Inspiration & Creating with Friends

What an awesome blessing - to share, spend time, 

learn and create with friends!   

In July I visited my dear friend Laurie .  She hosted a gathering of six amazing women at Summer Song.  

Laurie taught us canvas art using various ephemera.

Some of us also chose to use vintage textiles and other

small findings on our canvas art. 

Once back home I shared my love for canvas art

with another dear friend... Kim.

(Left: Kim, Right: Tami)

Creating canvas art with Kim

Kim's 1st canvas art, gorgeous!
The lovely image is her grandmother.

Kim's 2nd beautiful canvas art is of her

grandmother & grandfather.

So beautiful!

Please click on the photos to enlarged

the details of layering.      

  Giveaway notice:

Soon I will be posting a canvas art giveaway.  
Please stop back by & watch for the giveaway details.

Hope your Labor Day holiday is safe & enjoyable. 

What I Did On My Summer Vacation - Part 2

I really meant to post Part 2 by now, but routine life has replaced my carefree days of summer vacation.  I'm back to the daily structure of time clocks and responsibilities.  

In an odd way, that daily structure is what makes our
vacation days so precious and meaningful.

OK enough philosophy...
What I Did For My Summer Vacation - Part 2

On Sunday, Rebecca joined Laurie & me for the
Colorado Springs outdoor flea market and lunch

See the sewing artwork on the building in the background?  No one knew what it was about.  You know me and buttons, I am curious what it is.  I hope Laurie can find out.


Sunrise to Sunset we spent a wonderful day together followed by dinner and margaritas at Laurie's home

On Monday, Gal Pal Suzanne drove 3.5 hours to join us antiquing and to spend the night 

 Don't you think Laurie should have bought that hat -
she looks great in it!

I'm just saying it might be a wee bit small for me

Sneaking this photo in from an different day, but I had to show this darling slip... it was too small for me too :-(


Another wonderful day with

Kindred Friendships! 


Tuesday was Summer Song!
An incredible day with six amazing women, laughing, sharing life, enjoying good food & wine and creating art together.   

My canvas art

More later.... till then
Hugs, Tami

Girl Time Rules!

Girl Time Rules!

I'll soon be visiting dear friends Laurie, Suzanne & Rebecca, my Bird Song Peeps for some Girl Time & artsy craft time in Colorado.

I love these Girl Time Getaways... good for the

kindred spirit souls in us!

Sadly I'll be visiting Colorado on the heels of the recent tragic fires that devoured more than 18,000 acres and changes some lives forever.

My childhood memories of summer family vacations recall my mother's favorite place was Colorado.  We had a vintage black & white Dreamer camper that my Dad attached to a cut-down vintage black Cadillac hearse.  It made a statement and wherever we traveled, people stared or asked questions about our unique mode of transportation.

We stayed in some of the most beautiful off-the-road places
as our traveling home was all we needed.

Even the year we drove to Florida, down the east coast, around the tip, up through the Gulf and headed home from Louisiana to Kansas City, we rerouted home via

Colorado for my mom.

In my late teens/early twenties I love to backpack camp
alone or with friends.

Here is my last camping adventure in 1982
at Bierstadt Lake in the Rocky Mountain National Park,
Estes Park, CO.

Life interrupted those days of youth and now years later those days of hiking up
mountains are long gone
but, I have fond memories.


It will be startling to see the devastion from the recent fires. 


Beyond Colorado's natural beauty, I joyfully anticipate my Girl Time Rules vacation... my soul awaits the beautiful kindred spirits of  these gal pals!  


This will be my first time visiting & staying with Laurie at her home.  She is such a sweetie!  I know she will treat me like royalty... can't wait to share some heavy duty
friendship time with her!


Laurie & I met in 2010 at Karla's Cottage Bird Song I event

and have become great friends!


If you drop by and nothing has changed recently on my blog it's because I am away & playing in Colorado.


Be sure to stop back later as I will have oodles of photos and stories to share.


Till then take care & find the wonderful in each day ~ Tami