the 2nd workshop i taught at artfest was silk screening.
please visit our NEW blog for this post...
http://www.close2myart.com/blog
this class was SO MUCH FUN!!! (well, besides our toaster ovens kicking the breaker box 30 times)
it helped that everyone in the class were artists in their own right and had NO LACK of creativity!i wanted to take them all home with me.
i loved how people's personalities showed through in their creations.
and as you can see, we had an abundance of personality!
thank you to everyone who took my workshop!
you were amazing. each and every one of you! SERIOUSLY AMAZING.
and i'm really sorry to do it this way, but if i'm ever going to actually get this post up...
here is a list of blog/websites of some of the gals in the class where several of them have posted more pictures of their pieces and more details about their artfest experience.
please check them out...
kt40's blog
lemoncholy's
lambsworld
stephanie schleicher
kaleidoscope lane
an li na designs
jill berry
miss mindy
lori carey
danielle daniel
annie hooten
nicci battilana
jessie starling
**i know that i am missing a few people's pieces which i can't quite figure out how that happened. :(
if you notice your missing and have a few pictures you could send me i'd love to add them to this post.**
okay so, i'm still scrambling to catch up from artfest.
and editing and sorting pictures takes a lot longer than i had anticipated.
therefore, i'm just going to show you stage 1 of my doll making workshop...
to begin with, i had a whole room full of crazy talented people!
the creativity was in abundance.
the sensational miss mindy.
when she emailed me to say she was taking my class, i was like- "for reals?".
another intimidating albeit lovely gal in my class- author/artist Jill Berry.
i can't wait to show you all their finished pieces.
they are AWESOME!!!
sorry about the no post yesterday.
just too much work to catch up on.
let me just start by saying- artfest was once again, AWESOME!!!
one of the highlights for me this year... was a picture-taking-excursion with friends kate daniel
and janne robberstad.
port townsend, wa is such a lovely little town.
it was like one big treasure hunt!
i'll be back tomorrow with more!
just wanted to stop in and say hi and i'm still at artfest!
i had all intentions of blogging every day while here, but...
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i'm having WAY too much fun and i'm WAY too tired.
i'll be back to regular postings by monday for sure.
hope you have a wonderful weekend.
xoxo-m
so a few weeks ago we had a few friends over for dinner.
we try to get together with these two couples about every other month, rotating houses.
this time it was my turn.
let me just say, the two other gals are AMAZING cooks.
i'm not so much.
i try. really hard.i've slacked in the past, but this time...
i even set the table.
which, i still felt needed help!
please tell me.
what am i missing?
a runner? colored mats? table cloth?
for food, we went with an asian theme.
i successfully made wonton soup.
fried tofu... mediocre success
gary made stir fry from this cookbook... amazing!
fried bananas... a little much.
in the end- thankfully it isn't about the food. or the table setting.
it's about getting together with friends and enjoying each others company.
and, we full hearted-ly did.
meg duerksen of whatever, and her love of rainbows has been rubbing off on me.
what would our allen designs line of clocks be without a rainbow in it anyways?
can't forget the pot of gold. :)
now that my little photo shoot is over we'll see if i have the will-power to not eat all the "gold".
probably not.
do you have any of those items with really annoyingly long cords?
either they're in the way or even just an eyesore.this has been mine of late.
and finally, today i took a couple of minutes to do something about it.i don't need it to be very long so all i did was gather it up back & forth till it was the length i needed.
then i took a few pretty colors of washi tape and begun wrapping it around and around.
i would recommend several rotations so that the cord doesn't end up tearing out of the tape.
ahhhhh. all better.
not just organized and clean but even fetching!
sometimes, it's the simplest of accomplishments that make me the happiest.
we finally had a sunshiny day here in the portland area!
in celebration, my mom and i took a little walk around the neighborhood with our cameras.
my husband and i celebrated our 19 yr. wedding anniversary a few days ago.
19 years, oh my!!!
AND we still love each other. (well, most of the time anyways)
we tried out the recommended tapas restaurant- toro bravo for dinner.
it proved to be a hoppin' place with yummy, creative food and awesome atmosphere.
well, i'm off to make today super productive.
lot's of artfest prep still to do.
my norwegian friend janne is coming tomorrow!
let the ART-ing begin.
