Bits o' News

Quite some time ago, I received an email from Diana Trout asking me if I would be interested in being featured as an Artist of the Month on her website. It's been awhile since that email, but I am happy to say that September is MY TURN! If you would like to view it, you can see it here. THanks Diana! :)

In other news, I have been led into temptation by several friends in terms of cyber shopping. Anahata Katkin has some wonderful Papaya! grab bag paper packs that I just couldn't pass up. I also ordered a famed Signo pen, which I am eager to try.

Thanks to Edina, I also have some rubber on order from Green Pepper Press which I am excited about! So much good stuff to be had!

Anyway, I post these two ATCs I made ages ago in tribute to summer's last hurrah and the beginning of Autumn. (Yeah I know officially it's not the end of summer for another 3 weeks, but I consider the September long weekend the last days of summer.)

Little Witch

I spent the day today working on my Dias De Los Muertos/Hallowe'en Danglie swap pieces. I had planned to do something for Day of the Dead, even went so far as to draw a sugar skull, but in the end, I came up with this instead. Hallowe'en always makes me think of my beloved Gramps. It was his birthday and he would have been 85 this year. I miss him every day.

Anyway, I made 5 of these danglies and I have officially cleared my plate of all current deadlines!! How about that?!? Of course, there will be more shortly, but this means that I can actually take a couple of days and PLAY!! (Now there's a novel concept!) I have a prototype I want to work on for a collaborative book project I plan to host in the new year. I think I need to nibble some of those jelly beans Sandy gave me for inspiration! ;)

*I keep meaning to tell everyone in case you didn't know that I read all the comments you send me. Blogger just doesn't have a way for me to reply to you about them, unfortunately. I didn't want you to think I dodn't care-I appreciate hearing from you. I just wish there was a reply option with Blogger.

Dreaming of Autumn

I had great plans for today, but between running errand and my guys arriving home from work really early this afternoon, I didn't accomplish as much as I had expected to. What I did manage to create today is this latest inclusion journal, Secret Ponderings. I found this gorgeous paper in autumn hues and had to have some. The little garden faerie boy just created himself and he's so adorable, I almost decided to keep this one for myself! But, I decided to resist temptation and make this journal available at the Tattered Edge Mercantile, so if you love it and have to have it, you'd better hurry!

In other news, my registration papers for Artfest 2007 went postal today. Now I just get to sit back and wait to see which of the classes I get to take. It was super hard making decisions. I almost wish I could take two classes in a day, but after 4 days, my head would likely explode. As it is, I have learned to pick something that is somewhat within my comfort zone on the last day because by then I am exhausted and brain power is lagging, even if enthusiasm is not. Hard to believe AF 2007 is only 6 1/2 months away. I know the time will go by quickly!

I had a wonderful chat with my pal Tracy Roos last night and another this afternoon with Caren who is delightful. We had a good laugh over my husband hearing Caren's message on my phone the other day and telling me he couldn't understand who it was. He thought it was someone from Newfoundland. (If you are Canadian, you know why that is gut busting funny.) Caren has a South African mixed with a New Zealand accent and I guess if you didn't know that, it might make things confusing. Anyway, it was great talking to Tracy and Caren. Thanks for the good gab sessions girls-it's always a treat!

Happily I enjoyed cooler weather today, which also came with a smattering of rain. I can't tell you how pleased I was to have that rain today. It's been quite hot, even at night and sleeping, even with a fan on has been challenging. I am *SO* ready for Autumn! (Which is my most favourite time of year. I feel so joyful and alive in autumn.) October will be a busy month as we will be celebrating Thanksgiving, my sweet husband's 50th (!) birthday, and our 16th wedding anniversary as well. Autumn is such a happy time. Bring on the change of leaves, cool crisp days, wind whipping through the trees, pumpkins on the vine and Hallowe'en!! I am ready!!

NEWS!!

So I have some exciting news to share. These designs are my latest work for Paper Artsy. They are in the process of becoming worksheets (how-to's) that will go to retailers to either teach to their customers as demos or classes. I created the designs and then wrote the instructions and made step by step images to go with them. Leandra, who owns Paper Artsy, is creating the finished product. I got a sneak peek at the work sheets and they look wonderful. It's exciting to think that something I designed will be travelling around the world wherever the Paper Artsy line is sold! There is even talk of these designs being taught at an upcoming convention!

I get so much pleasure out of working with all kinds of supplies to showcase a company's products and it makes me feel happy to feel challenged. When Leandra sent me the file to proof last week, I was beside myself with happiness-it was one of those moments when I thought "YES! I really am an artist!!" Someone once said "Do what you love." I definately love design work.

About Stuff

My friend Mary asked me today:
"Do you have a "mantra" for getting rid of stuff in the studio? I need help!"

I guess the best thing to share with you about getting rid of stuff is just to explain what goes through my head as I clean and organize. First of all, I tackle one area at a time. If you try and look at the big picture, it's far too overwhelming. So I start with something like cleaning off the top of my desk for example. I put everything back in it's place. If I have stray paper bits lying around then I cut them into usable sized pieces (like ATC size or whatever) and any scraps left from that go into the scrap box for other projects. Ephemera goes back into the ephemera drawers. Ribbons get tucked back into the ribbon box. Anything that is garbage, hits the can.

I am really good at purging. If I look at something and don't think I will use it or I have too much of it, I think about who I know who might want it. Luckily, I have lots of artist friends who can take extras off my hands. Failing that, I keep a box of "stuff" for my students, but I make sure that box never gets too full or it becomes a problem. They love having a box of goodies to poke through during class and I tell them to help themselves to whatever they can use.

Another way I have found to tame the bits is to keep an envelope on my desk. As I have bits and pieces left over from my work, I pop it into the envelope. Once it's full, I send it off to my friend Linda. She does the same and that way we get to work with little bits of something new every now and again. It's fun to get an envelope of scraps in the mail!

Often I have donate extras either to a local school for art classes or to an art therapist who uses odds and ends when she works with her clients. If I really can't think of anyone to give things to, then I load whatever it is into my car and pop it in the charity drop boxes the next time I am off running errands. I have several of these in my neighbourhood on various routes and they are a life saver. It's also a win-win situation because I get to clear some stuff out and the charity gets to make some money.

Here are a few things I keep in mind when it comes to art supplies:

-Use it or lose it. If you aren't using it on a semi regular basis, then you are just warehousing it and what's the point?

-Simplify. Sometimes less really is more. It's better to have some well made, top of the line tools and supplies you use religiously and get satisfaction out of than to have lots of cheap stuff that does nothing for you. If you have less stuff then it's also easier to keep organized. I personally want to spend my time making art, not searching all over for what I need to make it!

-Borrow! If you need something like a Japanese Screw Punch for one project, why go out and buy it? Do you really need it?!? Surely you can borrow it from a friend. Just be sure you are careful with their things and return them!

What has made it easy for me to share what I have is that I really think of myself as a steward of my stuff. If I can't use it, then I am going to find someone who can. I think too often we let our stuff own us instead of the other way around. The stuff in your life should enhance your life, not rule it! There's a natural law of ebb and flow. You can't have new stuff come into your life without letting some of the old stuff go. And really, doesn't it just feel good to share?

More Happy Mail!

So I keep meaning to post these here. They are (obviously) fabric ATCs made for me by Patricia Bolton. Aren't they pretty? Patricia must have some really fancy machine she works on because the stitching on them is wonderful!!

Along with the ATCs came a letter that said in part:

"I truely loved your ATCs! They are going to be featured in the ATC book and I'll be posting on the blog when that comes out in Spring 2007."

I figured the ATCs I submitted were going to be published since I signed the paperwork, but it was really nice to get a letter confirming it! YAY!

And you want to hear something really funny? I have already forgotten what I sent! lol! So when the book comes out in the spring it will be as much a surprise to me as to anyone else!

Special Delivery!

So this huge box showed up this morning at my door. I was pretty stunned because I wasn't expecting anything, at least not this big! I was a bit worried because I have been doing a calendar RR and every month to box seems to get bigger and bigger. I was dreading the thought that this might just be another calendar, grown to monstrous proportions!

Hmm..no it can't be a calendar-it's got Deb's return addy on it and Katie is the one who sends me calendar journals...Hmmm...







Oh look! A lifetime's supply of Styrofoam peanuts! Just what I always wanted! This is my lucky day!! Deb said she was sending me her pages for our ATC collaborative book...these might just be a bit bigger than the 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch dimensions...













SURPRISE! It was Deb's ATC pages and also this wonderful folk art sheep! COOL! Deb knows I love folk art and this is definitely something I don't have. So I have named him Ewan and I think he needs some funky wool blanket on his back. I will have to design something. Deb says she has Ewan's mate at her house so perhaps the mate also needs a wool blanket too! *wink*

Thank you so much Deb for such a great surprise. You spoil me absolutely rotten and I really appreciate it. You are so sweet to me. xox

In other news, I am at it again, cleaning, purging and organizing my workspace. It's been driving me mad-so much junk piling up and I just can't stand it. Right now there are papers all over the place as I sort through what to keep and what to junk. I do this whole massive clean up about 3-4 times a year. The coming of fall always spurs me to want to do it again. Thank god for charity drop boxes-I just fill bags up with stuff I am no longer using and drop them off as I fill them. It makes life so much easier and I feel good knowing someone who can really use the extras will get them.

Back to work! :)

Tales Out of School

Tonight I spent the evening at Starbuck's with my good friend Allison, shooting the breeze over chai latte and some freaky green grass looking blended things she was drinking. It was good just to hang out and catch up. We are both so busy that we said way back in March, just prior to my birthday that we should have a coffee date. It took us FIVE months to get around to it! Crazy, I know.

Anyway, Allison is a middle school teacher and this year her school is focussing on fine arts. She has contracted me to come and teach her kids some mixed media/altered art. I am excited about it because I know the kids will be enthusiastic about it. We are going to do altered mirrors so the kinds can have something very funky and handmade to give as an Xmas gift. We have also talked about an ATC class and a journal making class. I will be teaching her kids and one other class (not at the same time though-two seperate classes) and she said it's highly likely the other two classes will see what we are doing and want to contract me too.

So...there's that planned for the late fall and then the other classes in the New Year. When I think aobut some of the incredibly BORING art classes I had as I kid, it makes me wish they had brought guest instructors in. I remember when I was in elementary school, the grade 6 teacher was Mr. Hanna. He was the coolest teacher in the whole school and kids could not wait to get into his class. (We only had one teacher per grade back then and none of this split class nonesense.) Mr. Hanna was an art genius and so we knew we would get lots of time down in the artroom doing cool stuff. I remember we made clay masks and got to paint and fire them. My Gram still has mine hanging on her wall in her bedroom if you can believe it.

Mr. Hanna also had a cool merit system whereby he would give us merits, in the form on paper "money" for things we did-homework in on time? 5 merits. Pass a test with an A? 10 Merits! Late for class? Pay back 10 merits! This went on the whole year like big time commerce-kids would wheel and deal this merits too. Need a pencil? It will cost ya-5 merits please! At the end of the year, Mr. Hanna would buy all kinds of wild stuff like walkmans, tubs of bubble gum and the like and have a year-end auction where he would sell the prizes for merits. It worked like a charm-we were the best behaved class all year and at the end, we all had something to show for it, besides good grades. God bless you Mr, Hanna wherever you are-you made art fun and exciting and grade 6 was one of the best school years ever!

I was lucky over my school career-I had alot of really great teachers I loved.

At A Theatre Near You

AHHH!! Finally Blogger is allowing me to upload images! YAY!

So I went to see Little Miss Sunshine on the weekend. What a great movie! It's a quirky little story but I loved it. The best part for me was the yellow VW bus which kind of stole the show at one point. I also loved the Grandpa in this, played by Alan Arkin. He's hysterical.

The most memorable line of the whole movie was this:

Olive: I'd like to dedicate this to my grandpa, who taught me all of my moves.
Pagent Judge #1: Aw that's sweet, honey. Where's your grandpa?
Olive: In the trunk of our car.

I nearly had pop come out of my nose! This movie gets a solid 9/10 from me!

Life Lists

I wanted to tell you about this new blog I have been reading.There's these Canadian guys, a group of friends, who are tootling around in a motorhome and each one has a life's to-do list of things they would like to accomplish or experience before they die. One day they decided to get up off their couches and try to cross some of those things off their lists. They have done things like make a toast at a stranger's wedding, lead a parade, open the evening new, etc. Some of their list is what most people would consider pretty lofty ideas and some of it is just everyday common type stuff. The point is, they are out there doing it!!

So it got me to thinking about my list, for I too keep such a list going, even if only in my head. Some of it I have been able to cross off-living in a foreign country, attending a performing arts based school, working on a crisis line, meeting friends in NYC, hearing the Dali Lama speak, having my art and poetry published, and so on, but there's alot more I would like to do.

Some of the things I still need to cross off are:

-See Mt. Everest from the foot.
-Visit Antarctica
-Dogsled
-Explore Canada's far North
-Pet a giraffe (Just thought of this one the other day.)
-Sea kayak
-Go white water rafting
-Somehow get my husband up to the top of Grouse Mountain in the summer so we can have a romantic dinner and see the city lights together from up there.
-Visit Canada's Maritimes
-Learn to paint a picture of an old barn and have it look realistic.
-Improve my Spanish-be completely fluent.
-Sing back up once.

Life lists make me think of my Gramps. His list included seeing Scotland. By the time he was able to go, they wouldn't rent him a car (They have an age limit on car rentals apparently-seniors can't rent cars.) so he never went. I think he was waiting for me to be old enough to drive but by the time I was, he wasn't in good enough health to go. I have always wondered if he regretted missing out on that.

So what's on YOUR list?

Freshening Up!

Just a quick post on the fly. As you can see, I have update my blog template. I was getting bored with the old one so off with the old, on with the new!!

Kewpiepulooza!

My order from Papier Valise arrived this week and with it came these four wee kewpie dolls! They are only about 2 inches tall and just as cute as cute can be. I now have 8 nekkid dollies standing with their arms raised as if to say "I dunno!" peering down at me from their shelf. They just make me smile! Thanks so much Janice, you totally made my week!

(And see how meticulously Janice packs her orders? Lots of bubble wrap and tissue so that everything arrives in perfect order-gotta love that!)

I have been struggling with my internet connection this week. There was a period where I thought something was wrong with my modem-I had the weakest of signals-so weak that I couldn't get online for almost 24 hours. Then the last couple of days the connectivity has been cutting in and out. I talked to a couple of girlfriends who have the same ISP as I do and discovered that they were having the same problem. Add to that that Blogger is being temperamental and not allowing me to upload photos (I have gotten really creative to get the last two post's worth up!) and you have a recipe for frustration! I hope they will get it straightened out soon!

I guess the upside of being offline so much is that I did manage to get alot of work done. I created the covers for an ATC collaborative book I am hosting. I got major design work done for Paper Artsy. (As soon as I can share what I was doing, I will tell you-it's kind of exciting!) I made 25 charms for a swap I am in. I submitted artwork for a project to be considered for publication. Right now I am working on getting some info together because I am going to be the artist of the month on a friend's website. I will post a link when it's up. WHEW! I am smokin' right along!

So how am I keeping track of all this stuff? Well I have some flower shaped post-it notes that I wrote each task down on and then stuck it to the cabinet door of my computer desk. As I complete something, I remove the note and throw it away. It's kind of like my artistic version of weeding! LOL! The rule in this house is that if it's not written down, it doesn't happen and trust me, if I see it, I will remember. I have 4 more flowers to weed before the end of the month in order to be on time with everything. I am hoping to have that done by Wednesday.

Okay, back to work for me! Hope you are all having a good weekend!

Woodland Park Zoo

 

Home Again!

I am back from Seattle. We had a really good time. although it was exhausting. We managed to tour Woodland Park Zoo in its entirety, visit Pike Place market, shop at Archie McPhee's, have a surf & turf dinner at Red Lobster and spend an entire day at 6 Flags. WHEW! There was alot of walking involved and a good chunk of it was on steep hills so my calves were killing me when we were all done. I also managed to get a sunburn even slathered in sunscreen the entire time! I would share pictures of our trip with you, but I have tried umpteen oodle times to upload them and Blogger is just not co-operating.

I think my favourite part of the zoo was the Gorillas. They were so beautiful. I looked into their eyes and felt this deep sense of connectedness (is that really a word?!?) and recognition that I can't really explain adequitely with words. Their eyes are so old and wise. One old girl was sitting quietly in a corner, holding a handful of twigs like a talisman and she reminded me of a sage medicine woman. Another, a very large male was lying there taking a nap and I told my husband he looked just like him. (and I found it amusing that the only gorilla taking a nap was the big male. LOL! Not so different from the human species after all!) What really fascinated me was gorilla hands. Their fingers are huge and thick. I didn't know they were so large.

I also enjoyed the giraffes. There was one young fellow who could just barely reach the leaves he was nibbling off on one tree. Giraffes are adorable and I think I should like to pet one before I die. The bears were another favourite. They were the first animals we saw when we arrived and my husband was kind of worried about the little wire fence he saw. He couldn't figure out how that would keep the bear from eating us as we stood there, only a few feet away from the big animal. I lauged and told him what he couldn't see was the huge pit between the bears and us. The zoo has very clever landscaping so that the barriers that keep the animals in and the people out is almost never visable. After that he was able to relax and enjoy the experience. Woodland Park Zoo is wonderful!

Emerald City, Here We Come!

And just like that, I am on vacation!! Yup, it's official-no phones, no work, no chores, no cooking. It's just the guys and I loose in the wilds of Seattle. I know some of you are probably wondering about our choice of a vacation spot. We didn't want to go too far afield from home because we just didn't have the time. My son and I have always loved Seattle-it's much like Vancouver, though a bit crazier traffic-wise. Sometimes though, it is just nice to get lost in a big city and check out all the nooks and crannies. My husband hasn't really had a chance to get to know Seattle properly so this will be fun.

While we are there, we will visit Woodland Park Zoo (first thing tomorrow morning!) and also take a trip to 6 Flags. We will go into Seattle to the Pike Place Market and poke around the downtown core. Beyond that we'll fly by the seat of our pants. All we care about is having fun and RELAXING!

Catcha on the flip side!

Have Internet, Will Shop!

The last few weeks have been challenging to say the least. I have been seesawing wildly between moments of sheer happiness and those of utter despair. Just alot going on and sometimes it gets the best of me. I am sure lots of you know how that is-it's just life.

Anyway, I have been practicing some retail therapy because there's no better way to cheer this girl up than to have goodies in the mail. I don't care if I am the one providing them either! LOL! I ordered some "must haves" from Papier Valise. Janice has some wonderful new products, including some really cool metal 1/2 symbols, some "Dead Head" luggage tags, some price tags and of course, more fabulous German glass glitter. I also found some really cool teeny tiny starfish at Hannah Grey. ( I have a project in mind for these.)

And then, the find of all finds!! One of these will soon be MINE!! I am so excited about it. My friend DJ was gifted with one from Sally at AFF and I fell in love with it. I am an absolute button freak. I adore buttons. Nothing makes me happier. I know that's weird but there's just something so delighful about them. I love thinking that it's one of the things that links us back all the way to caveman times-every human being on the planet has worn a button of one kind or another throughout history. My most favourite buttons are an entire jar of antique white and ivory celluloid buttons. I also have bakealite buttons and glass buttons. MMMM Buttons!!

Anyway, I am on the verge of going off on holidays and there will be some wonderful things waiting for me in the mailbox when I get back. I can't wait. AND it's my dear, dear friend Deb's birthday on the weekend and I get to shop for goodies for her on my trip. I am excited about hunting for cool and special things for her while I am away. Deb is very dear to my heart-she smart and funny and kind and has the cutest southern accent..and no one calls me Tuna like she does. (Long story.)

Oh and there are always the jelly beans to brighten things up. Sandy, do you hear me blessing you every time I get a handful? *wink* I am still on what was in the dish to begin with and haven't tucked into bag #2 yet-I am savoring them!

Sunday Afternoon

Ahh Sunday of the long weekend. The best part of Sundays for me is the fact that my sweet husband is off work usually which means he makes me tea and brekki in the morning. Some men say "I love you" but for me, tea is love, having him cook for me is love. And doing the dishes is definately love!!

My guys went down to the Coquitlam River this afternoon to take a cool dip. My son is just infatuated with his new camera and is snapping pictures like crazy. The beauty of the digital is the lack of a developing fee most of the time. He's content to just share them on his new blog. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do. He just posted photos from the fireworks festival he was at last night. He came home from the river with some fabulous shots, but we are going to our garden this evening, photo hunting, so he'll post more tonight when we get back. It makes me happy that he's found something artistic that we can share. He's got a good eye for things and I would like to see him grow with this natural talent he has.

I made a few more journals for my Etsy shop, as you can see. This will probably be it for awhile since we are going on holiday at the end of this week. I am enjoying doing this more than I thought I would. Isn't that funny? I spent ages agonizing over whether to do it or not and then it turned out I worried for nothing. It's fun and as long as it stays fun. I will do it.

I also spent part of the day helping various friends with computer stuff. There just a great sense of satisfaction for my soul when someone needs help and I can provide it in some fashion. It's something that is just so ingrained in me and I think I am most my authentic self when I am helping people. Granted it was minor stuff this time, but it still felt good. :)

Tomorrow is the holiday here in BC and several provinces in Canada-a civic holiday which means no work for my guys. We are BBQing tonight-steak and fresh corn on the cob. MMM!! I love BBQ-in a perfect world-all food would come off a BBQ! *grins* Tomorrow the guys plan to go back to the river for another dip in the afternoon. Not sure what I will be doing-likely trying to get projects finished up so my brain can go on holiday too! Now there's a thought!

Journals!!

Hello folks-just a quick head's up that there are two new journals available at The Tattered Edge Mercantile.

I am continually amazed at how quickly these babies go, but also very pleased-it's nice to have people appreciate your hard work! I am adding new journal (and other goods) as often as I can so check back often!

Also, if you are interested in a commissioned journal, (with a specific image or theme or colour for example) you can contact me via Etsy by clicking on the Alchemy button. It allows you to send me a private email and ask about it.

Okay, must run-I need to take my son up to the mall to buy a few things for our trip. Oh and speaking of my son, if you missed it, he now has a photoblog. He's just getting started and is enjoying sharing his photographs with everyone. Thanks to all of you who posted to him-he's reading your comments and appreciates the feedback!

A Murder of Crows!

At long last, the 4 & 20 Black Birds collaborative book is finished. Copies are headed home to roost with all the artist who participated. This project was hosted by my good friend Penn and I told her last night I think this is the best book yet-the art is just gorgeous!! Look at how thick this book is! There were 12 artist making 2 crow pages each for a total of 24 (which is the theme) plus one for good luck. Then there were all the little extras that Penn usually does to make it just that much more special.

In deferance to those who haven't received theirs yet, I have posted the pictures of the book on my Flickr so they don't have to look if they don't want to. For those of you who do, you can see the photos by clicking on the Flickr box on the right hand side bar. I have posted the fronts of each page, but let me tell you, the back were just as beautiful and creative!

Thank you to all the artists: Lynn Adams, Barbara Atwell, Angela Cartwright, Carie Helm, Audrey Hernandez, Norma Kooi, Deb Lewis, Kelly Robson, Deb Trotter, Janice Woodland and Penelope Harris (Host) for such an amazing piece of work! Ladies, you have outdone yourselves!

Eyecandy!!

These guys are one of my new designs for Paper Artsy. It's one piece, just two photos showing the doors open and shut.

















This is another one that's an accordian pocket book inside. Both designs are for Paper Artsy using some of their new plates. I spent the lion's share of yesterday working on them and some other art. Boy was I tired after!!













These are some photos I took today to try out my son's new digi cam. I just LOVE the berries!! The colours that mother nature provides are just beautiful. We spent part of the day down at Grandville Island, which is such a wonderful place to take photos. The market is full of flowers and foods of just about every variety-it's a feast for the eyes.

Incidentally, my son has started a brand new photoblog (with a little help from his mum!) called Foto Phreak. It likely won't be long on words, but he plans to share things he photographs while out and about in his life. I thought it would be interesting for him to share with people what he sees and how he interprets the world he lives in. I hope you will pop by and give him some encouragement if the spirits move you! He's excited about taking lots of photos while we are on vacation in about a week and now he will have somewhere to share them!

Okay, time for me to get dinner on! Laters!

Hot Off the Press!

Lookie lookie what showed up in the magic mail box this morning! Issues #2 of Portals Zine! YAY!

This issues is chock full of dolls which I find interesting, simply because I don't do dolls myself. It's nice to be able to see what others are making. There is also an article I wrote entitled "The Newbies' Guide to Artfest" about my first Artfest experience which was just this spring. It's pretty timely, considering there may be some of you out there who have never been and are considering it for Spring 2007. Teesha just got the brochure up over the weekend and registration begins September 5th. If you want to know what it was really like, Portals has the answer! Included with the article are some photos of my work from a couple of classes I took-one with Linda & Opie O'Brien and one with Lynn Perrella.

There's a limit of 100 issues of each publication so if you want one, you'd better get on it! Tell Heather I sent ya and happy reading!