A Day at the Fair

We spent last Saturday at the Orange County Fair, where I witnessed first hand my first and second place necklaces! I wish they had been hung with a little more care in the final displays but I'm happy and grateful to have won.


Here are some other favorite moments from our day:

Ode to the OC Fair, made out of bread... To see a bread Eiffel Tower, click here

An "antsy" tablescape, with ants on the table and the mannequin. Take note of the "melting" plates!

Here are two of my artist friends' entries:

Max Yamada is the artist I know from the Yorba Linda Celebration of the Arts. That's his Corgi in the foreground!

And here's Kim Vanderhoeck's landscapes. She got to go on an art trip to Italy recently. I'm jealous! Visit her blog here

A little Wallaby Joey safe in a "pouch". We saw one of these "pouches" at Sea World, too.

Donkey Love. The Husband used to work with a donkey at Knott's, so he has a soft spot for them.

Piggies!

And more piggies!



And me with the quintessential Orange!

We had quite a weekend, being as my birthday fell on Sunday. Next post will be our trip to the Huntington Library in San Marino.

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Fun at the Mall

After we dropped the necklaces at the Orange County Fair, we ducked into South Coast Plaza. Back in the day, SCP was the main mall across the street and the place we were visiting yesterday was called the Crystal Court. Now it’s all one big complex connected with a flower-lined bridge from one mall to the other. Anyway…

Since I had the Canon with me, I shot a few things I found interesting and fun.

This mall loves to decorate it’s main hub for any given holiday. This week: The Three Story Flag

Jessica McClintock in the Spirit of the Fourth

The Husband admiring a wonderful desk at Restoration Hardware. It’s in the guise of a huge steamer truck and can be closed when you’re finished for the day. He has something similar and smaller at home, but without the evocative trunk design.

The Wife, admiring the Eiffel Tower bookends and the big Z, which reminds her of her BFF, Zan.


A glittery pirate ship chandelier at Z Gallery

The colorful window of Paper Source

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*Sigh* Paris Dreams

It’s been a rather uncreative August. I have a few things in progress but here’s one thing I’ve actually managed to finish:

This ATC encompasses my own personal Paris Dreams (see my sister blog, maresjourney.blogspot.com, for more on that…), eating at sidewalk cafes, the iconic Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, the cute little gargoyle. Someday…

I’m sure this must be someone else’s sigh inspiring dream too, so pretty soon it’ll be on Etsy.

Last week I was finally experimenting with some molding paste I've had for months. It’s interesting to work with because it’s a soft consistency, like un-sticky marshmallow fluff, and you can make waves with it, stick things in it to make designs and paint on it, among other fun things. I’m planning to play with it some more, as I create backgrounds for some of my favorite words and inspirational sayings on ATC’s.

The Day Job is going well but we’ve already been warned there’s going to be a ton of OT during September as we’re merging a couple of units together, so creativity will be a challenge. But life, and art, will go on!

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