Santa Fe – Road Trip

venita | July 31, 2008

So, I have been quiet for a week on my blog!  All I have been focused on is getting through our company’s re-organizations and getting to Santa Fe.  Well yesterday was D-Day.  With that said I packed up the car yesterday morning, ran about a 1,000 errands, cleaned up the essentials at the house, dropped my [...]

Girls Inc. Of Santa Fe 36th Annual Arts & Crafts Show – Aug. 2-3, 2008

venita | July 22, 2008

Well it is almost here!  I think I mentioned in one of my earlier post, that I have been accepted into the Girls Inc. of Santa Fe 36th Annual Arts & Crafts Show.  It is the first weekend in August.  And there are 250 artists that will be in the show.  You had to be [...]

Cloth Paper Scissors Epilogue: A Cup of Tea with a Bit of Cold

venita | July 22, 2008

Well alas my piece called A Cup of Tea with a Bit of Cold, did not get selected for A Cup of Tea with a Bit of Cold.  I am a bit disappointed, but that is life and the process of putting yourself and work out there for evaluation and selection.  I did get great [...]

Mixed Media Monday – A Cup of Tea with a Bit of Cold

venita | July 14, 2008

What a fascinating selection this week.  I have been working on a piece for submission to Cloth Paper Scissors.  The call is for pieces that represent “A Tea Party.”  And low and behold Mixed Media Monday selected “tea” for this week.  I think one might call that Serendipity. The piece is for my mother-in-law who [...]

Running for My Life

venita | July 12, 2008

I got up this morning with an attitude change, a significant attitude change.  Like so many of us, I have a day job.  Though stressful, it is a very cool job.  However, with that said, like so many others, we are going through downsizing, restructuring, and “right-sizing.”  And being a stress eater coupled with the [...]

Mixed Media Monday – Pretty in Pink

venita | July 7, 2008

Well I am a little late posting today.  But, I still want to share my Mixed Media Monday piece.  The theme this week is to use a singular color and all its variations.  So, I thought of my dear friend Kelly Kilmer and decided I would work in pink.  I have this great vintage image [...]

Stevie Wonder

venita | July 7, 2008

On July 1st, we went to see Stevie Wonder perform at Fiddlers Green in South Denver.  In a word, Amazing!!  He is an old school show man.  He has an amazing band with his daughter Aisha as one of the three backup singers.  The percussion was amazing.  He played an awesome set with old and [...]