A girlz Saturday

This past weekend my girlfriend Ellen and I drove to Rhode Island to participate in a Self Portrait class being run by the gorgeous Tracy and Allison Stilwell. Opening their home to the participants, they gave us a day of play, a lunch of magnificent proportions (who got the last scone?) and an opportunity to share, laugh, drink tea and forget about the washing.

The Venue -

The girlz have friends like these scattered amongst the ponds, daffodils and bees.

These cookies come mighty close to Karenne's anzacs.

and did I mention the scones?

The day of course was all about self expression....who are you really? Oh boy did I really want to go there? So I found a photo that I felt expressed the real me...it just happens to (in my opinion express the real Ellen too)....

Then with a little magic and a lot of "does that look good?"... "are you telling the truth?" ... "Is my nose wonky?".... I created....

In the preparation and lead up to this class it truly got me thinking a lot about myself and the complex character yet simple in nature (no family comments allowed) person that I am. So I decided to be simple in my description.

and the Goddess? Well as usual she just created with a heart and soul that I have come to know, love and admire. She just pulled fabric scraps from the basket. Mind you the fabric scrap basket at the artgirlz studio is certainly a scrap basket we would all love...I even included a big scrap at the bottom of my work - one because I loved it and two because I know that it had been made with very very clever hands and if I rub it enough perhaps some of the magic will rub off onto my hands...yes?