Paulette Insall artist & mom

Ready to start class

Hey y'all! I haven't been around much because my Mom's in town visiting and my little guy turned SIX last week! I can hardly believe he's gonna be starting 1st grade in just over a week. I'm sure once we get back into a routine that my posts and art will become more regular again. Here's hopin'! :D

My new session of the Organic Dimension backgrounds class is gearing up to start tomorrow (the 31st). You can still sign up if you're interested. Below is a little video preview of just a few things we'll be covering in class...

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Studio vlog part 4

 

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Online Class signup now open!

Gosh I've got so much to do this week (this weekend was just a blur with tons to do), but I wanted to pop on and let y'all know that I've now opened sign ups for a new session of my backgrounds and portraits classes. I've had alot of requests for them, so I decided to run them one more time. Go on over to the classes page for details...the backgrounds class starts on August 31 and the portraits class will begin a while after that. They are both wonderful for all skill levels, so don't be afraid to jump on in! Oh and all class materials/videos will be posted the first day of class, so you can download everything and go at your own pace. No more waiting for next week's lesson. ;D

http://pauletteinsall.typepad.com/my_weblog/onlineclasses.html

Have a fabulous Monday y'all!! xoxo

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Studio vlog part 3

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Studio vlog part 2

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Studio reorganization/clean up video

I'm busy trying to get my studio in working order again....haven't made it back to Ikea yet to exchange the defective pieces of my new worktable, but I got this cool little commercial duty wire rack at Target yesterday for $40. Thought I'd film little snippets every so often to give y'all a peek at what I'm up to today. :D This was all filmed on my birthday present....a replacement for my old 1st generation iPhone....the new 3G S which has video. Yippee!!! I soooooo love it!

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Library time! (and a mini update)

We've been making lots of trips to the library this summer. Aiden's a book nut like his momma. ;) He's reading chapter books (and he's not even six yet...wow!) and his most favorite series is Captain Underpants. Now, I'm not the one who introduced him to this series...that was all one of his teachers from kindergarten. Lol! They discourage them from using "potty" words in the classroom, but they have books like these around. *shakes head* That one, I just don't get.

Now don't get me wrong, the books are pretty funny...but when you've got a kid who goes around just saying "Captain Underpants" loudly every where he goes....Target, the dentist office, restaurants...well, you get the picture. And he has to tell every one he meets, both kids and adults, about his favorite character. Thankfully, about 70% have heard of the books...but that other 30% look at us like we've lost our minds. Lol!

 

Now a quick kitchen update...nope, we're not done yet and don't know how much longer it's gonna be. There's some things going on that we have no control over and we're just having to wait. Let's just say, we're beyond frustrated and leave it at that.

Also, I'm trying to get caught up on emails, but the backlog is quite big. So, if you've emailed me in the past few months and haven't heard from me yet, please email me again. Your message most likely got lost somewhere in my inbox.

I'm also trying to clean up and reorganize my studio so I can get back to work, but I've hit a snag on that as well. Good old Ikea and their lack of quality control strikes again. Oh well, hopefully l'll be able to get it all sorted out soon...and before I completely lose my mind. :D