Happy New Year!

my sister took this sweet picture from the studio window up at the cabin.... come visit

I had sweet older man once explain to me why time goes by faster as we get older... and it was the first explanation that rang true to me...



He said "when you are ten - a year is one tenth of your life experience.... when you are forty - a year is then only one fortieth of your life experience... and when you are my age 80 - a year is one eightieth of your life experience... or a blink.



Rings true...yes?



So 2011 was "elevate".



I had a gal come into talc just before the Christmas break. She said to me .... "so tell me about this" and I asked her what she would like to know. She said she had been told "You help artist make art or be better at being an artist". I don't know if I have done this... but I feel happy if someone walked on thinking so. I didn't know what to say, it was the sweetest thing to hear.



Elevate... good.
Ah 2012... what will I do with you?



Happy New Year!

Wrap Up!

Tis the season... to think back over this year. I met some wonderful people this year. I didn't take enough pictures... and there in lies my new years resolution... capture more moments.
Moa... and her sweet creations

India Flint... a cowboy poet at heart

Leslie... keeper of so many lights

Kim... sassy, supportive, giving girl!

Jane... a smile that warms a room

Pam... seriously always up for fun... always!

kecia... she believes we all can do "it" whatever that "it" is...

Coach Hansen.... my girl Lauren
The biggest change this year was Lauren moving to ND!

She is the High School Head Girls Varsity Hockey Coach.

So... here come the holidays. We will have lots of company this year.

So perhaps I'll get a jump start on the resolution!

Merry Christmas!

ps.... the wreath and the bottle light display are from kecia's house... mind you I was there

in September! Gotta love that!

The Made Fair is Coming!

Bigger than ever this year! Have lots of art in the works for this... back to the bench...

See you there!

Plaster Swatch Book - Preparing for India Flint Class!

List of supplies.... "a bag full of fabric pieces" a "notebook".

I have been slow at finishing my studies in the Plaster Workshop Online class with Stephanie Lee and Judy Wise... so in my preparation for the upcoming India Flint Workshop... I decided I could make my "notebook" and cross two "to do's" off my class assignment list!

The book was so much fun to make... I'll be making more of these for sure! When I get back from class I'll post pictures of the inside... pages inside with swatches attached, fibre content

listed... ( thanks to sweet Mary at Selvedge Studio ) I have room to track our dying

process ... room to doodle... room to add "after" swatches.

this stack would be my "bag full"... well ok... maybe two bags full. I will be sharing with Leslie so see... it's a reasonable stack. All these were gathered at Selvedge Studio or are vintage finds.

So if you are "preparing" and need to gather a "bag full"

give these girls a call!

India Flint Class Opportunity!

This will be my next adventure... and if you hurry you can join me! Leslie is hosting a 5 day workshop with India Flint... click on the picture above to go to the class listing. Click here if you want a wonderful peek at class outcomes of others - Sentimental Pentimento has several posts about an India Flint Workshop... amazing work. See don't you want to go? Hurry there are just a few spots left... let me know if you are coming and I'll save you a seat!

A Good Read - I'd recommend them all!

Burnt Mountain - Anne River Siddons

Folly Beach - Dorothea Benton Frank

The Writing Circle - Corinne Demas

Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout

Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares

Selvedge Edge

Unfurling - Misty Mawn

Plaster Workshop - Stephanie Lee and Judy Wise

Eco Colour - India Flint

So my New Years resolution... read at least one book a month... and I'm happy to report I'm a bit ahead of my goal! I would recommend all of them... wonderful reads that have brought me here to mid summer... my good friend Barb is a great source for a good book... I'm thinking this stack may represent what she reads in a month. But I'm always open to suggestions.

What are you reading?

The Paris Wife - Paula McLain

Those Who Safe Us - Jenna Blum

The Glassblower of Murano - Marina Fiorato

Summer Rental - Mary Kay Andrews

now I know you have a wonderful local bookstore that could use a little love.

so go visit them & start your stack

Plaster Workshop with Stephanie Lee & Judy Wise

Stephanie Lee and Judy Wise put together an amazing online class. I followed along as often as I could... and am trying to catch up! Luckily they are offering an ebook! So I jumped at the chance to get one because the amount of info they gave over 4 weeks could be a residency of study... really an abundance of goodness! So if you missed the class - you haven't missed the boat... you can still get the book or the ebook... or if you can both - because they complement each other perfectly. Just like plaster and wax.