Mike & Heather's Visit

I have been refelcting on the past few years and really feel lucky that my cousin Mike and Heather moved to CA! I have gotten to see them many times over the past 4 years and what a treat it is everytime! They are good company and we laugh lots...it's great to stay in touch with family....priceless, actually...
Here's some pics from their short but sweet visit...

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Thankful.
Thankful for family. Thankful for my friends. Thankful for my health. Thankful for my art. Thankful for all the people in my life that make it so sweet. I missed my family far away, but all in all had a GREAT day with the loved ones who were here and lots of new found friends...Chad & I teamed up with the neighbors in the front house to put on a shindig of all shindigs...potluck Thanksgiving.We ate outside under the big blue sky and had a bon fire...into the night we sat around, warmed our feet and laughed and talked.The day made sweeter with my pumpkin chocolate cheesecake & apple pie (momma's recipe & a tradition)Finishing off the last of the pie..Sarah was instrumental in the kitchen...I couldn't have done it without her!Jefferson & I pretending to be eskimos...who are freezing in the harsh winter conditions...can't you see the look of dispair in our frozen faces?!My bunnny ears were a little off...but you get the idea..dorks :)Ahhh, familia...priceless.love.Hope your turkey day was full of smiles, gratitude and love.

RAWards semi-final show!!!

This past Thursday I competed in the semi-finals for RAWartists....
As most of you know, I was asked to participate in RAWart back in April. RAW is a non-profit organization of artists helping other artists showcase their talents. There are many catergories of "art"...RAWart showcases painters, dancers, musicians, photographers, make-up artists, etc...
Every year the organization has an awards show to honor Artisit of the Year in each of these categories. Every artist that did a show with RAW during the year is eligible...and there are a lot of artisits in each category in different cities around America. I won the online votes to put me into the sem-finals; which consisted on 5 artists per category. We all showcased our work on Thursday...I am proud to say, I won for my category!!!! This means that I am now a finalist, and am representing the city of Los Angeles in my category (Visual Artist). Each city did this same showcase and picked one winner in each category...now the winner represents it's city. A panel of RAWart judges will review each cities' bodies of work and announce ONE winner in each category for the entire year at Mann's Chinese Theatre, January 12th! I am VERY excited to have made it this far and am hopeful I will win the title of RAWartist of the year!!!! It is a bit daunting to compete at a national level with SO many great artists....but I feel giddy that there is a possibility for me to win! The winner gets rewarded with features in several magazines and art galleries, as well as art supplies and to show in RAWart's 2012 show in any city of choice. (I would, of course, choice NYC) SO, Keep your fingers crossed....there are a lot of cities I am up against...but I am OH SO PROUD to represent Los Angeles and made it this far in the competition!!!!
Here's a few pics of Thursday's show....



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