of one branch that I put in a bucket with other twigs and called it a tree....so cute. It was fun watching her get the idea of what Christmas is all about. She asked if her presents were still here the morning after Christmas. She also worried about Santa getting through the hole in the furnace.
Christmas we did some cookie decorating. She licked the frosting off of one and we decorated it again...don't worry no one other than Santa got any of these...He's used to it.
We had a little gift exchange and pizza at the Art Clinic Thurs. before Christmas. I did not get any good pictures but we all had fun. Several artists discovered they love needle felting...Good thing Knit Fit is close...or is it? This is Berta's fantastic box....one of many fun handmade trades.
I have most my deadlines met so I took a day to just paint. The two that are near done are my newest Flickr entries if you want to see them. Felt good to get painty again...

Waldorf School Winterfest

Sat. Dec. 10 11 to 4
Holiday Crafts and activities for Kids
Puppet Show,Handmade Gifts,
Live Christmas Trees for Sale,
Hot Soup and Bread Rolls in the
Holiday Cafe,
Baked Goods, coffee, Tea and
Much, much more...
Carol Kemp and
Syd McCutcheon also Mary Stanley,
will have
a booth.
Come by and have some fun.
Waldorf School of Santa Barbara
401 North Fairview,
Goleta, CA
(805)967-6656
waldorfsantabarbara.org

Queen of Arts Revisited

These are just a few of the artists. It was an amazing day...great weather, great artists. great people and much sharing. We raised a very nice sum for our charity and got to catch up with friends and make new acquaintances....a very successful day. Thanks to all the artists that worked so hard and to our patrons who make it all worth it.

Early Thanksgiving

We had a great day at the beach with family ....The most kids we have had together in a long time....7. They were so cute...and there are 2 more on the way.

My nephew, Jeff, was there from Iowa...so good to see him. The guys fished for shark. They caught 4 leopard sharks and released them after the kids got to touch them.

Madison has her own Thanksgiving menu....

my latest ....

Madison's latest...

Queen of Arts Revisited

Did anyone miss the Queen of Arts last weekend? You have another chance!! Queen of Arts Revisited is a one day show at my house with over 40 artists. I have a tiny house so there will be lots of artists outside so I am a little nervous about the weather ...but other than that it is going to be an amazing event. I am really excited!! The date is Sat. Nov. 26. ....check out the flyer for the skinny...I started Queen of Arts at my house, I think, 12 years ago and it grew so big that I was glad to move the show to the Elverhoj Museum. But now I kinda miss having my hand in it more....and I want it to go back to being a benefit for Domestic Violence Solutions, as it was before. So come by and shop and see all the great art, also bring by donations for the women and children in the shelter. They always need cleaning supplies, TP, towels, children's toys, personal items like shampoo etc, and of course a $ donation or gift certificate. Make checks out to Domestic Violence Solutions. When we give to these women it is not only filling their needs it is showing them that someone cares about them.

Queen of Arts and Queen of Arts Revisited

Queen of Arts at the Elverhoj Museum is Fri Nov 4, 4 to 7 and Sat Nov 5, 10 to 5 . .... and the Queen of Arts revisited, at my house, is Sat. Nov 26 10 to 4. The Queen..Revisited is a benefit for Domestic Violence Solutions. We have taken the shelter in Lompoc under our wing and hope to help them out in a big way again this year.

The artists will donate part of their earnings for the day and everyone is welcome to bring items for the women and children of the shelter. We can help them have a better holiday. They always need towels and cleaning supplies. Women's personal items like make up along with toys for the children is a nice offering also. You can email me or call if you need more info.

Queen of Arts is fast approaching

In other words ...Things may be closer than they appear in the mirror....YIKES!!