Bringing Home the Goods Portland Style

On the way home from teaching at Art and Soul Portland 2018. I had a grand time! It's an environment where ideas and creativity thrive. I was really happy to be there!! 

Thanks to everyone who attended my workshops and to everyone who made it all possible. I hope to see you at Art and Soul Colorado Springs in June where we get to do it all over again!

I plan  on a whole separate blog post of all of the mural shots I took.

Gifties from my Mom on the right: sloth purse and cat ring from Frock, Little monster figure (will insert artist and gallery asap), shampoo bar and hand cream.

Goodies I bought on the left from Collage: handmade paper, four rolls of tape and pen on the left. Pen on the right from Blick. I will share more info on the pens once I've had more time to experiment.

Books I bought from Powell's. They didn't have any of the art or film books I was looking for. I did find some Siri Hustvedt books which I couldn't pass up as they were signed. (Yay for trade credit and gift certificates!) The little heart cards I gave out for Valentine's week to my students with little thank you notes written on them. 

Mom and I are in Fremont until tomorrow staying with a friend. On Tuesday, my sister, brother in law and their two kids come to visit. I'll try to share some of our adventures that Mom and I had to and from Portland as much as possible.

Big thanks to everyone who pre-ordered a copy of my latest self published venture, An Artist's Study. I have been wanting to make this journal into a book that folks around the world can hold in their hands and be inspired. Thank you for making it happen!

I'm off from teaching in person until Mom and I trek to Everything Scrapbooks and Stamps in Lake Worth, Florida in early March. More on all of the upcoming workshops (FL, CA, MD, CO and more here. I'm hoping to add some more to my summer roster soon. Have art supplies, will travel so maybe I can come to you?)

For those of you not near where I teach in person workshops, my latest online offering is An Artist's Study and it's live and active right now. More info here. 

Last but not least, my Durfort, France workshops are starting to fill. It's like a  faucet has been turned on at full blast and ideas for this trip and workshop are pouring out. I am so excited about the creativity and inspiration that await us on this week long adventure in the South of France. (I'm also excited about the waterfall, the food and the book village for starters!!!!) I hope that you can join me...