Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Weekend With Anna ....



Hello everyone ... Wow who stole the weekend it just seemed to fly by! As many of you will have seen from previous blog posts I was in Ireland, Newbridge to be precise taking workshops with the amazing & inspiring Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair. You will have to excuse my waffling on but this girl is seriously talented and such a fab teacher.  You best grab a cuppa and pull up a seat lol.

One of the classes was called "Lost in the paper world" a mixed media collage canvas based project. Ignore the photo ... some people are photogenic but alas I ain't one of them lol, however altering the phot was fun as well as exploring some of Anna's techniques.

Anna in action .....

 Anna & I waving to Nat
 
It was also nice to meet up with new and old friends alike ....


In between classes we explored a little of Newbridge itself ... I don't know how many times I ooooo'd and ahhhhh'd at this every time I passed. Still never had any :(



and last but not least the lady who made it all happen .... Agnes was the perfect host, full of energy and a breath of fresh air, along with her hubby who put up with all us yakking women and was our chauffeur for the duration. Thank you so much. x


Thanks for taking the time to stop by and leave me a comment, it's so nice to read them all. TTFN x

12 comments:

Minxy said...

I'm so so pleased you got to go have fun this weekend, you totally deserved and needed it and your pieces are all amazing xx

Netrix said...

Looks like a great time was had by all. Your finished work is gorgeous xx

Inkypinkycraft said...

Would have loved to have been part of that! An amazing pics, love the colours and how you have styled your piece! Trace x

Belinda Basson said...

Wow, you have to be the luckiest girl I know! Looks like a fabulous week-end and your project is stunning. I would love to do a workshop with her.

Helen said...

Sounds like a fabulous weekend!

ellen vargo designs said...

Looks like you had a fabulous weekend with Anna - hope to do that one day! Love your project!

Unknown said...

Love what you created I see you saw Astrid to glad you had a fun creative weekend xx

sam21ski said...

Looks like you had a great fun weekend with lots of makes, pity about the ice-cream, but there's always next time.

I have to say, my fave bit is your green cheeks!!!!

Sam xxx

Brenda Brown said...

Wow, wow, wow Gillian, looks like you had THE most wonderful, creative weekend. Love your piece and the pics.
Hope all is ok.
Take care.
hugs {brenda} xox

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

I'd love to take one of her classes! LOve your project...so much to see, and in Ireland to boot....that part makes me swoon!!!

craftimamma said...

Ooh Gilly, what a fabulous canvas. Love the colours and am so envious of you doing that weekend with Finn. Thanks for sharing the other photos too. I can't believe you didn't have one of those scrummy ice creams ....... You've let me down, lol!

Hugs
Lesley Xx

finnabair said...

Thank you so much for this creative time together - I had a wonderful weekend with you too :)