The creative act is the secret to joy.

There's truly nothing more fun to me than painting, cutting and glueing.  It's just like being in the second grade again!  I sat down this morning with no more than a black small stretched canvas and a vintage photo of a darling little boy.  A few hours went by, and I was astonished --- I thought it had only been about 20 minutes! And this little piece lay before me.  'Tis now in my Etsy shop.

As Teesha Moore said, "The creative act is the secret to joy."

Late night wonderful chaos

     :)

Santa Fe Folk Art Festival

If you have never been to the Santa Fe Folk Art Festival, you are missing something WONDERFUL!!! Artists from all over the world come, many of them in their traditional garb.  Every bit of it is filled with culture, color, and beauty. It is held every July.

Sit back and enjoy.  And give yourself a real treat and click on the pics to enlarge :)

 Above is my sister,Julie (pink top), at the entrance. 

                                                          

                                           I fell in love with this jewelry!!!

                                                             Beautiful people.

New ideas.....

......are percolating!

The little chapel

Along the upper coast of California is an amazing, tiny non-denominational chapel.  It literally takes your breath away.  I've never seen anything like it, and I bet you haven't either.  So I will share with you some pictures...
You can click on the images to make them larger.

A bench sits nearby this fountain in front of the entrance of the chapel. 

 A beautiful mosaic piece inlaid between the stone steps.  This was directly in front of the door to the chapel.

These are the doors to the chapel!!

Now, let's go inside....

We knew the chapel was special the moment we saw it, so we did what we've been talking about for a long time.  Inside that tiny, amazing chapel in its beautiful surroundings, we renewed our vows.