Success! Titillating times at the very first “Lushes with Brushes” painting party: Karen was an amazing hostess: Baked Brie with hot pepper raspberry jam, Gouda wrapped in pastry, sushi, ribs; yummy and oh-so-cute mini purse cakes by “Becky’s Cakes”; and several bottles of wine brought by guests. At my house it would have been aContinue reading “Lushes with Brushes: The Morning After”
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Lushes with Brushes
I’m excited! I’ve been playing in my studio all week! Painting stiletto heels. My daughter-in-law made a suggestion a couple of weeks ago, and I love it! She said, “Why don’t you have painting parties where guests drink wine and paint, and call them, ‘Lushes with Brushes’ ?” …. Well, why not? I love painting.Continue reading “Lushes with Brushes”
Work and Play
I’ve become impatient to get started my Seriously Whimsical project. What I get while I wait though, is the fun of to plotting and scheming and planning!
Everything I see and think becomes fodder for my whimsical gristmill. Excessive rain caused shelf mushrooms to sprout all over the tree stump in my son’s back yard. Cool!!
I pull out my travel sketchbook and draw the stump with mushrooms for future reference while my grandchildren jump around me. “You’re a good drawer, Grandma!” “Thanks Georgie, you’re a good climber”
“Do you want to play Play-Doh, Grandma?” “Do I?!” Ya!
Seriously Whimsical or Whimsically Serious
I’m excited. My “Phenomenal Reality” project has grown up and moved out of the house. It’s living it’s own life; seeing new people and places. It doesn’t really need me any more. But that’s not why I’m excited. I have a new baby, and I can’t wait to raise it. Shhhhh. This is secret squirrelContinue reading “Seriously Whimsical or Whimsically Serious”
About Sharing and Goals
Last Fall my life changed! Again! It shouldn’t have, but it did. I took a class* that opened a door to a world of possibilities. They were always there, but I hadn’t even noticed the room I was in had doors. Voilà! The world is suddenly more than the little box I’d always imagined itContinue reading “About Sharing and Goals”
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