October? It Must Be Time For Art Camp!

october to me always means time for

terri brush's beach art camp

it is a wonderful workshop retreat

filled with great projects

and a wonderful group of "like-minded" women

who share the same love of creating art

it is a time for "re-charging" that "creating" need

that I constantly seem to have

and this 4-day retreat never fails

it's also a time for me and my friend christina from ottawa

to reconnect and have many days of non-stop laughter 

if you are one of the lucky women to attend this camp

trust me that you will never leave hungry

that you will never leave without feeling pampered

and that you will leave with a long list of new friends

and the ocean view that we saw outside of our table areas every day

was "to die for" gorgeous!

the line-up of teachers was fabulous

and our guest attendee jenny doh

shared with us an inspirational talk

this year terri had a photo booth area and we made sure to have a lot of fun there

a lot of these photos are courtesy of:

jenny doh, kristin kirkendoll, krista moore

me and christina hamming it up

the weather was gorgeous for the month of october

treating us to some sunshine (and of course, it wouldn't be oregon without some raindrops)

suzi, krista, amy, teresita

the whole art camp group

tina, christina, jenny

moi

me and christina preparing the mask supplies

love

our view

baking the masks

christina and her class mask sample

billie, christina and me enjoying lunch on the deck

me, terri and christina

cupcakes in a jar by teresita

working in the wee hours of the night

some of terri's yummy jewelry

our view every day

the house at night

a short walk to the ocean

jenny and terri

pumpkin carved by ilona

more photo booth fun

a sunny lunch

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one of our "surprise" projects from terri was a halloween glass house

we were told beforehand that there was going to be a halloween house contest

so I gathered up some of my supplies and came up with this....

she's a bit creepy, but she's totally halloween and I love her...

christina taught the paper mache mask

and everybody's was so different

a reflection of their own taste and personality

of course mine was vintage papers, soldered, and had bits of black

a little fluff of feathers and butterflies

and some BLING

here are some of the jewelry pieces I finished up while there too

love this bracelet class that terri taught

and beach camp wouldn't be the same without our friends from Texas and Arizona

amy, krista and suzi

loved our "photo shoot" laughs!

always look forward to this time

and can't wait till the next one

thank you terri and christina for your amazing talents

thank you jenny for your words of wisdom and inspiration

thank you krista, amy and suzi for the never ending laughs

thank you teresita and the rest of the kitchen gals for the amazing meals

thank you resident photographer kristin for the paparazzi shots

thank you billie for your sweetness and hugs

and to all the other women there - we shared a great time

now i must go home and continue this fabulous streak of creativity!!