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el studio

i realized that i haven't posted pictures of where i do  lot of my work
we have a one car garage in front of our house that has been slowly turning into a really nice place to work!  i have used it ever since we moved in but this is how it started...without the window

and now...

for my birthday my dad put lights in!  and he also sent over the carpet out of his dining room when he got new carpet! 
i think this is the cleanest it has ever been!  i always have too many projects going on...but that's what the space is for!  i love it

Birthday and Father's Day

this weekend was my birthday...and 3 weeks ago it was my brother Andy's birthday.  we are 11 months apart so for a few weeks we were the same age, but now i am older again!
we went to dinner and i got a few pics
blaine & mom
the whole gang...bob, andy, candice, me, blaine & mom

so i really need to take more pictures because we also got together with Blaines parents and my Dad and Sharon...but i have no pictures! 
My birthday was on Fathers Day so my Dad and I got to celebrate together!  It was great! 
He sent me these picture the other day
we spent a lot of time at lake mead when we were younger

i think he was 21 or 22 here...him and Andy have motorcycles now too
Anyways, great weekend & happy fathers day!!!

Tara's getting married...

and we are all so excited!!!
all of us bridesmaids threw her a shower this weekend, so fun!
the beautiful bride-to-be...i know she hates to be put on the spot but we loved seeing her enjoy her day
some of her bridesmaids and some mom's...tara's mom mary is on the far left
zebra...EVERWHERE!  we were a little nervous about it...but when we got there the place looked amazing! 
Christina got the flowers at Shinoda Design Center and they did such a wonderful job!!!
i got to sit with steph, kayla & my mom...no pics of mom though :(
someone actually came in and was congratulating me...i had to tell her 'tara's sitting over at this table...i am sure she will be so happy to see you'...she was so sweet and it's not the first time that's happened!  It was a great day & we were all so tired at the end!  Congrats Tara...can't wait for the BIG day!
so, blaine & i have 3 weddings in august and one in september...busy months....should be fun!

::GRAND OPENING::

@ www.lugick.etsy.com

if you read my blog you know that i like making all kinds of things...i have always loved making jewelry and so i set up shop over at etsy & i hope you will come take a look! 
i am calling it 'blu'...my nickname has been lu since i can remember and then i stuck a 'b' on the front for blaine...awwwww

heres an idea of what you will find over there
i would love to know what you think!

artfest...

i forgot to post what i made at artfest!  Steph posted her's here.
so artfest was not what i expected but once i got past the accommodations (seriously there was a rat and it was more then FREEZING in our room!) i had a really, really, great time!  for me it was very much like the 2 summer camp experiences i had when i was younger...when i first got there i was thinking what have i got myself into? (or what had my parents got me into!) and when it was time to go home i was wishing i had more time!  i left feeling inspired and creative, i felt like i learned so many new techniques and life lessons too!  i even liked my projects, but mostly i enjoyed the process of learning how to work with new materials and meeting very nice women (i know there were some men there but i only met one, and he regulated the tempature in our room...thank you Tracy!!!) who were there with only a few things in mind...nurturing their creativity and making new friends...i learned a lot from these women!

we stayed at fort worden
this is right near the beach where Steph and i found seaglass after our classes


here are my projects
this was Laurie Mika's class...my favorite!  She is a great teacher and so very talented!!!
we learned how to make these tiles out of clay, paint them, embellish them and put them all together.  I just loved this class!

these next one's i made in my class by Judy Wise

Judy taught us how to use wax and showed us lots of things we could do with it.  This was fun and everythign was so hands on
i didnt think i was into collage, but once i started i couldnt stop!
i also took a lettering class but i cant find those photos right now...i wasnt very good at it anyways but it was really fun too

so, if you ever have the chance to go to artfest i would say take it & go with an open mind...like you had to at summer camp!

i love NY

Rachel & I went to NY for Stationary show...lots of great stuff and we came home very tired but very inspired!!!  we stayed in times square and it felt like there were so many more people there then i remember...but who knows.  Rachel had an internship in NY in college so with the help of her handy map she lead me around.  we walked  much more then i usually do because i never know where i am going, so i just hop in a taxi...but not this time.  we had some appointments in the city the first day and we walked to them without getting lost...big accomplishment!  the last day we were there we had a bunch of people ask us directions and suggestions of where to go...we must have looked like New Yorkers, I guess they didnt see us checking our map!
union square, i loved this area

i have some questions about the marketing in times square...i want to know how many more m & m's they actually sell because of this
what do you think?

it's been a while...

but I'm back...for today at least!  Thought I would post some pictures from our vacation...it was wonderful!!!  We went to Maui

these are blaine's first pieces of seaglass...a huge blue piece and an aqua...i have NEVER seen a cobalt blue that big before!!!  i thought it was beginners luck, but he kept finding the good ones!  i was a little bit happy for him...mostly jealous!  once he found out how good the pieces he found were he was kindof into it
this was the walk down to one of the beaches we were told might have sea glass...not much but Blaine did find a red piece here we finally found the mother load!!!  blaine was picking all the pieces he liked...i was picking all the pieces i saw!!! 
my glass is on the left...i was so greedy!!!
  Ahhh, can i be ready to go back already???
once we got back from this trip, Rachel & i were off the next day to New York for the Stationary show...i'll post a few of those pics soon too! 

we've checked out

we are on vacation...having a great time!

 

you don't want me...

on your bowling team
that is a strike, but i know that was just luck and my score didn't end up much better then this!  you think i might be embarrassed...but no...
we went with dad and sharon after dinner...a great way to start the weekend!   hope you enjoy yours!

women build & a birthday

my friend maggie organized this for us.  we went down to carlsbad and helped habitat for humanity build a condo building.

maggie
monica
me & zena
jamie
thanks for putting it together maggie!
that was saturday & sunday we enjoyed lots of sunshine down at Nyla's for my mom's birthday


note to self...put on  a shirt next time these little boys are so funny!  max & ells...that is a huge piece of white chocolate in ell's hand, he ate the whole time & did a lot of playing!  just precious!  thanks nyla for a great party & happy birthday mom!!!
it was a wonderful weekend!  i am still going to post my pictures from artfest, which was really fun!