Eat Pray Love New Jersey

my little dancer from Two Buttons (the shop of Liz Gilbert and Jose (Filipe) from Eat Pray Love 


My Sacred Life day 820...


I am truly blessed...I thank everyone who continually encourages me here...as a gift to you I have a new series Monday Marketing Minute to help burgeoning/hopeful/struggling artists...anyone who wants to sell their art...ALL are invited to follow along as I continue on my path to selling my art...I will let you see all my progress and all my stumbles...I will give you the naked truth of my experience...get a cup of tea and join me each morning...together we will grow as artists and as community...spread the word... 

my newest rock...actually a petrified tree turned rock...what shall i put in the opening?

I am blessed with wonderful friends...I am reminded of the time my dear friends John and Mary, who live in Ewing, NJ, came to visit me in Philadelphia...they took me to their beautiful home...it is decorated superbly...I was inspired to start decorating...perhaps with some of this....


anyway...they took me on a tour of New Jersey and Bucks County, PA along the Delaware River...but my ultimate goal was to get to the little shop called Two Buttons in Frenchtown... hidden behind warning signs to stay out...no trespassing is this little gem...




Two Buttons is a wonderful import gallery owned by Filipe of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love fame... Okay...he is not really Filipe, but Jose, Liz's Brazilian boyfriend turned husband...Karen Cole, of Artsortments had a post about this shop the week before I left for Philadelphia...Jose was there manning the shop, so charming and full of details about the works of art and their travels to find them...no wonder she fell in love with him...


Book Review: Eat Pray Love,#1 on the NYT Paperback Nonfiction list, is romantic fiction about a woman who, after a bad divorce, went in search of herself and her spirituality. She does this by eating her way through Italy, praying and meditating through India, and loving through Bali.


Below is what I came home with...I was limited by what would fit in my suitcase or a life size gator would have followed me home...see products on the Two Buttons website for a view of him...



all my goodies, including the beads from the front of the book that Jose graciously gifted me with



the puppet with painted head and beautifully carved hands and feet



We went from Frenchtown to lunch in charming Lambertville, NJ, then across the river to artsy New Hope, PA...I will tell you more about this tomorrow...

this is the front of the shop now... they are open Wednesdays to Sundays 11:00 am to 5:00 pm...and have a new address: 62A Trenton Avenue, Frenchtown, NJ 08825 (Trenton Ave is also called ROUTE 29. We are just south of the center of Frenchtown, right next to a wonderful clothing shop called BLUEFISH)

Today's aMUSEment - do you have a good friend who deserves a call or letter from you? Take a few minutes today to do that...

U Be Creative Today!

Do What You Love WEBucation...My Online Courses

Do What You Love WEBucation

Special LOW Introductory Prices

Now accepting students for Summer Quarter 2010!!!h

DWYL WEBucation e-courses are conducted in a supportive, nurturing environment within a password-protected forum website. The website is easy to navigate to make your classroom experience enjoyable and conducive to learning. The study at your convenience concept allows you to work at your own pace, in your time frame and in your fuzzy bunny slippers...if you so desire. At 2 AM or 2 PM, the DWYL student can choose to work whenever they like during the quarter.

Sign Up Today - Class begins 8/9

The Art of Doodle Portraits - $58 4 classes + Q&A session

If you ever wanted to incorporate faces into your artwork, this workshop is for you. My method will have you drawing faces within the first half hour of class. Then we will explore the different features in depth...mouth, nose, eyes and hair. In this combo video instruction, written instruction and Q&A session, you will learn to love drawing faces as much as I do. 24/7 access to videos, discussion board,

Class Description

Part 3 of Rebecca's ongoing Doodle Series. Even if you have never ever drawn anything before, you will create a beautiful Doodle Portrait. Even if you think you can't draw, you will make a beautiful Doodle Portrait. In this course you will learn the formula for facial feature placement, how to quickly sketch and shade features, then colorize them with mixed media tools like watercolor pencils, acrylics, etc. You will also learn how to create one of Rebecca's beautiful textured and layered backgrounds.

Class Syllabus

Week One

• The Art of the Quick Sketch Doodle Portrait video
• Doodling exercises - the structure of the face
• The Facial Grid - Rebecca's quick placement of features formula
• Journaling/Sketchbook discussion

Week Two

• How to draw and shade the eyes video
• Doodling exercises - the structure of the eyes
• Building facial skin tones with watercolor pencils and paint

Week Three

• How to draw and shade the nose video
• Doodling exercises - the structure of the nose
• Textured and layered background techniques

Week Four

• How to draw and shade the mouth video
• Doodling exercises - the structure of the mouth
• Embellishing and finishing the face

Q&A

• Bonus session with Rebecca where you can ask anything about doodle portraiture

Bonuses

A forum with discussion boards, Student Gallery, plus an Web Gallery Exhibit on Cre8Tive Compass Magazine.

Click to pay for the class

other courses are here: Do What You Love Webucation

This Girl Can Teach!!! Suzi Blu

Here is my first drawing using Suzi Blu's techniques

I have been a teacher of creativity and painting for many years...and I recently signed up for a class at Suzi Blu's Les Petit Academy...and blown away i am!!! A little unorthodox, but Suzi Blu is so right on in her teaching methods...I am taking the Goddess & Poet class now and there is still time to join in the fun!!!

And for a different take on faces come take my Art of Doodle Portraits class that begins August 9...I will teach you how to draw a doodle face in less that 10 minutes!!! I also teach PhotoShop classes for Mixed Media artists and Bloggers, Creativity classes and the Business of Being an Artist. My other blog for artists learning to make a living doing what we love.

2011 Diary Project

I am participating in the 4th 2011 Diary Project. You can too!!!

Any artist, crafter, photographer, musician, poet or someone who would just like to promote your art on the web...you can be part of this project. It is free and it is an opportunity for you to have a free publicity, with no obligation of purchase.

New size: 8½" x 7". Each date will be designed by a different creator and will be printed on a high quality, opaque, recycled paper. There wil be 2 dates in each page, 3 notes pages, 7 address pages, 12 months pages, 1 introduction pages, 1 year pages, a 2012 page, and 7 positive message design. Total: 208 pages, with 397 different designs. Some covers will have a design, and some will be plain, to decorate it as you like.

There will be also the CD version that will contain the complete pdf file, ready to print, with instructions.

With the CD, you go to a photocopy center and you ask for the quantity of book you want, with the paper of your choice, the cover color of your choice, the color spiral of your choice.

New for this year

The book will be printed with recycled paper and some will have a design on the cover.

The book will be bigger, but thinner. Artists will have the same space to do their design, in another proportion, and there will be 2 design (2 dates) each date page. All the other pages: months, notes, address, calendar pages will be full page.

all photos pages from previous calendars.

happy 4th of july...

sunrise 7/4/2010

enjoy a photo tribute to our flag...click for closer view

all photos by Rebecca E. Parsons/Cre8Tiva taken in past year

indie day 7/4/2010

flag at jekyll island 7/3/2010

flag at sunrise with big moon behind 6/28/2010

flag with shuttle launch 7/2009

overcast day flag 11/2009

flag at sunset 7/3/2010

happy birthday america - 7/4/2009

You, amplified (a poem about marketing)

You, amplified (a poem about marketing)

am i tardy to the mad tea party...2010

i start each day barefoot by the sea...

today i am wearing flowers in my hair 
for the tea party...

mermaid #1 - acrylic on canvas 20'x24"

and my little dragonfly friend helped me drink my tea this morning...


then i came home and put on my party hair and makeup...

invited a few friends and off we went to visit the other partiers...


and we all are carrying our 
Doodle Bags

my line of custom painted, functional artwork

and sporting Doodle Jewelry 

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Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here

we should dance....
you know i am always the dance chairwoman

the fanciful miss has invited us to a tea party...3 years in a row

i picked some pink roses...

have brewed my fave tea - Latitudes Rooibos - YUMMMMMMM
a blended african red bush superior grade blended with apricot, mango, peach, marigold flowers, and red currants.,,,excellent for iced tea as well....

my fave tea cup is filled to the brim...

the magic moon

and we have tea party favors for you...

...tea sachet

whole leaf tea sachet favors - personalization available

as seen in InStyle Magazine and Oprah Magazine

Turn a simple cup of tea into a celebration to indulge all of the senses! These beautifully packaged tea sachets are the hottest gifts around. Present them as guest favors or serve them at your next event, for a truly unforgettable display. Whether you are planning a small tea party, a formal banquet or your own wedding, our tea sachets will add an elegant touch and are sure to be a conversation piece. from www.beau-coup.com

and there must be heart-shaped sugar...

heart-shaped sugar in glass tubes

Capture the sweet romance of your day with these beautifully packaged wedding favors. Tiny heart-shaped sugar cubes fill clear tubes for an elegant effect that will delight guests at your tea or coffee themed bridal shower. from www.beau-coup.co

and sunflower cupcakes...

cupcake from kuidaore

The topping, a Whipped White Chocolate & Lemon Ganache using Valrhona Ivoire 35%, is both delicious and very easy to make. It is also a real joy to handle, and the ideal texture for piping - tinted a golden yellow, it makes for a rather fetching sunflower design.

and the paper wrapped tea sandwiches

from design mom

i have tossed a fanciful salad...
YUM!!!


and gathered fruit galore...

and created a few hors d'oeuvres...

there could be pink champagne on ice...

served in flirty girl glasses

flirty girls all in a row - hand painted portrait wineglasses
later i will put on my favorite dancing shoes...so let's dance...
and nibble on pink champagne truffles...


next year we will escape

to my fave place to take tea...THE RITZ London

One of the most elegant restaurants in London, Tea at The Ritz. It’s tea time, it’s time at The Ritz. Give yourself the best seat and indulge in excellent selections of cakes, pastries, sandwiches, scones and a range of coffee and tea. Sandwiches with Cucumber and dill, Smoked salmon with lemon butter, Egg mayonnaise with mustard cress are some of the restaurant’s famous dishes. from London Guides

I hope I have inspired you

to create...

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truffles

shoes

cristal

roses

food