WOW. Saying goodbye to My Artful Journey – a whirlwind of creativity, excitement, tears, new techniques, friendships, community and the outcome? Something that I can only describe as an amazing community and a realization – that if I deny this passion for living a creative life, I am denying life itself as fully as it can be lived. So many kindred spirits and talented women I have met and had the pleasure to create with over the past few days…. 12 hour days spent in our workshop space, cutting, pasting, laughing, supporting and most of all, completely sinking ourselves into our addiction. I don’t want to take my paint stained apron off or say goodbye to these wonderful women, but I know this community will be there at the end of our blog posts, supporting, celebrating and planning reunions.
Huge thank you to Cindy at An Artful Journey and also Mati and Kelly Rae for this great experience. We also had Andrea from SuperHero Designs visit us on Sunday to hang out, which was amazing! She is part of the brainchild of MondoBeyondo which I had just completed so it was such a thrill to chat to her about dreaming big and living a creative life. (photo below: Mati, Me, Kelly Rae and Andrea)
THEN to top off my weekend, Mindy over at Wishstudio posted my giveaway to her community and there are some lovely comments…please check out her blog, still a few days left to win!
I cant wait to get back to share all my photos with you all and kick start the next phase of my own Artful Journey and also catch up with all my Artful Journey friends – thank you all for making this weekend one to remember forever. 🙂
Hi, I'm Louise and thank you so much for visiting me here. I am a mixed media artist, who is passionate about combining the healing energy of nature and color with the meditative process of mandala making
oh LOVE. LOVE. LOVE the pics!!! such happy happy faces. such gor-JUSS women!
it was so fun to hear your voice today…that
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L accent!!!
congrats on your giveaway at Wishful!! i am so excited to hear more about your "journey"!!
and how wonderful you met Andrea…isn't she just THE BEST?!?! she has a way of making you feel so "SEEN". love her!
hope you made it home safe and sound!!
xxoo
k
Wow!!! You lucky girl. Sounds like a super super cool time. I can't wait until September to create with you at Squam.
Louise!! Hi honey! I was so happy you left a comment on the yahoo group because I couldn't find your card. Great pics and nice write up. I like your writing style. I'll pop back in for more now that I have your blog info. I was SO tired buy totally blissed out. Chrissy was on my flight! She'll have to tell you what happened….it's a funny story. It felt wierd being back to normal existence, how about you? Take care roomy!
robin
oops! the post above has my daughters name! don't know how that happened! robin
ohhhhh how i.m missing my next door art neighbor and scissor swiping buddy and cottage roomy and that WONDERFUL accent…."IT.S BRILLIANT!"
i do have a funny story to tell you about the plane ride home….let.s talk soon.
oh,
p.s check your email tomorrow, i.ll try to figure out how to send the group photo.
loves darling!
Hi there! Glad you are safe and sound, hope you are having an easy time at getting back to life. I stole a photo from your blog, hope you do not mind too much! I did some art today, 100 gummy worms glued to a poster board. My daughter was in heaven. Haha, a bit different than art with my new journey friends, but fun all the same.
Hope you are not having to wear ear plugs and a mask!
Hello Louise! I love reading about your inspiring explorations and I'm so happy your making all these fun new connections! Happy and creative times! 🙂
I miss your lilting voice and how you could make everything funny just by adding your flavor to it! I'm so glad I got to meet you and I will love watching your art evolve from beautiful to fantastic!
oh what lovely times you guys obviously had! I so wish I lived nearer, it looks amazing!
Amelia.x
Glad your time was wonderful. Loved reading about it. Can't wait to read more as you continue on your journey!
Best,
Dana
Louise, so wonderful to see all your pics. Haven't got home yet to be able to add mine yet. So many notes, blogs, etc. to see and hear from everyone. You are a doll!!
debbie from Kelly Rae and Mati's class too.