I have just returned from three days of intense creativity at the second annual Believe in Yourself Retreat in Blowing Rock, NC sponsored by Crreative Spirits, Susan Edmondson and Kristi Steiner.
This year's retreat has motivated me to get back to blogging and to start a new blog about my own creative and artistic pursuits.
This year's Believe in Yourself retreat project was entitled The Nature of My Heart. Each page of this mixed-media embellished fabric book was based on exercises that helped us explore different aspects of our creativity. See the Believe in Yourself Retreat page at Kristi's website for details and pictures of her Nature of My Heart book.
In addition to Kristi and Susan's encouragement, creativity abounded from ideas shared among those attending and from inspiration and supplies available from delightful vendors like Random Arts from my hometown, Saluda, NC and Country Mercantile from Lowell, NC.
In the next few days I will add details and pictures of the pages of my own book, still in progress. I will also include pictures of my husband's pages as well. He was the only man among 40 women attending. This was all new to him, but he had a great time and I am thrilled at his own creativity.
Special thanks to Kristi and Susan and especially to my friend, Jane Powell of Random Arts. I'm blogging again. WOOHOO!
Good for you Betsy -- I'll be looking forward to seeing the pictures and also to reading more of your lovely words.
Posted by: Penny | September 13, 2007 at 07:49 AM
I am looking forward to picture of the books that you and Bob worked on!
Posted by: Boyd | September 13, 2007 at 11:03 AM