poker chip swap

Lisa Kettell held a "poker chip" swap with the theme of "circus". she altered a couple of poker chips in her new book, so thus the idea for her swap. i was paired with Lisa and another partner. the only rule was to use a poker chip and make two of them. i decided instead of building upon my chip laying flat that i would build it up. i pictured a circus tent. recently at the flea market i scored some really awesome vintage rubber stamps in their original box and they are all circus related. (so cool!) i chose the ringmaster stamp to go under the tent. so what the ringmaster is standing on is the poker chip, which i glued onto a piece of foam.

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in other news, it has been rainy, cloudy, foggy, windy and in general - YUCKY! when i dropped dillon off at the show, i was pleasantly surprised by some sunshine. when i came out of the building not 10 minutes later, it was still sunny, but pouring. i said to myself, "there's gonna be a rainbow soon" and sure enough- there it was. what's more special than a rainbow?

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tea with Lisa Kettell

first of all, before i forget to ask, can you see my blog posts? lately here and there, people have been emailing me that they can't see my posts. i think something is going on with blogger. anyone?

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today i started my day off by going to see "Slumdog millionaire" with Dillon. we really liked it. the soundtrack is really good too. we also saw a preview for a new movie with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, called "The Soloist" - wow, it looks like a really good movie.

after the movie, i dropped dillon off at his GF's house and then i headed over to my new friend, Geralyn's house where she was hosting a tea with Lisa Kettel. lisa came with her mom and was signing copies of her new book, "Altered art circus". we had lovely desserts and tea and i got to meet some new faces as well as see a few familiar faces. it was a nice time and good to get out.

here's lisa and i

Marlene, who i met several years ago when we did the Ocean Grove Art show, she was my booth neighbor. she is very sweet. i think my camera battery was dying at this point.


here is lisa with our hostess, Geralynn, wearing a crown that lisa made her.

and here's a cute pic of lisa signing one of her books.