Bird Song Recovery Week....I'm still reeling!

Can I just tell you that Birdsong at Karla Nathan's

was utterly delightful. What an awesome hostess

and creative & generous lady.

These are the teachers and boy did they

inspire me. Carol Spinski, Karla Nathan, Lisa McAlvain,

and Debbie Dussenberry helped us create

wonderful projects. I didn't see anything that was created

turn out badly. These were life changing projects. I will show

you more of mine when I get them photographed.

Here is the treat bag that Karla made for us. They

adorned the backs of our chairs. Lovely treats

were bestowed upon us. I loved adding my treat to

the bag. I love to help sponsor events and adding little

bits of wonder to the bags.

Here I am showing off the awesome banner

that I created in Karla's class. I was 'done' creating

and thought about not even starting the banner.....

but when you are creating in Karla's Cottage

you just can't stop. It is such an inspiring & magical

place. I was so happy that Kana roomed with us Indiana girls.

We loved having her....and hope we didn't keep her

up too much with our snoring.

Here's a little snippet of one of my banner tags. I love

this old piece of vintage wallpaper. I don't normally create

in the yellow family.....but I thought this worked.

It actually was one of my favorite tags. Not only did the banner

turn out beautifully.....but Karla gave us some wonderful

tips about creating that I never knew. That is what I love

so much about going to an art retreat. I am still reeling in all

the little tidbits that I learned.

Only Karla would decorate the table cloths with hand

drawn 'art'. This was such an inviting and warm

creating space. It's no wonder all our projects

turned out fantastically. I didn't see a bad one in the bunch.

I hope that each of you are lucky enough to get to

Karla's Cottage some day. I feel so blessed.