The weekend has begun

I had a personal goal of blogging everyday this month.  Yesterday was such a full and busy day it just didn't happen.  I am loving Twitter for days like that. 
I received herb plants (including a couple of woad for the dye garden) in the mail from Crimson Sage nursery a couple days ago.  I was really amazed by the size of these plants.  They also arrived in perfect shape.  I highly recommend them.  So yesterday morning I was out organizing some herb areas (culinary, dye and medicinal beds).  Then after a serious kitchen cleaning and laundry room experience I headed into Portland for my Fiona Ellis weekend.  Well first I kept the cleaning energy going and moved several loads of boxes for my mom (she has been moving to a new place--hi mom).

Anyway-Fiona Ellis--the weekend started with a talk "What Inspires Me" at Twisted last night.  Did I mention that this weekend was sponsored by BMFA?  Tina introduced Fiona and we spent 2 hours looking at slides and talking about inspirational photos, places, books, movies.  And guess what--it was inspirational!  All kinds of ideas kept popping into my head.  I'm glad I had a notebook in my lap to write down ideas.  One of which will be popping up here very soon.  I'm going to start posting one photo each week that I find inspirational to design or color.  I am going to list what part of the photo inspires me and invite you to do the same.  I think we will all benefit from the exercise.
One fun thing I noticed last night--The lady in front of me was knitting a long scarf with a beautiful yarn.  I saw Tina glance over  and then back again as the colors caught her eye.  Definitely a dyer:)

I retrieved my camera last night so there will be photos of the weekend classes.  Today is a 6 hour class all about design.  I'm heading to the Farmer's Market on the way so I had better sign off.

Comments

[Michelle]

Oh, it sounds like that talk was great. I definitely would have gone if I hadn't been at the coast!

(By the way, I made that same "post a day" commitment to myself--so far, so good, although once or twice already I've posted something really quick and kinda dumb just so I don't skip a day. Heh. Bit of a cop-out, perhaps, but the idea is to get myself into a habit...)

[Debby]

Fiona Ellis' talk sounds like just what I need right now! I'm going to do the 12-wk program from the book "The Artists' Way" and I wouldn't be surprised if there is an exercise like that, looking at images that inspire us and figuring out why. I'm looking forward to seeing what photos you post!!