New bike

Zoom zoom!!

I hope you're having a fabulous weekend! I am!

I got a new bike, a 500cc Piaggio scooter.  Sold the 250cc Vespa, so this is a big step up, a "big girl" bike.

Took it for a little spin yesterday, what fun!  It has so much more power than I'm used to.  I had to slow down a bit on the highway, I did 70 mph in no time!

The perfect thing for our 22nd Anniversary, 

lunch and a momo ride!!

I'm proud to announce the next Artful Gathering blog hop is

Pam Carriker!

What a small world it is.  When Pam and I met each other on the Artful Gathering website, we found out we went to the same high school, Federal Way High in Federal Way, WA.  Pretty cool. We didn't know each other, I was there WAY ahead of her. But we both had the same art teacher!  

So look at her now!!

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.
   
   

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Pam Carriker
http://pamcarriker.com/blog/
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Riki