Here we all are having a serious moment. Andy (middle) taught the silkscreening classes which I so stupidly missed. He's really cool.

Being able to participate in Nicole's Art weekend was so much fun! The last bookbinding class I taught was nearly a year ago, so it was great to get back into sharing the addiction. In two classes we bound nearly 30 books! I was so impressed with how well all everyone did. Sadly I didn't get a photo of a single one of their books. Oops. Alma, one of cool art weekend teachers (and one of my dear friends) gave me a super rad flower brooch. She teaches fabulous illustrator classes, designs beautiful repeat patterns and sews these fabulous felt pins (among other things). Check out her etsy shop here. Her husband taught the photoshop & workflow classes (which I heard were great) and their baby. Oh. Their baby taught the how to melt everyone's heart class. He's very cute. very. I had the pleasure to Audit Nicole Hill Gerulat's Tabletop photography class. I learned all sorts of cool tips and tricks to get better photos. Nicole convinced me that I need to start shooting manual and focusing manual. I learned a lot more about photography that way. We were in such a dark room for this, but look at how the coke can was lit! Nicole is very impressive with her lighting abilities. She's also very nice and one of my favorite photographers. You should take her classes. These photos I took with my lensbaby because my regular zoom lens is an embarrassing piece of j-u-n-k that stopped focusing that afternoon. Now I'm getting a new zoom lens, can't wait to get it in the mail! I had a great weekend, it was so packed with creative time I just crashed on Sunday. I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep. It was a pleasure to meet and hang out with everyone at art weekend. I surely hope it's not my last!