Summer fun...and I finally got to meet my ART SISTER!

Blog?  Schmog!

Okay...haven't updated my blog in 20 days...but it IS my summer break- and I have been enjoying it.  

Plus, for some portion of that time I was deep in the mountains of North Carolina with no Wifi and NO CELL PHONE SIGNAL.

Yup, I was 'roughing it'.

(Left) Seriously- look there in the background, that lil' cabin....that's where we stayed. Not a lick of wifi or cell phone signal or lights once it got dark...yikes! (Right) Might as well take a walk down a dirt road with my niece, since we are down on the farm

While we were that far out west, we decided to head on over to Nashville...and I finally got to meet the fabulous Cassie Stephens- and deliver her some copies of the lastest Art Hive Magazine,
'cause she's in it! (I would know, I did the interview!)

Meeting Cassie in person...kinda wasn't a thing because it was like I was meeting up with an old friend, which confused both of our husbands when they found out this was our first time meeting in person- they thought we have known each other for years!  Ha, we sure fooled them!
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No big deal, just sharing this article about this amazing art teacher from TN with...wait a minute...

...and while I am thinking about it,  a BIG SHOUTOUT to www.stellabluephoto.com for the super fun-colorful-fabulous-amazing photos of Cassie featured in the interview!

In honor of Cassie's DIY recently retired crayon shoes, I decided to honor her design skills in my daily art- and I sketched those shoes as my daily art and gave'em to her.  (she already has them up in her classroom art gallery- I feel so honored, that is my second piece!)
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(Left) Me, artin' at the Harris boys place in Nashville, not pictured, Bella the pup- she was my studion assistant. (Middle) Cassie's DIY shoes and my sketch of 'em (Right) Cassie with her new art

While in Nashville, John and I  decided to take an impromptu trip to Louisville, because...well, just because.  Oh, and Justin came with us #RoadTrip

This was by far the best 'temporary studio' set up of my entire trip. 
John booked a great room overlooking the river and I basically took over one of the big ol' windows.

​And that is basically it.  Summer, man- I love it.

The first week I was getting adjusted to my new non-schedule for the next couple of months.  Then we did the extended road trip.  And now we're back, and I am getting back to my non-schedule.  I usually plan tons of stuff to do in the summer because I am a busy body like that...but not this time, and I gotta say...it's pretty great!