Here is a quick summary of the past few weeks….

I went to the Beach a few weeks ago for our annual “Girls at the Beach” weekend. We had so much fun!! I had just gotten a new “toy”. It is called Quickutz and it makes small die cuts for cards and scrapbooking. I picked up some blank cards on the way out of town and we stayed up until 2:00am two nights in a row to make cards. We also painted a bench for our friend (owner of the beach house) and we each added our own signature design to the bench. It was great fun!!!

We had lots of company last week and hosted a reception for our Aunt. She was honored by the YWCA and Clark College as being a Women of Achievement for 2004. It was very exciting and we enjoyed visiting with all of her friends and our family.

Last Wednesday evening some of my friends come out to my studio and we had a wonderful time making cigar box purses. This is a great “girlfriends’ party” if you like to get together and create!!

When I was at HIA I taped a segment for the Carol Duval show. What a thrill!! The show aired last Saturday on HGTV. It will run again on March 26 at 9:00ET/PT.

I went into Portland this morning to the KATU studio. The craft segment today was fabric handbags. You can find the instructions to this craft in the project section on my web page.

Tomorrow I am speaking to a group of women at a Presbyterian church. They are having an Irish Coffee and I am going to give a little presentation about the creative process. I am also going to talk a little bit about Spiritual gifts. I found a great Bible verse that recognizes the gift of creativity. If you would like to read it go to Exodus 31:4-5 and 35:34-35.

I kept very busy at the Memory Expo in Las Vegas. I had a wonderful opportunity to meet and work with Brenda Walton. She is a very talented artist and has licensed her art work with K&Company. You can see her work on her web site www.brendawalton.com.