One Busy Weekend

Last night I couldn't sleep. It was like Santa was coming today for some reason. My head was spinning with remember this and remember that, set up this set up that, etc. You see, I am headed to The Weselyan School in Norcross, GA for their annual Spotlight on Art this afternoon. It's a great show. The opening reception is tonight, Friday is 8am-7PM and Saturday is 10-2. I can not wait to meet new buyers and talk about all the new work I have to share. It's going to be great.On my way home Saturday I'll have to swing by The Vintage-Flea to grab extra goodies from my booth, then the storage unit for display screens. I'll spend the night getting ready to go out again on Sunday. Sunday is Serenbe's annual May Day event. I LOVE this show. Really. Tons of very happy people. And a fabulous environment to boot! Whew. But that's not all......

On the home front my son William has a baseball game tonight and Saturday. Mailey has Brownies Friday PM. Both kids have their annual Field Day festivities on Friday. Our annual church BBQ is Saturday where my husband is one of the meat cookers. Now a BBQ? Big deal you say. But this is serious beef BBQ. We make about $25,000 on this fundraiser every year. So yeah, it's a big deal. And it's so good it'll make you slap yo' mamma!

And if that wasn't enough to make your heads SPIN. Today is day 40 of this legislative session. For those of you not in Georgia, our legislative session is only 40 days. But these are not consecutive....nope. Billy started the "official" 40 days in January. You do the math on that one. Let's just say this has been a very, very long session. I may head down to the Capitol to hang out after my reception tonight. They will pound the ginormous gavel at 12 midnight. It's a cool tradition I don't want to miss. Or I may fall out in my hotel room and dream of selling all my paintings. I hope you have a wonderful weekend......and if you are anywhere near these two shows please come by and say "HAY! I read your blog!" That'd be so swell. Later....J

Spreading Love

I firmly believe that spreading love and kindness on your relationships lead to long lasting ones. And today, I'm spreading a little your way. I finished up the last of the new paintings today. Whew. It's been a very exciting time in the studio with my brushes. I drew most of them out last Tuesday so I could keep momentum going. But then along the way I got inspired to do one of these and one of those, and the next thing you know I now have 30 new paintings already packed in my car for the Wesleyan Show this weekend. Yep. I said 30. Now, many are ittle bitty for me. Like the top flower for instance, the image size is like 3" x 15". Lots are under $200.

And lots with hearts. I noticed this trend as I was photographing them all today.

This last one is a new favorite (It's about 12"x16"). The colors in person just "wham" ya. The bottom corner (which I cropped out by accident I see) says, "How to grow love". And the jars say, "Patience, trust, joy and kindness." I showed my husband and he said, "I like it, but you need a lot more than just those four things to grow love." Huh. Maybe he needs some hearts thrown his way? I have been a little absent this past week. Now that the paintings are done and I can CLEAN this place up I can throw hearts all over the place. For starters, I am going to throw a little magic into the pot of homemade spaghetti sauce on the stove. Nothing like hot garlic bread and homemade spaghetti sauce to make my family big puffy heart me again.;)

Get Out Your Sticky Notes Girls!

That's right girls, get out your sticky note pads, because this one is a keeper. It's a real motivator, a real kick in the pants, and a real Hallmark sticky note word to the wise. Ready........read..... Laugh! Now, I have a pretty good sense of humor (I think). I mean, I make people around me laugh all the time. I know, that could be a sense of naivety, not sense of humor. But laughter, whether through my naive comments, or my true witty wisdom is the best medicine for the soul.

So many words in my art lately. Don't know where this is coming from. But I like it. Most are not my words, but I like them anyways. These are my words though. Should I patent them now? Or is it copyright? Whatever it is, I don't think anyone would steal my panty line. Get it? See I told you I'm funny! :)

What I've Been Up To....

Of course I did a little more playing with the Brownie camera today. And I worked on a few new paintings for an upcoming show.This afternoon I laid down for a spell. Now, this is not a normal activity for me. I have to be beyond tired to even think about sitting for a spell, much less close my eyes before 9PM. But my body and mind needed a break. Mailey and William were playing with friends, so the house was quiet. I never really got to sleep, but rather a completely restful state. And that's when I got the idea for a new jewelry piece. See here:

OK, maybe you can't really see it that well. So here it is in full focus with my Rebel friend:

It's a little family tree necklace. It looks super cool on too. Ah.....back to the brushes now. Oh, and here's a Rebel friend picture of the new paintings. The one on the right says,

"Only from the heart can you reach the sky". Little blue bird is releasing heart balloons to his love that's sits on the moon for him. Aw....I really should work for Hallmark, don't you think?

Maybe I'll Paint Later...

Ok. I was about to paint and then I was like, "I wonder how my new camera would do with my colorful art supplies?" And here you go: And what about my little camper and Jenni letters.......

Oh man, I've got a PINK bike I could use too and prop it in front of the playhouse........can you tell I got really excited? My kids came home fom school and I showed them my contraption (actually William was like Mom, what are you doing with that pringles can on top of that old camera? And why is your camera on top of it all?). They were like, "Mom that is sooooo cool. Can we take some?" Not yet. I'm on a roll kids!

Yep. On a roll. Now I wonder where I can find an old truck parked? Gotta go!!

I Should be Painting but....

A new toy came in the mail and well....this is what I've been doing all afternoon. I really can't even express in words how excited I am about this new toy. Seriously I am in awe. These pictures are so mysterious, so soft, so.....well, perfect.

Now I am off to paint in my very cool sunroom studio. Lily is already nestled in my lap and snoring. The life of an artist. I think I like it right now. Yep, ginormous smile running across my face right now.

Where Are You Going Tonight?

I'd like to take a drive at night somewhere where the stars are so bright they sparkle like millions of diamonds. Then I'd lay down the tailgate, spread out a cozy blanket and gaze upwards. Of course a nice glass of red wine would accompany me during this gazing. And I'd watch for shooting stars. My wish should I see one? Well now, wishes don't come true if you share them!