Earlier this week I had an unexpected, and much needed, play date with some art pals. April had the bright idea for some fun together, but it took over a month of waiting to find a day that would be open for all. It's silly how "busy" I think I am, like so many, prioritizing small things and thinking big things can wait. Part of my working on "order" in my life this year is to work on that prioritizing, the order of things, because time with art pals should come before lots of things that are ahead of it on the list. I imagine most of us get pulled by the things of life, ( I like to think I'm not alone in this anyway!).
Amy took us to one of her favorite shops, Lala, in Laguna Beach. It's super cute with clothing and home items all made in India on hand printed fabric. If you head over, be sure you check out the sale rack, that's where we found some cute things. I snapped the picture of the storefront, above, I found it super cute.
I love this photo I took of Jenny and her cute new scarf (especially the way she tied it). Thankful for my ever present iphone that takes great photos (I can only imagine how good the iphone5 pics are, mine's a 4 but plenty good pics to me), because it has literally changed my life, I take so many more photos now than ever before.
Next we went to Victoria Beach. We all brought a little water color set and a journal of some sort to play in.Very light packing was the goal.
Christine and I forgot our sunscreen, we're already getting a little pink here I think.
We all commented about how fun it was to try different supplies and tools that are other artists' go to's. Sharing whatever we brought, of course.
{thank you Jenny and amy for sharing your photos}
And before we knew it, it was time to pack up and get our kids from school. Always too soon, but even a very little bit of art time with friends makes such an impact. I just need to remember to move it up the priority list and do it more!