WOTW Niles Con't

Here is a great shot of a wall in Niles. Cool place! Can you tell I can't quit talking about it?

Go to my friends Cheryl's WOTW post and check out her post this week!

Joy Is.......A Breather From The Day Job

Whew! What a crazeeee week. I was gone all week and it was a hard one. My day job gets stranger by the day. In reality, as long as everyone does THEIR JOBS the way it is designed, I will be OK. If not, then my day job is in jeopardy. Sigh....

This is a short post, because even though it is the weekend, I must work. When you are asked, "What are you doing at midnight on Saturday?" there is an under lining message you need to be hearing, and until I am financially wealthy, I need to listen to it!

I leave you with an outside shot of Maria's Art Studio in Niles!!


Have a great weekend and week.

Joy Is......The Town of Niles

So since I actually took a ton of photos last weekend, and have been flooding them on you this week, thought I would add some more.

Niles is a very small community nestled within the edges of Fremont. I believe it's claim to fame is that Charlie Chaplin actually lived here for awhile. I don't know too much else except the movie The Little Tramp was filmed in Niles or at least a part of it was. They hold a Charlie Chaplin Days celebration each year in June and they have this great Museum where they show Silent Films all year long for a very small donation. Too cool! Here is a shot of the Museum:


I didn't get to go through it but would like to someday. Here are some more shots around town:




I saw the Devil's Workshop & Mercantile and really wondered what could happen behind those doors! Maybe someday I will find out.
And here is one more shot of Maria's Studio I left out last time:


This is the complete cabinet where she keeps most of her art journals and really really old books! Oh I wanted to get in there, but did not ask permission this time. Maybe when I return someday soon I hope.

So I will leave you again as my 3 day weekend is winding down to an end and tomorrow my day begins before 5:00am. Yikes!

Have a great week folks!

Writing on the Wall = WOTW

Here is my submission to my friend Cheryl's WOTW.

It is the wall on the Morro Bay Library. Very cool. Here is a close up view:


Go check out Cheryl's blog. You won't be disappointed.

Joy Is......A Great Art Sudio

Hi folks,

Again I am going to talk about being in Kelly's classes in Niles. I have some great shots of The Studio this time. Maria has the coolest piles and stacks of just cool stuffs. So with out further ado:


This next shot is the side of a cool cardboard box.



Love these colorful cardboard suitcases Maria uses for storage.






She has a zillion journal's in this cool cabinet.


See?? I told you she had great stuffs. It is an Art Journaler's Paradise. I love it there.
This weekend I will show you the pics I took around this Historic little town.

Have a great weekend.

Joy Is.....The Actual Kelly Class Journal Pics

5 classes = 3 Journals







I did most of the pages in the first journal we made so I would end up with one journal with quite a few completed pages in it.

Just a plug for Kelly.

She is willing to travel just about any where to teach. If you enjoy working with lots of collage and playing with TAPE and more tape and making new forever arty friends, then Kelly's classes are what you should be taking. Kelly puts her heart and soul into her classes to make them enjoyable for her students. You will never be disappointed. Email her and get some classes started in your area. Kelly is the BESTEST!

Joy Is.....More Kelly Class Pics

I told you I would share more Kelly Class pics....well here they are. Enjoy!



Kelly always creates all of the same journals at the same time she is teaching us. This pic shows her working away in her own journal to show us how to use the materials. Cool!





Next post will be the Around the Studio Pics. Maria the owner, in the first one above takng pictures at the same time I was taking a pic of her. I love love her studio!!