Monday, January 31, 2011
AJC #5 PAUSE
The word for the art journal caravan challenge this week is PAUSE. These are my journal pages for this challenge.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
GLAD IT'S OVER
This was the first time in the 18 years I have been practicing that I have found a seminar to be totally useless. Lord it was awful! On Saturday Jacquie and I were making roses (a la Tim Holtz) at the table during the seminar!! Yep, glue, scissors, everything! It was Jacquie's idea and she punched tons of flowers the night before. At first I was a little bit freaked by it but then I was so thankful she had thought of it!!
The best part about the entire weekend was the shopping (we hit Hobby Lobby and a really cute Scrapbook store in Orlando)! We did some serious damage to our wallets but felt really good about it!
I have the ear infection from hell! Haven't had one since I was a kid and it's just as awful as I remember it to be. So... tomorrow it's off with the ear - or at least some antibiotics!
Getting ready for our retreat!! Woo HOO!!! Can't wait! I love the idea of seeing "my girls"!! Haven't seen them (except for Eileen) since last year. Having Julie Nutting and Ingrid coming to teach workshops is just icing on the cake - but WOW what awesome icing! There's a lot that goes into this retreat - so many things to do before then - but it's worth every single moment!
Just imagine 16 wonderful crazy ladies in a 5 day art overload! It's so great! Can't wait! This year we will have a few more ladies than last year and that will make the slumber party just a little more crowded but that much more fun!
Yep, 36 more sleeps!!!! LOL!!
The best part about the entire weekend was the shopping (we hit Hobby Lobby and a really cute Scrapbook store in Orlando)! We did some serious damage to our wallets but felt really good about it!
I have the ear infection from hell! Haven't had one since I was a kid and it's just as awful as I remember it to be. So... tomorrow it's off with the ear - or at least some antibiotics!
Getting ready for our retreat!! Woo HOO!!! Can't wait! I love the idea of seeing "my girls"!! Haven't seen them (except for Eileen) since last year. Having Julie Nutting and Ingrid coming to teach workshops is just icing on the cake - but WOW what awesome icing! There's a lot that goes into this retreat - so many things to do before then - but it's worth every single moment!
Just imagine 16 wonderful crazy ladies in a 5 day art overload! It's so great! Can't wait! This year we will have a few more ladies than last year and that will make the slumber party just a little more crowded but that much more fun!
Yep, 36 more sleeps!!!! LOL!!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Day 1 almost over
You can look at this torture chamber yourselves. Goofy is still drooling (aha aha): the chipmunks are still chewing on cookies or something and my friend Jacquie was just rudely awoken by a screech from the microphone which I KNOW was in purpose!!
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Just Picture It
Watching the State of the Union address the other night I couldn't help but get this tingly wave of fear thinking about what a coup it would be for terrorists to drop a bomb on that location.
Now I am sitting in this beautiful resort in Disney trying like hell to stay awake (thank the good Lord for my iPad) in a CLE seminar with... Get this... 1200 other marital and family law attorneys. Not only can you vividly imagine the excruciating boredom, but just imagine the potential for a bombing!!!
And just imagine once we are all blown away, the amount of argument and pompous pontificating at those pearly gates just to get IN!
Yep, I am bored out of my frickin mind and am running these images through my head using Disney characters as my pontificating colleagues. Can't help it. Not only is boredom causing me to hallucinate despite the 17 cups of coffee I have had, but the two fat boys sitting to my right who have already gone through two baskets of candy are the spitting image of the Chipmunks.
The dude behind me with the striped shirt and god-awful tie who apparently just graduated law school and is listening to this crap as if it is the bible being read by Jesus himself is the spitting image of Goofy. Same long face, same buck teeth - pretty impressive actually.
And let's not forget Balou up on the stage who is about ready to have an orgasm enlightening this audience on the "exciting" area of motions in limine and the "sublime gratification" (uggghhhhh,) of doing an "auspicious" job for your clients.
Now, look, I don't expect these things to be titillating but it would be much more exciting to watch the grass grow!!!!
Pity me my friends! I love being an attorney - after all these years I still feel passion for the law. But as I sit here.......
Feel my boredom, agitation and frustration in knowing that these characters are my colleagues. That I actually spent years and a truckload of money to join this group of pompous, pontificating, self-indulgent asses. Somebody shoot me! (twice please - to make sure I am dead!)
-Posted from Elena's iPad
Now I am sitting in this beautiful resort in Disney trying like hell to stay awake (thank the good Lord for my iPad) in a CLE seminar with... Get this... 1200 other marital and family law attorneys. Not only can you vividly imagine the excruciating boredom, but just imagine the potential for a bombing!!!
And just imagine once we are all blown away, the amount of argument and pompous pontificating at those pearly gates just to get IN!
Yep, I am bored out of my frickin mind and am running these images through my head using Disney characters as my pontificating colleagues. Can't help it. Not only is boredom causing me to hallucinate despite the 17 cups of coffee I have had, but the two fat boys sitting to my right who have already gone through two baskets of candy are the spitting image of the Chipmunks.
The dude behind me with the striped shirt and god-awful tie who apparently just graduated law school and is listening to this crap as if it is the bible being read by Jesus himself is the spitting image of Goofy. Same long face, same buck teeth - pretty impressive actually.
And let's not forget Balou up on the stage who is about ready to have an orgasm enlightening this audience on the "exciting" area of motions in limine and the "sublime gratification" (uggghhhhh,) of doing an "auspicious" job for your clients.
Now, look, I don't expect these things to be titillating but it would be much more exciting to watch the grass grow!!!!
Pity me my friends! I love being an attorney - after all these years I still feel passion for the law. But as I sit here.......
Feel my boredom, agitation and frustration in knowing that these characters are my colleagues. That I actually spent years and a truckload of money to join this group of pompous, pontificating, self-indulgent asses. Somebody shoot me! (twice please - to make sure I am dead!)
-Posted from Elena's iPad
Location:Disney Resort, Orlando, Florida
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Bamboo Book
On Saturday I went to the Paper Niche (one of my very favorite stores of all time) in Ft. Lauderdale to take a class with my buddy Beatriz. She is an amazing scrapbooker with a God-given talent that will leave you in AWE. That woman can scrap 60 pages in a day! Literally!!! I have seen it done!
Anyway, we made a book bound with wood skewers which is really cool.
I am thinking of trying this same technique using Fabriano paper instead of cardstock for a nice little journal book. I will let you know if it works!!!
Anyway, we made a book bound with wood skewers which is really cool.
I am thinking of trying this same technique using Fabriano paper instead of cardstock for a nice little journal book. I will let you know if it works!!!
Monday, January 24, 2011
ZETTI BIRDS
Anyone who knows me knows I love zetti. Nancy from CrowAbout (sorry Nancy!! I can never remember your last name!) came up with this wonderful Zetti Bird Junction digital kit which I absolutely love!! Not only is Nancy OBVIOUSLY wildly talented, she is an incredibly nice lady!
I also have her Zetti Re Vamp Digital Kit which is TOTALLY amazing and her Zetti Flutterby Fairies Digital Kit which is adorable!! These are all for sale at Deviant Scrap. I have done alot of research on digital kits and this shop is the only one that I have seen carry zetti-type digital products.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Journal Page for Today
I went to the office to meet with a client and his mom today. What an adventure this profession can be!
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