Working on getting my holiday class schedule set up both for my Meet Up group and at Cranberry Hill. Hard to get in the Christmas sitting in a heat wave but we do have to plan ahead. The washi paper pendants will be a class for my Meet Up group. It's a super easy class and the results are amazing. The only hard thing is tracking down all the parts. There isn't a date yet for the class, so I will post once it's confirmed.
It's been many many years since I've been camping using a tent and sleeping on the ground. We did a lot of tent camping when my kids where little and then moved up to a vintage trailer, Miss Pinkie. I didn't get the camping gear in the divorce but overall never really missed it. This weekend I will be joining my son and his friends on a camping trip to go abalone diving. Sadly Annie has to stay home with her favorite babysitter. Looking forward to being back outdoors and sitting around the campfire.
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
Working on getting my holiday class schedule set up both for my Meet Up group and at Cranberry Hill. Hard to get in the Christmas sitting in a heat wave but we do have to plan ahead.
