red rock country here i come!

I'll be headed off early, crazy early (4:30am) in the morning to catch a flight to Arizona I'll meet up with my Mom in the Phoenix airport and then we'll head to Sedona for my 4 day workshop at the Sedona Arts Center! I haven't seen my Mom since August so I am super excited for this trip!

This is my first time where I have shipped everything in advance and I am bringing nothing but my carry on case. So far I am really liking this method. Two weeks ago, I packed everything up and shipped it off, whereas normally the night before I leave to teach I am racing around packing everything. This feels oddly relaxed. All I have to do is pack my clothes! And now with the airlines charging for even the first bag that you check it won't even cost me much more than it would to fly with all this stuff. We'll see how it works out shipping everything back! Maybe next year I'll do this for all my trips!

I was so annoyed, UsAir wouldn't let me select seats when I booked my flights, so I checked in this morning and paid extra for a window seat because there are no aisle seats left. Only 2 window seats and the rest were all middle seats. gasp! 5 hours with a middle seat, no way! I am hoping I might be able to get an aisle seat once I get to the airport tomorrow.

Today I have been racing around sending out emails, tying up lose ends. A trip to the Post office and lots of laundry. I still need to throw some clothes into my suitcase and then download some this American Life Episodes to my ipod.

I'll try to blog from the road, but after teaching each day I'll be enjoying much needed time with my Mom. I will be updating my Twitter from my cell phone. Follow my trip via Twitter here. Or in the sidebar right here on my blog!

home from Ranger U

I'm back from NJ and Ranger U where we all had a great time! Everyone was so cheery and excited, it was a treat to be there!

This morning I got up early to drive back to DC, then had a huge nap, I was worn out and I didn't even teach all weekend like Tim did! I only had a 3 hour segment on Friday. So I have no idea why I am so worn out!

I am trying to rest up inbetween getting work done -- on Thursday at 5am I leave to go to Sedona AZ to teach a 4 day collage intensive workshop. I love, love, love teaching at the Sedona Arts Center. It's great to have 4 days with the same group of attendees and we really get to know each other and there's plenty of time to be creative! Plus my mom will be meeting me out there too!!

After Sedona I will be in Raleigh NC at the Jerry's Artarama Event November 14-16th.. Just about all the supplies are provided by Ranger for this event so you hardly have to bring a thing. What a treat!

I'll be teaching 3 one-day classes.

Classes are: Adventures in Color, Waxing Poetic and Collage Discovery Workshop.

Click on each of the above class titles for more information and to register for that class! There are a few spaces still available so sign up soon before spaces are filled. It's only a month away! wow! how did that happen!?

Linky shout outs to Leandra of Paper Artsy who used my Claudine Hellmuth Studio Products in a project on her blog. Love what she did with metal and the Sticky Back canvas! And Dyan has some great ATCs on her blog as well! Thanks for the blog posts ladies!