Today was the first meeting of the Atlanta Mixed Media Artists group (AMMA). It consisted of four of us sitting around my kitchen table making inchies. Then shopping. Then lunch. Good times. This is how it came about...luck, chance, fate...and talking to strangers...
I went to the flea market in January, and was talking to JoAnn who owns the ribbon booth, and I was taking pictures of her ribbon to put on my blog. I smiled at a woman who was shopping for ribbon and a few hours later, as I was leaving the flea market, I saw this woman again. She introduced herself and said that she was looking for a group of artists who might be interested in getting together once in a while and making art. Sure, I said, and we exchanged emails. After 2 months of corresponding we had our first get together this morning. Her name is Denise Moore, and she made me this GORGEOUS soldered art piece as a thank you gift for hosting the meeting! (she has an Etsy store:HERE)...
Denise invited her friend Sandra, and I invited my friend Sarah. We decided to make inchies because they were quick and easy (or not when you obsess) and a local rubber stamping store was having an "inchie swap"...so we made the inchies and took them by the store to swap, shopped a little and then had lunch. A really fun day with some new friends. Denise is going to teach us how to solder in a few weeks, and we talked about making ATC's and altered Rolodex cards at future meetings. We may take a whole day and go thrifting...(If you live in the Atlanta area and want to come to the next get together, please send me an email!)
I can't say that inchies are going to be my new "thing" but it was fun to just create something, and share conversation with other creative souls. Hope you had a great day too!