Art Is You, The Next Post in Wonderland!
After a wonderful night out, we were all exhausted and headed for bed. Terri, Mom and I all shared a room, and we get along great, which made for a wonderful sleep. In the morning, we all headed for breakfast to meet Pam, Billie and Janet for our fabulous buffet breakfast, I stuck to the scrambled eggs and fruit.
During breakfast I finally was able to meet Beverly, we had been playing phone and email tag for weeks, she is incredible and lives in South Jersey, not to far from me, we are meeting up again in a few weeks.Once breakfast was finished Pam had to get down to her class room to teach and the other girls were off to classes or to their vending booths, I on the other hand was off to set up my display and books for my book signing, under the grand gazebo, Now I was really going to feel like the Queen of Hearts or Queen Alice, I'll appoint my mom the other Queen, lol! Plus she was going to set up a preview of her new jewelry she had been working on the past few months. http://auroratique.blogspot.com/
Mom's JewelryMom's Jewelry 2I choose to keep in the Queen of Hearts colors w/pinks, reds, golds, silvers, etc., to compliment my artwork on display and my books. This year I'm getting more and more into a creamy, yet bright candyland color palette I have often referred to as Cupcake Chic, which is a name I have given to this color mix and style that I have been working in. Its a mix of storybook vintage, 50's pastel and modern bright, and everything sugary and sweet in between, LOL!I dressed the dress forms in pinks and creamy magenta's. They material I used was lightweight pale pink vinyl table ruffles and lightweight vinyl creamy magenta party table cloths, when mixed w/glitter, beautiful ribbons, jewels, and tulle, you can get some wonderful and enchanting results. I headed to the dollar store for the table cloths and ruffles, cost me under $5 for 2 sets each w/tax, alot less expensive then yards of fabric, tulle or crinilon. Once you dress it up it looks like beautiful and you can recycle the vinyl cloths later on for another dress form, for a table cloth, apron, funky curtain, fabric books, etc.Kecia, Me and Keith


Now I was set up for all to see and buy, the books were ready to be wisked away and that they were, before and after the luncheon I was greeted by friends and made new ones sharing stories and projects they made or want to make from the book. Hearing their joy filled me with so much magic which is amazing.During the luncheon Sallianne and Ellen displayed a beautiful memory photo slide show, mentioned the event, the instructors and introduced me, I turned red and pink, lol! At our table we shared wonderful stories and ideas. Once dessert hit, everyone ate and headed again to their classes or vendor booths, it was an Enormous Mad Tea Party w/amazing guests, now it was off to visit the wonderland guests heading to the booth.
My mom held the fort, lol, her own stories, personal experiences and making new friends, many at the event remarked on her artful wares and purchased some to wear, Sallianne's Mom and My Mom became instant friends, I think when my mom goes to Australia, she might stay for a long time, lol, its one of her dreams to visit there, she especially loves the accents too, lol.


I took some pics of the vendor faire, check these images out:Dime Store DazeKecia's BoothPam's BoothNavel Jelly StudiosThe Raffle
During the day their was a raffle to win goodies, I won something and was keeply blown away, it was a piece from Pam Huntington, I love love love it, there were so many things you could in, it was wonderful and I'm happy I won Pam's artwork. But it gets even better, so I walk down to Pam's classroom w/Cyndi to visit and what does Pam do, but surprise me with a gift, yep, a gift in the coolest box w/a vintage crepe paper doll/ornament and vintage glitter houses, yep, I almost fainted, amazing.
The Box my goodies came in

My goodies from Pam!

Here are some pics from Pam's Class:Pam's ClassJane in Pam's Class

Each and every guest made me feel loved and adored, I can't say enough, I want to thank Sallianne and Ellen for having me at the event, the attendees for welcoming me, my dinner buddies: Janet, Billie, Cathy, Linda, Terri, Pam, Janette, Jane, and Kecia for the amazing company, all we did was laugh and eat, and be serenaded, lol, if you have the chance come and visit the girls at Art-Is-You!

Hope you enjoyed my adventure!

xoxo!
Lisa!

To view more photos of this event click here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonfaires16/sets/72157622472473713/

Through the Looking Glass at Art-Is-You!

This past weekend I chased the rabbit down the rabbit hole to Wonderland in Cromwell, CT at Art-is-You http://www.art-is-you.com/ hosted by Ellen Legare and Sallianne McClelland. On the way to Wonderland Mom and I drove through the beautiful fall folliage of NJ, NY and CT, taking in the autumn colors of rich reds, spicey pumpkins and golden yellows as we drove, taking a pit stop at the amazing Tazza Cafe in Armonk, NY, such a cute little country town already joining in the spirit of autumn. Tazza had the best Hawaiian Coconut Coffee and Cupcakes I have had in awhile, so big and delicious, you can find Tazza at: http://www.tazzacafeny.com/

Once we re-refueled our hunger, we were off and driving to our final stop: Art-Is-You! We pulled up to the front of the hotel, grabbed parking and headed inside. The day was shining bright my books were delivered and we made it there in good time...Now where was that Vendor Faire, a girl loves to shop and see old friends, so Mom and I made our way to the vendor area, and found a feast for the eyes, fabulous vendors and artisans with amazing artful wares and supplies. I knew off the bat this was going to be like a treasure hunt and it was. I tried to purchase goodies from each booth, but couldn't make it to all of them, just so many wonderful wares.

Some of the vendors included:

Altered Arts Magazine http://www.alteredarts.com/

Dimestore Daze http://www.dimestoreemporium.com/

Pamela Huntington http://www.pamelahuntington.com/

Collage Closet http://www.collagecloset.com/

Navel Jelly Studio http://www.naveljellystudios.com/

Flatwoods Folk Art http://www.flatwoodsfolkart.com/

Lemoncholy's http://www.lemoncholys.com/

Artistic Artifacts http://www.artisticartifacts.com/

ArtGirls http://www.artgirlz.com/

Paverpol USA http://www.paverpolusa.com/
Just to name a few of the fabulous vendors, to see more, visit the Art is You Website!

After chatting and shopping with old and new friends, and finally getting to meet Eileen Grobeck aka Cookala, who I think is AMAZING, I settled in the room and relaxed w/Mom, Suze and Lenny for a bit, we re-grouped and all headed back down stairs to make dinner plans, after a bit we headed to Tomaso's Italian restaurant, a short driving distance away in attendance was: Terri, Pam, Linda, Kathy, Janette, Janet, Billie, Joan, Kecia, Jane, and Myself and boy was ir quite an evening, when it was all said and done, we were there for close to 4 hours waiting for our dinners, LOL, must have been really homemade from Italy, LOL. But the highlight of the entire night was when we were serenaded by 2 musicians, the first signing: That's Amore, to all of us and when asked what the special occasion was my jokester mother sweetly replied its Janet's Birthday, well all laughter broke loose, who would of expected her to come out with that, lol, Janet nearly fell over, it was hysterical, a nice ending to a wonderful night.

Now it was off to bed and un-wind for the big day tommorrow, stay tuned.....