Happy April everyone! Thanks for all the comments back in March. I had
several posts...shocking I know...last month, and I appreciate all the
love! I'm just back from the Houston area where I taught at the
Croppin Bug, located in La Marque. Here are a few pics of the journey...and I do mean a journey...18 hours of driving there and back...but it was gorgeous all along the way since it's bluebonnet time. The only bad part was there was tons of traffic in the Houston area, and a car threw up a rock at me, and put a quarter sized star in my windshield! The words that came out of my mouth would shame a sailor...sorry Mom! Other than that, it was a great trip. Thanks for having me out Croppin Bugs!!!
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| My first class was an altered Birchbox...you know the make up and toiletry kit of the month club...that we altered using Tim's Distress Mosaic Kit. Gotta use up the trash. I always kit on the floor...lots of space. |
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| The calm before the storm on Friday afternoon. |
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| All of the ladies boxes came out beautifully, and everyone was happy despite all the hard work. |
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| Then Friday night, we had Make N Takes. I did a 15 minute class using Tim's new Collage Mediums, Distress Crayons, Distress Brushes, Ephemera, and Wendy's background stamps and Ranger Archival Inks. We barely made the 15 minute times up!!! |
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| I had lots of samples of the technique to show them, and everyone made beautiful tags. |
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| Saturday afternoon, I drove out to Galveston...I had never been before...to see if I could get a good picture of the Bolivar Lighthouse, which was the subject of the next class I was teaching. Galveston is a beautiful place, despite the greenish water. There are tons of old antique shops and lots of places I needed more time to shop at. |
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| That black pencil in the distance is the lighthouse. I would have had to take a ferry to get there, so this is the closest I could get. |
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| Saturday night, I ate by the water at a famous local eatery called Top Water Grill. It was yummy!!! |
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| Then Sunday, it was time for the lighthouse mixed media class using all of Dina's Media line. This was the first painting type class the Bug has had, so everyone was a little timid. |
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| Here is the canvas. |
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| Despite their trepidation, everyone had a wonderful time, and made beautiful paintings! It was such fun, and such lovely ladies! |
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
