La la la....

New Things

I'm always enchanted by Suzi Blu's artwork and classes,

so being at loose ends (waiting to get back into my art room)

and searching for some Inspiration,

I jumped right into her new class, 

enigmatically entitled

La La La!

I'm downloading videos at the glacial speed of my internet connection,

so all I know is these little pieces will be

Cute (ala Suzi Blu), Tiny (hopefully making them sell-able),

and A Lot of Fun (the whole point, right?).

I just ordered some vintage book pages from 

Katie Blue at Blue Green Arts on Etsy

(What is this fascination with the color BLUE?

It's not even my favorite color.)

Not sure exactly what I will do with them,

but I can't wait for them to arrive.

So,

when I started this post, I thought I would just put down

random things that are going on, 

but now I see that it has a theme, which is

Waiting.
=-)

Waiting for Mermaids

I'm excited to be taking Suzi Blu's new mermaid class, 

La Sirena

It starts August 15, but in true Suzi fashion, she has us 

students collecting bits and pieces of inspiration well

ahead of time. These are some things I found

that speak mermaid to me! 

I'm sure I'll find more in the days ahead.

The GORGEOUS mermaid face above

is by CampbellJane, an artist and Etsy seller.

Visit her shop and you will be amazed at her work!

The little mermie baby I put together as a digital collage.

The other things are odds and ends of inspiration.

I'm sure mermaids love jewels and sparkly things.

How else to entice those sailors, sinking their ships?

Well their singing and irresistible beauty also help, I imagine.

On a slightly different note:

Serendipity

1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.

3. An instance of making such a discovery.

While looking for an old post today, I just discovered that 

my very first blog post was one year ago today, August 11.

I was pretty sure I started my blog in August but

didn't have a clue on which day!

So, in true clueless Magpie fashion, I have not planned a 

celebration or a giveaway or anything like that.

But, who knows, before the month is over there

may still be time for something fun!