Events First Quarter 2016

Valentine's Day - Saw this on Pinterest

Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Easter

Festival

JazzFest 2010

DH & I attended the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (affectionately called Jazz Fest for short) on Thursday when the weather started out cool and was sunny all day. Here are a few artsy things that fancied me.

Food icons on top of the food booths.





Who Dat Flag included on the flag pole.


Older lady with purple hair.


Paulin Brothers Brass Band





Mr. Okra


A large painting that was "popped" like I do on my cards.


Paper Piecing of the Jazz Fest map also like I do on my cards.


School children participating and enjoying the JazzFest.





Crawfish Bread


Steve Martin in straw hat and white jacket.


and me!

Now Mama's at the Pecan Festival

Dang...since my mama turned 80 you can't keep her home. She was sighted at the St. Rita Pecan Festival today. Mama even drew a crowd...3 daughters, 1 grandson and 2 more nieces, Susie and Jane. Don't be deceived by the festival name...pecans were not plentiful there but lots of festival food like muffalattas, onion mums and stuffed artichokes were.

Shift Gears to Sewing

I went to the Canton Mississippi Craft Fair yesterday with my sister, Andree, and my 1st cousin, Jane. I was particularly interested in getting ideas for my card making hobby. I enjoyed looking at how the vendors set up their booths and displayed their items. After I was called down for taking pictures I had to resort to only my memory. Not depending completely on that, when I saw a striking booth of Christmas wreaths in some most unusual colors, I wrote down on my notepad the colors Aqua, Magenta, Lime and Red so I wouldn't forget. Here are a couple of pictures I was able to get:


Andree bought this cute bunny made from vintage quilts, a "I love my Dachshund" towel for Tootsie and Comeback Sauce.
At the Canton Fair I fell in love with this swirly Chenille material that reminded me of sweetheart roses. On our way home, we stopped at Hobby Lobby in Hammond where I found the exact material. I had to buy it because I was newly inspired to pull out my sewing machine and make pillows just for fun.

Bastille Day celebration

This is the free hand fan that was distributed at the outdoor Bastille Day celebration in Covington, LA. The temperatures were in the lower 90s and between that and my hot flashes my fan came in very handy. Thank you very much.