I am doing some Top Secret art making for a proposed magazine article. And Top Sectret means...well? hm.

Instead I give you this:

Cuteness.

So this weekend I am going away for three nights and four days to a Yoga Retreat. A yoga dance retreat, no less. I will be without Internet connection, gasp! Hooray! This is the Hoot!

Now for the Toot(s):

So now, I have a facebook fan page set up and what to do with it? I am going to start talking snippets of inspiration and daily thoughts on art making. They will be quick, they will have lots of links and will encourage you to expand. I hope you will book mark it and follow me there too. When I get back from my...YOGA RETREAT!!! I am going to post a creative challenge over there. I am not going to talk up the fan page much here. Now and again but this will be the last of it for a while.

And I would like to let folks know of upcoming classes that I will be teaching. I would love to meet you and have the opportunity to work together creatively. I love to teach and am passionate about enabling you to learn.

International Quilt Festival Chicago
April 16-18, 2010
Lecture and Pretty Purses and Small Works, Big Impact

I cannot link directly to these classes (bummer) because you need to create an account and look at the catalog. But this event is fast approaching and I would love to FILL these classes.

Art and Soul
May 20-24, 2010
Soy Wax with Paint and Inspired Journaling, every-single-day!

I am excited about this event because I will be embracing the mixed media side of my creative approach and teaching a class on journaling and Soy Wax with paints! yum.

So, while I am away, know that I will miss you but that I will be having fun and hope you will too.

And, well, if I am going to toot my own horn perhaps I will also give a shout for Alma Stoller's Paynes Grey Portraits online workshop. I really like Alma and her style. Her use of layering is right up my alley.

Give away alerts?

Head over to Lyric Kinards blog and help her to name her newsletter. She will be giving away some notecards.

Jane LaFazio is giving away one of her DVD's! Check her out.

When you click over there, please say hello for me.