One of the highlights of going to Karen's delightful retreat hosted by Stacy at Whitworth Ranch Retreat, was renewing my friendship with Sonia Cruz. She and I had met a few years back at Jenn Hayslip's fairy tale getaway in North Carolina.
Sonia publishes a pretty magazine, available digitally or printed through magcloud.
In the latest issue, she features not only the fun time we had at the Texas elegant hoe-down, she also shows off my Fabulous friend, Karen's pretty in pink studio. I've been to Mt. Dora, FL and visited this work room and the pics Karen took of it are as fab as she is. And she is pretty durn FAB. Lovely pictures of a lovely space, taken by a lovely lady.
And looky here! I'm a magazine model. Ha! Here I am with Karen and Sonia at the Texas party, we are all decked out in our Downton duds.
Over the years, I've been lucky enough to have my artwork, projects, home, studio, or styling featured in some publications. Once, a photo I had taken of Sugarwings was used in Where Women Create, too. But it seems odd to see myself in a picture...
And now this is the second time I've been in Sonia's Creating Vintage Charm.
Hmmm.... I saw on the new season of "America's Next Top Model" that Tyra has taken out the height requirements, I wonder how she feels about age limits? She should do a season with "America's Next Top Short, Round, Grammie Models" and I'd sign up.
Because of course, now I have a portfolio to show for my audition.
Uhm, did I honestly just admit to watching ANTM? Ooops. Well, I do like my trashy TV shows. Although, that one has become too argumentative for me, I used to like it much better. Now, I fast forward through all the ridiculous flirting and silly, pouting, fights and just watch the makeovers and photography. I'll bet that if Tyra would feature grammies that would cut down on the bickering and boozing.
At least on the bickering. At our age, we are thrilled to get out and have fun on a getaway. Which is why I love going to art events like Jenn's, Karen's, and Stacy's. It's wonderful to be with friends, creating and sharing.
I've met some very nice people when going to or hosting events. And it made me happy to see one of them, my buddy, Linda, had one of her creations shown on a full page of Sonia's magazine. Linda had made one of these colorful, candy filled confections for each of the guests at the ranch. She is a generous soul and I was thrilled to see this in the pages of the story.
If you want to attend a (mini) arty getaway, and meet some nice people, maybe I'll see you in October at the cottage? Details in the next blog post, or email me at:
karlanathan@sbcglobal.net
I ordered a hard copy of Creating Vintage Charm this last week, Karla! Oh my! I feel so honored and excited that one of the little birdie gifts I created was included in the issue! I am also so looking forward to seeing Serendipi-TEA photos, Karen's studio, and any other lovelies Sonia has to share. It was a real treat to meet Sonia. She is a very sweet and talented lady.
Oh, I really love the "prairie girls" photo of you and Lori! What pretty smiles, and I LOVE how you both are dressed.
Posted by: Linda P. | August 08, 2015 at 01:24 PM