Mauritson Family Winery

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Mauritson Family Winery 2859 Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 (707) 431-0804 Fax: (707) 433-5001 E-mail: info@mauritsonwines.com

Sonoma County California Vineyards in Healdsburg. This is near the winery we visited. What a wonderful day. Full of adventure and enjoying picturesque views. We left Paso Robles early in the morning and met my daughter's in Sebastopol for lunch. Laura had flown in from NYC and Jeni picked her up in SF the night before. They had gotten breakfast and had been antique and thrift shopping while we were driving up. Jeni is on the left, Laura the right. Even their little sister Samantha enjoyed our trip!
The weather was beautiful. Crisp but not too cold. The sun felt amazing. It was around 230pm when we arrived at our destination. Ready for some wine tasting ladies??!!

Singing in the rain! Journal Post continued ~

Here is the rainy day inspired journal page! Heading out for the long weekend~

Winter 09 Journal Background Pages

Here are some of the latest backgrounds for my journal pages. It has been cold and rainy here quite a bit. We need it! Keeping in mind that behind the showers are sunshine and flowers~ Some of my favorite things. I haven't been painting as much as I should. I started to spring clean and organize. That is always time consuming! Now it is time for a break.
I am about to go up to Northern California to visit with family. It is about a four hour drive. I am sure I will have lots of inspiration from the weekend away. We are planning to lunch in Healdsburg, Ca. and to take a wine tour then stay near my daughter's in Petaluma. I have lots to do today and will post more art and some photo's of our trip when I get back. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!

Shadow Box Continued

Here is a picture I took of a spot we like to go to in a coastal town about 45 minutes from us. The town is Cambria. I am sure I will post more pictures once spring hits and we get out there. We have many great memories of going to the gardens and beach with my mom. Her 2nd anniversary of her passing is coming up in July. I can't believe how fast time passes! So much is missed of her. She was the kind of person to inspire many to continue trying and never give up, until you reach your goals! We will save a place in our hearts to follow our heart's desires until our dreams are reached!
Here is a larger photo of the shadow box. It has a vintage heart, cherib, feather, spool of silver thread and antique iron all of which belonged to my mom. She loved collectibles and broaches.

Shadow Box

This shadow box was a re purpose of an old shadow box with a flower arrangement in it. I dissembled and sanded down the frame. I spray painted the frame, backing and matte board. I took a photograph of my daughter from a performance and altered it by rubbing with sandpaper, using stamps and paints. I slanted the glass so I had a space to put my mixed media. These pieces belonged to my mom ( she has passed away) . I put a message she would give to us "follow your heart" on the photograph in pen. I was pleased with the outcome. It really evoked a message with meaning for me. I used purple and gold to represent a royal and heavenly feeling to her memory.

Secrets

This is a mixed media piece I did using photographs of my daughter Jenni and a mannequin. I used found objects, sea shells, string, glitter and some recycle. I love using teal blues and greens. This piece was done on canvas panel. I am not sure if I will frame it. I altered some of the pictures fooling around in photo shop. I would really like to learn the program and am only experimenting with it at this time. I have had no set plan when I have started. I paint the background first and then arrange the pictures and objects to try and create a visual balance. I love the sparkle of glitter! This is actual glitter glued on for more texture vs glitter glue in paint.