Day 1004: How to spend a perfect Saturday?

postcards in progress for the "something, sometime" list ...

Do you know Corita? Corita Kent?

Seems like few people do now, but she is my favorite.

Sister Corita, artist and teacher, working in serigraphs ...

exploded onto the 60's art scene with a bold graphic style,  

gleaned from the everyday observations.

a few of her popular images, google more?

So, good friend Valerie drove us 46 miles to the ...

at Immaculate Heart College for an ...

A beautiful campus on a rainy LA Saturday ...

We toured the Corita Center gallery,

looking through books, watching videos ...

visiting the gift shop ...

making some purchases.

Valerie's score.

(I may show you mine in another post?)

By 3:30 we were hungry. We passed "House of Pies",

deciding on "Mexico City" and Baja fish tacos!

Perfect on a rainy day!

Even the traffic & rain couldn't spoil this great day.

And we have more plans for tomorrow!

Stay tuned?

A smile for Sunday ...

Day 1003: Whatever turns you on, right?

Acrylic & paper collage postcard

Today is catch up Friday.

That's when I try to get all the lose ends tied up.

Do you do that?

I had a medical appointment at 10 AM.

To reward myself for that, I stopped at the art store.

WonderWoman loves to shop at the beauty supply.

Whatever turns you on, right?

 I was nearby so ate at Mongolian Bar-B-Q!
Healthy, delicious ... win-win.

I texted WW that I ate her egg-roll, as I usually give her mine.

A stop at the 99c store, yes I do go there.

Then a stop at Kaiser for lab work.

My new, very young, very smart doctor sent me for a recheck.

His wife is my gynecologist, so I don't have a chance.

Now home, I am starting on the postcards for the

 

"something, sometime" list, using yesterday's efforts.

collage & antique drawing postcard

Now as Connie Rose said in her blog today ...

"So there's everything you probably didn't need to know..."
but it filled #1003 blog!

I have fantastic plans for Saturday, thanks to Valerie.

I'll tell you later, but really ...  I can hardly wait.

Hope you have a super-duper weekend ahead?

Maybe tell me about it?

A smile for Saturday ... 

Day 1002: Renamed the "something, sometime" list! ♥

"As it is",  a junk mail & ink collage postcard

Zack (GH#3) was here last Sunday.

He helped take things down from up high in the garage.

 I threw out some boxes, bagged some stuff to donate. 

And, wrapped up air tight, in pristine condition,

we found 20 of my fashion illustrations, done in 1965! 

50 years ago?

Working on my masters in design at the time, 

they were presentation pieces for a final grade, 

hand drawn on mat-board, each sealed with acetate.

I almost threw them out,

but decided to get some use out of them before the landfill.

I stripped off the acetate which was sealed with tape, and

cut the (artwork) mat-board to 4x6" pieces on my old paper cutter.

They will be my upcoming postcard bases. 

So if you're on the list you'll be getting an antique!

I cut the 16x20" acetate cover sheets to smaller sheets, 

for students to use in their journals when paint is wet. 

My Mother would like that I didn't waste anything. 

And, I have named the postcard list ...

the "something, sometime" list! 

 I will.

Happy Friday!

A smile for Friday ...

Day 1001: Blessed and back at it!

"And", a junk mail collage postcard

Over the past 1000 consecutive days of my silly blog,

I always wondered ... what it would be like to be 

Carol Mulveson, Mary Ann Moss or Roz Stendahl, 

authors of my three favorite blogs.

They get these wonderful comments on each blog.

My numbers were pretty good, but very few comments.

Today (after a little bribing) I found out.

Thank you for so many kind and encouraging comments.

Frank Almeida

Ronda Austin
Chela Banuelos
Yvonne Carri
Roy Center
Nicole Daum
Amelia Davies
Katha  Dulhanty
Julie Eaves
Marilyn Gallas
Sharon Hamilton
Dean Heinitz
Mike Hendrickson
Sharla Hicks
Julie Hobberlin
Erin Houghton
Michelle Howden
Nancy&Jack Huffman
Jeff Hutton
Jane Sanborn Ice
Kim Israelson
Jan Jackson
David Jones
Denise Katzenberger
Navid Kharrazi
Lynn McMahan
Paula Murray
Brandon Nomura
June Nomura
Jane Paquin
Cynthia Peck
John Perez
Seven Perrin
Norma Prickett
Heidi Putschogl
Martha Rockey
Connie Rose
Erin Salloum
Wendy Spielberger
Cam Steuart
CT Thomas
Judith Todd
Michele  Unger
Mitzi Winks
Kimiko Yamasaki
Byrad Yyelland

You have made my day! 

As promised, in exchange for their address (go here for details)

they will receive a "something (probably a postcard), sometime."

A 100% giveaway. I've never won a giveaway, so ...

I thought it would be cool to do it this way?

My thanks for your taking time to visit when you can.

77' in Santa Ana, CA

And after day class, some of us had lunch with Demura Sensei 

before he leaves for Kansas Thursday.

For FB Throwback Thursday ...

Shogun(3 mos.) & Erin (5) 1979

A smile for Thursday ...

Day 1000: A little milestone.

I asked Demura Sensei to write 1000 in kanji ...

he is known for his beautiful caligraphy, 

and practices at the hombu dojo,

he added "days" for this blog.

Thank you Demura Sensei.

(I had planned to add the kanji to artwork, but couldn't come up with anything worthy.)

I guess 1000 days have gone quickly.

I started working in high school.

At age 15 with a work permit.

Just a little nondescript job in a tiny gift shop.

It was followed by doing inventory at Bullock's Wilshire at night.

  

Then working the candy booth at Cinerama in Hollywood.

My memory of that was seeing people rush out of the theater ...

with motion sickness from the the 3-D Wonders of the World.

I worked cleaning film at Eastman-Kodak midnight - 8:30 AM

And, yes that was when cleaning rolls of film was done by hand.

In college I worked for Ball Stores, an elegant department store.
All pre-jobs before career, marriage & family.

Why all this rambling down memory lane? 

Because I learned early on that ...
the job is easier if you stay busy.

This silly blog keeps me busy.

Now to the giveaway.

Have you ever won a giveaway?

I haven't, but I keep trying.

Seems like 1000 days deserves a little giveaway ...
to anyone interested?

If you trust me with your address ...

I promise to send you something,

probably a postcard, but that's something, right?
But, you need to let me know by Friday, May 24, 2015.

You can e-mail me at jlonginc@gmail.com and you're in! Done.

Or, message me at FB at:https://www.facebook.com/jacki.long.75

Or, you can leave your address in the comment section below.
Don't forget: the cut-off for addresses is Friday, May 24, 2015

So, it's up to you, then I will get it to you before 1050, I think.
Thanks so much for visiting this daily blog when you can.
I don't say it often enough, but I really do appreciate you.

A bonus ... 3 smiles for Wednesday, Earth Day ...