another busy weekend! friday night i’ll be at olvera st for the opening reception of “sacred memories” .  nov 1st is the actual “dia de los muertos”-i’ll be at the cactus galleries closing reception celebrating!

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FUN!!!

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i’m not a big las vegas fan-i don’t gamble, i don’t drink a lot and don’t stay up late. when my children were growing up-las vegas was a yearly destination for softball and baseball tournaments-thus perhaps my burn out. my husband decided that for his b-day this year, he wanted to go to vegas and [...]

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i kept all my dad’s old music-and i use it for quite a few projects. i love to look through “the stacks”- there are beautiful graphics from the early 1900’s through the 1950’s, but my all time favorite pastime is reading the titles. when i came  across “the princess charlotte, ex queen of mexico’s jig” [...]

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we had our tamale exhange party yesterday-lots of great food, good company, and fun!
my friend cola, the queen of henna, beautified us during our many “breaks” -making tamales is hard work.
the girls-were not invited to the party, much to their dismay. (oreo did manage to steal a cupcake )
they were mollified by visits from kaylee [...]

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at the end of a very busy week-the bees paid a visit. friday late afternoon, we noticed a large swarm of bees on our back patio. they were buzzing around for about 20 minutes-then it was obvious they were not leaving. i have a potting bench on the patio-the “legs” are made to look like [...]

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here is the first of my altars-a very traditional one-honoring the compassion of the higher  spirits!

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i am slowly trying to catch up on projects. this is for the fiberart of so ca  challenge-the theme is inua.
in the inuit culture, Inua refers to a sort of soul that exists in all people, animals, lakes, mountains, and plants- they were sometimes personified in mythology. i choose sedna-the goddess of the sea. she is depicted [...]

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Please take a look at the upcoming SAQA auction-a wonderful way to support the arts and buy an affordable piece of original artwork. The Auction for pages 1a and 1b will begin Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time-
you can get more info on their website:www.saqa.com

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hope you can join us for  the upcoming “made in brazil” event.  sandra  zebi, our resident brazillian artist, has put together a fabulous show!

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