you must be my…

i’m on something of a retreat high… just back from last week’s *beyond* dreamy Makerie Sewing in colorado (i promise a full report later this week) and gearing up for next month’s Squam Art Workshops (oh SAW, how i love thee!)… and it’s high time i told you about a brand new one that you can STILL attend! here are some illustrative words defining Lucky Star Art Camp:

Where whole living meets art, it’s sleepaway camp for women set in the hill country of Texas. Imagine five artful days spent on the banks of the Guadalupe River where you choose from an eclectic mix of classes including mixed media painting, art journaling, jewelry making, dream mapping, yoga, apothecary, quilting, crochet, photography, food styling, stamp making, lettering, creative writing, sewing, canning and preserving, intuitive spirit work, embroidery, cheese-making, and homesteading including organic gardening and how to raise backyard chickens, bees, and goats. Did we mention live music and a camp fire under the big Texas sky? It’s more than just an art retreat. It’s about digging deep, connecting, and reaching for the stars. Mark your calendar for October 9-13, 2013 and start believing the daydream!

i can’t begin to tell you how excited i am about this one! first of all: TEXAS!!! i’ve never been to Texas, but spent much of my youth riding my pony around while wearing chaps and a cowboy hat. (note to self: photographic evidence of this phase is surely required.) second: a few words that jump out to me from the paragraph above: apothecary, canning and preserving, cheese-making, homesteading, organic gardening, chickens, bees, goats… how amazing does this sound??? all of these are SO up my alley! and if you’re reading this, they’re probably up yours as well. i’ve never taught at a retreat before that had these kinds of classes, and it sounds like heaven.

and if all that weren’t enough, Lucky Star will take place at Waldemar, a real-live-still-functioning summer camp for girls, established in 1926! i have so many amazing memories of the camps i attended as a kid, and i plan to relive them all. there are horses there! and canoeing! and campfires, and…