Sunday, June 10, 2012

My Art Bliss Win!

When the September classes for the artBLISS retreat were announced, I commented on Jeanette's blog about how excited I was to attend this year.  I even blogged about it - not because I wanted to win the loot that she and Cindy Wimmer were giving away - I truly was excited to go!  But, then I found out that I was one of the winners!  I just received my gifts:


An awesome, super sturdy canvas bag with lots of loot!  The loot includes a brand new saw, saw blades, pro polishing pads (I LOVE these!), a respirator mask, a ring sizer, and Liver of Sulfur in a gel form.  I have never used the gel form, so I am anxious to try this out!  But the bag!  I will be using this bag to tote all of my tools for the artBLISS weekend retreat!  I am so grateful to these lovely ladies!

On Saturday, I will be taking the True Colors-Cold Worked Bezels & Colorful Camouflage class with the most awesome Kerry Bogert.  I took her lampwork bead class in 2010 and had such a wonderful time.  Her book, Totally Twisted, is what drew me into into wire-working in the first place, so I am truly looking forward to these new techniques.  Kerry has a new book coming out this summer (I believe in August) called Rustic Wrappings - I can't wait to get this book as well!
Photo courtesy of Kerry Bogert - from the artBLISS website

On Saturday evening, I will be taking the Making Heavy Metal Beads class with the ultra-talented Stacie Florer. I just love her work!  Look at these beads!  I cannot wait!
Photo of Stacie Florer's Heavy Metal Beads that I swiped off of the artBLISS website
On Sunday, honing my metal working skills will continue with Stacie, as I will be taking the Elemental Bracelet Workshop.  There are so many techniques going on in this bracelet that I get giddy just thinking about it!

photo courtesy of Stacie Florer - taken from the artBLISS website

There is a definite theme to all of the classes that I will be taking - so I would like to again thank Jeanette and Cindy for their wonderful gifts!  They will certainly come in handy!

Hope your weekend was wonderful, and thanks for stopping by!

8 comments:

  1. Congrats on your winnings! I like the bag. And of couse the loot inside the bag.

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  2. Oh lucky you! Congrats! Wish I was going, I love those heavy metal beads!

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  3. Congratulations, great bag and supplies! I have been contemplating signing up for the Heavy Metal Beads class.

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  4. Congratulations! The bag and all the loot is really great! I envy you all the classes you're taking! One of these days I'm going to sign up for Art Bliss. Have a great time, I can't wait to see what you make.

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  5. Congratulations on the win. I am taking all 3 of Stacie's classes and am so excited! Hope I'm up to it! Maybe we can talk before Art Bliss time.

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  6. Patti, I'm glad you liked your loot! :-) I have to agree, that cotton tote is nice and sturdy and I use mine all the time. We're hoping to have extras available at artBLISS. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

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  7. Nice win Patti - I go through masses of pro polishing pads on my components, I just love them! Looks like you've got yourself into some awesome classes, have a great time and tell us all about it.

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  8. Congratulations! That's a bag of useful things for sure. I am so far behind on reading and writing blogs. It's energizing to read about your win and your upcoming classes. Have a great weekend!

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