It's official!

We're on our way! Well not literally yet.

I'm sure you've noticed the sound of crickets here on my blog for quite some time. I've missed blogging but haven't had much to say or share for a long while. My studio has been packed up for months! Well we have been diligently working on fixing up/staging our house to get it on the market. Today was the day it was officially listed. Nervous? A bit. Excited? Yes! We're moving back to sunny Florida and we are super excited! We've lived in Upstate NY for the last 6 years but things changed rapidly for us. Most of my family up and left town and either moved to Seattle, WA or various places in FL within the last 4 months. I have one sibling who will still be in the area with his family and it's going to be so strange for us all to be missing. I am sad to leave them and my sweet niece and nephew. Getting together is going to require much coordination on all ends once we're all in our new places.

Change can be good but it's also been hard. Hard to leave loved ones and hard to say goodbye to friends. NY was a fun ride while it lasted. I watched my brothers get married, I learned how to ride a motorcycle, have my license, owned my own bike, have traveled to NYC numerous times on whims, bought our first house, had a baby, became an aunt, found my passion in art and even exhibited locally and in NYC, made new friends, enjoyed seasons and so much more. I will NOT miss slush, snow, taxes, our dinky little mall, the crazy Quebec drivers, the lack of healthy restaurants. I know we were hear for the right season and we're moving on to a new one. Pray for us on this new journey, wish us luck as well. When we're all settled again I will FINALLY unpack my studio and begin creating again! I miss it!!!

XOXO

New Traditions

Hello Blogland!

Sorry I've been MIA for the last few weeks. It's been a whirlwind! I had a friend visiting for a week at the beginning of the month then a few days after that we were in FL for 10 days!! I haven't really created much lately. I wanted you to know that I hope to get back into the swing of things soon! I did manage to create a little piece while down in Florida. Actually the highlight of my trip was creating art with my beautiful sisters-in-law Jenny & Jessica. We have started a new tradition! We raided the local Michael's and grabbed some paint, canvases and extra goodies and went to town!! I was so shocked and amazed at how fast their art came together. I brought a few of my mixed media tools with me and showed them some techniques and they were off and running with it!! Here are the pieces we created! It was so fun!!

Jenny is going to be doing a triptych this is the middle piece.

Jessica created this all with her fingers! She used a quote from
Sir Francis Bacon,

“It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.”

my little piece

I will be revealing my 3rd challenge piece for Project 52 in a few days!! Get ready for that!! :) Now off to do a bit of raking with my sweet little munchkin!!

Happy Fall Y'all!

Spontaneous Getaway!

The Wheaton Kissy Face Pose - we're starting Lo early

Hi all,

Life has been very crazy for my family this past year and we decided we would try to go to Florida to visit with J's family and his visiting family from CA and TX. We looked up tickets to go and lo and behold (hear the heavenly choir singing?) we purchased tickets for $29 each way!! Our RT tickets were $60! INSANE!!! How could we resist at those prices! So we just got back from FL for a week vacation full of fun places, lots of swimming, family and friends!! I know I've been missing in action for quite some time but I hope this post will keep you coming back! I still haven't recouped from my Nana's passing, my art mojo seems to have left with her. I hope it comes back soon. I need my creativity, it's what has gotten me through the last rough year. I'm happy to say things at home are back to normal and we are all a happy family again and this vacation really showed that to me. We had a wonderful time down there and didn't want to come back to NY. Some of the highlights were, Downtown Disney, stay at a B & B in St. Pete overnight, Sea World, Butterfly Encounter and daily swimming!!! Lorelei got to play with her 2 cousins, aunties and uncles and friends. I can't wait to go back possibly in the Fall. Here are some photos of the trip! And please if you've seen my art mojo BRING IT BACK TO ME!!!!

Sea World waiting for the dolphins

Here they are!

La Veranda B & B in St. Pete - Great Place!!!

Lo and I feeding butterflies

Lots of hugs!

Back from Florida

Guess where this is ;)

Hi all,

It's been awhile. I was hoping to blog while on vacation in FL but that just didn't happen. Our schedule was nutso!! Visiting family and friends and of course a random theme park or 2 or 3. We had a wonderful Christmas hope you all had a wonderful holiday season as well. We arrived back home last night, now to pick up where we left off. I've missed all my blogging buddies and readers. I'm missing the warm days and visits to parks and the almost daily walk my toddler wanted to go on outside. The sun is out here today but it's super windy and cold so no walks for us. :(

Here are a few shots from our trip!

Sea World waiting for Shamu's entrance.

At the Portofino Bay Hotel I stayed there with my BFF.

Mall of Millenia with Lorelei

Our last day :( Breakfast with most of the fam.