Please Come to My Art Opening!

 This is good... I have my art hanging at Thai Fresh in Austin..

Which ironically is on the same block as where we used to live..

 The owner, Jam is so sweet, she always has an opening for the artists to invite their friends and family.. (that's where you come in)
Please come!!

It's scheduled for this Sunday at Noon... it's a little brunch..
Soooo... if youre around and would like to stop by.. it would be really great to see your pretty faces...

Lots of stuff has sold,  I will be hanging more,
come by, look around, have a cup of joe and say hi!

Weekend Show/ Where to Find Me.

I will be selling art at the Dripping Springs Market Days
this Saturday, June 18 from 10 -5.

The Market takes place at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park, off RR12 right across from the elementary school, there's a traffic light! Its air conditioned and lots of fun.

We had our first Market in April, and it was a wonderful success, please plan on stopping by if you are able to look around and support local artists and musicians.

Myself, I have lots of wonderful new art that I've been working on and there are some really exciting artists scheduled to exhibit that you won't want to miss...


Hope to see you there!

Dripping Springs Market Days, First Ever!

I honestly don't know where the times goes!

Seems like I'm always racing to get something done, is it that
way for you too?

I had a great show at the Boerne Market Days this month, I sold
quite a bit, so I'm busily working to make more product for 
my very own, ( with my partner, Kathy Hill)  Dripping Springs Market Days. Which is on April 02, this Saturday!

It's gonna be good!

I was asked to be in the Boerne Handmade Market in May,
and I have decided to give it a go... along with the shows I want to get a really good webpage set up...

 I'm thinking of just working with thisNovellas page since it's what I have and all....also, there are so many Amy's Art.... on the web but very few Novellas Farm Art...( well actually none)... and I honestly see myself getting back into a bit of the agriculture at some point...

So, be looking for a few changes.... and please plan on coming out to the the Dripping Springs Ranch Park this
Saturday for our Market. It's from 10 to 6, I think it'll be fun for all... it's indoors so no matter the weather we'll be happy and dry..

Hope to see you there!
and in the practice of being grateful... which I honestly am all the time I want to publicly give gratitude for my energy and health... how wonderful it is to be in a healthy body!

Update

 Last month I took a screen printing class.

There's this really neat place in south Austin called the Stitch Lab.
They offer short, fun classes all dealing with creative fabric art techniques.

I signed up for a month long Sundays screen printing class.

Before I get any further I have to give a big 2 thumbs up for my teacher, Kat.  She was  great. Very patient, fun, funny, very knowledgeable and made the classes worthwhile.Ok, so why go to all the  trouble of driving into Austin every Sunday morning for a month....you might ask? Well, I've been hand painting on dish towels, but when hand painting each item is different...  and thats good for some markets, but it prevents me from offering them to say a store..So even though I still plan on hand painting.. I also want to design my own kitchen art towels that can be consistently produced..Behold what I made! 
I learned how to make my own screens, and then made several more! and I learned 3 different techniques for printing.. 

After taking the class I feel I can do these at home! Really I do.

If you have the desire and the time I would recommend the Stitch Lab, and they had some classes I plan on taking with my daughter..


This weekend I will be selling at the Boerne market days, and it's been raining like crazy all week. Should be muddy and a drag and there's always the possibility of being electrocuted from someones' extension cord in the wet grass... but as they say it's a" rain or shine" event... and I already paid..

It makes me all the more grateful about the Dripping Springs Market Days my friend and I are putting together. All indoors!
Live music.. 50 artists!!

We hope it'll be so successful we can have them on a regular basis, we both want indoor venues and they just don't exist! So
we had to start our own!

The Dripping Springs Market Days first event is April 02,
at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park from 10-6.
Please come if you are able! It's going to be really fun!
We have a FB page with photos of some of the participants..
 https://www.facebook.com/Dripping-Springs-Market-Days-1537234236590109/

Hope to see you there..
I'm grateful for the opportunity to start this new venture..

The Wonderful Doctor

Yesterday, after voting... yes, I did vote, and as usual instead of actually voting for a candidate I voted for the least disturbing candidate...

Grateful for Love

Valentines' Day is nearly upon us!

Of all the holidays, this is the one that I believe puts
the most pressure on relationships..... Woe be the boyfriend who messes up this day.

I recall when I was in high school, some girls would actually have flowers delivered and put on display in the office window on Valentines day. Kind of a smear in the rest of our faces.... I 'm sure the boyfriends were also rewarded for their good deed....  ((cough) ...sluts)

When my husband and I first got married I used to get hurt if he didn't remember Valentines day. I mean it was ridiculous... he was out working for me to stay home with our kids and I didn't see his sacrifice as one huge token of love.. Real love is someone really caring if you're happy...
I think back to those times with shame.
 I was immature and society makes a big deal out of "getting" something.

Happily now... as a seasoned woman, I recognize the day for the both of us... I cook, which I know means a lot to him, and usually bake something for the whole family.  I know I am loved.. Even without a dozen roses... I have the rose bush he planted for me... it's  expressed in so many way..
It's corny, but really, every day is Valentines Day!

I'm so grateful to be loved! and to love in return.

In case you're interested in the history of the day here is a link.. it's actually pretty interesting
http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day

Tired of School

Yesterday I received this text from my daughter.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, she was home schooled up until this year. Seems like forever she's been saying she wanted to go to high school.. So.. this year she went in as a freshman.

Academically she has done just fine.. I mean I really didn't know what to expect since quite honestly we were more the type to not worry about academics too very much..

As I say academically she is doing fine, good even... yet I received this message from her yesterday.

I asked her about it when she got home.. "I'm just so tired" tired of what? or just plain tired?... Both it seems...

Frankly I think most of our society is just plain tired... we try to do and be too much, too much of the time. Have a real career, a family, fix wholesome meals, keep the house up, and on and on....

I'm not sure what she will decide to do, go back to home schooling or keep on the path of the public school system. I'm being careful to just listen and not influence her, because really neither is perfect and there is not a right or wrong answer...

That said, I feel very fortunate to live in a location where we have the luxury of these basic choices...and I feel grateful to be able to offer both choices to my child, I hope she'll come to realize this dilemma she is facing is in itself part of her education..

Feeling gratitude for living in this great country full of personal freedoms.