63 years and counting...

I've been out of town...celebrating a very special day with my parents.

How do you celebrate being married for 63 years?
You go and see "Toy Story 3" in 3D...

which is awesome by the way...Dig those glasses...

 It was great to drive to Las Vegas with my sister Veronica to visit with my parents for a week and to celebrate with them their special day. That's my Aunt Mary to the left of my Dad in the top picture...She'll be 90 in October. 

Spread the word...
check out this cool art item collaborated on with 29 talented artists and hoping to  raise much needed money for A Place to Bark, Bernie Berlin's animal sanctuary in Tennessee.  
Take a look...it's on EBAY till June 29th.

Still waiting to hear from the winner of my Book of Inspiration...Giveaway!

IM Shop Girl...where are you? I've emailed several times and not a word...I'll give her till Sunday and then I think I will have to dip into the hat once again...and pick another winner...

boys to men...

 Today I'm celebrating the men in my life...

It is so hard to believe...how quickly time passes...
It seems that in the click of the shutter...
 my little Jesse has gone from this...

to this...

to this...

Happy Birthday hugs to my 25 year old...
He has turned into a fine boy...um... I mean Man... 


and not to be forgotten are all the dads out there...
Happy Father's Day to you all...
including the father of my two kids...cheers to a great Dad...
my kids can attest to that...

and of course to my Dad...He has been such an inspiration to me... a person I feel privileged to be connected to.

He just might be the best Dad around...
at least in my world...

we have a winner...

First of all let me say...Thank You to all of you who sent a quote and entered my giveaway...I now have a marvelous collection of quotes and I enjoyed reading them all. 
I will have you know that every one that entered and wrote me a quote will be part of a piece of artwork I am creating...but first...

We have a winner...

IM GIRL...from Arkansas...

You have won The Book of Inspiration!

Congratulations!

and her quote was quite inspirational as well...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

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I wish I had a book to send each and everyone of you...but I don't...sorry
so if you are interested in ordering
"Where Women Create - book of snspiration"
You can get it from Amazon by clicking here 

main street art...

Today I taught a class at Zinnia in South Pasadena called
'Main Street Exquisite Corpse'...

We made the coolest blocks using tons of different techniques...

We made our own stamps, stenciled, masked, collaged, painted and played.

We worked on one side and then passed them to the next person
to add their touch, exquisite corpse style...

They all came out fabulous...

and we had tons of fun.

Thanks for the good time all...

and thanks Tamara for the great classroom space...
your store rocks...

If you have never been to ZINNIA

ya just have to go...

No. 8 done & dusted

just found this goody...

meet rose and the exquisite corpse...

Won't you come into the garden?

I would like my roses to see you.

Richard B Sheridan

This rose is from my garden...It is 8 inches in diameter.
I think it is quite spectacular...and it smells divine.  

Loving the quotes that you are leaving to enter my giveaway of "Where Women Create".
One more week and I will be picking the lucky winner... To enter, scroll down to the May 22nd entry below. Last date to enter is June 12th. I'll announce the winner on June 14th.

and...I am teaching another class at Zinnia in Pasadena on Saturday, June 12th,
Check it out here...