Full Tilt Boogie

Mary Ann Moss is offering a new class using old photo albums or books...so I gathered and gathered

wonder trim

This one is really beaten up. Cant wait to see what we will do with it

a couple old books

A couple small autograph books 1926

Go check out the class and see if

you want to join in the fun
HERE

Venice Beach Graffitti

We took our little friend to Venice where it is OK to graffitti the wall

and a dumpster

A sweet pose

And the trash can, and the palm trees

My Busy Day

We took our friends to Venice Beach for a photo shoot, I'll show more later. The sun was out

it was so beautiful

Love this white bird, have no idea what it is.


Then we went to "The Grove" next to CBS.
We saw this set up...started asking around as to what was going on.
Mario Lopez from Extra was going to be filming his segment.






We stuck around...who doesn't want to see Mario, he is so adorable. See who
his guest are? Ice T and his wife Coco, they are going to be doing a reality show. He's in Law and Order...such fun to watch it being taped
Tomorrow we are off to Sea World!!

Pasadena California

We use to live around here 15 years ago. It was kind of sad to go back and see that it is no longer being taken care of. Here is a little tour. This is on Orange Grove, where the Rose Parade goes by

Love the look of the old rusty metal

Stacey was doing a photo shoot of her friends/family, that came to visit, her photos turned out awesome, mine are just snapshots.

I know I've shown you this, but every time I visit it, I'm amazed that I did the painting around the top

such a beautiful day, and so full of memories. It was

fun to share with people that have never seen such beauty

Lots of Art Journals

I made this "pouch" to hold my art pencils, paper, watercolors, for traveling. I haven't been traveling much so I decided to make it a place to hold all my "in the works" art journals...that I really need to finish, but I like having different journals to work in.

This is four art journals all stacked up

Lots of lace and fabrics

I've started a doodling art journal. I'm gearing up

for my class with Pam Garrison

Watercolor papers held together with lace and stitchin

a little watercoloring

pages, all ready for inspiration

Yippeeee

I am so excited! I won ! I took a class last year from Marie Otero, she is having another class, then she offered a free class of our choice...and I won! I haven't done much with my photography for awhile, it will be fun to get back into it.

Next week we have some friends visiting from Oregon, I'll be taking lots of photos, and...

were going to Sea World, I think its been 25 years since I've been there, that should be fun.

I'll have some new photos and new class, cant wait.

Mixed Media online Class

I signed up for another class with Christy Tomlison, lots of mixed media. I have decided to MAKE my own art journal this summer, so instead of buying a blank art journal, I'm going to make individual folded pages. This will be a challenge. My plan is to work on it, and finish it, in Pam Garrisons class in Aug

I will take you along on my Art Journal journey.

Workshops

Whoo hoo, I did it, I just signed up for a one day class with Pam Garrison! It would have been nice to get into her class at Jenny Doh's, but I didn't find out about it until it was sold out...so Pam is going to do a class HERE.in Malibu!!..I'm so excited! A day of doodling and painting, what more could a girl want! I'm taking the Sunday Class.

I have a question...I need to get out an exersise, I've tried walking, I just dont stick with it. I don't want to go to a gym, so I'm thinking of getting a bike. there are lots of neighborhoods nearby that I can ride in,
I just dont know what bike to get...I'm thinking of a "beach cruiser" with 3 gears. Anybody have one???

Button Candy

I had a talk with myself...no more "STUFF" I forgot to tell myself, "then dont go to a Goodwill."

I found the cutest little gumball machine...who can pass up a metal and glass gumball machine

for $5. I remembered seeing one on a blog, filled with buttons....so, I said to myself " I NEED to have someplace really cute to store my buttons!"

Then I signed up with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday called Yesteryear

A little hiking

It was suppose to be raining this morning. It cleared up and was beautiful, so about 2:00 my husband suggested we go for a little hike. We go about 15 min. from where we live. Hope you enjoy our trip. I love these three plants all lined up.

Didn't see this on the way, but on the way back, there it was, how neat is that!

It's such a treat to see this red color laying on the ground, growing out of nothing.

The view. Layers and layers of hills

My idea on this hike was to be aware of what nature is doing. This photo intreaged me.

Then the flowers, growing out of rocks

I didn't even notice the little bugs.

My plan is to sketch and water color all these little flowers

Yellow California Poppies, popping out of rocks

Hope you enjoyed our trip

Greek Festival

Stacey and I decided to go to a Greek Festival...It was a beautiful warm day.
Love this picture

Food Food Food

Thought we would try their Feta Potatoes, they make them up fresh.

They were good, but filling, we only ate a few

Next door was a Farmers Market. I love it when the vendors have great

signs instead of cardboard...

This was our Saturday

Yummmmmy Tacos

. I will eat tofu...not crazy about it, until I had those Don Chow Asian/Mexican fusion. (previous post) So, Stacey and I got on the internet to research "crispy tofu" I think we just didn't fry it long enough. The oil doesn't get into the tofu, just crisps up the light dusting of flour/cornstarch
A little salad dressing on the romaine lettuce, a little hot salsa from Trader Joes, a little
avocado. Lets just say this...we wont be going to Don Chows again. These were sooooo good!
Gotta love a daughter that cooks!!!

A little craft Project

I have a clever daughter! She picked up this pretty white thingy, its one of those things you put oil on the top and a candle on the bottom...$1 she punched these flowers out of a soda bottle using the Big Kick...she "made it her own" how cool is that!