Newport Belle Photos

Photos of our B&B in Newport, great location, great guest rooms with all the little extras, well worth a stay.

My bedroom

This is where I will be staying tonight on the Newport Belle, a Riverboat in Newport, Oregon, I'm so excited, I'm here with my friend Nancy & her husband Michael, tomorrow we are off on a boat trip to go see if we can spot any whales, here's hoping we're lucky!

Did You Think I would Just Look?

No way!

Lush Cupcakes @ Cupcake Jones

Waiting outside Cupcake Jones in Portland, drooling at the amazing range of cupcakes - yummy!

Picture Book with Barbara (part 2)

Then I added paint, made metal hinges to bind the book and left to dry.

Picture Book with Barbara (part 1)

On Monday we visited with Narbara and she showed Nancy & I how to make a book using canvas board and assorted sized canvases + gel medium, gesso, moulding paste, cheese cloth, tissue paper, dry lining tape & plaster strips. This is how the base page looked after we had finished the first stage!

Picture Book with Barbara (part 3)

Then I added the embellishments to make the book come together, filled the shadow boxes, sealed them with Mica, added beads, feathers, shells, dried flowers & grasses, extra coffee dyed cheese cloth & metal gauze sheets, very effective. Not finished, probably another 2 stages to finish.

Oregon Update

Not in any chronological order just adding photos of my travels and adventures.
1. I cooked stuffed chicken parcels for dinner on 4th June for Nancy & Michael , they really liked them.
2.Nancy at the Thai Pepper restaurant in Ashford, it was a lovely evening and we sat outside on the balcony overlooking the river.
3. Fish and chips at The Illahee in Glide, the fish was battered salmon, very unusual but very tasty all the same, sadly no mushy peas!
4. My first taste of Thai food, it was heavenly, thanks to Nancy for stretching my taste bud experience.
5. Meet the resident dogs - Hank & George, bundles of fun and so cute, they never leave Nancy's side given half the chance.

Working on my travel journal!

Remember the travel journal Nancy made for me, well I've been working on getting up to date with pages, so far I've got as far as Saturday, will catch up later today!

Pysanky Eggs with Nancy

Today we made Pysanky Eggs (decorated Ukrainian eggs), we were lucky enough to get goose eggs which are larger, Nancy is a great teacher and it was fascinating to watch how the egg changed after each dye dip. I really enjoyed making mine, I will have a go at one more before I leave Oregon.

Art from my class

I produced an amazing amount of art during the class yesterday

Arting With Nancy @ Karen's

We had a great time @ Karen's playing with acrylics.

Fish & Chip Supper

Had a great fish & chip supper @ Illahee in Glide, Orgeon. The fish was salmon and the chips were seasoned, it was a great meal with great company - Nancy, Mike, Meredith & Woodie!

Medford with Nancy

Arrived at Medford with Nancy, after a lovely class with Karen! Nancy, Mel & Meredith and I had lots of fun, learnt loads and had an amazing lunch!

Acrylic Art Class with Karen O'Brien

Today I'm doing an Art Class on acrylics with Karen O'Brien along with my friend Nancy, we are here for the whole day, watch this space for the results. You can also view her work here!

Happy Mail in USA

Tonight I had dinner with Nancy, Mike, Meredith & Woody, we had fish & chips, it was delicious - the fish was salmon, never had battered salmon before! Meredith gave me Happy Mail and my Prayer Flag from the Book of Days Swap, it's beautiful.

Working on my travel journal

Today is going to be laid back and relaxing, pottering about Nancy's studio and working on my travel journey.

Beautiful New Art Journal!

This beautiful journal was made by Tee Thompson, such a beautiful colour.

My New Journal!

Nancy made me a beautiful journal in the shape of Oregon, she's so thoughtful. X

Day 1!

So far we've hit Eugene and I've gone a bit mad on book binding!