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Tah Dah! I met my deadline and the “En El Jardin De Frida” is hanging in the Phoenix Frida’s Folk Art Exhibition at 500 south Mill Avenue. It runs from March 5th through July 14th. It was next to impossible to take good photos through the windows of the installation and it was still in progress when I left, so no actually photos of the finished installation. Sorry!

Today I am back to making more coloring books. I have a couple of huge wholesale orders. Thank goodness for good friends ~ a dear friend is coming over to help me put these together and get them on their way. I think that I have some of the best friends in the world and am very fortunate to be surrounded by the light and love of wonderful people. One friend, in particular, is always there to lend a helping hand. She has been with me all the way through the brain surgeries and beyond. When I am feeling discombobulated, she is there to keep things going smoothly. ~ I feel a retreat coming in our near future!

So many people ask me if I make the coloring books myself, and the answer is YES. And I am not as organized as I could be (far from it, actually)! I make these from start to finish…binding and all.

Often I am shifting my attention between printing books and painting. It works out great since the paint has to dry. The trick is not to transfer paint onto the books! HA! Multi-tasking is not my forte.

This how my messy studio looks today.

I seem to always have several projects going at the same time. Unfinished art is everywhere. Notice that I only showed a few select areas of the studio!

I guess, nobody’s perfect.