Confession time, I have been playing and neglecting the blog. Oh, but I am having fun!

Last week I was invited to join the team from iList Paducah and some other crafty gals for lunch and play at Ephemera Paducah. Kristin provided paper maché letters to spell J-O-Y for us to paint, paper, glue and glitter. Head over to iList and Kelsie will explain the technique and show everyone’s unique style.

On Friday afternoon, local artist Carol Harlan led a workshop on painting tissue and deli paper at Ephemera Paducah. 

We had great fun coloring diluted gel medium and painting over the sheets.

After they were dry we embellished with more paint and bling.  These will be great to use in art journals.

Guess what we are doing at Mixed Media Club this evening at Ephemera Paducah? Working on board books which work well for art journals! I missed last month’s meeting so I will have a bit of catching up to do.  Kristin says we need a theme; I am going with “Live Richly.” I will use quotes and images to describe what makes life rich for me. Maybe I will share this at a later date.

As you can see in this photo of my studio, I have been working playing here also. As of today, all the out-of-town gifts are on their way. Still have some gifts to wrap, ornaments and cards to create as well as some holiday treats to make. So I will turn on some Christmas music and get lost in my creative world. Maybe I will have something to show and tell over the weekend.

A Day with Sunny Carvalho

A really fun workshop at Ephemera Paducah yesterday with artist Sunny Carvalho! She is an amazing teacher and talented artist. Sunny lives just outside of Birmingham, AL and teaches at workshops all over the country.

 

 

This is my art from the workshop. While I like it, I don’t’ love it, typical of my response to most workshops. I did learn some new techniques and can’t wait to try them in The Underground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always I totally enjoyed hanging out in the Ephemera Paducah studio and making new artist friends. Saturday’s group included folks from Southeast Missouri, Halls, Tennessee, a group of four from various cities in Kentucky as well as a couple of hometown girls. Here is some of their work.

 

 

 

 

Sunny had some of her art for sale; couldn’t leave without purchasing an artsy purse!

You can see more of Sunny Carvalho’s work on these sites.

Sparkle and Spin, The Art of Sunny Carvalho

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While I spent the day creating art, Handy Randy started the studio renovation! Can’t help but love this man!