Hello everyone,
I am in the THICK of planning a VERY EXCITING week in Lake Como this June! I feel really BLESSED right now and everything is coming together so perfectly. Little surprises and ideas I had hoped and dreamed would happen are coming TRUE! It's all OVERWHELMING this week... in a GOOD way!
I can't spill EVERYTHING that I've been planning but I do want to start sharing some of it with you.
First, I wanted to say THANK YOU to Fancy Pants Designs for SPONSORING our Creative Retreat! They have graciously offered to support this event and have some wonderful goodies for each student! So THANK YOU Fancy Pants!!!
Now as you know, we have some AMAZING teachers for this years Creative Retreat! I am so honored that they both want to join me in the journey with YOU to Italy and be a part of something that is truly beautiful. And these teachers have made some BEAUTIFUL class projects for this years event!
So TODAY I'm going to share some SNEAKS from one class of each of the teachers.
I'll start with Teresa Collins. She is teaching 2 classes during the week and I have to say when she emailed me pictures of the 2 projects I was SO EXCITED!! I was like kid in a candy store looking at the pictures of her projects! So here's a SNEAK into one of those classes:
Our 2nd teacher is Jeanne Oliver. She is also teaching 2 classes and these will focus on mixed media art. She has some AMAZING classes for us and I can't WAIT to sit in on these classes and learn some new things! So here's a SNEAK into one of her classes:
So there you have it! These are the 1st three SNEAKS of the classes. I will share the other class SNEAKS next week. All of these class projects are on their way to Italy and we shall see them in 2 months almost from the day...
Now I have quite an INCREDIBLE week planned for this event and some things will be kept SECRET until the event, but one of the things I have planned for that week is SO AMAZING, I want to share it with the world!!!
A little history before I do though...
In this age of technology it is just FASCINATING how "small" the world is. At a touch of my phone or a click on my computer I can see anywhere I want through the eyes of people all over the world! That brings me so much JOY because as you probably already gathered... I LOVE Italy!! :)
So when I am missing Lake Como and want to "see" Italy I can communicate with friends over there on Facebook or look at pictures of Lake Como on Instagram. I've always loved looking at "hashtags" on Instagram and seeing all the photos for #lakecomo or #lagodicomo and this is where the story unfolds.
One such photo on Instagram opened a whole new world to me. And I made a new friend out of it too! You see I was browsing #lakecomo on Instagram and found a picture of someones blog that lives in Como and it was SO CUTE! It's called Live Love Create Inspire and the girl who created this website lives on Lake Como! Of course just the title of her blog/website alone peaked my interest. But then when I saw how LOVELY it is and full of inspiration I just HAD to email her! Well that was quite a few months ago and now we have some EXCITING news to share!!!
We have joined forces for ONE INCREDIBLE NIGHT in Bellagio on June 25th!
Evelyn, the owner of Live Love Create Inspire, will gather some of her friends and local artists on:
Tuesday June 25th, at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni for "A Night of Artists" in Bellagio, Italy!
It will be a VERY SPECIAL night where local ARTISTS will come and share their work with us. These are some VERY TALENTED people who are taking the time to come to our event and show us their beautiful designs, give us a chance to meet them, see their work, purchase some of their VERY SPECIAL handmade items AND enjoy an evening together with music and food! I am THRILLED BEYOND WORDS to have a chance to bring together our group and these talented local artists to be a part of their community and share a night like this together. This event will be OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and if YOU live in the Lake Como area, PLEASE JOIN US for this wonderful night!
Evelyn will have more details on her blog and we will both be sharing about these talented artists and more information about this event as we get closer to the date. I plan to have some of our teachers doing some things that night as well to showcase their talents too!
ALSO, for those who live in the local area... THE CLASSES all of us teachers are teaching will be open to SIGN UP FOR!! All the teachers have made a few extra class kits for anyone who is interested in joining us throughout the week for one class, 2 classes or ALL of the classes!! So please feel free to email me if you are interested in joining us! These are some AMAZING teachers who teach all over the world and I know you will learn SO MUCH from them! You can email for times and costs for each class at Laura@akissonthechic.com
So there you have just a few details on some AMAZING things going on during our Creative Retreat this June!! If you want to join us for the whole week, I am holding ONE SPOT OPEN! The time is coming to a close though, so sign up SOON if you want to be a part of this INCREDIBLE week!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend everyone!!
Hugs to all,
Laura
P.S. I'll leave with you a little tidbit of good news I just got this morning... One of my FAVORITE restaurants in Bellagio has just opened up their restaurant to us for one night during our week there!! This is VERY EXCITING because he does not normally take big groups!! But my dear, dear friend worked his magic and made it happen! You are in for a TREAT!!
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