Last week was all about my inner word geek... that one got some people talking. It was interesting to me to use my brain in that way. This week, after finalizing my videos for my online course and getting them all transferred over to my lovely hostess with the mostess, Gail Schmidt all I want to do is play! I wanna look at bright colors and twirl around like a goof ball and laugh loud and hard and long!
This week's prescription was filled by a fellow Creative Workshops member who happens to be local! We hooked up on Gail's site and decided that we MUST get together! I brought along my side kick and fellow adventurer, Steph Jordan and headed for California's original capitol... Benicia!
Check out the fun we had!
Port of Benicia
No sooner had we arrived when Carrie shop owner of Hip Chick Deisgns was pulling down a tutu for Steph to slip into...
Inside Hip Chick herself is using her special tutu retrieving tool!
You can see why we call this Lady "Diva" she's so shy!
That's me hiding behind the flash!
Give Steph a tutu and some sunshine and she'll sing for you and skip, too!
Carrie knows how and where to rock a tutu!
Besides being a shop owner, Carrie is an artist, too! Photography and Acrylic Paintings often have a tutu!
Pet Portraits by Carrie!
How about this one Carrie? Its got it all tutu and beloved pet!
This is Delilah Ann Josephine!
Its a pleasure to have an adventure, its double fun when you bring a friend along... TRIPLE fun when you make a new friend along the way!
If you've been playing along you probably saw this silliness last week:
Well, This course is hosted by Creative Workshops gets under way on March 1, 2011. But here's the GREAT news! it will be ongoing which means that you can sign up any time, download the materials list and get going. You can start right where you are! I'll be accessible for questions in a room set up just for us! To sign up head on over to Creative Workshop's store front Shabby Cottage Studio and get ready to have some fun!
In this course we will make four 2D projects and learn to capture our whimsies and wist within glass and metal. We will use images that tickle our fancy and old lace and ribbon that remind us of all the details we love to touch.
You will be inspired to come up with your own ideas for what you'll solder next.
I have a playful approach which makes its safe to play and relax so that you can really take in all that I'll be teaching you about the tools and the techniques employed in the art of soldering.
Each lesson is set up to stand on its own so even if you have never soldered before I will show you all of the tools that I use as well as others that I don't so that you can draw your own conclusions.
Typically in a live class I come with my samples all set with the collage already to go. You'll get a chance to watch me go through the process of choosing collage elements and actually putting together each artwork... something that I never have time to actually do during a live class.
But you will miss all the fun of my singing and dancing during class... sorry :)
Things that past students have said:
That Julee sure is a good dancer! ;) Anonymous – Just kidding...
Here's a real testimonial:
"Taking a class from Julee Herrmann is like playing with Tinkerbell on Neverland! She is effervescent, amazingly talented, and a fantastically patient teacher who generously shares her pixie-dust-creativity with everyone! I wish I could be her shadow and play everyday!!" ~ Lynne L.
With the help of my friends and family and he encouragement of mentors along the way I have gotten to this little ole place... many many many artists have gotten here before me and a whole 'nuther load are coming with me and hopefully, with any luck my job will become something that is just common and a known necessity.
So I took them up on the help and now I get to play with girls in Texas or Pennsylvania, Austria or San Diego, CA oh and Boys are allowed to play, too... I'm an equal opportunity to entertainer :)
Now its time to dream a bigger dream, wouldn't you say? mmmm what's next... How about teaching in Bali? Paris? oooooh I know! Italy....
Now Let's get OUR CRAFT on!!! (see how that's different?) ;)
