Thank you thank you thank you

I have so many sweet friends. And sometimes, my sweet friends bring me gifts. Sometimes it is a bag of stuff, like Sam of Lil' Gypsy frequently does (Bag 'o Crap she calls it), and other times it is a more formal gift. Since I moved into my new studio space, I've received several wonderful gifts and I just felt the urge to share them publicly (not to encourage gift giving, but that would be an okay result!).

The first "studio" gift I received was from Laura. She brought it over to the studio before I had moved anything in - it was pretty much a shell of a space, but Laura knew it needed a puffy, fluffy ceramic sheep, something I had admired many months ago at loose ends, a very cool local store. Meet Miss Sheeba!


A couple weeks ago our good friends Dave and Vicki stopped by on their way from Bend to Astoria and Vicki handed me a pretty little wrapped package. A hula girl! Oh my, a lovely companion to watch over my art-making.


I already wrote a blog post about Kathleen's gift of a dazzling woman vase/holder, but I love her so much (Kathleen and the ceramic woman!), I wanted to include it again in this thank you post.


My art friend Dawn delivered two dolls to my doorstep, something I also blogged about earlier, but wanted to include here.

Last weekend while teaching my Bountiful Blocks class at the studio, Destree (who lives next door to the studio), popped over to hand me a golden angel to hang on a wall in the studio. But before I found a place on the wall, I nestled her in the plant outside the front door. I'm not sure she wants to come inside.


And finally, one of the artists from my Super Deluxe Art Date, Gloria Sowell, let me pick one of her encaustic icons she had brought for our show 'n tell. I have hung the icon front and center in the main room of the studio so she can watch over all of the healing and growing that is done at Alley Art Studio.

Introducing: Perfect Pairings

I met my beautiful friend, Susan, at The Beanery last week so we could celebrate the launch of her business, Perfect Pairings for Conscious Singles, and so she could pick my brain about maintaining a blog. Here she is getting her computer set up so we can get down to a little work.


And here is Susan vibrant and glowing.

All of this is so exciting because Susan took my Artist's Way course a year ago when this business idea was just a seed of a thought. Susan took my Artist's Way again this spring and I was able to watch her idea take form and become a reality. Susan's services include coordinating fun social events for singles, relationship coaching (she's a certified coach), and in the not-too-distant-future, she will be offering matchmaking. An article about Susan's new business was featured in the May issue of Salem Monthly, so if you want to know more about Susan's business, click here.

Way to go, Susan!