Thursday, October 15, 2015

Artsy Blessing!

Good Thursday all my crafty friends! It is a B-E-A-utiful day here in my part of the world! Beautiful blue skies abound and a brilliant cool snap in the air!! I ABSOLUTELY love it! My favorite tree at the front of my home has started to drop leaves and I am uber excited! FAVE time is here! :)))))

I am just getting to a slow down point to be able to do a post. I have been extremely busy this week playing catch up from being off for several days. I was so blessed to get to do a myriad of things over this past weekend and I'll share a little here with you today!

I left out last Thursday with some great pals of mine up to Charlotte, NC for a Women of Faith Conference! We had a ball with wonderful fellowship, dining, worship and amazing speakers! It truly was a great trip!
I was so blessed by the trip from start to finish, but mainly because I got to go with my bestie and two other pals! I couldn't have asked for better traveling companions!! I loved Charlotte, it is just a beautiful little town with surrounding communities that are just precious! The Women of Faith Conference was spectacular and an amazing experience to be sure! I thank Grace Baptist Church for allowing me the opportunity to take part with their fabulous ladies group!

While making the travel preparations, it dawned on me that one of my FAVORITE artists, Donna Downey had a studio up that way and sure enough when I got online and checked it out, she was ONLY 20 minutes away from where we were staying!! Woot, Woot!!! How could I go ALL that way and not go see her studio and potentially see Donna herself! Well, my fabulous traveling companions were more than happy to oblige! I did get to go, but SADDDDLLLYYY, I did not get to see Donna! When we got there the precious young lady behind the counter, Amber, said "ohh, you just missed Donna, she had to go pick up the kiddos!" EEEEEEEKKKK!! I was brought down a notch to be sure, but it was probably just as well, because I was already like a 12 year old amazed at my surroundings. Imagine, if you will, if she had been there!!!! Yikes!!! Donna.....you were spared!!! LOL
From the minute I walked in, until I left, I was in awe! Her artwork is GORGEOUS and little Ms. Amber was too, too kind to crazy old me! She accommodated my every silly whim and tried to understand how a 50 something year old lady could so easily revert back to a 12 year old!! LOL I picked up some great deals and some new "Donna goodies" and made sure to get to see the infamous bathroom!!! To top it all off, I told poor Amber, that since Donna wasn't there, that by proxy she had to take a picture with me! She, of course, obliged shortly before escorting me out of the studio!!! LOL She really was a precious young lady! I had a ball, and am so thankful for being able to go see her studio in person!!

While I was there I had another luxury of getting to see my brother and sister-in-law! Haven't seen my brother in almost four years, so it was an emotional and awesome visit! We went and ate an amazing brunch at LaPeep and spent several stolen hours visiting, reminiscing and taking each other in, not knowing when the next time we would see each other! I miss him terribly and wish he lived closer, but was so extremely blessed for the time we did get to see each other. Time has a way of getting away from you, so needless to say our time together was very short, in my book anyway! My gal pals enjoyed meeting he and my sister-in-law and it was treasured time to be sure.

I continue to be so very thankful for all I have and alI God places before me! I know that just as easily, my life could have been so different, but God "chose" this life for me and I do not take it lightly! I have amazing family and friends the He chose to surround me with and on top of it all so many of you lovely, lovely online friends that I have come to know and love in cyberspace! I live, cup FULLY loaded!

We are off to the Georgia National Fair this weekend with a car load of kiddos for sure!! You can betcha there will be an onslaught of crazy photos to come!!

Have an AWESOME weekend my friends! :)

9 comments:

  1. You had such an awesome, eventful weekend, Felicia! You managed to cram in so much into just a couple of days. Is that an entire stadium filled with women? - wow! Lucky escape for Donna, LOL, who knows what you would have done in your extreme excitement! Your brother is a bit of a hunk - I know one when I see one ;) You do look a bit like one another. His wife seems lovely as well. Take it easy for the rest of the week and hopefully you will recover from all this excitement at the weekend.

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    1. Zsuzsa, you ALWAYS know how to brighten my day and leave me with giggles and smiles on my face!!!! I DID cram A LOT into my weekend and it was all worth it! That stadium was cram packed, yes indeed! That's A LOT of hormones flying around in there!!! LOLOLOL!!! Yes, Donna made the great escape for sure! She was truly lucky because I am a kid at heart and it doesn't take much to get me all excited! hee hee I have to agree about my brother....he has ALWAYS been a hunky dude! Girlfriends at school always wanted to come spend the night with me so they could take a peek! :)))))) And his beautiful wife is "Barbie" incarnate! I mean that in a good way, she is just simply beautiful! There will be no resting this weekend. We have the Georgia National Fair and the kids love to ride ALL the rides and crazy mom loves to ride with them! So it will be a long day on Saturday, but a FUN ONE FOR SURE!!! Blessings to you my friend! :)

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    2. Where do you get all this energy from, Felica? I get exhausted just reading about your adventures, LOL, let alone live through them! Enjoy a fun-packed weekend yet again! I'll probably just do some grocery shopping - that's enough excitement for me - what with all the special offers on biscuits and everything. :)))

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  2. What a wonderful trip. So glad you got to spend time with your brother and sister-in-law. I would be Flippin crazy going into see Donna's studio. Someday I hope to get there. Have a fabulous time at the fair my friend.

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    1. Thanks Peg!!!! Yes, I was flippin crazy.....as Amber thought as well!! LOLOL It was really wonderful! I only wish I could have taken a class from her, that would have been the bees knees!!! Thanks for the weekend well wishes, it will be fun!! Blessings to you Peg, you have a great weekend as well! :)))))

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  3. What a fabulous, blessed time!!! So happy for you!!!

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    1. Thank you sweet Wanda!! I ALMOST feel like you, getting to see a fabulous ARTSY LADY.....almost!!! LOL I am always so jealous of your artsy adventures! I still didn't get to see the Donna, but hey, I'll take what I can get!! LOLOL Blessings my friend! :)

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  4. Felicia, what a lovely post! I am sitting here reading this and being excited for you! as well as exhausted! heehee Has anyone ever told you how gorgeous you are? Truly beautiful! I do believe that your heart shines right through you and radiates your love! I am so so happy to see you were able to spend time with your brother- I am going to visit my sis next week- have not seen her in 3.5 years- sad when we all move far from one another-but wonderful when we are able to visit! And lucky you going to Donna's!! So happy you have shared this with us all!!
    lots of love,Jackie

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    1. Jackie, you are so funny! I get exhausted from time to time myself, but for the most part, it is my life, so I just go with it! LOL You, my lovely, lovely friend are SOOOO SWEEET!!! You need to come sit in my bathroom mirror in the mornings and speak to me because the current mirror person is NOT so kind! LOLOL Thank you so much for your sweet, sweet comment, it warmed my heart! I know what you mean about siblings all over. It is so very sad and such happy reunions to be sure! So excited for you and your visit with your sister! Many, many blessings for your both and your wonderful visit! I am quite the "lucky duck," and would have been even luckier had she been there, but I will take what I can get!!!! LOLOL As ALWAYS, thank you for taking the time to come visit me here and leave me the loveliest of comments my friend! Bless, bless you! :))))))

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