Mosaic Shoe

Love my mosaic shoe!  Heidi Borchers taught this amazing class in her awesome studio filled with all kinds of tiles, beads, baubles...you name it she had it.  My inspiration was my grandparents China that was broken many years ago and has been hanging around taking up space.  I am thrilled to have preserved the heirloom and created a work of art in the process.  

Sea Glass Jewelry Workshop

The students made amazing wire wrapped sea glass jewelry tonight!  Come learn how at www.CreativeMeTime.com

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Mixed Media Retreat on the Beautiful Coast of California

Creative Me Time

Mixed Media Retreat

October 17-19

Cambria, California

Yes, that's right, an entire weekend getaway filled with exciting creative workshops, delicious meals, a goodie bag, the beautiful Pacific Ocean, and more relaxation than you'd think possible. Come join the fun - it's a weekend all about YOU!

Classes, Classes & More Classes

Yay!  Heidi Borchers is debuting her Starbucks Cups Mixed Media Masterpiece!  She's been asked for years to share her technique and we're lucky enough to be in the first class!  You'll be amazed at the art you create using Starbucks cups under the guidance of Heidi, who's been an artist all her life. You can leave your piece natural or paint to fit your decor. This is going to be a smashing good time!

Lana and Sloane Simmons from EZScreenPrint, will show how really easy screen printing is - it only takes 60 seconds exposure to the sun to make the screen!  You'll screen print three projects including the Amazingly Fast & Easy Screen Print Wall Art, a tote bag, a tile coaster and take home the supplies to create even more!

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!  The For the Love of Chocolate class features yummy gourmet chocolate tasting from The Joycup Co. and we'll carry on our theme by decorating a colorful container for your own chocolate stash.  Joan'sgathering trinkets, baubles and doodads from her travels and bringing tons of items from her studio for you to personalize your container.

Succulents are so popular and shoes, well, we all LOVE shoes.  Joan Martin Feecombined the two and came up with an adorable Shoe Succulent Garden using a super easy decoupage process. While the glue is drying,  we'll make lovely Herbal Hand Scrubs, all perfect gifts for the holidays.

There's one more class, but it's a TOP SECRET SURPRISE!  You'll have to wait until Sunday morning of the retreat to find out!

Imagine an entire weekend of doing what you want to do...Details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Chocolate Tasting and Creative Chocolate Class

 

EZScreenPrint class on how to make stencils with only 60 seconds of exposure to the sun and then make three projects including this wall art.

We're going to have a smashing good time in Heidi Borchers Starbucks Mixed Media Masterpiece.  Can you see the details in the artwork using all things Starbucks?

Shoe Love and Garden Love - The Gifts from the Garden workshop features a super easy decoupage technique to apply words and pictures then while the glue dries we make herbal sugar hand scrubs then it's time to plant the Succulent Shoe Garden!

 

More details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com  

You deserve an entire weekend of Creative Me Time!

Free Bowling for Kids

Bowling is an awesome way for the entire family to have fun and exercise together.  Now through Labor Day kids under 15 can bowl two games for free every day.  Visit kidsbowlfree.com to find and register at participating bowling alleys.

San Luis Obispo Mini Maker Faire

Come join the fun on Saturday, May 10th from 11-3 in Mission Plaza.  Heidi Borchers and I will be there showing you how to make bread dough and you get to create a bread dough rose.  It's FREE!

Small Servings

I love collecting small cute bowls for single serving size snacks

Shrinky Dinks Butterfly Necklace

Back in the Aleene's days I was known as the Shrink-It Queen.  I saw a post on Mark Montano's page recently where he made a beautiful butterfly necklace using Shrinky Dinks and clip art.  I made his version now I need to make one using photos from my recent trip to Butterfly Wonderland.

Indoor Blueberries

I turned my back...I've had my blueberry bush indoors the last couple of weeks so that I could maybe get to eat a few berries.  I had my sliding door open, went into the kitchen to do something and came back into the living room to a bluejay stealing the goodies then flapping around the room trying to get out.  Hope it didn't leave me any little gifts!

Green Breakfast

Yummy zucchini pancakes made with zukes from my garden topped with amazing avocados from my neighbors yard!!!  

Smoothie Medley

A friend gave me some nectarines, plums and peaches.  I put a little of each in a freezer

bag for a delicious smoothie once summer is gone.

Celebrate everyday

It's been a sad week with the loss of two family members.  So, when I received a message from a friend from one of my former lives that she and her husband were going to be in town I looked forward to their visit.  She mentioned they were celebrating her birthday early so I went into The Party Girl mode.  I knew I had zucchini in my garden so I whipped up some yummy zucchini cupcakes.  I can't do ordinary so I got out a tiered server, added paper crinkles and some flowers from my yard to make the little celebration special.  Don't wait for a special day do a little something out of the ordinary everyday!

Day of Bounty

I finished my day off with fresh green beans from my garden and a ramekin filled with a juicy peach cobbler.  From a zucchini scramble for breakfast to a peach smoothie for lunch it was a scrumptious day!!!  

California Bounty Day!

I got this idea to make all my meals today from local fruits and vegetables.

Breakfast was a scramble made with zucchini from my garden, tomatoes from my friends ranch and peaches a friend got

in Fresno.

Can't wait to see what's for lunch!

California Bounty Day

What's for lunch?  Peach smoothie with some leftover plum juice from my canning jam.  See that lonely blueberry?  The birds obviously get up earlier than me so my potted blueberry plant now sits in my living room.  Enjoy the summer bounty wherever you live!

Fruits of My Labor

Have you ever made sugar free applesauce?  It's super simple.  Are you ready for the recipe?  Apples and water - that's it!

I use eating apples because they are naturally sweeter.  Peel  and core the apples.  If you have a wedge corer/slicer it speeds up the process.  Place inpot and add a little water.  Cook until desired consistency, adding water as necessary.  You're done!  At this point, you can eat it, freeze it or can it following instructions with the jars.  This way you know what you're eating!!!

Healthy BBQ Pizza for Kids!

Thanks Sheknows.com for sharing our healthy bbq pizza idea on your site!

www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1007689/its-pizza-party-time

Kids' Cooking Contest

Cook-off Contest

It's that time of year - fruits and vegetables are amazing and they kids might be getting a little antsy as summer winds down.  Have fun making a healthy dinner and keeping the kiddos having fun!

What You'll Need

• Two sets of ingredients
• Timer

 How to Play!

Set the timer and let the fun begin!  When the preparing is all over, it's time for a taste test.

Look up, look down, look all around

Get out, explore and see what you find!

I Don't Want To or I Can't Do It!

Jack LaLanne Website

How many times have you heard that little negative voice in your head ?  It happened to me this morning but I powered through it. 

My resistance started last week when I received an email from Elaine LaLanne's assistant.  You remember Jack LaLanne, the famous health guru?  I had made arrangements for Elaine LaLanne, Jack's wife, to do a presentation at a club I belong to.  It was a wonderful experience going to their home to pick up gifts she had for the attendees, hearing her speak (AMAZING!) and then last week, I was asked to write a quote that would appear on the new Jack LaLanne website (me?  really?)  I was really honored but with that came pressure to say just the right thing.  You know what I did?  Instead of sitting here paralyzed, I just jumped in and did it!  The more we think about the things we don't want to do, the more time we waste and who knows where taking that little step will lead.  Like they say, one bite at a time, one baby step, one word at a time.  Make whatever you're resisting happen today!

Shoes

My stairs are drying, so now it's on to my next projects and that means I need special supplies...