Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerry's.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerry's.
   

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Christy Meyers of CC's Whimsies

http://www.ccswhimsies.blogspot.com;
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

feet first

"she was meek"

The name given my newest Heart Strings, 

which by the way, is the necklace I just completed 

and is used as the class example for the online class I will be teaching this summer 
at Artful Gathering.

Teaching an online class is something I have wanted to do for quite some time, 

but really didn't have the time or the know how.

So, I thought the best way to accomplish both these goals was to just go ahead and do it.

Yes, that's me.  Commit and then learn.

You could say I learn by fire...quite the concept, don't you think?

"Heart Strings"

So, as I look at the word meek, 

added over a week ago to the tiny book designed during the taping of my newest 

Heart Strings,

I feel humbled as I reflect upon what I've learned so far...  

1. I am part of a group of ladies who are incredibly giving and supportive. 
2. I could not have chosen a better group to help me begin learning the ins and outs of teaching an online class, than the group I am a part of at Artful Gathering.
3. I am so glad that I have completed the first of my two classes today, and am now half way through my commitment. 
4. I really enjoy the videoing part of the class, but the editing is just about as much fun for me.  (I know this is where my creative side begins to kick in, even though I have only tipped the iceberg...this time around =)
5. I still have much to learn about what all goes into teaching online classes. 
6. I love learning new things, once I get past the actual part of beginning to learn new things. 
7. I can hardly stop myself from thinking ahead, into future classes I would like to offer...online.
8. I am thankful for other artists who love to share Information as much as I do.
9. I love teaching and sharing what I know about the little that I know =)
10. I am glad I have a supportive husband, because if I didn't have him, none of this would mean a thing to me.

Artful Gathering Event Registration is Open!

I'm the Spotlight Artist for The Artful Gathering Blog Hop!
Follow along with me for fun, creativity, and a chance to win a

$200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!

I will be teaching my fabulous premiere video workshop at

The Artful Gathering Online Art Retreat 2012

Up, Up and Away

A Vintage Style Hot Air Balloon Ornament

From June 6 to July 17

Learn how to create a Victorianesque hot air balloon ornament with papier mache!

In this workshop, you will learn how to work with newspaper strips and paste, made from our own recipe with easily accessible ingredients. You will personalize your project and truly make it your own, once you learn the basics.

We'll create little baskets as the base with textured papers, and then adorn our balloons with paint and gold trimmings. They'll be given a nice aged patina to really add to that charm of a bygone era. Lightweight and able to be hung from a tree or stand upright, your hot air balloon is sure to be a one-of-a-kind keepsake or make a lovely gift for family and friends. The typical ornament measures 6-3/4" tall and is 3" wide.

So up, up and away and join me on this creative flight!

Come Hop With US!

Hop Rules:

If you would like to hop with us and meet all the super awesome Artful Gathering 2012 Art Instructors, and have a chance to win a random drawing prize in our random drawing, then hop with us! Each week, I will announce the blog for you to visit, and off you go to meet them, and to pick up the newest secret word. Your chance to win prizes....

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys!
3. This weeks word is .....Own
   Next week, I'll announce the next person to hop to. Good luck!!!

third time's a charm

A taste of goodies I sent to my bead soup partner...

faceted ruby quartz and druzy crystal quartz hearts.

This is my third time to participate in Lori Anderson's  

Bead Soup Blog Party.

 I was fortunate to be paired with a fellow Texan

and gifted lampwork glass bead artist,

Lyn Foley.

I received her lovely package that was filled to the max with a mix of goodies.

 Freshwater pearls and more....

 Antique beads from India.

And, of course, 
some of Lyn's gorgeous ruffled glass beads.

Super light and airy.

My mind is buzzing.

What I sent to Lyn, begins with the picture you saw at the opening of this post.

A group of faceted ruby quartz beads...in graduating size.

A couple of druzy hearts.

And...

a vintage faceted glass necklace AND large vintage rhinestone brooch.

All tucked inside this antique love bird pewter box.

Do you think I had Valentine's Day in mind?

Yep, I did.

I almost chuckled when I read Lyn's post about what I sent her here.

Can't wait to see what she designs. 

Can't wait to see what I design.

Stay tuned.  Big reveal date is March 3rd.

xoxo

The Next in Line

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

 

 Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

 Open for Registration!

 Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerry's.

 Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerry's.

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!
 

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!
 

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Mixed Media Artist
 

Mary Jane Chadbourne
 

http://desertdreamstudios.weebly.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)
 

Poppy Love

 I admit I am a sucker for poppies.

Why?

Because each Easter my grandmother had the most 

amazing poppies in her garden.

I still see them in my mind's eye....

Today, I have a guest post on 

Come visit,

and take a stroll down memory lane with me 

there.

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

 
 Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

 Open for Registration!

 Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

 Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

 You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

 Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

 Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Mixed Media Jewelry Artist...  

Nellie Wortman  

http://www.earlymorningthoughts.typepad.com/ 

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)