Sunday, November 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Baby Brain
I guess that I had major baby brain on Wednesday night...twofold, now that I think about it. (I'll explain; I'm 16 weeks pregnant - hence me being the "Sober Blogger" - and one of my best friends had a baby on Tuesday that I got to meet and hold on Wednesday!) Anyhow, I forgot to take notes during the evening or even photos of the food! Later that evening when just Joan and I were left and we were finishing the clean-up, I suddenly realized and started to rack my brain and write down our conversations...so here goes my attempt!
Another successful evening, painting- and "freeing" -wise! Denise completed her second painting (ever), Gina began her first, and Al (the first guy to actually paint at a WAW) completed his first (ever)! I don't think Al was too pleased with my Disney Movie Playlist, but he got a dose of what WAW's are all about; being yourself! (He also got to hear our terrible...I mean...lovely voices singing "Sisters" from the movie "White Christmas.")
That's Jen painting away and Al moving quickly, haha.
We had a really wonderful discussion about Ally's Law. I recently (and finally) got around to reading one of my Glamours from a month or so ago, and was happy to see that it was the issue including the "Top 10 College Women." (Ahh, reminiscing about Maya Shankar, a friend of mine, when she was featured as "The Scientist" in 2006.) Ally Bain was featured as this years' "Activist" and the law she has already had passed in a few states to enable people with Krohn's Disease and other gastrointestinal disorders to use restrooms wherever they may need them. (Click here for the Glamour link and here for more on Ally's Law.) Since I know a few people with such issues, I know how important her work is. Al, being an EMT, also agrees and said that he had a friend with "the card" that you keep in your wallet to show employees, so that you may use the bathroom - AMAZING!
Here are our pallets (paper plates, not very glamorous, but very effective!). We also use up the leftover paint to prepare blank canvases for art!
I still can't stop thinking about beautiful newborn Reid Hudson K. Awww, his little eyes when they peeked at me and his tiny yawn and toes, but long, dark hair! (Luke and Dana made it look like a little mohawk - adorable.) I'm so distracted by his cuteness in my memory! Thankfully, being extremely happy is highly conducive to painting and painting leads to happiness, so I was all smiles and couldn't have had a better WAW. Here are our paintings! (Some are already listed on our Etsy! The rest will be up on Monday.)
(Clockwise from top left: Group, Joan, Rita, Jen, Gina, Alex, Group) See, we started a new thing where we also use up our leftover paint by having "group" canvases...it's so fun to see what each person adds to it! (Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of Al's before he left and Denise's snowman was already displayed elsewhere, but you can see it on Etsy by Monday!)
See you next week!
<3 Alex
PS: Do you want to see us do a specific type of painting? You can see that this week we did a Christmas theme! Let me know my commenting or sending me an email at WineArtWednesdays [at] gmail [dot] com !!!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Poltics NOT ALLOWED
We have simply discovered that politics should not be discussed at Wine Art Wednesdays. And that we have to stick to our rule: you can't come if you don't paint. Tony, Dennis, that means you are officially uninvited! Right, now that the nastiness is done, it was another brilliant Wine Art Wednesday!
It was our largest group yet: 7 women (and 2 uninvited men, of course). We ate Joan's delicious Beef stew and homemade bread (5 ingredients and no high fructose corn syrup or weird preservatives!):
Followed by a healthy sing-a-long to the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack as we started to prepare our canvases. The discussion toggled from how to make soup for 50 people/day for three straight days (easy if you have a large le creuset and Joan's stew talent - yum!) Or there are a few stores nearby that you could just buy their largest containers in quantity if you can't make it...you'd think Costco could fulfill this challenge, but none of us can think of a soup there that we love enough. Any suggestions?
Already, Jen was painting at her amazing speed again:
Can you believe it? She, of course, finished two again! (Both of which I want.) Then we were off to discussing ... so many wonderful things that I can't seem to remember! Okay, the terrible truth is that I left the list at Joan's. When she gets a chance, she's going to call me and read it off so I can finish the blog post. What you probably care about more are the finished works! So here they are:
(Our Etsy - link and photos at top left of blog - will be updated in the next few days!)
Happy friends, happy hearts!
<3 Alex
PS: Good luck with your Thanksgiving meals and plans! We've just discussed ours. That reminds me: we will not be having a W.A.W. the night before Thanksgiving. We will be pouring our art in to our dishes for Thursday - happy cooking!
Friday, November 4, 2011
In the dark?
Due to the massive power outages in the Northeast this week, we were unable to have a Wine Art Wednesday - our apologies. (But believe us, we are probably more sad than you!) Jen and I were supposed to Skype for it, since it was a rather busy week for everyone, but without power, what could we do? I spent my time heating my house with pots of water on the stove. When they boiled, I poured them in to our porcelain tub in the bathroom and re-filled the pot! 3-4 hours for a warm bath will certainly make you appreciate electricity when it's back. I'm happy for the boost in productivity in my own business, now that I know how good I had it! (And if I had a few of the candles above, I wouldn't have had to restart reading the Harry Potter series...I would have been way too busy staring at them as they burned!)
Hope everyone has their power back and is warm & safe!
~ Alex
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