Faerie Enchantment

A Spring Tea Party in NJ
Serendipity is an accidental chance, occurance, for me that happens alot lately, being at the right place at the right time, all by chance, that's how I meet all the wonderful people I know, ever here of the Kevin Bacon theory, well it makes perfect sense when you live in NJ, or come from NJ, LOL!

This is how I will start off my latest post, Serendipity. I went to Tinsel Trading end of February 2008 to drop of class samples and met Charlotte Lyons and Meleen Dupree that day, both told me of a wonderful event called Silver Bella which would be held in November. Well I pondered the idea, and went for it, and I'm glad I did, I met my artful idol again that weekend: Mary Engelbreit, Many fab blogger, flickr and Faerie Zine friends and new ones. In my last class of the event, I sat at the best art table ever, here I met a fellow NJ-ite: Geralyn Grey, boom a friendship was born, I mean we were both in Omaha from NJ, From beginning to end Serendipity, Without that visit to Tinsel Trading to meet my buddy Terri, I might never have made it to Silver Bella, and met the bella's or Geralyn and there for might not have been at a fabulous Tea Party in NJ and have met some new friends, this past Sunday.


Geralyn Grey http://greetingsfromgeralyn.blogspot.com/
decided to host an artful tea party, planning this the day she came back from Silver Bella back in November, after months of thought and planning, this wonderful event entitled: A Spring Tea Partycame together on Sunday March 8 at her home in South Jersey, which is only about an 1hr and 15 minutes from my house, if I didn't get a bit lost, due to map quest, LOL.
At 12pm, I gathered my supplies, collage cds, atc's and Geralyn's Tiara (all hostess with the regal mostess must have a Tiara), Oh and picked up my mom, then headed for Geralyn's for a day of Tea Time Magic!

OMG is all I can say when I pulled onto her cozy and warm street, its beautiful, I want to move to the shore now, and when I walked inside, I entered Tea Time Bliss, with wonderful and talented people such as Geralyn herself, Marlene, Kecia, Zandra, Debbie, Debby (2 debs) and others, it was wonderful!


Geralyn made Baked Brie and Gourmet crackers, Quiche, Fruit Salad, and these Bear claws which sat in front of me and one by one disappeared into my mouth, LOL, they were so good, as were the other goodies and the scrumptious artful cupcakes.

It was such a great day, we were chatting, sharing ideas and experiences, trading ATC's, Indulging on what inspires us, basically letting each other in on who we are, giving a bit of ourselves, all over tea, coffee, goodies, it was An Artful Spring Soiree.

In the group photo above you can see the magic of the day, by the time of this photo a few gals had set sail, but pictured here is: Kecia, Marlene, Joan, Me, Geralyn, Zandra and Debbie.
In this picture is The amazing Kecia
http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com/ can I just say, beyond amazing, she is just incredibly talented, her works can be seen all over and at shows throughout the country, just look at that necklace she is wearing, is it not brilliant? Kecia is a big supporter of fellow artists and I'm so glad she lives right here in NJ, if you aren't familiar with her works, please visit her blog, you might not leave.
Now just look at this woman is she not the best, I mean one of the sweetest woman I've met to date, My goodnes, just love her, let me introduce her, her name is Marlene-Bee Serendipitous http://queenbeeofcreativity.blogspot.com/ and she is my new friend. Everything that came out of her mouth brought smiles to both my mom's face and mine. She is incredibly talented and beyond wonderful, please check out her wonderful blog and meet Marlene as well. By the way check out this next picture, its her hat, that she wore, pure vintage eye candy.


In this photo is the amazing Zandra, whose ATC's were gorgeous, I have mine sitting on my desk right now. Zandra and Geralyn scrapbook together on many of Sunday's, I can imagine the loads of fun they have. Zandra was so sweet and like the others extremely talented, she was ready for the soiree, complete with here fabulous Parisian Hat. I so wished I brought one of my hats to wear, next time I will. Debbie my seating partner to my left was wonderful too, we had so much fun, sharing stories and fun. Her ATC's were beautiful as well, Geralyn, Debbie and I will be trading ATC's in the next week or two, and I have one for Kecia which I'll be bringing to my class this Sunday at SVAC http://www.artcenternj.org/ http://www.artcenternj.org/ Here is a photo of me signing my book, too funny. In this photo I can see I need some hair highlights quick, LOL, Then again some celebrities are making this look a new fashion trend, Uhm, I think I like that trend! LOL!

My Mom Joan, is my best friend, Love that woman, she is truly a special force in my life and I enjoy spending time with her, she loves art, tea and makes jewelry herself in a vintage and romantic way. You can see her fabulous chic pieces on her etsy store at: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6390013 My mom is currently celebrating her Birthday Today, March 10. Last night her friends, Glenny and I took her to dinner for some fun.



Let me say That Geralyn Grey is a beyond words wonderful artist, whose talent goes beyond paper and paste, it extends into baking, tea and parties. She hosted a fabulous Tea Party Event, which re-newed friendships and started new ones, it brightened up a March Day and let in loads of Magic and Artful Joy!
Xo!
Lisa!