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  • Far Away Places ~ First Edition

    Just back from Connecticut where Lynne and I hosted an enthusiastic and talented group of artists for the first edition of our workshop.  This is the only evidence photo I have – so you'll have to believe me when I say it was an utterly delightful crew of travelers, a fantastic venue, and a very special experience to teach, learn, create, and explore together for three full days.

     

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    It was such a pleasure to meet new friends and reconnect with returning students.  Thank you ladies, for a memorable weekend.  It was such a treat to see each of you express yourself so beautifully with individual flare and finesse.  Keep the momentum going!

    We are looking forward to a repeat adventure next weekend!  Plus, Lynne and I have already been conjuring up our agenda for next year!  The question is:  how do we top this?  Ha!  I'm cracking myself up because that statement might be hint for our preliminary plans.  I will keep you posted as we flesh out the concept and prepare to announce the workshops for 2014. 

  • Happy May Day

    The day is almost over, but the month has just begun.  A very full schedule ahead.  My lilacs are fragrant, bursting open yesterday.  I found my first four leaf clover of the season.  I didn't get a ding-dong and flower basket (like we did as kids on May Day) but the mailman did ring the bell to deliver a big package of merchandise with the new HIM cd!!!  Mini-tour has started, I get to see them soon after a very long dry spell.  Bags and bins are packed and ready for my departure tomorrow morning – to Far Away Places – a workshop with my friend Lynne.  Looking forward to riding in the van with my band, not literally of course.  A road trip is the perfect way to become immersed with a new album.  I will report in on the weekend after I get back.  The first batch of pre-orders from The Gothic Collection will go out tomorrow too.  Thank you so much for the enthusiastic response.   My manufacturers pulled off a fast turn around.  Life is good!

     

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    The first video….

     

     

     

    *waves, and blows kisses*

    p.s.  Gabriele, I got your lovely envelope, and clipping on the collection.  I ordered it…should be here anyday.  Thanks for thinking of me.  It was a super fun thing to get in the mail.  <3

  • Happy May Day

    The day is almost over, but the month has just begun.  A very full schedule ahead.  My lilacs are fragrant, bursting open yesterday.  I found my first four leaf clover of the season.  I didn't get a ding-dong and flower basket (like we did as kids on May Day) but the mailman did ring the bell to deliver a big package of merchandise with the new HIM cd!!!  Mini-tour has started, I get to see them soon after a very long dry spell.  Bags and bins are packed and ready for my departure tomorrow morning – to Far Away Places – a workshop with my friend Lynne.  Looking forward to riding in the van with my band, not literally of course.  A road trip is the perfect way to become immersed with a new album.  I will report in on the weekend after I get back.  The first batch of pre-orders from The Gothic Collection will go out tomorrow too.  Thank you so much for the enthusiastic response.   My manufacturers pulled off a fast turn around.  Life is good!

     

    MW FarAwayPlacesMay2013

     

    MW HIM TearsOnTapeCover

    The first video….

     

     

     

    *waves, and blows kisses*

    p.s.  Gabriele, I got your lovely envelope, and clipping on the collection.  I ordered it…should be here anyday.  Thanks for thinking of me.  It was a super fun thing to get in the mail.  <3

  • Who’s a Lucky Girl?

    I've been saying it for years….even had a ring made that says it:  I'm a Lucky Girl.  And now we have one!  Yesterday we adopted a little female kitten.  She is precious – still very shy and skittish as she gets used to our home, but she is very loving and a cuddler.  We are crazy about her already.  Her name is Lucky.

     

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    I didn't think I would ready for another cat this soon as we are still mourning our Winston.  But one day when I was driving in the car, sobbing to myself as I was thinking about him, a black cat ran across the street and I almost hit it.  Swerving over to the side of the road I said to myself, 'that was lucky'.  And for some reason it felt like a sign that it was time to visit the shelters and see if we might fit with a new friends, and open our hearts and our home to another black cat.  It's commonly known that black cats are the hardest to adopt out, maybe because people think they are bad luck?  I've only had two cats and they are both black.  I guess, like this bowl of jelly beans, the black ones get left behind.  Lucky for me, I love the licorice, and I will gladly invite a black cat home.  So with the help of the kind ladies of Second Chance for Animals, and the Franklin Township Animal Shelter, we brought home our girl.  They think she was born sometime in March 2012, so we are claiming today as her birthday.  Fits, right?

     

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    I haven't had time to mess around with graphics to create a St.Patrick's Day greeting for you, so I am pulling up the one from 2009.  They say you have to make your own luck….done!

     

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  • Who’s a Lucky Girl?

    I've been saying it for years….even had a ring made that says it:  I'm a Lucky Girl.  And now we have one!  Yesterday we adopted a little female kitten.  She is precious – still very shy and skittish as she gets used to our home, but she is very loving and a cuddler.  We are crazy about her already.  Her name is Lucky.

     

    MW Lucky

    I didn't think I would ready for another cat this soon as we are still mourning our Winston.  But one day when I was driving in the car, sobbing to myself as I was thinking about him, a black cat ran across the street and I almost hit it.  Swerving over to the side of the road I said to myself, 'that was lucky'.  And for some reason it felt like a sign that it was time to visit the shelters and see if we might fit with a new friends, and open our hearts and our home to another black cat.  It's commonly known that black cats are the hardest to adopt out, maybe because people think they are bad luck?  I've only had two cats and they are both black.  I guess, like this bowl of jelly beans, the black ones get left behind.  Lucky for me, I love the licorice, and I will gladly invite a black cat home.  So with the help of the kind ladies of Second Chance for Animals, and the Franklin Township Animal Shelter, we brought home our girl.  They think she was born sometime in March 2012, so we are claiming today as her birthday.  Fits, right?

     

    MWblackjellybeans

     

    I haven't had time to mess around with graphics to create a St.Patrick's Day greeting for you, so I am pulling up the one from 2009.  They say you have to make your own luck….done!

     

    MWstpatricksday09

  • i love LOVE

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    A departure from talking about loving art, to talking about the art of loving.  On this calendar day when we honor and celebrate those we choose to love, I want to share our sweet boy, who gave us so much joy.  It is a sorrowful time for us and I don't mean to bring down the day by sharing this, but want to ackowledge him, and that he matters.  Blowing kisses to all of you, especially those who have embraced me at this time to share my grief in an attempt to divide it.  Thank you.  Loss is painful, but I loved loving him, and always will.  I read a quote by Hilary Stantin Zunin, "The risk of love is loss, and the price for loss is grief, but the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love."  Here's to us risk-takers, who love loving both people and the creatures who enrich our lives.  Happy Valentine's Day.

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    Sam stamp

    xoxo

     

  • i love LOVE

    MWVD

    A departure from talking about loving art, to talking about the art of loving.  On this calendar day when we honor and celebrate those we choose to love, I want to share our sweet boy, who gave us so much joy.  It is a sorrowful time for us and I don't mean to bring down the day by sharing this, but want to ackowledge him, and that he matters.  Blowing kisses to all of you, especially those who have embraced me at this time to share my grief in an attempt to divide it.  Thank you.  Loss is painful, but I loved loving him, and always will.  I read a quote by Hilary Stantin Zunin, "The risk of love is loss, and the price for loss is grief, but the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love."  Here's to us risk-takers, who love loving both people and the creatures who enrich our lives.  Happy Valentine's Day.

    MWWinstonWardrvsd

     MWWinstonWard2

    MWWinstonWard4

     

    MWWinstonWard3

     

    Sam stamp

    xoxo

     

  • collaborating

    The current issue of Somerset Studio is on the shelves.  You'll see my friend Lynne and I each swapped our regular columns to collaborate on an article:  Far Away Places.  It's a subject we love and we enjoyed exploring it with words and visuals for the publication, and we are co-hosting two workshops in Connecticut this May on the same theme.  It's going to be a wonderful experience to work together, and share our passion for making cool stuff with fellow creatives.  Come away with us!

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    See the workshop description by clicking on the sidebar link or on navigation bar on top.

    Visit Lynne's site to see more of her Far Away Places artwork, HERE.

  • collaborating

    The current issue of Somerset Studio is on the shelves.  You'll see my friend Lynne and I each swapped our regular columns to collaborate on an article:  Far Away Places.  It's a subject we love and we enjoyed exploring it with words and visuals for the publication, and we are co-hosting two workshops in Connecticut this May on the same theme.  It's going to be a wonderful experience to work together, and share our passion for making cool stuff with fellow creatives.  Come away with us!

    MWFarAwayArticle1

    MWFarAwayArticleandWorkshop

    MWFarAwayPlacesupdateblog

    See the workshop description by clicking on the sidebar link or on navigation bar on top.

    Visit Lynne's site to see more of her Far Away Places artwork, HERE.

  • party girl

    Evidence….she's One Hundred years old!  It was a terrific party – attended by aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, friends, cousins, kids, grandchildren, great grandchildren.  May we all be so lucky to live such a life!

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