Is it over, already?

If you want to be happy, be. 
                                     ~Leo Tolstoy
The Friday evening before I left CREATE, there was a fantastic artist/vendor fair which Cindy, my roommate, and I attended.  It was like turning the kid inside of me loose into a candy store full of artsy items.  Yummy!  Seeing as I've never won the lottery or have an endless pocketbook, I had to carefully justify some of my purchases.  That meant not buying the gorgeous handmade metal covered journal for $200.  Instead I found some luscious handmade papers which where 20% savings from Art Supply Warehouse...

A DVD using watercolors for mixed media with the wonderful, Jane LaFazio...

And speaking of Jane LaFazio, I hope Cindy doesn't mind me showing what she bought from Jane.  There's a plastic protective cover over it so it doesn't show all the tiny beads and adornments that have been handsewn on to the tiny strips of fabric.  Isn't this lovely...

I kept telling Cindy that if this disappears she'll have to come to Michigan to retrieve it.  What a great catch, Cindy!!

I returned home with lots of memories and great times.  My first time eating at a vegan restaurant with my cousins...

Look what else I saw...

Beautiful hills, scenery and the Pacific Ocean...

My cousin made a wonderful Hungarian dinner...

Next thing I knew I was at the airport and on my way home...

What a wonderful time at CREATE and seeing my relatives.  Can't wait until the next time, whenever and wherever that will be.