A few more earrings.....

With the jewelry equipment ready and waiting I find myself working at odd hours to create just a few more earrings.  Using Dale's hammer I have bent and pounded wire to create some of the favorite styles.  Most of them are unique but a few have been repeated because they are favorites with the "girls".  Silver sells best.  A few "special orders" have been fun to make too.

 

Booked the flight to France for 2013 and busy practicing my French once more.  May be back to Italy in 2014 with the KIA.  Wonderful wonderful!!   I am very lucky!!!

A Hot and Happy 4th of July

Here in Portage we were roasting more than corn!  The temp hit 101 here at the lake!!  In spite of the heat the Getting for Prosecutor met on time for the parades both in Schoolcraft and Richland.  The float in Schoolcraft was huge with a big sign about 12' in the air.  We definately stood out from the crowd!!   Kids rode the float and waved flags and the rest of us walked along handing out candy bags (with logo on it of course), candy, and campaign material for Jeff.  At the end we were all hot, sweaty and in need of shade..and glad that the parade was over!!!

 

Back at the lake the boys swam and paddleboated, I piloted the pontoon around the lake..fast, to cool off.  We came back to the dock to find Kris in the water with Ranger.  A barbeque, tubing and watching the fireworks around the lake ended the day, before mosquitos made us take cover. 

 

Hope everyone had a glorious 4th...what a great country..aren't we lucky to live in the USA!!

Plein Air Kalamazoo

Today I spent time sitting on the sidewalk happily painting away with my watercolors.  This cute new cafe caught my eye with the flowers and bicycle looking so very French!  In the window a maniquin was dressed in a cupcake paper dress...very cute.

 

Although I broke my water spritzer, wrestled with the easel (which didn't work for watercolor), hated the paper I had chosen, and more excuses...the owner of the store loved it and bought the painting!!  So a very good day indeed.

I am also talking with her about doing an Art Hop show next summer displaying my landscape collages. 

 

Rain had been predicted, which was why I used watercolors,  and began to fall about 2..so I called it a day.

 

Our little group of painters met for refreshments and discussion at 3 and talked of next year's event, possibly more into evening.  Many ideas were tossed around but all of us agreed that it was a great way to spend the day!!

Painting at Walnut Hill Farm

Painting at the farm on Wednesday was a wonderful way to spend the day.  The farm itself has many vistas to paint as well as gardens.  Heirloom roses are ripe with blossoms and ready for their portraits.  I chose the barn and silo across the street with the flowers in the foreground to add color.  The painting is still in progress but will be posted once complete.

 

Joyce served us a gourmet lunch of cucumber/feta soup and spinach pie, mint lemonade and individual trifles with fruit and liquour for dessert.  This was served outside under the shade.  We can expect a new menu next week...mediterranean I think!

 

 

An Invitation......

This is the invitation postcard for the fundraiser/meet & greet we are hosting in July.  I will be mailing and emailing invitations in a couple of weeks.   Art will be an interesting mix from Joanne, Dale and myself.

Tomorrow I will be at a plein air workshop at Walnut Hill Farm in Bangor Mi for the day.  Three full days of just painting with a gourmet lunch.  Lovely!!!    Am a bit rusty but hopefully will remember how to wield the pastels.

Earrings are starting to sell!!

Campaign Work...

Here are some of the earrings we created last week.  We have begun to sell them and are hoping to run out!!  It was fun to work together and I really appreciated the help.  Thanks Joanne, Dale and Marilynn!!

Today I spent the day making a table covering and centerpiece for the booth at the event in Kalamazoo this weekend.  Jeff and Kris will man the booth with information and talk.  Sewing buntings on to a tablecloth is not that easy!!   But the centerpiece will be fun with red, white and blue pinwheels and flags!!

Looks like the date of the fundraiser will be changed....will post here once confirmed.

G out and about more so things are slowly getting done, especially if he can work in the shade!!

Old photo Sydney Bridge as ship sails