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Week At A Glance.....In Photos.....

Last Week:

Friday night BLISSFEST!!

  

The Hostess, Kim Alber Domestic Bliss and Me:

  

 

Tricia Vintage Bliss and Michelle Mosaic Queen:

 

Suzi and her handsome hubby in some of my favorite new tee shirts

u2rblessed

 

Me (in piggy tails) and my girlfriend Maria The Junk Drawer

 

My delicious house guests Sherry Glamarella Junk and Joy Vintage Rabbit:

  

 

 The Big Saturday Event:

My Homegirl Tara Frey, author of Blogging For Bliss:

  

My local peeps Liz and Minnie:

 

Christmas is coming at Domestic Bliss!

 

 

Tara and her charming hubby Larry, in town for Tara's book signing at the event:

  

SATURDAY NIGHT,

Dinner at my house and cupcakes to celebrate Tricia and Michelle's birthdays...

  

 

Some of the girls:

Deb, Linda, Michelle, Liza, Tricia, Whitney and Mary sitting on the floor

 

   

The Goods:

By Dyanna Cooley

  

havaianas flip flops that have been embellished (come in so many colors!)

 

cuff and ring

 

embellished pitcher for my makeup brushes

A beautifully crafted wreath by Joy:

 

From Glamarella Junk:

  

Vintage bank deposit bag ottoman

Pillows!!!!

 

 

  

Birds by Michelle Mosaic Queen:

 

 

Michelle also made the mosaic cross necklace I am wearing (in my studio)

 

THIS WEEK......

 

SILVER BELLA 2009

I'll be reporting from Omaha....

 

  

What's Up in My World.....

Nick had his Homecoming dance on Halloween Night:

  

Had this lovely print of Josephine (with Napoleon wrapped around her little finger) framed:

  

I won this beauty from LaDonna and here it is framed:

 

Made this ring with a vintage cabachon and vintage beads I found at the French General in LA:

  

Forgot to share these photos from my Terri Brush Design workshop with the Melrose Vintage gals:

  

There's Terri "instructing" us

 

Terri and her lovely assistants

 

I sat with this fabulous girl who designs the beautiful tee shirts she and I are wearing.  I loved hers so much I bought the same in a green PLUS the one I am wearing.  Yes, I look shit faced tired becasue I was) .  Check out her cool tees at www.u2rblessed.com.  They are delicious!

I made these cupcakes with a "Sprinkles" mix I bought at Williams Sonoma- yummy pumpkin with Saucy's own cream cheese frosting:

  

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

My dear girlfriend Tamerie has finally opened her own etsy shop featuring her fine sewn items- please check her out:

  

A Little of This That and The Other.

Arizona Blogger's Luncheon

Last Friday my new blog friend Marty invited me to join her and some other Arizona bloggers for lunch at Gooseberries Tea Room in Phoenix  :

  

The girls

 

Marty and Olivia

 

My yummy sandwich

 

   

 

A speical surprise....my LA girlfriend Karen!  We were so surprised to see each other!  She drove in from LA to see one of the bloggers who was in town from Wisconson!

 

  

Several of the girls brought yummies to share

 

 Jamie, Char and Liz...

 

That's my local gal pal Laura Ingalls Gunn.... 

I hope to see all my Arizona Peeps at this wonderful event this weekend:

  

 

 

 

More About Me.....

My sweet girlfriend Scrappy Jessi gave me this award- thank you Jessi I think you ROCK!

  

I have to answer these questions:

Where is your cell phone? in my bra

Your hair? dark brown

Your mother?  Beloved

Your father? happy

Your favorite food? Seafood

Your favorite drink? coffee- Rockstar roasted light vanilla

Your dream last night? I slept soundly!

What room are you in? my studio

Your hobby? so many!

Your fear? death of my loved ones 

Where do you want to be in 6 years? growing old with Al watching our children begin their lives as adults 

Where were you last night? in and out dropping off and picking up teens 

Something that you aren't? skinny

Muffin?english 

Wish list item? new ugg boots 

Where did you grow up? Foxboro MA and Newtown PA

What are you wearing? sweats and a tee 

Your TV? ipod is playing

Your pets?Scout, Lois, Remy, Pepper and Biscuit 

Friends? love them all

Your life? blessed

Your mood?content

 Missing someone? my mommy 

Vehicle?Mercedes

Something you aren't wearing? jewelry

Your favorite store? Nordstroms

Favorite color? red, orange blue.....

When was the last time you laughed?

 5 minutes ago

Last time you cried? last night (movie)

Your best friend? I'm blessed many times over

One place you go to over and over? Kim Caldwell's events, Silver Bella, Art Unraveled

One person who emails you regularly?  I'm with Jessi- Hungry Girl is very consistent!

Now, here are 6 blogs I love to visit:

Sasha Libby~ Saucy's Sprinkles

Kelly Snelling ~ Soul Humming

Rebecca Brooks~ Recurda Mi Corazon

Pilar Pollack ~ Pip Notes

Nancy Jamar ~ Gilding the Lily

Tricia Samsal~ Vintage Bliss

What I Made:

  

Two velvet pumpkins from a pattern I got at Olive Juice & Co.

And I adore this bracelet I made using the techniques I learned from Terri Brush workshops:

 
 
And I loved mine so much I had to buy one of Terri's:

  

And each day Terri gave us one of her crystal necklaces:
 

And I had to buy this wonderful Halloween pendent from Terri:

 

My friend Amy made this and presented it to me as a thank you gift.  I LOVE it Amy thank you!

 
 
 

 

And it gets even Better.....

Day 2 of my Terri Brush Design workshop was productive, but I had to sneak Amy out for a little shopping here:

  

 

Ourl ovely hosts for this event, Dianne and Wendy,  own this delicious store located at 4238 N 7th Avenue right here in Phoenix!  Here's just a taste of what's inside:

  

 

This is what I made:

  

Above is the front.

 

 And this is the back.

We also had time to make a dimensional pendant shaped in a triangle.  The colors in the photo aren't true...it's a rich brown ribbon:

  

 

Today is day 3 so I'll report back tomorrow!

Is It Always About The Food??????

Well, yes.......

Started my FABULOUS Terri Brush Design workshop yesterday and look at lunch..

  

 

And Day One started with this box of goodies including a necklace for each one of us from Terri!!

 

And I  made all of this!!!!!

 

 

The week before class I worked on jewelry and these little pretties I love making so much:

  

And I also made a few jumbo sized:

 

My Fairytale Pumpkin:

  

It's gigantic, and kind of ugly which makes is so cool!!

My friend Amy arrived safely, and I am running off now to dress for Day 2 of our workshops!!