success rocc's!

Wow What a week! The "Art Works" event was a huge success. I was shown painting at the civic center on the evening news! Wish I knew how to capture it as a video. (giggle). I taped 2 channels and watched another. They showed me in the blurb of upcoming news and hubby and I are like "what"!! He's like" Why did they show you first???" (Got me! grin) I still have to watch the other 2 that I taped, but have had a few"I saw you on the news!!" "can I have your autograph?" comments. (yea right!) ha.

To get a great rundown, visit Amy's blog for pictures and details: http://tinyurl.com/yzuhc42 I am honored to be included in her "army"! What a blast. Also it made national news in the NYTIMES! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110818085.html

The Windows!

Stretch & Play

Yikes I've found new muscles. Its been awhile since I did the ladder,stretch,bend type of painting on BIG stuff but I did have a BALL! Amy Boetcher, Tom Gross, Phoebe (sorry I didn't
get your last name) and I painted 5 of the 7 huge Windows.
I loved what we ended up painting in just a tad over 3 hours! These windows are just outside of the theatre area where the play "Rent" will be presented this Friday evening in the East Peoria High School.
Rocco Landesman, the newly appointed Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts will visit Peoria to kick off his Art Works Listening Tours. He is spending the next 6 months highlighting the ways that "art works" in neighborhoods and towns across America. He will be attending the play "Rent" (tickets: online at http://www.eastlighttheatre.com/ or at the Eastlight Theatre box office at 309-699-7469. Rocco's activities on Nov. 6:
9am-tour Peoria's downtown warehouse district.
10am-Economic roundtable discussion of "Art Works" at the Peoria Civic Center
(Several of us artists will be doing our art just outside of the discussion area at the Civic center.)
1:30pm- Q & A between Rocco & the Peoria Arts Community at WTVP studios
( to attend the discussion at the civic center or the Q & A: call 309-676-2787 or email admin@artspartners.net )
5:30 Reception at Eastlight Commons (by or windows!)
7pm- The play "Rent".
This is a pretty big deal for Peoria! Pictures and a video coming...Please watch the video!
Heres the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgVrnM4H0Q8

Very Classy

I just want to share with everyone that I'm having a
Beginner Decorative Painting Class
at Hobby Lobby on Sat. Nov. 7 from
10am-3pm. Class fee is $35
and there is a supply list. We will be painting this cute
Christmas Jingle Santa. Please share this info with
anyone you think might be interested. thx Pam
See pictures and get info here:
http://tinyurl.com/yfkyzxd

Sadly tomorrow I will say goodbye to my Aunt Helen.

She was a very special lady and had a good,long life. I'm

so grateful to her for encouraging my artistic ways. She will

be greatly missed.

Faucet Giveaway!

One of my favorite sites to visit is Centsational Girl. She makes her home her own if great, creative, inexpensive ways. Check out her site!
She is having a Price Pfister faucet giveaway! Go see it and submit a comment to enter.

Halloween Tricksters!

Heres my newest design. hope you like....

Buzy Month!

Hiya! Boy its been a buzy month. I just met myself coming in the door!

Painting classes:
My new Autumn Design on the shirt went over well. I ended up repeating it for some who couldn't attend the first class. AND I've done another new design for Halloween! Its called "Halloween Tricksters!" (I'll post a photo soon). I'm teaching it Oct.8 on RocLon room drapery fabric as a banner. Cute!! if I do say so myself. grin. Both are now E-packets. I'm slowly converting all of my packets to e-packets(pdf files). It takes awhile-esp since I didn't know how to set up files properly when I started all my computer stuff. duhhh.

Clay Classes: I started up a new clay class in Washington and everyone there (5) did very well and I think they'd like to continue to have classes. I do! We are doing a Flower Cane this Sunday (9/27)in Washington and tomorrow (9/26)the Peoria group is doing the "Hidden Magic" technique. I also had a great Jewelry Basics class with 6 in attendance. I love teaching and sharing what I like to do.

Work: I've been getting plenty of hours at Michaels and have gotten to start carving pumpkins more lately. I've carved 42 so far and have at least that many waiting for me to cut them.
(I really think they are breeding at night in the classroom!) If you'd like to see some we did last year look: HERE. and scroll down a ways. I did take an order for doing a bulldog one too. yikes. It's a school mascot-not sure what to charge for that! I did have another helper carve last year but she has been helping her daughter who was ill and her daughters family. I miss her sitting with me and her wonderful stories.

Personal: My Aunt has been hospitalized recently and just got moved into a nursing home. She has congestive heart failure and her kidneys aren't working properly. I pray she improves & is comfortable.
Well I must go take some photos and add things to my website.... then go to work.
Have a great day! me