Riley Tristan Design: April 2016

As usual it's been a very long time since my last blog post. It's been a busy couple of months and I've been trying to do art but right now it's mostly for swaps. I did however go to my spring scrapbook retreat so I guess that counts, right?! Before the retreat the hubby and I found time to go see an Ice Cats game which we have actually never done together. It was a ton of fun (even though we lost) and we found a great little old bar in the area that had a live jazz band. Not long after that we attended the Air Show and saw the Thunderbirds perform. It was awesome though I was ridiculous and didn't wear sunscreen. So I had a pretty awful week with second degree burns and sun poisoning! Lesson learned. Sadly we didn't do much for St. Patricks Day this year but Roxy pup got in the spirit anyway.

Then in early April I got to go to my scrapbook retreat. It was a blast as it always is. I decided to start with an inspiration page of my favorite football player to get me in the groove. Then I did a pocket letter for my cousins birthday. It was pretty nice to actually finish more than one project on the first day. I think I'll be doing that again when I go back in October with my sister and cousin. Yes we already bought our tickets ;-) Just this past weekend Truman and I attended Beerfest at the county fair and I must say it was a great way to spend a beautiful Arizona spring day. The weather was perfect and we got to go to the petting zoo and play games and ride rides all with the perk of delicious beer and complementarily food. The next day we attended my cousins wedding where the weather was once again perfect. It was lovely and I think wedding #40 or so for Truman and I. Seriously one of these days I'll have to sit and count them all up. We have another one to attend this weekend.

As far as art news is concerned I received some very cute pocket letters from my three month swap and of course my sister. I did a few for the St. Patricks Day holiday and an art journal page for my friend Shauna. I also recently signed up for a six month pocket letter swap that has all sorts of different themes. The first was a double sided one so I made one side about coffee and the other about cats. My new PL partner loves them as much as I do. I also managed to make a few for my sister. I've been trying to do more mixed media and art journal pages though I haven't gotten very far yet. My sister and her friend recently (and finally) joined the mixed media train so I'm excited to share all that fun stuff with them. I even decided to try my hand at making videos since I love watching them on YouTube so much. Mind you I just have my I-Phone and I'm awful with computers but hopefully I'll have my first video up soon and then can figure out more videos to make. Take a peek if you'd like. I have a link that hopefully works off to the side here now. Enjoy the rest of April and I hope to be back a little sooner next time.