2010 in Review…

Dec 31, 2010

2010 sure was a super fast paced year. I have so many won­der­ful moments and events to reflect upon. I am so grate­ful for you my blog read­ers as you are some of the most loyal and uplift­ing peo­ple. I always look for­ward to your replies and when needed your words of encour­age­ment. I am so grate­ful I have the oppor­tu­nity to work with so many won­der­ful man­u­fac­tur­ers in the scrap­book­ing industry. I am very for­tu­nate to be able to teach at an awe­some scrap­book store in Wax­a­hachie, Texas, “The Crafty Scrap­per.” Some neat class ideas have been swirling in my head for the new year and I can­not wait to share them with Car­olyn. I am lean­ing heav­ily towards mixed media right now which is so fun. It’s excit­ing to explore cre­atively as you never know what you will design.

Below are some posts I high­lighted as I’ve been reflect­ing on this past year. Look­ing back it sure has been a great year.

This is still my favorite chili recipe. Those of you in the North­east might really enjoy this warm meal.

Jan­u­ary 23rd I got the best son-in-law, Terri and Laren got mar­ried in New Orleans…

This was such an excit­ing day. I still get chills when I reflect on it…

Still can­not believe she turned 16 and is now look­ing for­ward to being 17…

And I really can­not believe she turned 22 and is married…

Had a blast learn­ing how to sol­der. I have so many ideas in my head right now…

Teach­ing and cre­at­ing online work­shop. I LOVE teach­ing and shar­ing my ideas…

So thank­ful for being able to take this trip with my par­ents for so many won­der­ful rea­sons. I believe the post explains it all…

Gone but cer­tainly not for­got­ten…

So grate­ful for being asked to do nightly make-n-takes and mini work­shops for Cocoa Daisy Des­ti­na­tions ~ Mykonos, what a week that was, so many won­der­ful friend­ships were made…

So happy I was one of the artists asked to teach at  “Artis­tic Jour­ney”. I hope it becomes an annual event.

So excited to be work­ing on my 2nd book. I love hav­ing the oppor­tu­nity to work with F & W Meida. Every sin­gle per­son I’ve come in con­tact with has been incredible…

Grate­ful for being asked to be a Guest Designer for Cocoa Daisy…

Mak­ing new friends in per­son and over the inter­net… rumor has it I will get to meet Karin at CHA-W… can’t WAIT!

Yes, 2010 was a won­der­ful year. It did have some peaks and valley’s but over­all when reflect­ing back it was a great one. I hope you and your fam­ily can reflect back and feel the same.

Wish­ing you all a won­der­ful 2011.

And I thought I would share with you a few things dad and I made in his shop while I was vis­it­ing. My “Spoon Art” might not be per­fect pieces to those who are really advanced in the metal stamp­ing craft but to me these are just as I wanted them and I love the end results. You can bet I will be wear­ing them often, attached to a funky neck­lace or chain. I like that Life is not stamped per­fectly which I feel is so sym­bolic. Life cer­tainly has it’s ups and downs both of which I have had many but Art… to me Art is per­fect no mat­ter what form it is show­cased… if you cre­ate it and love it… it is perfect.

Dad and I had fun cre­at­ing Art this week. I am going to do my best this year to make my life art­ful… each day find beauty in the day and cap­ture it’s Art! I hope you will do the same.

Wish­ing You All A Very Happy New Year!


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  • http://cain81art.blogspot.com Linda Cain

    Gor­geous thoughts and won­der­ful pieces. Love the spoons!!! Have a great New Year!

    Linda

    • http://lisapace.com Lisa M. Pace

      Thanks, Linda. Wish­ing you a great New Year as well.

  • Kathy

    I think you did a beau­ti­ful job. I love sophis­ti­cated with rus­tic look, which is how all stamp­ing looks to me! Great job

    • http://lisapace.com Lisa M. Pace

      Thanks, Kathy. Metal stamp­ing sure is fun.

  • http://www.creativechaos.typepad.com Karin

    So excited to meet you too Lisa! Since it’s at the LA Con­ven­tion cen­ter I will be able to stay with my friend and spend more days at the event. Let me know how your sched­ule is and maybe I can buy you a cup of cof­fee and chat.…Talk to you soon! Karin

    • http://lisapace.com Lisa M. Pace

      Awe­some, Karin. Once I get my sched­ule I will email it to you. Look­ing for­ward to meet­ing you in person.

  • laura

    So I guess I get to meet Karin too…since she teaches at Paper Tales and she use to live in the city that I now live in we have a lot in common…she can be your good friend and I will con­tinue to be your evil one.…lol

  • http://brownpaperpackaging.blogspot.com Dee Dee Roe

    Def­i­nitely sym­bolic. Have fun with your new ven­tures. Happy you’re get­ting to meet Karin — I like her kick­ing can­cer to the curb attitude. :)

  • http://prairiesedgefarm.blogspot.com cindy mar­quis

    Lisa — I love the spoon jew­elry. I think I may have to try this! Thanks for the great inspi­ra­tion this past year.

  • Julie

    Loved the post and the spoon art! Glad we got to know each other. Can’t wait for some new classes! LOL — just no flow­ers we have to make.

  • http://scrappergirl.typepad.com Shel­ley Haganman

    Those are beau­ti­ful!!! I hope to meet you some day in per­son too Lisa! You have always been to sup­port­ive and sweet!! Hugs! Shelley

  • http://www.terriconraddesigns.typepad.com Terri Con­rad

    good morn­ing Lisa,

    oh my good­ness, girl! your jew­elry designs are gor­geous. I’m off to Atlanta for the gift show, and reminded of the $125.00 vin­tage style ear­ings I pur­chased last year from an arti­san. Wish­ing you the very, very best in 2011.

    terri