The MOMS Club of Huntington Beach South is hosting a Girls’ Night Out Holiday Boutique fundraiser supporting Project Self-Sufficiency’s “Adopt-a-Family” holiday program.

This evening event showcases local entrepreneurs, who will have items on hand for purchase.

Wine and Champagne Bar will be available, as well as an opportunity drawing for prizes and bake sale items. Proceeds from bake sale and opportunity drawing tickets will go toward our club’s philanthropic efforts.

Hope to see you there and bring a friend or two! Open to the public.

I realized I spend most of the week teaching/assisting others in making art, and I really need to set a date for myself to make some art of my own.  The last few weekends I have been so busy with the new venture into doing Craft Shows (and in fact I am doing the Long Beach Patchwork November 6th, so save the date!)

Friday night I set a date with myself to paint and it was wonderful.  It’s nice to have an activity that you feel completely at home in.  Like a good, good friend.  And I realized it’s the mystery and the puzzle I like just as much as the moments that seem to congeal and flow.  I like a challenge, especially a mental one.  And it’s not just a to-do list and crossing things off.  It’s an open activity where nothing is certain and options are aplenty.  I realized it’s like a dance, an unchoreographed one.   And I listen to music while I’m painting so it is pretty much exactly a dance.  My arms are just wielding an oily substance at the end of sticks that translates my movements into a language built out of color.

On another note…here are some images from one of my recent classes where we drew and painted haunted houses!

Speaking of Haunted Houses, our website for our annual Haunted House in Murrieta (Brian’s brother’s house), which we have titled Evil Haunt, has now come online.  Brian also made a teaser trailer for the event, and I wrote the bios.  So if you aren’t too scared, click on over!  Bwa hahaha…

Well I am doing my second craft show, this time at Piecemakers in Costa Mesa as part of their annual Harvest Festival, which will have over 80 vendors, live music, food and a hay ride.  And it’s all Halloweened out so it will be fun!  If you’re in the area tomorrow between 9 and 4 p.m. stop by and say hi!

I will have a booth at Piecemaker’s annual Harvest Festival. Event is on Saturday, October 1, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.