Fauxology: Studying the Visual Magic of Faux Finishing and Interior Design (brought to you by Garay Artisans)

You must forgive me if you find some typos…my right index finger was bitten by something over the weekend and now it’s swelled up, red, painful and itchy.  I’m typing with my other fingers so…this oughta be fun. 

Well, Saturday — the first get-together by the Wallnuts (nee The Fauxtastic Four) – was a blast.  We had projected meeting from 10 am to 3:00 pm but everyone cut out of the studio close to 6pm.   We would have continued our party on to dinner but we had a rather large (and loud) lunch.  (By “we”, I don’t mean just the four of us.  Husbands were there, siblings were there, family was there…what a fun day!)  To put it all together will take a few more days than I expected but I hope it will be worth the wait.  The four of us were really surprised at the end of the day when the men came in to set up our podcast.  We thought we were just going to talk into the laptop or something but nooooooooooooo…there was microphones and stands and mixers and stuff I can’t even pronounce.  As we were doing our chosen recipes during the day, we were gabbing and laughing and having a great time.  I really hope the podcast caught some of that energy.  It’s our first one so I’m sure we’ll get more comfortable with it as time goes on.  Here’s two teaser pics of our day:

 (Left) Prepwork: Books, Materials & Coffee   (Right) My microphone…a bit daunting

Well, we’re off to prep for Tropical Storm/Hurricane Fay.  It doesn’t feel like a bad one but you can never be too overprepared.  I’ll try to post more cool stuff in the meantime, if the weather (and finger) permits.  I hope you are having a beautiful, sunny day! 

Well, folks, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t posted since Sunday and there is a reason for that.  Some might actually think that I have mad computer skills since I do write a regular blog, but nothing could be further from the truth.  You see, my sister, Suzanne, has moved Far Far Away and now works remotely for Garay Artisans — so she rarely comes into the studio office anymore.  When she did, I would hand her pretty pictures that I would find in magazines/books and ask her to scan them for me so that I could include them in my blog.  Not only would she do this but she would place them in a nifty computer file I could easily find called “Pics You Made Me Scan for You”. 

Well — fantastic sister that she is, she walked me through the whole scanning process and I diligently wrote each step down in my notebook.  I have since left that notebook at my friend’s house, ergo leaving me without any scanner capabilities.  Everytime I try to get the courage to try and scan something without the instructions, I feel like I’ve walked into a Western ghost town and Mr. Scanner and I facing off and having a High Noon moment (dust balls, eerie music and everything).  It ends up with my scanner victorious and me silently skulking away. 

I could try to use some photographs of our work (which are readily available) but since I’ve already included some on the last few posts, I want to change it up a bit.  So, until this weekend (when I get my notebook back or until my husband is able to set up a scanner for me at home), you are all stuck with me just writing away. 

So, what shall we talk about?  Oh, I know — SALI being the big buzz this week!  The 23rd Annual SALI Convention is being held from July 21 - 26 in Charleston, SC and registration started this past Monday (April 28th).  The convention attracts decorative artists from around the globe and they have world-class teachers heading up some amazing classes along with great seminars, get-togethers and a fun shindig to top it off. The way it works is that you register for the classes you’d like to take and it’s first come, first served.  (There’s usually a mad rush because class sizes are seriously limited — you’re talking hundreds of attendees and each class holds 20 people, sometimes less.) It’s now five days since then and ask me if I’ve even looked at the catalog — noooooooooo.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to take some classes I’m interested in. 

(It doesn’t help that my friends are all calling me going:  ”Did you register?  Do you have a roommate? You haven’t registered?  Regina!  What are you doing?  Get on the horn, girl!  You’re gonna be sitting pretty with no classes available…Well, what classes do you want to take — maybe we can sit together.  WHAT?!?  You haven’t even looked at the catalog?  Regina!!!!  What are you doing?  Girl, you need to sit down, take a break and make some class decisions.  Tell me this, did you even book the hotel room?  My word!  What is going through your head?”)  Well.  I’m sleepy but I guess I should take a quick look at the class brochure and start planning.  Wish me luck!  I’ll be back on the weekend with some new posts and nice images to look at.  In the meantime, check out the SALI website if the convention and classes sound like something you might be interested in. 

All I ask is that you just cut me a break and hold off on registering for those classes ’til after this weekend, ok?  

Until the next batch of misadventures,

Faux Girl