The ArtBLISS Inaugural Event has come and gone much too fast.  My mind is reeling thinking about the weekend, and I am going to commit these wonderful days to memory.  Thank you to each and every person who stepped in to the ArtBLISS world over the weekend….YOU made the event the best art retreat in town.  Please allow me to share a few pictures with you, as I just can’t contain the excitement I felt over the last few days spent with friends (old and new) and with our amazing instructors. 

We received fantastic support from our family.  Jeanette and I are grateful to our husbands who helped from freeing up time for us to dedicate to planning (and for making our flyers and name badges!), to stopping by the event with out kids to root us on.  We were also grateful for the support shown for the students and instructors whose spouses and children traveled with them so they could attend.

One of our attendees surprised us with beautiful enameled bangles to commemorate the occasion….complete with a quote from the ArtBLISS website.  Thank you Jean!

There were reunions between friends….

And meeting some of our favorite artists for the first time  (Deryn Mentock)…..

There was was plenty of hands-on learning like we all hoped for….

Show and tells after the workshops (enameled beads by Christine).

Charm swapping (ceramic charms by Jenny)………

Plenty of shopping….

Fun stamping at a Make and Take (thanks, Angela!)…..

And lots of chocolate….

What an inauguration!  We hope you can join us for the next round!

In my next post or two I’ll take you inside some of the FanTasTic workshops that were held by this dream team….

Thank you for stopping by and sharing our excitement!