Workshops

Announcing ArtBLISS 2011!

Without further ado, Jeanette and I are thrilled to announce ArtBLISS 2011! Back by popular demand, ArtBLISS 2011 is going to be better than ever! With an additional day of classes, a fantastic venue, and an extraordinary line up of Instructors, you won’t want to miss the 2nd annual event this September! ArtBLISS 2011 will […]

Looking Up

Hello Wasn’t the weekend wonderful with the spring-like weather? And did you notice the flowers in bloom? I was happy to see the daffodils and cherry blossoms in full glory. With the older boys off skiing one last time with their Grandparents, Randy and I headed south to Fredericksburg to enjoy the beautiful day and […]

Metal Magic mega post!

Hello all I feel as if I’ve been in my own little bubble for days. First it was preparing for the Metal Magic workshop with Stephanie Lee, and now getting back to the “real” world and focusing on our busy schedules. What has really overshadowed my thoughts though are the recent tragic disaster in Japan, […]

Metal Magic workshop: a new class just added!

Metal Magic – the upcoming ArtBLISS retreat – just got even better! We received suggestions to offer the option for one-day workshops as well as two-day classes. We are pleased to announce that “Pipe Dreams” will be condensed to a one-day class, and the ever-popular “Junk Drawer Metalsmithing” has been added as a second one-day […]

Big Announcment: an ArtBLISS workshop featuring Stephanie Lee!

Jeanette and I are happy to kick off the ArtBLISS year with Metal Magic, workshops featuring Stephanie Lee of Semiprecious Salvage! Have you ever wanted to work with metal in a unique way, a way that revs up the imagination? Come join Stephanie Lee and ArtBLISS for two very special classes, “Handbook of Elements” and […]

ArtBLISS Inaugural Event {it was Pure Bliss!}

The ArtBLISS Inaugural Event has come and gone much too fast. My mind is reeling thinking about the weekend, and I am going to commit these wonderful days to memory. Thank you to each and every person who stepped in to the ArtBLISS world over the weekend….YOU made the event the best art retreat […]

What? Another bead-related post?

Hello friends I hope your week is off to a great start. Today flew by and I have a sneaky feeling the rest of the week will be the same. The days ’til ArtBLISS are numbered and there are many final details to tend to. There have been some last minute registrations which are wonderful […]

Fabulous Indeed!

See this hat? Seeing it sitting right there in the back of the class room on Monday morning signified that great things were going to happen. Richard Salley walked in to the class room wearing it, and taking it off meant the Fabulous Found Objects Pendant workshop would be underway soon. Right off the bat […]

Sweet Surprise

What a sweet surprise to be included in an Etsy Treasury for the first time! Sandra of Marbella Jewelry Designs created this dreamy Treasury full of blue shades. So many of my favorite desingers are included in this one. Thanks Sandra for that great surprise! Tonight I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Salley for dinner along […]