Peace Day at the Labyrinth

Saint George Episcopal Church 
24219 Witte Road S.E. 
Maple Valley, WA 98038 

Cole and I were once again invited to paint next to the beautiful labyrinth on September 21st for Peace Day. As people come to walk the labyrinth in quiet contemplation or in fellowship with others, we will be there capturing the joy and beauty of the event. All are encouraged to join. We will have hands-on activities for the kids since it was such a hit last time!

Please invite others. Build a community of peace in your own part of the world!

Cash Mob at Happy Delusions

Sadly, our friend Mary Clymer is closing her store in Renton. Happy Delusions had been a bright spot in Renton as many businesses struggle to stay above water. Mary has given many artists and crafters a place to showcase and sell their work for the last 5 years. August and September will be the last chances to visit and support this great shop. A cash mob is planned on September 25th to show our love and appreciation for Mary. Don't miss it!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/326103370815472/

Happy Delusions
924 S. 3rd St., Renton, Washington 98057
September 25th 12:00

ART CAMP 2012: SO much fun!!!

Our campers were all girls this year! We made tools, got brave and used them to make art supplies, and then got down to creating a whole bunch of fantastic and functional things!!! Hope you enjoy the pics and can see yourself joining us sometime. YES we mean adults too! Watch for one day classes. Some of them will be sure to fit your interests!

Updated Etsy Shop

Cole here-  Finally updated my etsy store - http://www.etsy.com/shop/WooHooToYou Check it out!  We have been working so hard this season and enjoying some great success.  Off to paint more... only three commissions and six gifts left to make before the big day!  Holiday Cheers!

From the Library - Elm Creek Quilt Series

Cole Here-   I am an audio book reader!  I love that I can craft, paint and drive and still read!  I am also cheap... so most of the time my audio books come from my library.  I have been listening to the Elm Creek Quilt series for about two years.  I just finished The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini.  It is the 17th book in the series.  I absolutely loved this book.  Here is Jennifer's website -www.elmcreek.net.  The Union Quilters takes place during the Civil war and is an interesting account of how northern women got through this time in American history.  I cried four times during this book and was surprised by my own response. 

My favorite character is Gerda!  Thank you Jennifer for years of entertainment and being an inspiration for great business marketing- books, fabric, patterns & tours.  If you have any idea's for other crafty reads please let me know.    



I started with The Christmas Quilt and wish I had started at the beginning of the series... I love to sew but have yet to make a quilt.  I love these books because they combine my love of all women's handiwork and the history that is stitched into each of her stories.  I would recommend you begin at the beginning of the series - Here is info pulled from Jennifer's site about how to read the series -

Should I read the Elm Creek Quilts novels in the order you wrote them? If I read the Elm Creek Quilts novels out of order, will I still be able to understand them?

If you want to read the books in the order I wrote them, read them in the order listed above. However, since I wasn't planning to write a series, I have written each book so that it stands alone. On my book tour, I often hear longtime fans tell new readers that the books should be read in the order I wrote them, but other readers have told me that they have read the books out of order and were able to follow everything just fine. Ultimately it's up to the individual reader. Please note, however, that later books inevitably give away events that occurred in previous books. If you would like to read the books in something approximating chronological order, please note the following:

• The Christmas Quilt takes place in the interim between The Quilter's Apprentice andRound Robin.
• The Sugar Camp Quilt is set in 1849-1850, so it takes place before the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt.
• The Quilter's Homecoming is set mainly in 1925, but it branches off from a storyline introduced in The Christmas Quilt.
• The New Year's Quilt immediately follows The Quilter's Legacy.
• The Lost Quilter begins in 1859 immediately following the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt.
• A Quilter's Holiday takes place while Bonnie is in Hawaii in The Aloha Quilt.
• The Union Quilters begins in 1861 and runs mostly concurrently with The Lost Quilter.
• The Wedding Quilt takes place after A Quilter's Holiday and The Aloha Quilt, with flash forwards to the year 2028.

The Union Quilters, The Lost Quilter, The Sugar Camp Quilt, and The Quilter's Homecoming work particularly well as stand-alone novels and can be enjoyed as your first Elm Creek Quilts novel or at any point in the series.

One busy week of...

Darcie here...
All in one week we managed to fit in taking a class with Jacqui Beck at artEAST in Issaquah, Cole teaching a labyrinth class at St George's Episcopal, and attending an art party at The Annex in Seattle with Traci Bautista. All this and we worked in our studios too!

Sometime in the middle of the week we sweet talked my husband Rob into helping us in the shop with some ideas we had. To see what some of these ideas and some of this busy week of art  inspired, come see us at our Open Studio sale on December 3rd! We always love meeting you and hope to put one of a kind hand made art into some of your homes!

Email us for the address to our open studio sale... cole@woohoocreative.com

Woo Hoo...2 Tattoos!!!

We have been talking about this for a long time. Both of us have wanted a tattoo before we even knew each other. One day at a Starbucks art business meeting Cole and I sketched them out and made a pact to get it done!

Our hubbies wanted to be there, so we set the date...Cole's Birthday! and headed out to Hip Hop Robot in Georgetown. G-town feels like our second home after the summer markets we did and the vibe we loved there. Hip Hop is a great shop with some very cool and colorful characters. Perfect!


Here we are at Slim's Last Chance waiting our turn under the needle with fruity drinks, chili, and the good company of our guys.

Our designs, finalized, we had them transferred to our skin so our artwork would be just as we wanted.

Cole went first. I watched her face to get a feel for what I was in for. No fear and No tears! Good job Cole! Now I have to be strong too or look like a wimp. Mikey is good at this. We were in the hands of another artist. He kept the tunes and banter rolling.

OUCH!!! Just kidding. Well, mostly kidding.

My session went pretty well too. We both said it felt a little like scratching a sunburn. After people telling us how painful it is, I like to think that we are just two tough mommas. We did it and we love out tats!

Day of the Dead Art Party

Cole here - unfortunately Darcie couldn't come party at Featherstone this month but she will be back for Funky Christmas in December. Another art Momma - Margaret joined me for this fun party! Corey came and checked out the fun too.

Goal of party - community - share a laugh, drink, food and art supplies! It is an amazing vibe and feel. I love the day of the dead theme and had pre-collaged some scull forms to be ready to paint at the party. Mine is the Specimen Scull & Margaret's is the Buddha Boat!

Here is what we all came up with - enjoy!

WOO HOO ART CAMP DATES 2011 & 2012

School Break Art Days

9-3 pm Lunch provided

Dec 28, Feb 21, Apr 4 & Apr 11

$60 per day

Woo Hoo Art Camp

Two times - 9-noon OR 1-4 pm

July 23-27

$150 for the week

Email me for the PDF Registration form - cole@woohoocreative.com

We are hosting School Break Art Days & bringing back the popular week long Art Camp this Summer 2012! Check it out and sign up now!

A day/week filled with hands on, messy, fun, recycled, outrageous art

projects.

All creations will be your own…no factory art here!!

Dress for mess and be prepared to use your imagination to put your

own twist on every project. 2 Professional multi-media artists will lead

you in the mechanics and help you to learn to use the materials. Lunch is provided for each School Break Art Day & a snack is served each day of Art Camp.

Working... not in the studio

We are working on updating all things electronic - blog, Etsy, website, our books! Not as fun as being knee deep in paint, but together it is so nice! We love to hang out and look at blogs we love; we are trying to recommit to posting often! Put it out there and be accountable - cross your fingers and PRAY!

We have updated our calendar of art fun - look for posts about our Great November Art Adventures!