A fortune cookie opened on my final dinner in Missoula

You too, can see how the fortune unfolded in our new adventure.

"FUN WITH JUDY AND FRIENDS"

‘Look look’ said Judy

‘Look up’

‘Look up, up up’.




‘See Miriam Haskell’

‘See the greatest designer of jewellery stampings’

‘ I see, I see’ said Joy

‘Miriam Haskell’s office is up up up’

This is fun for Judy

This is not so fun for Karen, Joy, Kathryn and Jerri!

‘Who is here’ said Judy

"Who is here Karen!" asked Judy

Metalifferous said Karen

‘Oh Karen this is superb' said Judy

‘Oh Karen this is superb' said Joy

‘Oh Karen this is superb' said Jerri

‘Oh Karen’ this is superb' said Kathryn

And they played happily for hours getting their hands very grubby.

‘Go, go, go’, said Karen

‘Where, where, where’, said Judy

‘To the toilet’ said Karen

‘I must get the key’, Judy said


‘Key, key, key please’, said Judy to the assistant


‘Flush, flush’ said the assistant to Judy


‘What’, said Judy



‘Read, read, read the sign’ said the assistant

‘Come girls come’ said Joy

“We will walk and walk and walk with our shopping bags” Joy said


“We will walk and walk and walk 10 blocks whilst shlepping Judy’s heavy metal stampings.

Away went Judy and friends

Walk, walk, walk.

Shlep, shlep, shlep.


‘Where to now’ said Judy


‘Look around, look around, look around the corner’, said Joy

'There is M&J Trimming’, said Kathryn

‘Where, where, where’, said judy


‘I see one trolley’ said Judy


'I see a double trolley’ said Judy

So Judy happily took the double trolley




‘Trims trims trims’ said Judy

‘Appliques, appliques appliques' said Karen.

‘Silk ribbon, silk ribbon, silk ribbon' said Joy

‘Velvet ribbon, velvet ribbon, velvet ribbon', said Judy


‘See Karen', said Jerri

'See Karen climb', said Kathryn

Climb Karen climb


See Karen stretch

Stretch Karen Stretch


See Karen talk on the ladder

Talk Karen talk

Talk, talk, talk




‘No, no, no, I will not go’ said Judy

Rest, rest, rest we must

Rest Judy rest

Rest, rest, rest


‘It’s time to go to Tinsel Trading Company’ said Katheryn

‘Smile for another photo’ said Jerri

Smile, smile, smile

Joy, Kathryn and Karen were thrilled

Thrilled, thrilled thrilled - NOT!

‘Look, look, look’, said Judy

A fairy, am I, said Jerri

‘Displays, displays, displays said they

‘Vintage, vintage, vintage, said they

‘The price! The price! The price’, exclaimed they

‘Look, look, look’, said Judy

‘A millinery shop’ said Judy

She is mad, thought they

‘What is in a millinery shop? Thought they


‘You must trust the hunter’, said Judy

Trust, trust, trust.

Wow, wow, wow said they


"Going out of business" was written on the sign –

Hooray Hooray Hooray! Shouted they.



‘I need a drink’ said Karen


‘Look, look, look’ said Judy


An Aussie pub appeared next door.



Mirage, mirage, mirage, thought they

‘James Boag all around’, said Judy

Drink, drink, drink did they

Watch Karen drink

Drink, drink, drink

Walk home exhausted did they

but along the way they were reminded to always remember to

Embrace the “F” word!!!

F, F , F

There she is again!!!


And if you can’t embrace the “F” word


Then just embrace one of these...

Embrace, embrace, embrace.

xo

Shoes glorious shoes!

I am so grateful to my blogger pals!

When I put out the call for shoes I never imagined I would have recieved so many from people


Ain't blogs grand!

This pair came from the very generous Karen Owen whose hubby unearthed them (from memory).

How beautiful are they.

These came from Leslie, who had some more waiting for me when I arrived in Philli.

The pair that the dolly is holding are made of satin - they reminded me of the same satin used in ballet shoes.

And this beauty came a few days after returning to Sydney from Jen Worden - along with dirt that came off the shoe along its travels.

Don't quite know how it made it through customs.

Don't you just wonder where it has been?

Who wore them?

What stories lie within the shoe?

Some of these were treaures I bought whilst in L.A.

Some of these were treasures I happened upon in Port Townsend.

Linda and Opie gave me a pair on the opening night of Artfest.

They were housed in a gorgeous light green box.

Laurie Marshall sent some to me via her friend which were given to me on vendor night at Artfest.

And also during vendor night Denise from Aus presented me a pair too - she wizzed by telling me there was a story to the shoes but I have not yet heard it.

These young girls shoes were from Port Townsend too - I ummed and ahhhed about them for a while - but relented as they were really perfect for 'the project' I will be undertaking.

Thanks to everyone - I am so grateful.

Back to the USA Tour.

The girls, Joy, Karen, Katherine, Leslie and Jerri (get a blog, woman!)

Up and ready for the days 'junking' as I call it treasuring.

Being a night owl, they just loved when I woke them early so we were ready to head out and not miss any opportunities that arose.

JUNKIN 101...

When visiting strange lands and on a strict time schedule - one must sleep little.

Find local haunts from mates.

Or research on the net.

Always take an 4WD - you never know what you will bring back.

In fact, take two 4WD's if I am with you.

Have flat rate boxes ready for shipping your finds back, cos the US postal service is very expensive!

Watch for but listen to OCD shop owners like this one.

She knew where and what every little piece was in her 3 level barn.

It was great but sooooooooooo bizarre.

Going through a box of Cabinet Cards, the OCD will speed round the corner at any given moment - and enquire if you need help.

(I think she needed help of a different sort!!!)

Part of my trip was to discover found anything on Judaism etc so I always ask the vendor if they have anything.

The answer here was no.

No, thinking to oneself, in Philli?

Listen to bells chime as someone else walks into the shop...

OCD lady hastily speed around the next narrow corridor to the front of shop so she can give her spiel (about 5 minutes long- thats the abridged version).

Friend Karen comes around corner and asks...

Find anything?

As she asked, I had just picked up the photo which is in my hand.

Cut off and extremely hard to see the very dirty Victorian type and age photo was about to be a cast off.

But I happened to turn it over and low and behold there was something written in Hebrew but actually it was Yiddish - no time to check yet - too much digging to do.

But it was cut off - right where the writing continued.

Still worth taking, very rare to find anything Victorian with Hebrew writing on back.

Whilst junkin...

Always take crazy photos with friends to keep fellow bloggers amused during long posts like this one!

Always wear a "bum bag" or as you guys call it a "fanny pack" - (if you call it that here in Oz you could be sent to strange areas red of town!).

Allows hands to be free for collecting.

Make sure you only wear one when your partner is not around or you may embarass him as they are no longer in fashion - if they ever were.

Sorry MdeM.

I love my bum bags - they are the best thing invented for junkin and working in the studio.

So there, it's out in the open - ha!!!

Fashion smashion... who needs it when treasures await!

Spend as much time as you need to in a shop.

Finally go outside and find your friends doing pretending to do ballet or something,

or

Just maybe they are doing the happy dance (a regular occurance on this trip) that I finally appeared long, long, long after they had finished.

Well G-d forbid shops like this have a cash register, don't you know.

Hope for OCD's lady's sake the IRS aren't reading my blog - hehehehehehehe.

Stop for a quick coffee - try and order a cofee like the ones I have at home -

I don't think so.

Go to next place filled with books and epehemera.

Always befriend the vendor especially if he is not OCD lady.

He will there tear about 20 old book covers off for you at no charge.

Take short naps if you are spending about 5 hours in the one bookshop!

But don't forget to,

Pack more boxes!

xo

THE USA TOUR CONTINUED...

3.00: Leave Judi's place and head towards Art Gallery in down town Philli.

3.20: Praise the L-rd that Karen has a car to get us around in and I don’t have to look like a complete dorky tourist like these guys.

Note to self – how come the guide doesnt have to wear the gorgeous blue helmut.



Hmmm, it seems this lady looks really excited about the tour – she was just jealous that we five had Karen’s husbands Audi to drive around in.

Nope – she was really jealous that she didnt get to play around with Karen’s husband, Bob’s balls



{Karen's hubby, Bob, making us his ever so special home made ravioli - she lucked out big time!}

The Asian variety that is, you know the ones that make that ‘tinkle tinkle” sound when you play with them.

The balls that is.

3.30: Wait in the queue to see Frida exhibit.

It was amazing!

I think one of the best parts of the ehibit was the personal photographs.

Think to oneself -

What the curator was thinking??????????????????????????????

Phew, finally they got their genders right. But where's Frida's moustache????

Begin to wonder to self...

What was better, the Frida exhibit....

Or the gift shop afterwards...

4.50: Spot Rocky outside the museum



5.00: Go on tour of the Art district.

Make sure your friend drives you around when you can only salivate rather than shop.

Listen to your tour guide plead with the owner to open up so

her Aussie buddy can view the mosaic place

Listen to your tour guide tell you many times (love you Karen) that Philli has the most mosaics in the world.

Challenge her to prove it!!!

Head to the oldest residential district whilst tour guide shmoozes policeman not to book her cos she has parked illegally waiting for the crazy Aussie to photograph the street.

Marvel at the street.

Curse the car for parking there and ruining photo.

Remember to learn the American anthem - love your Patriotism! I was amazed at all the flags I saw in the USA.

As we say here in OZ - "ONYA" {loosely translated as Good On You}

And then there's always that reminder to vote for Hilary???

The Philli Primary was on whilst I was there.

Find some more red doors,

Realise there a Mezuzah on one of them.

Remember that it is Passover –

Look really overjoyed when your friend Karen finally snaps about the 5th photo of you and it actually works. Waning is the joy of seeing a smashed Passover plate - the same one I have at home - mosaiced into the wall.

Celebrate Passover with Jerri, holding hands and doing the happy dance at my discovery...

all the while looking like a complete fool cos here am I thinking Karen still can’t work out how to

use my camera.

THANKS KAREN, YOU REALLY ARE THE BEST TOUR GUIDE EVER!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Drive to New York...

We are pausing my USA adventures for a quick commercial break...


Bali Workshop




Join Michael and I on a collaborative Bali workshop.

"Temple of Dreams"

A 5 day workshop

March 11-19 2009





In this class, "TEMPLE OF DREAMS" Judy Wilkenfeld and Michael deMeng are teaming up for a Balinese art workshop experience. Our concept was to come up with a workshop where students could experience both of our unique teaching styles and create a unified piece of art from the process.

The Workshop:
It was important for us to design a project that had a definitive relationship to Balinese culture. One of the most profound images in Balinese culture is the Meru; the multi-tiered, pagoda style temple. It symbolizes the world (or cosmic) mountain and is composed of several odd numbered tiers (no more than 11) that reach toward the sky. This is the form we will be using in class…though admittedly, much smaller, so that it could be transported in a suitcase.

In class we will be building a mixed media/assemblage meru that will have the ability to be opened at each tier. Inside students will create a sacred space for dreams and wishes. The interior space will be created using the methods of assemblage, collage, and painting. Perhaps it is a home for your dreams, perhaps it is a home for your sacred thoughts. In the end you leave learning a variety of techniques from two artists to create your own Temple of Dreams.




You will enjoy...



7 NIGHT ACCOMODATIONS, double occupancy at the lovely Apakabar Villas owned and operated by the ever-so-lovely Stacey Mattraw-Friedman and Rob Friedman of Archangelo productions.




EXCURSIONS WILL INCLUDE:

A day trip to to Ubud, the culture arts center of Bali- with lunch included.


Group snorkeling, beach excursion

A private one 1 hour massage

An evening of Traditional Balinese Dance Performance

Bali temple excursion

Hiking through Balinese Rice Patties

All transportation to and from excursions that are included in the workshop week

Daily, fresh prepared breakfast and Dinner's

Time for swimming and enjoying the pool and grounds of Apakabar Villa's

Transportation to and from the airport at Dempasar, Bali.




Now you may or may not know that on my last foray with Archangelo productions, I met Michael.


This workshop is being hosted by Stacey and Rob of Archangelo Productions so its sure to be a great experience and is very professionally run.


Email: arcangeloproductions@gmail.com
or
Phone, Bali workshops: 503.381.2434

Come join us on what is set to be a wonderful and enjoyable artful experience.

P.S. Sorry, we are not offering a free set of steak knives with this offer.

xox