Getting Ready to go Gothic

I've had an incredibly fab and productive week (at last) and managed to knock off a number of things that have been lingering on my 'to-do' list for some time.

Early in the week I headed down to the basement and fired up the sewing machine and completed three lovely baby blankets for two friends who have recently been blessed with new arrivals...one boy for a friend in Connecticut and twin girls for my art friend Chrissy Howes (of ARtistA fame)..the quilts are now safely in the post and on their way, hopefully to wrap the new arrivals in a little downunder love!

Then I completed my fun paper weaving exchange piece with my blog-mate Chris, got several Etsy orders off in the mail and put the finishing touches to a watercolor painting that I've been working on for my Aunt - a picture of the lovely little church in her small town of Eardisley in the UK and finally got ready a print for my SIL that I had been promising to send for ages.

Thursday saw us with guests for drinks so I spent the day in the kitchen and cooked up a rather yummy asparagus and shitake mushroom quiche,  some ham, bacon and brie filo wraps and a little homemade guacamole to round out the supper line-up.....thankfully there were a few left-overs which took care of dinner tonight!

Today I have been getting ready for my class with Lynne Perella (Medieval themed) which will be held in New York City on Sunday.  There will be a bunch of us attending her workshop on either the Sat or Sun who know each other from Blogland and we are going to meet up for dinner tomorrow night, so DH and I decided to just grab a hotel in town for the night rather than trek to and from the Island.  And of course, true to form,   I got a little hairball this afternoon and decided to make a few 'treats' to take along for the dinner guests....so there are now 9 new pieces of art in various stages of drying and preparation for packing up to take with us - the pic above is one of them!
Funny how you can pump out the work when the deadline is just inches away from your nose..now why is that?

Anyway, the weekend should be a lot of fun and I will be sure and take lots of pics and report back when I can!

Hope you all enjoy a wonderful few days off too..........

Ciao for now

Comments

[tera]

Breathtaking piece!!!! I just sit and stare at it!!!!!

[Seth]

Stunning, stunning piece!! Hope the workshop was everything you wanted it to be!

[Deborah]

You most certainly are back and in fantastic shape I must say! I am in love with this piece.

[grrl+dog]

Well your creative juices are really flowing, love it when the flow goes to the kitchen as well, so it's eating, living and breathing creativity..

[Christine Baier]

Have lots of fun on Sunday and yes... we want see photos from the workshop with Lynne Perella... oh, I wish I could be there.

[Julie Prichard]

Action packed, fun! Sounds like a great weekend to me!

[Lennie]

Oh, indeed, I hope you post photos! Wish I was there too :-)