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Hello! I honestly cannot believe I have not put a post here yet. It's almost the Spring Equinox, lol. Which means it's my loves birthday tomorrow. I will have to be prepared to do something to celebrate, but as I have no idea if he reads my blog I won't be able to tell you what I am hoping to do.
It's been a cold winter for us, a couple batches of snow but I think we've turned the corner. We got most of our yard spring cleaning done, just to turn the garden over and figure out which plants I want to plant this year. I'm not sure why I would plant plants as I'm not eating them.... hmmm But Terry still enjoys some vegetables so I guess I'll ask him what he would want me to plant. We had a 5 day trip to Vegas with the in-laws, it didn't start or end very well but the middle part was good being with the peeps we love! So my FCA chapter is having it's Spring Show in April, I have 2 pieces that were accepted. My 'Charlie Imbibes" and my newest piece, 'Dewy Lacecap". I feel like I've won already just being accepted. Both pieces are for sale, I am still working on getting a digital copy of Dewy Lacecap. I also ordered some new paper to do Cyanotypes on, I've had a little go on them but the jury is still out. I'm thinking this paper might be good for doing little tealight boxes but I'll have to figure out if they can be easily made. For the summer I'm thinking of ways to sell my art, cards, magnets and anything else I can make. I did make an Etsy shop but last month I was a victim of a scam and long story short, I deleted my account with Etsy. I just don't trust a company that lets scammers in. We have a roadtrip planned to Alberta in August, we are having our family's golf tournament there this year to celebrate the 25th Year. We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Alberta! Well, that's about it for this first blog of 2024! Happy Spring Solstice .... tomorrow! It's that time of year, busy with commissions (meh, not so much) busy getting Calendars organized and Christmas card ordered... YUP! I already have my first order of calendars sent in and apparently they are already on their way back to me! Yay for Vistaprint for such a quick turn around. I'll post a pick of the haul once I get it. I also ordered calendars for shipping direct to my customer... so yeah we'll see how that goes. I have one more commission to do but at the time of writing this it is NFL Sunday and Grey Cup to boot! So it's a little hard for me to focus when the tv is on, but I love being in the same space as my husband and if that means I don't do art when he's home so be it!
The Christmas season is coming fast, seems earlier every year and it makes me anxious as I think I'm a keeping up with the Jones's kind of gal... but alas, I will collect all my marbles and organize them to calm the anxious feelings. I do this by making lists! Yes LISTS! It does me good to see that I accomplish things in order. My first one is my calendar list... who wants what and making fancy envelopes for them, and figuring out deliveries. Next is my Santa list, no not for me but my Santa Giving List. I have a little less stress with this as most of my gifts are handmade items or ordered items that I've had a part in making. But, this can wait until I come back from a quick trip to Alberta that I'm tagging along with my MOM and SISTER... Just one more hug for my boys this year. Alrighty peeps, I hope you all have a lovely Christmas holiday season and I'd be happy if you check back in in the new year!! Summer fun times are over, we've had numerous trips this year and now we'll be settling in for hopefully a rainy fall. The island is dry and our yard is parched, hopefully our plants will recover over the winter.
Art is happening! I've accomplished a number of commissions this year, all with great success! My summer was also filled with my Cyantype art, but alas with less sunlight at this time of year I put the chemicals away and concentrate on doing a few pieces of art I can use for my yearly calendar. What will my Mom do without her Christmas calendar? The family will be getting all their birthday cards late or not at all...lol. I have entered the FCA Arrowsmith Chapter's Fall art show, but at this point I'm waiting to see if I will be juried in with two pieces. I thought it might help my odds if I put two in for jurying... If I get juried in I'll post the image(s) and results. I would like to also say, as far as commissions... please if you would like a commission for Christmas, request sooner than later and please have good detailed images. I'm trying to get the hang of this retirement thing, so much to do... Organization is what I'm lacking (I'm procrastinating at this very moment).
We've had a trip to Port Renfrew to see the southwestern part of the island. I'm still recovering. I've come to realize my body is getting older and climbing over rocks to see tide pools is best left to those that have kept in shape or the young. I would go to Sombrio Beach again though just for the abundance of tide rolled rocks! There isn't much in the town of Port Renfrew and as it was before July 1st that we were there, there was not much choice in dining out. But it was a decent place. We've had some bad news (more on that at a later date) and some good news! We will be grandparents to a new baby in January! I'm particularly excited!!! That will make me a 4time granny! So... summer time blues... this must mean Cyanotyping. I haven't done that much but I was doing a few experiments yesterday to some success but not to the degree I was hoping for so more experimenting is in order! I have also embarked on making floating frames for the Cyano's that I have on cradleboards... I will possibly post on a new page when they are up for sale. I just have to either finish this rock picture or start my next commission... probably start the commission. In other news I've sold two of my drawings this month!! I'm so excited about that as every sale helps. My mom has also taken my cards to Victoria to sell some to her friends. These are my cyanotype original cards. I forgot to get a picture of them. (hmm that's not like me) Well, coffee is done! Time to get to work! It's the end of May and I feel like we've already had summer and are moving on to fall, but in reality it's still Spring for another 22 days. The reason I feel this way could be because I've been busy planning our wedding such as it was, a backyard wedding. The weather was glorious and Terry pulled through ordering tables and chairs, this pleased my Mom greatly! We organized pizza catering and we had so much help from Terry's sister and her husband! Honestly, if they weren't here doing all the little things in the kitchen... well, it wouldn't have been a total failure but it wouldn't have run nearly as smoothly. Thank you so much Tammy and Roy!!! We also had some beautiful flowers and arrangements made thanks to my son Brendan and his beautiful wife Carmelina! Thank you both! All of Terry's family made it out regardless of threat of airline strike and all the disruptions on the highways. I only invited my family that lived in the vicinity other then my boys and my Mom, and there were a few friends as well. This was our BIG event this year and we couldn't be happier, it feels a little surreal to me but we are slowly getting back into our routines that are bringing me down to earth. |
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