So sad...possibly my last Wine Art Wednesday for awhile...I am 27 weeks (and entering my third trimester) tomorrow!!! Eeep! And the two-hour drive twice a week is starting to take its toll. I might just have to Skype from NJ to be involved every week. Good thing it was a great one for me to end on (for the time being)!!!
Artists:
Alex (that's me!), Audrey, Denise, Donna, Jen, Joan, Jocelyn, Lauren, & Marjon!
Menu:
Appetizers:
Guacamole (Joan)
Artichoke & Cheese Dip (Joan)
& Chips, of course! (Thanks Jocelyn!)
Mains:
Two types of delicious Lasagna (Audrey)
Desserts:
Cannolis and Zeppoli/Creme Puffs from Del Prete in Bridgeport, CT
(Thank you SO MUCH Lauren & Marjon!)
(Food photos are always taken AFTER we dig-in! ;)
And it was definitely an evening of fine quotes:
"It shouldn't be Google. It should be Ask Donna...she knows it all!" ~ Joan...and I think she's definitely right!
"Luck of the bottle" ~ Marjon telling us that the last glass of wine from the bottle is called this in the Netherlands, where she is from. (I wonder if I took the last sip from the bottle if that luck would be good for the baby or me?!)
"I will try anything...twice." ~ Me "Sometimes the first is a fluke." ~ Lauren, as usual, knowing exactly how to finish my thought when I can't even think straight! (And, so very true!)
"The kid in you should have seen it...haha, wait, there IS a kid in you!" ~ Jen to pregnant me.
"Wait, Johnny Depp is...available?!" ~ Jen, when we got on to the subject of celebrity divorces due to the recent news explosion surrounding Seal and Heidi...so sad. Joan and I thought they were going to make it! I was shocked by Ashton and Demi too, but what do I know?! Because I certainly don't know any of these people!!! Then, "I'd like him as a son-in-law!" ~ Audrey (already happily married, you see!)
"You get to that weird middle stage in art where you hate it...it's like middle school." ~ Jocelyn on the facts of art. Whenever you are painting, drawing, whatever, just prepare yourself for that middle time period of BLAH. We all know it!
"OH...MY...GOD." ~ me, after eating a very-illegal-to-her-dairy-free-diet-but-so-freaking-worth-it cannoli. Seriously, Del Prete, I am glad I live in NJ...that was heavenly! (At least for the part that I was eating it...)
Okay, apologies, that was a lot of quotes and I bet there were many more that I was laughing too hard to write down. How about a few process photos?
(Think it's time for a new tablecloth? It works so well, but the colors always clash with our paintings! Maybe we should paint it?!)
We also talked about the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), which Lauren is exhibiting (our favorite) HopeClips and Donna is visiting to see what's new this week. (I told Lauren that I HAVE to remember to bring my HopeClip to the hospital when I go in to labor...the nurses will LOVE it and how perfect for hospital gift shops?! You can lie back comfortably and get all of your hair out of your face in a chic way! Now, to remember it when I am pulling out my hubby's own hair that day...) I digress, sorry...we talked about NYIGF because if you are running a booth, you have about 30 seconds to sell your product to the buyers. It is such a huge show, that buyers usually run through with a list and if you are new, you've got that 30 seconds their stride takes them to get past your booth. (I volunteered with Lauren one year and she taught me SO much about running a business. That girl is not only the sweetest, most intelligent, quick-witted girl...she is a wonderful entrepreneur! Take notes, dear reader!) She and Donna (who has been to many trade shows as a Buyer) both agreed that you have to really know your customer. Which probably explains why we all want each others' paintings by the end of each night!
Audrey was squirting paint on to her canvas (to prime it/put down the base coat) and I loved how it looked on its own!
We said "let it dry (for a month) and then MOMA will buy it!" Joan added "just say you sneezed! It'll be worth millions!" I guess it was our little commentary on how art is always in the eye of the beholder and is really like wine. You have to look/try a lot of different things to find out what really makes you happy / makes you feel great!
Speaking of making you happy...Pretty Woman and My Big Fat Greek Wedding are movies that we all agreed make us happy. If you turn on your TV to see what's on and you find one of those, you will inevitably watch it from whatever point it is at...and laugh...and smile...and be happy! Life is good.
One of the girls started laughing and told us the story of finding lumps in her breasts when she was a teenager. "Laughing?" you ask? Yes, because she was watching TV when something prompted her memory, maybe a news brief or a part of a show, and she remembered that her girlfriends told her that you are supposed to check your own breasts for lumps in between appointments. (Read here for how to do it ladies, it is important!) So she did...in her living room, while she was watching TV, and found quite a few! After telling her mother, they went straight to the Doctors' office and then in to surgery and had some removed. She was laughing because it all happened so suddenly and all while these two girlfriends were traveling all over Europe, and she had to stay home because she couldn't afford the trip. She said "now I'll have a story for them when they get back!" And also, still can't believe how quickly she was rushed in to surgery without tests at that time. Now she knows that they are actually fibrous cysts. This made two of the other girls laugh and they looked at each other and laughed harder realizing that they were thinking the same thing! They both had them as well, and there first times at the OB-GYN (yes, both of them and again, as teens) told their Doctors that they had Cystic fibrosis and both Doctors had quickly corrected them and luckily, explained to them the difference so they didn't make the same mistake again! What are the chances? The world really is smaller than we realize and we all have so much in common and share experiences.
Okay, I have truly typed my fingers off today! If you made it this far, then WOO! You are seriously a true Wine Art Wednesdays fan and it is time for you to start your own weekly session with your best friends! Email me at WineArtWednesdays@gmail.com if you have any questions on how to get started. We love to share the passion and fun!
<3 Alex and the Wine Art Girls
P.S. We discussed future painting ideas. Maybe a poll is in order? We thought of sushi, lobster, coffee-themed, personalized paintings, and a few more. Any ideas, readers/fellow bloggers and artists? And also, please forgive us if our timing is a bit off in the next few weeks. Since I won't be in CT to take part, it may be that the blog isn't live by Friday and/or the paintings aren't listed by Monday, but we will do our best! To us, it is more about being together than anything else and we hope to not disappoint any fellow believers!!!
...the paintings...
(Most of these will be posted for sale on our Etsy.)
(Some of these are not quite finished!)
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
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