Charish The Kids

Saturday! Finally...it seems that it takes forever for

Friday and Sat. to roll around but Monday seems like

it flys by!

Nothing major and or funny to post in my blog today.

I think I will take it easy this weekend, no running

around for me and see if I can get some rest. I have

laundry to do and a little bit of picking up but from

there I think I will try to paint some.

I have the show coming up but I also have a fund raiser

coming up at the end of April also. I have to have my

project finished and dropped off by March 30th.

The fund raiser is for "Kids on the Block", which is a program

of STARS (Students Taking a Right Stand). They reach out

to 40,000 elementary aged students a year using Bunraku

Puppetry. They teach and educate them on difficult life

issues such as child abuse, prejudice, and awareness of

differences.

This fund raiser is focused around chairs and is called

"Chair-ish the Kids". It is artwork that is sold and auctioned

off with a chair theme. This will be my 5th year to be a part

of it.

Caleb and I painted a rocking chair when he was about 4 yrs.

old, just to be doing something fun together. I had no clue what

I would do with it. Caleb had his own rocker. But I figured I

would just put it in my Mom's next yard sale. My friend and

a photographer that I worked with in Photo Services for the State,

so a picture on the rocker. He suggested me donating it to "Kids".

He had done some work with them for a couple of years. I had

never heard of it but it sounded so neat. The next year I did a stool,

the last two years I have done a painting, as I will this year.

The first photo is of course the rocking chair, it brought in $125.00.

The stool, with Jack in the Beanstock, and the vine climbing up on

leg brought in $85.00. The 1st painting I did (the chair inside with

the light coming through the window) was titled "Charish the

Light", $85.00 and the painting from last year, "Charish the Peace",

$135.00.

Enjoy my works of art. I am going to start laundry and make a bed...

then to paint.

Thanks for stopping in,

Pam