New Obsession

I may be way behind the times, but I have recently discovered pinterest.com. It has so many great ideas. I think maybe I should have a pinterest retreat! I didn't get to have the personal retreat I wanted to at the beginning of November and due to the basketball tournaments that my daughter is in during the month of December, it doesn't look like their will be an opportunity for me to have one until after the first of the year. Whew! This year has flown by!

I am still working on my encaustic journey. I have wanted to master this new technique, but I have not devoted the time I need to on experimenting. There seems to be so many basic questions that I have, and since time is so precious, I guess I want them all answered before I make a committment. I read another post resently about another artist who schedules retreats for herself. She blocks the time and prepares by getting all her supplies and food ahead of time. She has the support of her family and they allow her to lose herself in her studio without interruptions. I definitely think this would help me on my encaustic project. November 5th and 6th seems like a perfect weekend for my personal retreat.

Artist's Retreat

This summer I tried my hand at having artist's retreats on my ranch. I invited friends to come and spend the weekend and try their hand at creating art projects. We had grilled pizza and even a late evening swimming party. Pojects kept us late into the night and we continued working on them until midday on Sunday.
Everyone seemed to feel a bit more relaxed and truly inspired by what they were able to create. Some liked their Batiks, while others liked their imprinting crosses. I think they were all glad they came and even made suggestions of other retreats they would like for me to have, including mother/daughter, family and youth groups.
All in all, I felt pretty good about everything and I am certainly willing to have more retreats next summer. Who knows, I may not even be able to wait until the summer and scheduled one this fall.