tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91649523886947032602023-11-16T06:01:46.227-08:00Annie Hooten's Art With HeartAnnie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-88996359116190948252016-01-07T18:45:00.004-08:002016-01-07T18:45:47.309-08:00Ending 2015As we go into 2016 I thought I would do a little recap of 2015. It was an eventful year.<br />
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In November, my dad celebrated his 90th birthday and we had a family reunion in Miami. I struggled with a gift for him because he is a man who has everything. So I made him a sculpture! He loves playing the piano so this rabbit emerged from my imagination (inspired, of course, by the fabulous Kate Church who taught us more sculpting techniques at her workshop - and who, I'm excited to say, will be returning for more workshops in 2017).<br />
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Christmas found Ed and I in Crested Butte, Colorado with my daughter, her husband, and my adorable grandbaby Josephine. No sooner did we arrive home from that trip (through lots of snow) than my girlfriend Cynde and I took off for Las Vegas where we saw Maroon 5 in concert!<br />
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We got back to Albuquerque in time for New Year's Eve, and I did manage to stay awake long enough to watch the ball drop, but then it was off to bed to dream about good things to come for 2016.<br />
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Wishing you all the best year ever!<br />
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Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-45122975316783512232015-11-29T09:27:00.002-08:002015-11-29T09:27:22.821-08:00Upcoming workshop and continuing surpriseThe exciting news that I promised is that I am working with some fellow artists to open a teaching studio and small gallery..............hopefully. We have been trying to find just the right space at just the right price in just the right location. Hasn't been an easy task, but I think we might be close, so you'll have to stay tuned just a little while longer.<br />
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In the meantime, after having my position cut at the university due to budget issues last June, I have found a new job - back the the university working with the School of Medicine and its wonderful students! I am thrilled to be working with "the kids" again and my new colleagues are awesome.<br />
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And more good news.............I am organizing on the workshop schedule for next year's classes in Albuquerque. So far I have Kathleen Dustin coming in June teaching "Integrated Earrings" and "Hollow Beads"...........<br />
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In September, Lisa Renner will be teaching "About Face"<br />
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and I am also working with Carol Simmons & Maureen Carlson co-teaching "Floral Dreamscapes" and Julie Picarello, Jane Spakowsky and Sunny Carvalho.<br />
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So keep staying tuned!!<br />
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AnnieAnnie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-5416901588363987312015-09-23T09:43:00.000-07:002015-09-23T09:43:59.641-07:00Exciting newsI promised you some exciting news in August. It's been a long time coming, but it is actually going to happen! What is it that is so exciting you ask? Well, you'll have to wait just a little while longer. But trust me when I say it IS exciting. What? You want a hint? Ok. It has to do with art.<br />
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Stay tuned!!!Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-60461404345803837362015-08-18T13:03:00.002-07:002015-08-18T13:03:25.368-07:00Hello againI have tried <b><span style="color: magenta;">SO</span></b> many times this year to update my blog. Too many times to count. To no avail. Sitting late at night before going to sleep trying yet again to make updates. To no avail. Frustrated. Mad at the computer when it wasn't her fault (my computer is a female!). Then someone (much more tech savvy than I) suggested I try to log in through a different browser. Do you want to know how un-savvy I am? I couldn't even think of the word browser. Had to talk to Siri (who actually speaks with an Australian male accent) who reminded me of what a browser was. Maybe I really knew, but I had some kind of a mental block.<br />
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Anyway, here I am again. I am going to try and post this, and if a miracle happens and it works, I will:<br />
1) jump for joy<br />
2) take a nap<br />
3) catch you all up on what has been happening lately<br />
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I've got some exciting ideas running around in my brain. Some big plans if I can figure things out.<br />
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Maybe that's why I couldn't think of the word "broswer".<br />
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Later..........Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-82744905163227600292015-06-10T14:58:00.003-07:002015-06-10T15:00:37.353-07:00This is just a testI decided to jump back into blogging but after writing a Pulitzer Prize-worthy post, I lost it......so this is a test to try and figure out what the heck happened. Guess my Pulitzer just flew out the window. Boo hoo.Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-71098529626326694282014-03-18T18:50:00.002-07:002014-03-18T18:51:52.112-07:00I can't always remember everything.........................no matter how wonderful and fun and exciting and fabulous it was.<br />
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I was reading back through my blog (that I FINALLY was able to update) and I realized that I totally forgot to mention that I brought the talented Laurie Mika to Albuquerque in February to teach her Gothic Triptych workshop. What a wonderful weekend we all had making works of art.<br />
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I haven't quite finished my piece yet, but so far I am thrilled how it is turning out!<br />
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Two weekends ago we drove up to Crested Butte to visit my daughter Jennie, her husband Tim and my gorgeous, adorable, perfect grand daughter Josephine!! She loves her Grannie Annie!!<br />
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Then last weekend we flew to Chicago to celebrate the 90th birthday of my remarkable Uncle John. A devoted family man, an inspiring (now retired) coach and an all around great man. I also got to hang out with his three daughters Becky, Mary and Nancy - my cousins that I had not seen in almost THIRTY years!! My mom and two of my brothers, Tom and Tim (and two of <u>his </u>daughters) also were able to attend.<br />
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Next month we will be welcoming two new furry babies into our home. Meet Koko and Pearl, our new Burmese kittens. Our beloved Burmese, Muffin, passed away exactly one year ago and we decided it was time to welcome some new kitties into our lives. We are very excited!!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by. Lots of exciting things coming up in the near future. Please come back again and I'll share some more with you!!<br />
<br />Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-75100428320813859382014-03-04T18:35:00.002-08:002014-03-04T18:35:23.485-08:00It's been a long time comin'Here is what I wrote a little while ago that I thought I lost................(it was just hiding)<br />
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Well. Well. Well. Long time since I've posted. Not that I haven't tried. I've tried and tried and tried. But all I could ever do was type in a title and then Mr. Blogspot refused to let me write inside the text box. I kept getting an error message and frustration set in until I finally gave up. (Have you guessed that I'm not much of a techie?) Tonight I decided to try one more time and SUCCESS!!<br />
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So I'll give you a brief update.<br />
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The most wonderful thing that happened to me since my last post in March (really? a year ago?) was that on May 29th my grandbaby Josephine was born. I am over the moon with happiness since my daughter, my only child, swore to me she was <u>never</u> having children. I accepted that no one would ever call me Grannie Annie, but that is no longer the case. Josephine is a joy and I'm very excited that this coming weekend I'll be going to Colorado to hug and kiss and cuddle and spoil her. This photo was from last Christmas and my husband Ed played Santa.<br />
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Last summer Ed and I took a trip to Europe. We spent five glorious days in Paris where we met up with Judy Belcher and Julie Eakes. How exciting is THAT? Catching up with old friends in Gay Paree?<br />
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Then Ed and I took the train to Toulouse where we met up with my friend Jane and some other artists to attend a workshop with Dayle Doroshow at La Cascade in Durfort. What a marvelous time we had. We created art, went on excursions (don't get me started on how fabulous the flea markets were) and we got to see the Tour de France. Ed spent several years as a cycling coach so he was over the moon.<br />
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(That is Ed in the red shirt taking photos as the cyclists zoomed by.)</div>
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From there we went to Lausanne, Switzerland, where I lived for 14 years. The view from our rented apartment was spectacular!<br />
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In September I hosted a workshop with Tracy Verdugo and it was fabulous. Tracy is a wonderful, inspiring teacher and a gentle spirit. We had lots of fun hanging out together. When the workshop was over, she gifted me with her demo piece "The Owl and the Pussycat". What a thrill. It now hangs over our fireplace and the piece I painted now hangs over my mom's bed.<br />
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<span id="goog_382297798"></span><span id="goog_382297799"></span>The end of the year was here before we knew it (time passes more and more quickly it seems) and I have lots of fun things planned for the coming months. Just this past weekend I attended "An Artful Journey" in Los Gatos, California - a wonderful three days in Danielle Daniel and Mindy Lacefield's workshop. Here I am holding the doll I made and one of the pages I created in my new journal.<br />
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Lots more to come. Now that I've discovered how to post again there may be no stopping me!!!<br />
<br />Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-63990577366460795152014-03-04T18:05:00.000-08:002014-03-04T18:05:27.739-08:00GrrrrrSo...........I have not been able to post since last March......almost a year!!! Tonight I finally figured it out. I couldn't write in the text box because I needed to update my browser (can you tell I'm not a techie?)<br />
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So I just spent the last 45 minutes typing fabulously interesting news of the past year's events, complete with photos. I saved it as a draft and now I cannot find it.<br />
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Tonight I am not going to try and recreate it. I am going to go and eat some of the yummy chili my husband is cooking and watch the Oscars that he taped for me while I was attending "An Artful Journey" in California this past weekend.<br />
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More later........maybe tomorrow........<br />
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<br />Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-17057278465449681842014-01-03T08:40:00.000-08:002014-01-03T08:47:54.213-08:00<a href="http://www.bigstronggirldesigns.com/">A giveaway on Kim Beller's blog</a> Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-10049350926909199002013-03-22T11:35:00.000-07:002013-03-22T11:35:38.345-07:00Time flies at the speed of lightI already promised you in several past blog posts that I wouldn't mention the fact that I can't believe it has been so long since I've posted. Six months. Really? So forget I said anything! But I hear you asking........"where have you been and what have you been doing?". I would love to say that I've been creating mountains of fabulous art, but alas, I've only created a few molehills. I also won't use that worn out saying "life gets in the way". My dad once said to me when I told him I hadn't had time to do something........"If you REALLY wanted to do it, you would have done it".<br />
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I must admit that a lot has been going on.....mostly wonderful. <br />
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In October (on Halloween actually) I found out my daughter, Jennie, and her husband, Tim, are expecting their first child in May. This announcement from my only child who told me "nope, never, ever, ever having kids". So I am THRILLED to become a grandmother. My new name is henceforth "Grannie Annie"!!<br />
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Ed and I went to Australia in November and had a fabulous time revisiting the beauty of Melbourne (where I lived for 12 years) and seeing all our old friends. <br />
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In February, my dad called me at work one Friday to say he was tired of me driving my 13 year old Jeep and that he wanted to buy me a new car. Really? Wow. Thanks, Dad!! It is a Honda Accord and the only thing it unfortunately doesn't do is cook dinner. Otherwise, it is full of bells and whistles and I am still trying to learn about all the lovely things it is capable of.<br />
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The next fabulous news was that my mom finally sold her house in Arkansas and moved to Albuquerque in March. She is all settled in at a beautiful retirement community and is so happy. Wednesday she went on an excursion and hiked three miles and today she is taking a yoga class. GO Mom!!<br />
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The only terribly sad event that happened this past Sunday is that our beloved 18 year old cat, Muffin, passed away. I was on my way home from visiting Jennie when she died in Ed's arms. She had been diabetic for over four years and we knew the end was approaching, but still....our hearts are breaking. We will always cherish the years we had with her. She was so special.<br />
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I am home sick with a cold today, so I thought I would take a few sniffly moments to catch up with all of you while I drink my chai tea.<br />
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Happy Spring. Go plant something. (literally or figuratively.....no matter!!)<br />
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Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-85198521542273584132012-09-30T11:59:00.000-07:002012-09-30T11:59:18.351-07:00Living Without Guilt (as much as possible)!!I hereby confirm that I will stop giving excuses as to why my posts are so infrequent. That is really boring to read. And if you are reading this I hope it makes you happy that you no longer have to listen to my sad stories of never having enough time to do the things I want to do.<br />
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I really DO wish there were more "me" hours in the day, but it IS my choice to fill my "spare" time (as opposed to "work" time) with the things that bring me the most pleasure so I shall instead tell you about some of the things that are currently making me happy. And I must mention that I am so very fortunate to have an unbelievably supportive husband (Ed) who does all the daily tasks (grocery shopping, cooking, vaccuuming, etc.) that allow me to do the fun things that keep me happy.<br />
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I hear you asking.....what are those fun things you do?<br />
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1) I entered several pieces of my artwork in the New Mexico State Fair this month and came home with six first place blue ribbons (three dolls, two hand made books and a polymer clay necklace), three second place red ribbons (two books and a 3-D wall hanging), and a Best of Show gorgeous purple ribbon for another hand made book. I was thrilled beyond words.<br />
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2) I am working on more pieces of art for a November show that I have been juried into. It is called "Una Vida" and you can see info about the show at <a href="http://www.unavidaartproject.com/">www.unavidaartproject.com</a>. <br />
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3) I am working on an Inspirational Card Deck to participate in a swap organized by Jessica Brogan. You can get information at <a href="http://www.insearchofdessert.com/">www.insearchofdessert.com</a>. <br />
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4) I spent a glorious day yesterday with my bestest Albuquerque friend, Cynde shopping for art supplies and books (because neither of us have enough of those things, right?) I wish all of my bestest friends could have come along with us........like Bestest Pam from North Dakota, and Bestest Jane from Florida and Bestest Maureen from Australia, and Bestest Claire from Switzerland, and.......oh heck, why do we all have to live so far apart?? I am so blessed to have wonderful friends from all over the globe and I thank the internet gods for allowing me to stay in touch with them all, even if it is from a distance.<br />
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5) I contacted Madison Steiner who runs a fabulous program called Peach's Neet Feet. Please read about it at her website <a href="http://www.peachsneetfeet.com/">www.peachsneetfeet.com</a>. Peach's Neet Feet (PNF) is a grassroots custom shoe donation project. She organizes artists to paint shoes for children battling cancer, serious illness, and lifelong disabilities. I am excited to get my first pair of shoes to paint.<br />
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6) Ed and I are going to Australia in November for two weeks of R&R and he will be teaching at a clogging event there, too. It will be in the same venue where he proposed to me 10 years ago to the day!! So I am making lists of what to take and what to do before I go to get the house ready for the two medical students who will be housesitting and taking care of our animals.<br />
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7) I sent off my second deposit for the art retreat next year in Dufort, France with Dayle Doroshow. I've also been surfing <a href="http://www.airbnb.com/">www.airbnb.com</a> to find a place to stay when Ed comes over to join me for a week in Paris. Won't that be a wonderful adventure? We will also be able to see the Tour de France live and in person!<br />
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So that is just a few of the things I'm doing these days, and the reason I'd really like more hours in the day and days in the week......because believe it or not, there is still much more I'd like to do!!!<br />
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hugs to all<br />
Annie<br />
Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-4721441907143135382012-08-14T18:56:00.000-07:002012-08-14T18:56:27.888-07:00Really?Really? Another two and a half months gone by? What have I accomplished? Well, certainly not a lot of blogging!! And not a whole lot of art, but hey, I've spent HOURS looking at art and reading about art and Facebooking about art. I joined Mindy Murphy Lacefield's "Paint Your Story" but haven't started actually DOING anything with it yet. But I've sure been inspired. I also just joined The Trodden Path - a ning group of artists, and I've been inspired there, too!! I signed up for the prayer flag swap which should be fun!!<br />
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So now I just have to force my inspiration to actually DO something!!!! This weekend I am bringing Ronna Sarvas Weltman in for a polymer clay and wire workshop. I KNOW I will create something wonderful this weekend. Can't wait to see her again and hang out with my polymer tribe.<br />
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I signed up to participate in The Color Run on August 25th. What could be more fun that arriving at the start line of a 5K walk/run dressed in white only to be bombarded with neon colors while meandering down the course?? I couldn't find anyone to do it with me, but as an artist, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to participate in such an awesome event. I'll post photos soon.<br />
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So off I go to eat an egg salad sandwich and find the courage to create. <br />
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hugs to all<br />
<br />Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-16706904417487772892012-06-03T11:38:00.000-07:002012-08-14T18:57:34.624-07:00Everything changes - trying to keep up!!Another two + months have passed with no blogging by yours truly. I've already written about trying not to make excuses, so I won't go there, but.........oh, never mind.<br />
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I got online today to blog a bit and everything had changed. I broke my Blackberry so I joined the Apple craze and got an iPhone. I took it home to play with it and everything had changed. We got the new WORD and everything had changed. <br />
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Sometimes (actually more and more often) I long to own a little cabin in the woods near a lake with no computer, no flashing billboards, no meth houses in the neighborhood.......just peace and quiet and time to meditate, do some yoga and work in my studio.<br />
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I suppose that isn't absolutely realistic because I need the awesome contact with all my artist friends and I do love the movies and the theater. I'm so excited because my favorite musical, Les Miserables (which I have already seen five times) opens here next week and I have tickets for Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday!! Yeah, I'm a little crazy about it. <br />
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And it will make me think about France and my dream-coming-true of going to La Cascade for Dayle Doroshow's workshop next year!! I am working very hard toward that goal. Found out that I have enough frequent flyer miles to fly to Paris for FREE, so now I just have to work at selling more art to fund my trip. In three weeks I'll be at the New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair and hoping to do well.<br />
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So I must dash for now..............I have things to create.<br />
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In the meantime I'll leave you with a photo of what I'll be seeing next July in France.......fields and fields of them!!<br />
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Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-72512068194448742232012-03-26T19:27:00.004-07:002012-03-26T21:14:00.524-07:00To Artfest I shall go!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLzNEHWTPUy4dlFD41KQC4yoKuJjeMjW4-yqHoio0kkekoprezgbbYaxTXR3KRDq7o1rkselHIIaVeQa9XsRrOlpi-0asfz3fFFvKu2uuXnLNbFat2_MbPeK6cSwDqqm1Sd4FYrJHHS32/s1600/IMG_6120.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724398653475653314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLzNEHWTPUy4dlFD41KQC4yoKuJjeMjW4-yqHoio0kkekoprezgbbYaxTXR3KRDq7o1rkselHIIaVeQa9XsRrOlpi-0asfz3fFFvKu2uuXnLNbFat2_MbPeK6cSwDqqm1Sd4FYrJHHS32/s200/IMG_6120.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Tomorrow morning I fly to Seattle, meet up with my friend Ilene (who drives a rental van like nobody's business!!), take the ferry across the water (I love the ferry) and drive to Port Townsend.</div><br /><br /><div>A few of us friends are meeting up and we'll have about 24 hours to discover the artsy town, do some shopping, eat some delicious food, stay up too late, laugh, giggle and enjoy each other's company as we become over excited about the start of Artfest on Wednesday evening. </div><br /><br /><div>Artfest......the most wonderful art adventure a person could ever have. We stay at Fort Worden (where An Officer & A Gentleman was filmed) and HUNDREDS of artists (over 500....can you believe?) soak in the creative magic of taking classes and hanging out together. There is nothing better. This will be my fourth year, and alas my last year as Teesha Moore has decided not to organize any more Artfests and find a different direction for her fabulous creative talents.</div><br /><br /><div>So we are all excited about the coming week but I know there will be LOTS of tears as we say goodby to each other on Sunday. I've made some fabulous friends over the years, and so it is with bittersweet anticipation that I set off on my last Artfest adventure.</div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-8979759007301664382012-01-31T17:26:00.000-08:002012-01-31T17:38:10.698-08:00So many things to do.....so little time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP68hyphenhyphen-MyyLFDDZsMdxYMyncoa8QxWXe43R6GTrhg_ZYhLTNaYUctQzbgCIUBsRMyliXEyjGDrwE0H7RLshpcOiDsjiSEjTacMfSaypgBjTsePNwkAHY-Nlhyphenhyphen1clmYpTCoKAGD_avGNh8/s1600/IMG_7538.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703973551336848194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP68hyphenhyphen-MyyLFDDZsMdxYMyncoa8QxWXe43R6GTrhg_ZYhLTNaYUctQzbgCIUBsRMyliXEyjGDrwE0H7RLshpcOiDsjiSEjTacMfSaypgBjTsePNwkAHY-Nlhyphenhyphen1clmYpTCoKAGD_avGNh8/s200/IMG_7538.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Another two weeks has passed and I've been a busy little bee (well, ok, a busy <strong>big</strong> bee). I am still on a high from Kate Church's workshop that I attended in Dallas, and this past weekend I organized, and attended, a polymer workshop with polymer clay artist Barb Fajardo. We had tons of fun and I made some cool beads as you can see by the photo. (well, I am assuming you also think they are cool, but it's ok if you think they are hot!!)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I also decided to get started with my challenge to myself of more exercise so I've signed up for Nia, Salsa Aerobics and Zumba classes. So far I am loving them and it's nice to be moving again instead of just coming home after work to make art. Of course I'm still coming home to make art, but I know I need the exercise, so I dance around and think about art while I'm kicking up my heels!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am working on lots of art actually.....just mailed in my chunky book pages for a project with the Art Unravaled group. Working on a Valentine challenge with my local LIBROS Book Guild, writing a lesson plan for my journaling group about stencils, getting ready to make ATCs and Fatbook pages for Artfest in March, thinking about my Art House project, and I have organized an Artfest charm swap and the charms have started arriving!! Did I hear someone say "don't look now, but Annie is addicted to making art"? I guess of all the addictions out there, mine is at least good for me (except for those nights where I can't sleep because I've got an idea for another project!!)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Gotta go......I hear my paints calling me.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-81088797552545246392012-01-16T15:11:00.000-08:002012-01-16T15:16:36.373-08:00Magic with Kate Church<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQtBXMO_hSqew_w39RdV7q9CIaGzN8VowGFxyRqgjsE3qJs4H56dk1dlqFDEPgoPT33x4xUxmQ3pU1wttVag33vr7JaWMvN9VROJSXOUHIM9vGD2rF_kAez7EMXIcvL7QkzT8cmuSsP-s/s1600/Two+friends.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698372392754108898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQtBXMO_hSqew_w39RdV7q9CIaGzN8VowGFxyRqgjsE3qJs4H56dk1dlqFDEPgoPT33x4xUxmQ3pU1wttVag33vr7JaWMvN9VROJSXOUHIM9vGD2rF_kAez7EMXIcvL7QkzT8cmuSsP-s/s200/Two+friends.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzBm6MejYrkR-0KkSN3mxMEOVAOv-W7jrxJwAKP3LxZA90aQ0NeAub_1nB6LfyWFSANGnJkqJaSSddNv61Qp2VtuWJ-1hBnRYByr3SQd03XhbkaL39bXLmR6kYX2B3wQfzwae5Vv5aKmr/s1600/Star+Dancing.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698372268662735682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzBm6MejYrkR-0KkSN3mxMEOVAOv-W7jrxJwAKP3LxZA90aQ0NeAub_1nB6LfyWFSANGnJkqJaSSddNv61Qp2VtuWJ-1hBnRYByr3SQd03XhbkaL39bXLmR6kYX2B3wQfzwae5Vv5aKmr/s200/Star+Dancing.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>I just got back from a three day workshop in Dallas with Candian artist Kate Church. <a href="http://www.katechurch.com/">http://www.katechurch.com/</a> It was so AWESOME and MAGICAL and FANTASTIC. Kate is a wonderful teacher and the whole class made some fantastic pieces. I loved how mine came out. I just want to sit and make more little people.</div><br /><br /><div>Kate and I will be planning soon for a workshop is Albuquerque in 2013. No dates set yet, but I want to learn more from her. Don't miss a fabulous opportunity to work with a master!! More info coming later.</div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-40721699010639778932011-12-30T08:26:00.000-08:002011-12-30T09:09:53.665-08:00The end is near.........Welcome 2012<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSZeKvSFybLiC3L2ScW40B9RXf7IbQIJ7wBMHo5HViFDj1i6i8SLVoAlGTI8ltkbNhX6Zm1LgfRsCxM7mpWa6Jy4J3ehBMaVEvVwPLHj0w1FFyBWvnjaREcj4JilNgl_J1cpCVd6by4BF/s1600/Annie%2527s+witch.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691965509384043874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSZeKvSFybLiC3L2ScW40B9RXf7IbQIJ7wBMHo5HViFDj1i6i8SLVoAlGTI8ltkbNhX6Zm1LgfRsCxM7mpWa6Jy4J3ehBMaVEvVwPLHj0w1FFyBWvnjaREcj4JilNgl_J1cpCVd6by4BF/s200/Annie%2527s+witch.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRzfgK13aNWwjBRAyf12IU9VvdDlfYxtLWSAjod1h_66FzO1GnKuKiL1SVFeUVuNFr2zQQqb59Lb3vBgrsFl_8KHGlqKVqXCVIMIY2BDiYCExWEBFbXwjwkQZ3q63utg3SvgEAchtm8Vu/s1600/Cheers.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 229px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691966551467717314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRzfgK13aNWwjBRAyf12IU9VvdDlfYxtLWSAjod1h_66FzO1GnKuKiL1SVFeUVuNFr2zQQqb59Lb3vBgrsFl_8KHGlqKVqXCVIMIY2BDiYCExWEBFbXwjwkQZ3q63utg3SvgEAchtm8Vu/s200/Cheers.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOurevFBwPMoNGy83IGtDunuCI2NSv4Q-UZw9kP5h-6lvUzURrg9nm3nGGZYx7tsE1shDvGlsCMUCYeEREdD2dSw0VrD7DETQKvcWrwY9kvTwfzzP06T89k8kAa9yYhHrOOZgbfQ-IQNZ8/s1600/Annie+%2526+Ed+9.28.11.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 229px; HEIGHT: 173px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691967216045612850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOurevFBwPMoNGy83IGtDunuCI2NSv4Q-UZw9kP5h-6lvUzURrg9nm3nGGZYx7tsE1shDvGlsCMUCYeEREdD2dSw0VrD7DETQKvcWrwY9kvTwfzzP06T89k8kAa9yYhHrOOZgbfQ-IQNZ8/s200/Annie+%2526+Ed+9.28.11.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCtrk_9erwjUdvFv-R9x-zM_B7TKD9P0-Gm4rlTpsAZxRhEkD9DTNDOVqvxa-wrcXOZQxgTo8QjIkBCMEGfRAIJ9re8bHcxmJu3IWJWdoT8F1K51MAfi1ekkuA-cjUGS7kLLaZ4PjfQ8Q/s1600/Cheers.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCtrk_9erwjUdvFv-R9x-zM_B7TKD9P0-Gm4rlTpsAZxRhEkD9DTNDOVqvxa-wrcXOZQxgTo8QjIkBCMEGfRAIJ9re8bHcxmJu3IWJWdoT8F1K51MAfi1ekkuA-cjUGS7kLLaZ4PjfQ8Q/s1600/Cheers.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo1jHeJuZkjZxzMd9ZCyoy3l6bEuof0VQo1tqh2a5UcjpEvAE_cxPS7HTlXNFKLKP4OsydTVFoFtN04i1bz1irWUKCWoV7ePsuUphdjbZzDi-xc5YWIuTODiAFRYIdcqvnhegHQ-FG2q-/s1600/Cheers.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo1jHeJuZkjZxzMd9ZCyoy3l6bEuof0VQo1tqh2a5UcjpEvAE_cxPS7HTlXNFKLKP4OsydTVFoFtN04i1bz1irWUKCWoV7ePsuUphdjbZzDi-xc5YWIuTODiAFRYIdcqvnhegHQ-FG2q-/s1600/Cheers.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo1jHeJuZkjZxzMd9ZCyoy3l6bEuof0VQo1tqh2a5UcjpEvAE_cxPS7HTlXNFKLKP4OsydTVFoFtN04i1bz1irWUKCWoV7ePsuUphdjbZzDi-xc5YWIuTODiAFRYIdcqvnhegHQ-FG2q-/s1600/Cheers.JPG"></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>my witch from Arley Berryhill's class, Mom and I having a cocktail at Thanksgiving </em></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>and Ed and I having a sushi dinner </em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>at our favorite restaurant<br /></div></em></span><br /><br /><div>My last post started with "oh my gosh I can't believe it has been two months since I've written" and here it is another two months gone. Where does the time go? Has anyone ever answered that question? I don't think so.</div><br /><br /><div>2011 seemed to have flown by and now it is time to take stock of where I've been and where I'm going. This past year brought so many wonderful things.....</div><br /><br /><div>another Artfest last April</div><br /><div>polymer clay workshops I organized with Jana Roberts Benzon and Sarah Shriver</div><br /><div>another season of training with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training (Ed and I raised $5,200 and went to San Francisco to do the Nike Half Marathon)</div><br /><div>a few days in Phoenix with my fabulous friend Cynde at Art Unraveled</div><br /><div>celebrating my mom's birthday in Albuquerque with my brother, his wife and my daughter, Jennie, and having Mom make the decision to move here</div><br /><div>having my dad visit us and discovering a new restaurant in Santa Fe</div><br /><div>my friend Pam and her son Kendall visited from North Dakota and we got some of our old Z-CoiL buddies together for a lovely dinner</div><br /><div>being active in the Kokopelli Doll Group (and winning a blue ribbon at the State Fair with my first doll!)</div><br /><div>being active in the LIBROS book arts group (and winning a blue and red ribbon for two of my hand made books)</div><br /><div>starting a Visual Journaling group</div><br /><div>making a super cool witch in a workshop with Arley Berryhill (photo attached)</div><br /><div>going to Clay Carnival in Las Vegas (with Cynde of course)</div><br /><div>making a bunch of new friends online (and I got to meet Carlanda Brown Williamson and Serena Barton in person)</div><br /><div>and somehow I managed to work full time!!!</div><br /><br /><div>Ed and I had another wonderful year together - we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary, we grew lots of tomatoes and corn in our garden, we hosted a Stampin' Up party and Ed helped the ladies as we made lovely Christmas projects, we trained for the half marathon together and Ed also coached the Team in Training cycling team, we relaxed while watching our favorite TV shows (and I often had my art table set up in the living room so that I could feed my creative habits while catching up on Trueblood, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, The Closer, etc), we went to the Yoga Winter Solstice celebration, we held another Trivia Night fundraiser, we had a lovely Thanksgiving in Arkansas with my mom (whose house is on the market so she can move to Albuquerque!!), and a quiet Christmas with home made cookies.<br /><br />2012 is already starting off with a bang.....going to Dallas in two weeks to do a workshop with Kate Church (<a href="http://www.katechurch.com/">http://www.katechurch.com/</a>) and I'll be returning to Artfest at the end of March (sad that this will be the last one (<a href="http://www.teeshamoore.com/">http://www.teeshamoore.com/</a>). We are hoping to go back to Australia to visit all our friends later in the year, but that may not happen unless they finally let us use our frequent flyer miles or we win the lottery!<br /></div><br /><div>I hope that 2012 brings everyone a wonderful year full of magic.....and I'll try (once again) to be better about posting in my blog.<br /></div><br /><div>Happy New Year!!</div><br /><div>Annie</div></div></div></div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-49569149057120072482011-11-06T06:53:00.000-08:002011-11-06T07:12:37.290-08:00Early morning Sunday thoughts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6MKFJMXTsEKHac29xeK7uZVTVyb20byBaoc7qZqbQ58qkgbfHDjrfFQjcwQ_g_8bQNrmcNPBz2IMgHlGdFbDF0lBzrLJvhbVw4wpqdKuIBdlja5y8G_bgFyN26_HIy5OeYJJT_4KabS-/s1600/Dr+Frank-n-Furter.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671899946026279410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6MKFJMXTsEKHac29xeK7uZVTVyb20byBaoc7qZqbQ58qkgbfHDjrfFQjcwQ_g_8bQNrmcNPBz2IMgHlGdFbDF0lBzrLJvhbVw4wpqdKuIBdlja5y8G_bgFyN26_HIy5OeYJJT_4KabS-/s200/Dr+Frank-n-Furter.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>First thought.....can it <em>really</em> be almost TWO MONTHS since I last wrote in my blog? Well, the evidence clearly shows that to be true. The best intentions have been falling by the wayside lately. As I get older I keep discovering more and more and more things I want to do and be involved in and I know I'll never have time to do them all. So how does one go about choosing? That is a topic that deserves much more additional thought. I'll let you know what I find!!</div><br /><br /><div>Second thought.....I found out last night that Artfest 2012 is going to be the last one. Teesha Moore is moving on to other adventures. I am signed up to go again in 2012 and it will be my fourth one. Fort Worden in Port Townsend is a magical place, with lots of magical friends and to think this will be the last one has made me very sad. Of all the workshop adventures I've ever participated in, Artfest is by far the most special, so I feel empty and sad that I am about to attend the last one. But maybe the fact that Teesha has made this decision will help me to go back to my first thought and make decisions that will be right for ME. Hmmm....keep that thought.</div><br /><br /><div>Third thought....in the meantime, I am headed out in a few days to Clay Carnival, a wonderful get together of polymer clay artists that I have attended for several years. It is four days of learning and sharing and laughing and is also magical (although I must say that the Imperial Palace hotel doesn't hold a candle to the magic of Fort Worden for many obvious reasons). Although I will miss my wonderful husband, it will be good to get away and do the thing I love the most......make art.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Since I've had a bad cold for a few days now, I don't think I have a fourth thought. Oh I'm sure it's in there somewhere, along with about a million other thoughts that are screaming "Pick me, Pick me, Pick me". But I am trying to quiet all the voices and decide what is best for me. I wonder how Teesha did it? I am sure by being brave. I guess I just need to learn a little bravery.<br /></div><br /><div>And I leave you with a photo of me in my Halloween costume. The intent was to be Dr. Frank-n-Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it was kinda depressing that only one person all day knew who I was supposed to be and that so many people said "oh yeah, I've heard of that movie". Proof that I am getting older and the time to make me decision is NOW!!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL_fV_b3mE1nRpF0kAjsz4Z4z3x-asc6LGfEk-iV75ojaSzL7YGsH-jye66X2sHSZIt4_3wRbshT7boPW3776zOmvIC9WYDleWOl_BInMKBJkxlo1pOKTDpNoo38_epc-81z7mmIbfgyu/s1600/Dr+Frank-n-Furter.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL_fV_b3mE1nRpF0kAjsz4Z4z3x-asc6LGfEk-iV75ojaSzL7YGsH-jye66X2sHSZIt4_3wRbshT7boPW3776zOmvIC9WYDleWOl_BInMKBJkxlo1pOKTDpNoo38_epc-81z7mmIbfgyu/s1600/Dr+Frank-n-Furter.JPG"></a></div></div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-56129939451537885642011-09-16T21:34:00.001-07:002011-09-16T21:51:39.281-07:00Learning to be fearlessMy friend Cynde and I made a pact a couple of months ago to do something creative every day. Since then, rarely a day goes by that I don't get out my pencils, or scissors, or paints, or stamps, or stencils, or needles and threads, or a favorite art book and lose myself in the joy of creating.<br /><br />I am trying my best not to be too critical of myself, and am attempting to be fearless. It is a difficult struggle. As an artist, we somehow see ourselves as less than we really are. I am attempting to NOT try to be perfect, but to just ENJOY the process of creating.<br /><br />There is a website that I subscribe to - the Brave Girls Club - and every day they send out an inspiring message that I use to help me in my quest to be the artist I want to be. To not be scared. To try new things. To be confident. To be FEARLESS. It isn't easy, but I am taking baby steps in the right direction.<br /><br />I used my fearlessness and submitted one of my original drawings (inspired by a class with Carla Sonheim) to the Brave Girls, and I just found out that I am the featured "birdie" artist of the day. I am thrilled. Tonight I have NO FEAR.<br /><br />Check it out.........and subscribe to their website......you'll love the inspiring messages.<br /><a href="http://www.bravegirlsclub.com/dailytruths/sept1611.htm">www.bravegirlsclub.com/dailytruths/sept1611.htm</a> (I believe you have to be a member - it is free - to see the posting. )<br /><strong></strong>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-14404211693252499002011-08-22T17:14:00.000-07:002011-08-22T17:29:30.901-07:00Before and After
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<br /><div>No. I didn't get a face lift. I look exactly the same (well, perhaps a few more wrinkles since I last posted). Are you KIDDING? It has been over two months? Yikes. Can I give the excuse that I've been REALLY busy? Because I have. It's the truth. The whole truth and nothing BUT the truth.</div>
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<br /><div>I'm not sure where the rest of June went, but in July, Ed and I organized and held our Trivia Night fundraiser benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We are training to walk the Nike half marathon in San Francisco in October. So there was a ton of planning to do. It was a successful night and we raised just under $2000.......but we still have another $2000 to raise to reach our goal of $6000. (anyone out there want to donate??)
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<br /><div>Then the following week, I hosted Sarah Shriver for a FABULOUS polymer clay workshop. I met new polymer friends from Miami and Colorado and we had so much fun learning new things to do with polymer. Ed and I treated the whole class to a clogging demo at lunchtime!!</div>
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<br /><div>The week after that, I took off with my friend Cynde to Phoenix, where we attended Art Unraveled and learned MORE new art techniques. Cynde is now officially my art partner and we pledge to make some art every day.</div>
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<br /><div>Sorry.....gotta run.....time to make some art while the table is clean!!!</div></div>
<br />Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-42173358936181018262011-06-10T20:50:00.000-07:002011-06-10T21:04:27.589-07:00Full Tilt BoogieLife keeps speeding along and sometimes I have great trouble just controlling the steering wheel! I am always overwhelmed with all the possibilities and choices that are out there. My newest acquisition is the "Full Tilt Boogie" class that I signed up for with Mary Ann Moss. WHAT??? You don't know Mary Ann Moss? Shame on you. She is awesome and her online classes are spectacular. I have been enjoying "Remains of the Day" for about a year now, and on June 17th, those of us who have signed up (and paid for) Full Tilt Boogie will get our first instructions and videos to watch. I can't wait. But I guess I'll have to!! We are going to be using a vintage photo album (see a previous post where I share photos of my super cool eBay purchase).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNID1yTtxsyn11j50J-IQyREEBlSpoWwkf0-a3AiCZaPQaD0rnbm8wB7Qb7Vp75_ov_xEIK9z4gXXa3GD-JN7ECpy8VqBDECtLW1hyphenhyphenF83YEdIm6X8qcCNu0DzOFi-iKB_b_DcskcqFppT/s1600/IMG_0443.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616806357674222642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNID1yTtxsyn11j50J-IQyREEBlSpoWwkf0-a3AiCZaPQaD0rnbm8wB7Qb7Vp75_ov_xEIK9z4gXXa3GD-JN7ECpy8VqBDECtLW1hyphenhyphenF83YEdIm6X8qcCNu0DzOFi-iKB_b_DcskcqFppT/s200/IMG_0443.JPG" /></a> In the meantime, here is a photo of the sun as we saw it this week through the haze of smoke that has been coming from the Arizona fires. It is so sad that such a horrible disaster creates something so beautiful.Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-68006075239837019352011-05-29T22:17:00.000-07:002011-05-29T22:30:09.756-07:00Walking for a cure<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHzRqT6Pgnfp8eQlgj6m8F5dFbMEH2Jv1a4vDdvIi06MFDnKeUgfd1urHp3zPb68ULpzAlgs3gA4zE7UptnSxcAqzBwUZ7a_7qMD3v2TAg6rmGJH_Hu-NslrZJqb-ZPXDbI1wvADb9MB5/s1600/IMG_6369.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612374189953891666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHzRqT6Pgnfp8eQlgj6m8F5dFbMEH2Jv1a4vDdvIi06MFDnKeUgfd1urHp3zPb68ULpzAlgs3gA4zE7UptnSxcAqzBwUZ7a_7qMD3v2TAg6rmGJH_Hu-NslrZJqb-ZPXDbI1wvADb9MB5/s200/IMG_6369.JPG" /></a> My wonderful, gorgeous, patient, handsome, sweet husband, Ed (can you tell that I think he's pretty amazing?) has signed up to walk the Nike (half) marathon in San Francisco in October with me. <br />I walked it 2 1/2 years ago and it was really fun. My knees aren't so great, and my feet pretty much suck, but I just took my time and eventually crossed the finish line. The fact that I knew there were handsome firemen in tuxedos waiting at the finish line to hand me a Tiffany necklace from a silver platter definitely helped keep me going!! Anyway, Ed and I started training last week and we are holding a Trivia Night fundraiser on July 23rd benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). It will be the <strong>fifth</strong> one we have done and it is always a REALLY fun evening. So.....if you are in Albuquerque, please come and join us. And if you're not in the neighborhood, please help us by donating to help with the research to find a cure for blood cancers. The link to our website where you can donate is<br /><a href="http://pages.teamintraining.org/nm/nikesf11/hootens">http://pages.teamintraining.org/nm/nikesf11/hootens</a><br />I have participated in four LLS Team in Training endurance events and have raised over $20,000 and Ed has been a cycling coach with the teams for four years. We have friends and family that have been affected by these terrible diseases, and we will continue to train and fundraise until a cure has been found. Please help us by donating today!! And a big thanks in advance!!!Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-75818991455513516722011-05-20T20:02:00.000-07:002011-05-20T20:12:32.029-07:00Artist Fingers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWHyuEIgHlwpO24Px_aCGK_OiI1CEfDjD7yJt8Pq9QjuS1amLPiUqlcXkobc-ftAwCfmwlKNbFcT6uvwhK5B2VEu4YeZ7-vaTf5I2UMyUBKtuww7UU_uy3AerqhQwL_rsFA3CglStFjHu/s1600/IMG_6243.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 104px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609001011589217330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWHyuEIgHlwpO24Px_aCGK_OiI1CEfDjD7yJt8Pq9QjuS1amLPiUqlcXkobc-ftAwCfmwlKNbFcT6uvwhK5B2VEu4YeZ7-vaTf5I2UMyUBKtuww7UU_uy3AerqhQwL_rsFA3CglStFjHu/s200/IMG_6243.JPG" /></a> I adore Artfest. Teesha Moore does such a wonderful job of gathering artists to teach all of us. They are the best of the best, and Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington is a truly magical place. But I must say, that the hardest part about the experience is what it did to my poor nails. Here is what they looked like after three days of making art. I thought they would never be the same. <br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUZ80vFnE4CseMlCLda33x04vQkUeu-onrlPeoCXTxTkIU1r88SVTgnvejLJ3GEW7YxGL0sWizAfH3HVFNtHflvbtHuy7xBjAXC1bM49KVIMdUDiw8r1VqE1qv3CFLGavAhNgkJ-s9O4M/s1600/Pretty+in+Pink.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 83px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609000746589797122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUZ80vFnE4CseMlCLda33x04vQkUeu-onrlPeoCXTxTkIU1r88SVTgnvejLJ3GEW7YxGL0sWizAfH3HVFNtHflvbtHuy7xBjAXC1bM49KVIMdUDiw8r1VqE1qv3CFLGavAhNgkJ-s9O4M/s200/Pretty+in+Pink.JPG" /></a>But lo and behold, after weeks of treating them to lots of oily mixtures, I was able to get them back into shape. Here is what they look like now. Didn't I do a great job of the manicure? Yep....not a salon job....my own work of manicure art. I guess being an artist also applies to getting the polish on neatly!!</div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-47910231283329460672011-05-15T15:53:00.000-07:002011-05-15T16:01:24.059-07:00Beauty and the Mess<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hhsEW3KLFmtGDEDapoiGTVo4jxSNJUeD97SJa0zU1bNtiFvrpUB20nNodC98uXUGfliSJdGa6E_I9sdT9-Jj4-rRoiZTs3jkgt3ulfs4RWeei6PZnMl9MQ-fyTC0KjkeJqx8oJyByOWW/s1600/IMG_6315.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 177px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 109px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607080677594478642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hhsEW3KLFmtGDEDapoiGTVo4jxSNJUeD97SJa0zU1bNtiFvrpUB20nNodC98uXUGfliSJdGa6E_I9sdT9-Jj4-rRoiZTs3jkgt3ulfs4RWeei6PZnMl9MQ-fyTC0KjkeJqx8oJyByOWW/s200/IMG_6315.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This week I went to a meeting of the LIBROS Book Arts Guild at the Treasurer's home (I am the new Membership Chair...wanna join?). Her home was awesome - very cool and arty and the view from her patio was breathtaking. See?</div><br /><div>Not so beautiful was what happened to me at work......I pulled my desk drawer out too far and it ended up on the floor!! Gave me a chance to clean it out, and now it, too, is beautiful!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI1EsBfY_EdGtf7u7TdWXOgfAl6r2AwDDvSlKIVbFu7gPgQcFp9tw1c5Uo5RHklVUWZlDGZXwHWwbrtn5cHNfIqKIkWFRcqX9fDOeY6bF8eeQ5jwlSTpF7tSNPioe4659YMqiTvD_geK-/s1600/IMG_6317.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 181px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607081209104476002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI1EsBfY_EdGtf7u7TdWXOgfAl6r2AwDDvSlKIVbFu7gPgQcFp9tw1c5Uo5RHklVUWZlDGZXwHWwbrtn5cHNfIqKIkWFRcqX9fDOeY6bF8eeQ5jwlSTpF7tSNPioe4659YMqiTvD_geK-/s200/IMG_6317.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Sorry....I don't have an "after" shot. You'll just have to take my word for it.</div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164952388694703260.post-90570417825913179432011-05-07T18:44:00.000-07:002011-05-08T20:36:20.000-07:00The Artist's Way<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jzVKptFdkPAe-lfQWS8F_bUPe5izSoceGdzvnzM1g4K_qw4XW8z3A-J1Gki3fuY4tEpNA_R5wHMqEzIfpwVEJQsAjJmJw96oqHJIXvxboaG1NyiXzylEegTiCEsWJz99q5zAefI40shZ/s1600/Morning+Pages.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604553892194176082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jzVKptFdkPAe-lfQWS8F_bUPe5izSoceGdzvnzM1g4K_qw4XW8z3A-J1Gki3fuY4tEpNA_R5wHMqEzIfpwVEJQsAjJmJw96oqHJIXvxboaG1NyiXzylEegTiCEsWJz99q5zAefI40shZ/s200/Morning+Pages.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>Often I am the last one to discover cool new things, and this time isn't any different!! I was looking at Dayna Collins' website (<a href="http://www.alleyartstudio.com/">http://www.alleyartstudio.com/</a>) the other day. She is an artist I bought a postcard from at Artfest earlier this month....beautiful work....check her out.<br />She talked about "The Artist's Way" so I checked that out, too (<a href="http://www.theartistsway.com/">http://www.theartistsway.com/</a>). Julia Cameron has written books about "discovering and recovering your creative self". Well, I certainly have a need for that!! So I started doing the morning pages and now I get up every day 45 minutes early to write in my journal. I thought I would hate it, but I make myself a chai tea and pour my heart and brain into my pages and I am really loving it.<br />If I understand correctly (and tomorrow I am going to the bookstore to actually get the book), I am not supposed to spend time reading what I wrote and not necessarily share my thoughts. Part of exploring my creative self .......so I can't let you peek into my journal. I can only make you curious by showing you the front of it!! Some day I might be famous and this photo could be in People magazine and if I showed you the pages, there would surely be some scandal about them. So you'll just have to guess (and continue your subscription to People.....just in case!!)</div><br /><br /><div>So I've been telling everyone about my great, new discovery, and it seems many, many people have already been using the techniques. That's ok........slow and steady wins the race, right??</div><br /></div>Annie Hooten - Art With Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721102500339813210noreply@blogger.com2