Stacie Rife Bailey's Bliss

Wednesday-off to ArtFest!

Today is Wednesday (as this collage is also called "Wednesday" I thought I would post it) and I am off to ArtFest. I have waited so long to go, I hope it will look up to all my expectations (I am sure it will)

I am taking some amazing classes from Sally Jean,Ramona and Tom Ashman, and Karen Michel.

I will post whatever I make when I return!

C-ya :)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Tracy.

I hope you had a spectacular day, and did something fun!!!!

and Happy Be-lated Birthday Wendy!!!

:)

Camp Runamuckus

At ArtFest I am staying in a dorm building and the girls have named themselves "Camp Runamuckus". There are 16 (I think) people in this dorm, 13 of whom I don't know. It should be GREAT FUN!

I have 1 week left and tonight I finished up some book pages to give to all the girls in Camp Runamuckus. (the collage posted is my contribution) Each one of us makes enough book pages to give out, and when we return we have a book filled with original art from the other camp members. 1 task at hand ACHIEVED!  I feel so much better this one has been completed.

Everyday brings much excitement. I would say "it can't come soon enough", but then I am not quite ready....

It will be a really good break away from the stresses of the new job!

:)

PLAY DAY

It has been a while since I've posted. Seems like forever actually.

Today I am busy in my little studio PLAYING. It's icky outside and well,, honestly I love these kinds of days (unlike my hubby).

I have been making more pins for "trades" for the upcoming ARTFEST. I hope they are sufficient, as I don't know exactly what is proper for "trades".

Not too much new other than I am actually PLAYING today!! :)

I figured out what I DONT like about my new job. I was thinking of going back to work on Monday earlier this morning, and kind of dredding it... :(

It's the fact that I am lonely at work. I came from a place where I KNEW people actually cared about me,, ya know cared whether it was my birthday, or cared whether I was having a hard day,, actually cared enough to say "good morning". This job I have NO ONE like that, which has really been bummin' me out. I even actually sit ALL ALONE,, no one around to ask how my weekend was or to say good morning.  I guess it's just something I am going to have to get used to. But there is SO much to say for having good friends at work.

Enough said,, I am going back to PLAYING!

Need more playtime!

Its been a crazy last week leading up to another crazy week.

Just, as usual, not enough hours in the day to PLAY! :)

I am still trying to adjust to the new job -- and then by the time I get home I am pretty much mentally DONE for the night... which is really too bad because I need to get into gear and make some things for the upcoming Artfest!

I have made a few little fun pins, but that is about the extent of it for right now. I am hoping to finish a few more by the end of the week.

ALL work and NO play makes Stacie a dull girl!

ArtFest 2005...coming soon!

Oh my!

I was talking to a friend yesterday and realized that there are only a couple of weeks left before ARTFEST! I have been so preoccupied with my new job that I lost track of time. OH MY!

See a few  months ago I was counting down the days to ArtFest and it could not come soon enough. Geesh,, now I wish I had more time to get ready!

All of my free time between now and March 30th will be filled with making trades and preparing for classes!(people make little "trades" to carry along with them and trade with other artists, so you come home with several little pieces of original art --how cool is that)

I better put that creative cap on and GET MOVIN!

p.s.

Mom, if you read this while your away, I hope your having fun, and happy b-lated Birthday. Hope you had a good one! :) love you!

Ghosts or something of the sort??

Last night at 1am Jeff and I heard a HUGE crash noise. It was definitely the sound of broken glass on a LARGE scale!! At first we thought there was someone in the house. As terrified as we were we both got up to see what had happened and to our surprise the antique round mirror above our mantle had fallen off the wall and crashed down on several candle holders on the mantle breaking every single one of them.

Now,, assessing the situation at first I thought what had happened was the wire on the back of the mirror had busted--causing this... but NOOOOOOOOO, the wire was in tact. There were 2 molly screws that the wire sat on--and THOSE were not bent either. They also had a head on them keeping the wire from moving...

?????

SO how does a mirror "fall off a wall"???? THE ONLY way that we figured this could have happened was the mirror had to be lifted first for it to "fall"...

I can't figure it out!!! Talk about FREAKY SITUATION.... still freaks me out!!!!!!!!!

When we first moved into this house there were some other ODD happenings that were taking place......

RE: the mirror.... there is just NO logical explanations that I can think of.....

"YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE TWILIGHT ZONE"

Second Day

Well today was my second day at my new job. I am not quite up and running yet, but I suspect by next week I will be diving in head first. It involves a lot of database/system stuff, which in my opinion I don't think that will be the difficult part for me, the other parts involve geographical regions and areas (won't be too complicated) but the part I am worried about is the technical stuff,,the learning curve will be great, but I am sure over time the light will come on.

The people seem very reassuring and are convinced (or snowed) that I will have no problem picking it up.

Unfortunately I feel as if I am coming down with a cold/flu. That would be SOOO not cool to call in sick the first week of the job.. Darnit for recirculated air in airplanes! I seem to always get sick when I fly! ((Good thing ArtFest is local!))

The coolest thing about getting this new job is the fact that BOTH my Mother and Father have told me how proud they are of me. HOW COOL IS THAT!!! I don't care how darn old you are you always seem to seek your parents approval! I highly respect both of them as individuals and they are both very driven, intelligent, honest, and both work in respected professions. I think that has been the best part...at least as of yet! ..... Thanks so much Mom and Dad for all the encouragement and support (if you by chance happen to read this)

:)