UPDATED: The end of the road....blog hop, sale and more!

Final Destination Blog Visit!


Our last and final blog destination belongs to and this is the final location where you'll find the last TWO words left in our secret word collection.


Pick up the last two words here.
Bring ALL your secret words here.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SECRET WORD

All Entries will Close May 5

Winners will be Announced May 7 at : ArtfulGathering.com

Hello Friends...well this is the last blog hop post and it ends with our very good friends at Jerry's Artarama, so if you've collected all the secret words, this will be your final pick up point where you can submit to enter to win an awesome gift certificate to our favorite art store!! Read on for more details. At the end of this post I am also including some very special reminders about things I have going on so don't miss out on all the goodness!!

Winners will be drawn at random through random.org. One winner will be chosen to win the $200 e-card gift certificate to Jerry's Artarama, and two winners will be chosen at random to win a $25 e-gift card to Jerry's Artarama.

Please leave all the necessary contact info with your secret words in the moderated comment section of Artful Gathering's Hop Page.

Thank you so much for hopping with us and we look forward to seeing you at Artful Gathering 2012. Special thanks to Jerry's Artarama, Artful Gathering's prize sponsor of the blog hop event.

Good Luck, and thank you for playing!


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Maybe you're getting Spring fever and wanting to unleash your creative juices....maybe you are looking for some new techniques to try out or some familiar ones to brush up on....maybe you want to enjoy an art class but you can't get away to go to one.....you're curious, you are talented, you are adventurous, and have a desire to learn, grown and be all that you can be. I can help you with that!! I am offering 4 online classes currently over at Creative Workshops and they are now on sale for $20.00 off the list price!!  This offer is a LIMITED time only offer, good now thru 

April 30th so don't delay, stop by today and sign up.

Oh did I mention that all classes are open ended and available 24/7.  This means you can work at your leisure, you can finish your projects in 6 weeks or you can finish them in 6 months...whatever is best for you!!

To purchase the classes , click on the links here:

Fun with Faux Encaustics

Artistic Journaling Your Way

Let's Face It

Fearless Faux Encaustics

Hope to 'see' you in class!!!


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Today is the last day for my 20% off discount sale in my Etsy shop...so if you have your eye on something today is the day to pick it up!!

Stop over to see what's going on at Sweet Repeats Studio Shoppe  

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Don't forget, next Saturday I will be showing my new work at Springfest in Southern Pines, NC from 10-4.  The festival is located in the historic downtown area on both sides of Broad street...with over 150 vendors, there will be something for everyone (especially in my booth!..lol....I've been working really hard to fill price points at every level so my art is accessible to all...hope you come out and take a look!!)

Till we meet again, may your life be a "Sea of Love" hope, happiness, and gratitude...

Spring Fest 2010 Southern Pines, NC

Check out some of my shots from Spring Fest 2010, in Southern Pines, NC. I'll be back with some comments and insights on the show itself and other 'aha' moments :) Hope you've had a wonderfully creative and peaceful weekend!

Coming Together

Sneak Peak...coming up at Spring Fest, some new art that I've created this year!
Join me April 24th, Southern Pines, NC from 10-4!  If you mention that you've seen this blog post which I'm going to keep updating with new pieces...you will get 10% off your purchase!

Findley Lake

30 x 40

Or perhaps a little funkiness is your style...

12 x 48

Sometimes we create because there is so much inside of us...we have no other way to get it all out.

My new Graffiti pieces convey so much more than meets the eye!

20 x 60

HeART Matters

hmmmm...matters of the HeART, one of my favorite subjects to create around.

I've been working a lot lately, hence my lack of bloggedy blogging.  My heart is breaking free from something binding me for so long, actually a couple of somethings. It's a good thing, not a bad thing...still, the last few months have been a time of focus. Almost hibernation in some ways. I'm ready to put a few things behind me and move forward with others. I'm so grateful for my abilty to sort things out through my art. It's opened my eyes to so many things. Mostly about myself but in a lot of ways I feel like I can see more clearly having stopped and breathed, reflected and created while organizing my thoughts.

I hope you have something in your life that enables you to cope and grow at the same time, if not--find that THING that you are passionate about. You'll be amazed at how your life will come together even at the moment it seems most likely to fall apart.

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