Polka Dot Palette Painting Class

On Friday evening Cassie invited me to go to Polka Dot Palette for a BYOB painting class! She had purchased a deal on Living Social and it was the last day to use the voucher! We picked up a bottle of wine on the way and we were ready to go!

The theme for the night was "Little ______ Dress (Choose Your Color)". Before the class began our instructor, Brandon, came around, welcomed us to the studio and asked us which colors we wanted to use for our painting. 

This class was so much fun! We started with a blank canvas and Brandon showed us how to create the background and dress. We all followed him step-by-step, but every piece of art looked a little different. I am going to hang mine up in our guest room!

This is a shot of how our final pieces turned out! Mine is the blue one on the left and Cassie's is the coral one on the right. I can't wait to sign up for more classes in the future! If you are interested in attending a class like this be sure to check out Living Social or Groupon to see if there are art studios offering discount vouchers in your area!

Have you ever tried a painting class?

Friday Favorites

Chocolate! Local chocolate to be specific. Between attending the Yelp event at the Videri Chocolate Factory, and my stop at Escazú Artisan Chocolates on North Blount Street yesterday, it has been a chocolatey week!

 

Catching up on TrueBlood! I havn't been able to watch the new episodes for the past few Sundays since we have been so busy since we moved. I have been saving them up. I finally had some time before and after work yesterday to watch the past 5 episodes that I missed. It is so good! The Pam and Tara relationship is my favorite aspect of this season so far.

My new Mossimo dress that I picked up on sale this week at Target. The listing for the dress on the Target website says that it is a floral print, but it's really not. It is totally a beautiful galaxy print on an asymmetrical overlay and it's fully lined. It's my favorite new dress! There are a few other patterns that are perfect for fall and they are still on sale in store and online.

This beautiful chair from Circa Furniture in Raleigh. I read on the Yelp Talk message boards that they might be opening a brick and mortar shop soon! There are a few other local vintage shops that we haven't check out yet, hopefully we will get to them soon! We are still in search for a desk, book cases and nightstands for the guest bedroom.

 

Also found on Etsy this week, this beatiful 13 x 19 large print entitled, Married to the Sea by Clare Elsaesser. It is for sale in her Etsy shop, Tastes Orangey. I love the beautiful colors and how it features a lady in the sea, but you can't be sure if it is a mermaid or not.

Skwisgaar and I are cleaning, scrubbing, and putting away laundry this morning in preparation for Aaron's family to visit us this weekend! I am so excited to take them downtown, try a few new restaurants, go to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences,  and maybe even take a trip to the Durham farmers market! Hopefully we won't have thunderstorms all weekend long!

Hope you have a good weekend!

Bon Voyage

Originally, I was going to save this for a Friday Favorites post, but I liked them so much I decided they need their own post. ImagineNations are handmade by Wendy Gold in San Fransisco. They are beautiful pieces of art crafted on vintage globes. Since each piece is scouted out, hand-cut and then decoupaged, they are pricey. Luckily beauty and inspiration are free. Vintage globes is definitely being added to my flea market search list.

These are my top 5 favorites: