Aloha,
What a great meeting we had this month. We were very excited to have Teri Flemal and her husband Lou, visiting all the way from New York. It was great to be able to meet our artist who lives the furthest from Hawaii, and we all hit it off just like we were old friends. This month we changed it up a bit and met at Nico's Restaurant. http://nicospier38.com/ The staff was very gracious and the food was ono.
We can't wait to see what August will bring our way.
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.
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| Our group at Nico's. |
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| Pam collected rusty items while walking around Oahu and used them in her Diamonds and Rust spread. |
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| Diane shared a few Knock Knock jokes with us on her Got Humor layout. |
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| Funny stuff. |
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| Rosemary's Ooh La La Mailbag layout is reminiscent of World War One. |
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| May thinks twice about having long hair in her Rapunzel spread in the Fairy Tale book. |
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| Darrell remembers catching headless chickens in his Childhood Memories layout. |
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| Lorraine follows the chicken theme with her "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" spread for the All book. |
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| Stephanie is serving up delicious cocktails in her I Love Mid-Century Modern spread. |
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| Jessica shows us that being raised to be creative results in a happy life. |
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| Stephanie defines A Birds Eye View in here Definitions layout. |
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| Lorena shared a poem from her childhood in her Childhood Memories spread. |
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| Teri remembers some of her happiest childhood memories of Christmas time in the Childhood Memories book. |
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| Diane's Diamonds and Rust layout. |
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| Kim and Kehau created a zippered pockets of quotes layout filled with inspirational quotes. |
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| Su painted a beautiful background for her Floral Steampunk Fantasy. She even has moving cogs on a chain! |
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| Dorie takes us on a dark journey by visiting some Wicked dictators. |
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| Lorena gets all glittery in her Colors of the Rainbow layout. |
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| and you can't have rainbows without sunshine. |
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| Hope explores to live or die in the To Be or Not To Be book. |
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| Amy explores the complex and mysterious creature known as the Octopus. |
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| Here is Mr. Octopus and his undersea garden. |
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| Darrell uses sign language to explain his " Deaf-inition in his Definition layout. |
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| Teri shares instantly recognizable icons in her I Love Mid-Century modern layout. And that ain't no Dixie cup! |
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| Stephanie remembers how time drags when you are a kid, and flies by when you get older in the Childhood Memories book. |
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| Debbie explains the connection between the 3 million year old skeleton Lucy, and the Beatles, in the Origins of Man book. |
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| Jennifer explores Les Bains, a former bathhouse in Paris for the All Book. |
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| Don't Blink! from a former nightclub... |
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| ...to a street artist canvas... |
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| .. to now it is ALL gone. |
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| Lorraine's twist on Visual Incongruities and Conundrums. |
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| Is that you Auntie Lamb? |
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| Rosemary's book of Secrets and Conspiracies layout finds out who's coming to dinner. |
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| A photo collage of this month's meeting. |
