 Moving Day! Be glad this photo isn't scratch and sniff!  ...first morning waking up in the new place and the kitties are exploring.
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 ...SO MANY BOXES....my studio and classroom stuff are in storage...it's kinda cray right meow. BUT, we do really love our new place, and we love being close to Hollywood Beach again- it's like having our fav beach in CA here on the east coast! I'm going to miss my studio the most. This is the first time I ever had a space outside of the home and it was the best experience. I enjoyed having a place to go to create my art, to meet with clients, hold workshops...but the best part was my artist family. I decided to throw a lil' farewell breakfast just as a thank you.  ...that's it. I'll miss you ZES! Cue Boys II Men music, 'cause it's so haaaaard to say goodbyyyyyye....y'all see where I am going. Gonna miss this place so much. I wish it could have worked out where we could stay in Gardens, but the commute to NSU is just not working and John's health is more important...plus, I will just get settled and start something new when we get to Dania Beach. So, time to move- AGAIN. The last week was a blur. I still wanted to make the most of my studio space, so I was in there every day, usually in the mornings. Had some last minute visitors, like my friends Quinn and Ricky (did an art trade!)...artist friends dropping off treasures (Thanks Teresa!) My studio for the most part was my one place of normalcy- because at home it was was boxes. John and I got in some last minute fun, like tacos and margs at Rocco's (they have one down in Fort Lauderdale, but we just love the one in PBG) I was able to fit in some morning trips to Juno Beach to watch sunrise and the cats just napped wherever there was an empty space and ignored our chaos. I kept my studio right up til the day before we moved. Not gonna lie, I was definitely sad leaving that special place. I am working on studio space down south but it might be a little bit. I hope that when I do get one it is as amazing as my spot at ZES and my artist family there.  While all of the moving stuff was going on we also family in from out town- John's sister and our nieces. They stayed down the road at Aunt Nancy's, but we were able to slip away and see them some in between bursts of packing- even got a little art time with the kiddos!  Waaaaay back when we we living in Wilmington, my Gamma Sigma Sigma sister and one of my closest friends, mailed me a box of her grandmothers old jewelry. She was sending it to me to make art with but I knew when I saw the items that I wanted to make a piece of art for HER. So I did...it took me a while, but I did. I created a fashion gal on a piece of paper and then 'draped' a little garment with some vintage lace that I painted. Then I pinned the brooches into the backing- none of the pieces are glued so they can be taken off an work, that was very important to me.    I had one extra brooch left that I just couldn't figure out how to work into the piece, so I found a small journal and used the brooch as a decoration for the cover with another piece of hand painted lace. I made this piece for her to give to her mom (it was HER mother's jewelry that Kerri sent) I was thinking this could be a book to write down prayers. Just for fun I added a few pics below from over the years. My favorite is the picture of us sitting on the steps in Brooklyn- that is her grandmother peeking through the door. She force fed us delicious homemade Italian food that day.   It's official, we made the trade so now we are in each other's art collections.  It was a little last minute, but I had several people asking me about doing some workshops so...in the middle of MOVING- I did it! I offered two workshops. Everyone seemed to have a great time! I had some requests for some workshops and I was running out of time with the move and everything but...I fit them in, and I'm so glad that I did!
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