& Interesting Etsy Article">Birthdays, Summer Schedule & Interesting Etsy Article
This time of the year is, I am sure, busy for everyone – and so true for me. My daughter was born in December despite all my efforts to dislodge her at an earlier date. We try to keep her birthday separate from the Christmas festivities, including decorating the house for the holidays, so that she doesn’t feel like she’s cheated out of her special day.
As a result, she’s enjoyed a school birthday celebration, a family celebration and yesterday we hosted a proper party for her & her girlfriends. We okayed a sleepover despite knowing that we would all pay for it today due to lack of sleep. It helps that I enjoyed a piece of birthday cake for breakfast – so I’m living on caffeine and sugar today. Hopefully, I can ward off the crash till after dark.
I may be skilled in the clay department, but after last year’s birthday cake baking debacle, I decided to buy one this year to save everyone from my baking abominations. Do you know what it looks like to try to “glue” broken cake back together with frosting? Not pretty is all I have to say. We settled on Mulberries Cake Shop after I discovered the quaint Pearl Street Bakery this past summer. Last summer, my running cohorts and I used to slog through our 10 mile runs whilst talking about food. Someone mentioned the best cup cake in town – and I just had to try it out. Maybe that’s why I exercise, so that I can indulge. But, this pastime gets me into trouble in the winter months when my training slacks off.
Apparently, I’m not alone in cake making finesse or lack thereof. Today, I received a lovely email from one of my blog readers, Aura Lee, who shared a photograph of one of her baking masterpieces with me. This was a cake for her daughter’s 20th birthday – one she hasn’t forgotten to this day!
Aura Lee did tell me that despite appearances, it was delicious and enjoyed by all. Thanks Aura Lee! I think next year, I’m going to attempt another one – it’s sort of a reminder to me that perfect isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Birthdays should be about memories.
Meanwhile, I received phone calls and email updates from both the Art Student’s League and Anderson Ranch Arts Center this past week, confirming the kid’s art classes that I’ll be teaching next summer along with dates and times. See Below:
| Class | Age Level | Location | Dates | Times |
| Mixed Media Marionettes | Grades 3 – 5 | Art Student’s League of Denver | July 14th – 18th, 2008 | 1:00 to 4:00 PM |
| Image Transfer on Clay Surfaces for Kids | Grades 3 – 5 | Art Student’s League of Denver | July 21st – 25th, 2008 | 9:00AM – 12:00 PM |
| Moveable Parts: Figurative Clay Sculpture | Ages 9 – 12 | Anderson Ranch Arts Center | July 28th – August 1st, 2008 | 1:00 – 3:30PM |
| Make Some Noise with Clay | Grades 1 – 2 | Art Student’s League of Denver | August 11th – 15th, 2008 | 9:00AM to 12:00 PM |
The Arts Student League’s catalog will be coming out after the new year and Anderson Ranch already has a PDF calendar posted on their website. I love that both organizations schedule early so that I can get a glimpse of what my life will be like in 6 -7 months time.
In other unrelated news, I was perusing the Etsy Forums today and came across a link to a New York Time’s article about the whole arts and craft resurgence phenomenon and Etsy’s roll in the movement that is a good read if you have the time.
Have a great week,
~Cynthia
