Where does time go?

Gosh...1-1/2 months since my first post. Good thing no one has been actually READING this blog and expecting an update.

Here goes....
School: Done. We left THE DAY school was out (May 15th) for my favorite spot in the world. We have been staying at the Breakers in Fort Walton Beach since I was a little girl. It ended up just being the 4 of us going. The guys played golf alot and we had fun. I stayed on the beach about 5-6 hrs per day. 3 words. BLUE BEACH CHAIR. For 8 days. It was wonderful. I really feel like that is my other "spot" in the world. I have alot to share about the trip, but that could be another post in itself. The only thing I will add that was "out of the ordinary" IS.... I let my 16 year old son (kirk) do something that I ALWAYS tell him he could only do when he's 21 and I"m not there!!! I call it the rubber band thingy. You know...that crazy "ride" that pulls you up in the air and releases you. We ran in to Kirk's coach and his family and he talked Kirk into trying it with him. It didn't take much though. I was steadily telling Kirk that he DID NOT have my permission. Of course that was while I was FILMING the whole thing.

So, we're back home. J.T. is almost finished with Drivers Ed. He actually scares me alot less than Kirk does. If you know them, you would know that is kindof strange. Kirk drives like me (fast and confident) and J.T. drives like Todd. Slow. Thank goodness.

I'm almost finished planning my Summer Art Camp. I have the dates set and I am almost positive what projects we are doing. I hope to have registration forms starting this Sunday. The theme this year is: "Art Camp 08 ROCKS!!" One of the main projects we are doing is called Paintjam and is inspired by this performance I saw at an Art convention in New Orleans. Go to youtube and type in paintjam to check this guy out. One of the COOLEST things I've ever seen. I knew right away this was ART CAMP material!

My sister-in-law is getting married this weekend, so we have wedding plans Friday and Saturday. I"m excited. Fill you in on details later, BUT I hear it involves CUPCAKES.
(As a random side note...my friend and I are one day moving to the beach and opening a cupcake shop). It's a joke of course. But, one can dream. I have more cupcake stories, but again, I will save those details for later too.

I will be adding photos of some of my artwork soon. I've been doing notecards, baby paintings, canvas letters, and I have a new cross design. I'm going to post some work on ETSY and send in design submissions to a publisher this summer. I"ll try to keep my "rambling" to a minimum since I want this site to be about my artwork.

SO...LOOK FOR: photos of my work, information on my ART FACTORY: ART CAMP 2008, and links to my favorite sites. I"m also thinking about doing a series of classes for adults. I've had a request to teach (1) the canvas letters and (2) scripture plaques. What do you think?

okay people...start posting messages for me and let me know that you're READING my blog now. I DO LOVE to give prizes....but you have to leave me a message to win!!

Create...it's a verb. Just do it.

Suzy