WOOOO HOOOO!!! A Challenge!!!

Hello everybody!  I hope you have been able to join us in our grand reopening at The Art Studio!  You may have seen this, but if not, I wanted to make sure you saw it today!  I hope you play along, you can create any type artwork using our faboo logo colors, and upload your creation as described below.  I really look forward to seeing what you make!

Grand Opening - First Challenge & Prize

The Art Studio's Logo Challenge Back to topTo celebrate the Grand Opening of The Art Studio, we thought it would be fun to create artwork inspired by the colors of our logo. The turquoise, white and black were the perfect jumping off point for a variety of projects from layouts to cards and everything in between. For awesome artwork, check out our blog to see how our instructors used our logo's colors. How to Participate: Join us in The Art Studio's Challenge Group . You must register on our site to submit your artwork. Please feel free to leave love and praise for others while you're there.  The Prize: Faber-Castell goodies, including gelatos, watercolor pencils and other mixed media items. The Fine Print: All entries must be submitted by Sunday, November 11, 2012. You must have your name (or username ) clearly visible so we can contact you for more information. Please note that any prizes not claimed within 30 days will go to another randomly selected artists. Please Note: If it doesn't allow you to upload to the challenge's album (some browsers have restrictions), then please feel free to start your own album. You can add as many as you like. Just have fun, create and let us see!

WOW, 2012 is full of new things!

I had a great day today, I spent it making sushi with my family!  Well, my hubby does not like sushi, so he just watched from the sidelines.  But Cort, Jay, Cara, Kaya and I all pitched in and made some yummy sushi.  We are going to try new things in 2012, and I am soooooo happy about that.  Last year was a crazy goat rodeo of a year, in a good way most of the time, but still a wild, hang onto your hat, don't let go or look down just GO, no time for anything kind of year.  I am looking forward to getting back to crafting, sewing, scrapping, quilting, cooking, and spending fun time with my family.  I also plan to get back in the habit of becoming a regular blogger again too!  So here's to 2012 ~ YAHOO, so glad you are here!
Here are a few pics of our sushi making day ~

 Cort stirs the rice vinegar concoction into our sushi rice.

My beautiful yet silly daughter, what a ham!

Some supplies 

Sweet little Kaya wanted to help, so she had to wash her hands really well first.

scrub scrub scrub!

All clean!

Definitely a casual day!  ;)

 Look at all those yummy veggies!

Ready to start assembling!

 Jay and Cara work on creating yummy and beautiful sushi.

 Jay put wasabi paste on his sushi as soon as they were ready.

WOOOO, look at that stash of sushi!  Cort even made some of the inside out sushi, she has crazy mad sushi skills, especially for a beginner.

YUMMY!

 Look at our cutie Hollyn, she is checking everything out.  Nothing is safe from those little hands now!  :)

Our next cooking project is going to be tamales.  Cort learned how to make some recently, so she is going to be our instructor.  :)  That will be in a few weeks, I will be sure to take pics and share.  We are going to be worldly chefs before long, woooo!  This week I will be gathering boatloads of valentines fabrics from my fabric stash, as I have a few things I want to make the grandkiddies.  I hope to start on them Friday, then start SCRAPPIN again!  YAHOO!  My word, I love being able to just make stuff again.  What a wonderful wonderful feeling.  Being able to share it with people I love is another perk.  I feel truly truly blessed.  I hope you all have a blessed 2012 too!  

Have a joyful and creative week ~ Pam

A Sneak Peek

Hellllllooooooooooooooo there!  How have you all been?  Super?  Super duper?  I hope so!  I have been running around like a wild person, woooooo! Between sewing a gazillion baby items for my daughter and my etsy shop (AlaPamala we have boatloads more to upload, it will be soon, PROMISE) , and tending to my seedlings, work, and my class, I finally had a little scrappy time ~ YAHOOO!!!  It was sooooooooooo enjoyable to play with scissors, paper, and glue and other scrappy goodness!  I can't show you my project yet, because I have a guest artist blog spot on a manufacturer's blog coming up.  But I can show you a sneak peek ~

I can also tell you that it is a sparklie item, in case you can't tell from the sneak peek. :)  I also have two more projects in the works, but no sneaks to show you yet.  Stay tuned though, they will be coming in the next few weeks.  The project above will have a free and full tutorial posted when it is ready.  I will hook you up with the link, so you can create away if you wish.  OK, I better scoot now, I have to get to work.  It is going to be a busy week!  I hope you have a great week, full of joy and time to create or just enjoy spring.  Take care! 
Happy crafting ~ Pam