Highlights of Honeymoon Four - Part One: Denver...

I decided that the best way to share the highlights of Honeymoon Four with you is to do it in parts! There were three main parts to our trip - Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Colorado Springs. The first part of the trip we spent in Denver...

I absolutely love how when you take Frontier Airlines, your flight is always "hosted" by an animal, whose picture is pasted on the tail of the plane. Our flight from Minneapolis to Denver was hosted by Pete the Pelican...

These beautiful "paper" airplanes (I think they were actually metal) greeted us as we arrived at the Denver Airport! There must have been about 20 of them leading up the escalator into the main foyer...

We stayed at a beautiful old hotel in downtown Denver called The Brown Palace. It's been open since 1892, and everything about this place says old world elegance (click on the pictures to see more detail)...



even the toiletries were so beautiful I just had to take a picture...

For dinner, we found an AWESOME vegetarian restaurant called The Watercourse. Talk about yummy!!!!! We dined on Seitan Buffalo Wings, Mashed potatoes and tempeh with gravy, and for desert, the most spectacular "Ho Ho Chocolate Cupcake" you ever tasted!!!

The next day, we started out for Estes Park; but first, a stop in the downtown Denver historic shopping district, for a trip to Rockmount Ranch Wear! This is some urban art painted on a building across the street from Rockmount...

Rockmount Ranch Wear is known as the birthplace of American Western Wear, and I had been looking forward to seeing the place, and hopefully nabbing an authentic Rockmount Shirt! I had been reading about how they came about in 1946, and seen photos of lots of different famous musicians who wear Rockmount shirts, so this was quite the big deal for me!

It was so much fun looking through all the shirts! I must have tried about 10 different ones on - all different colors and some with fabulous embroidery! In the end, I chose this pink plaid one because I loved the color, how soft it was, the pearl snaps, how it fit, and that I would be able to wear it anywhere. Can you tell I'm excited about my new shirt?...

Tomorrow, I will share the story of our stay in Estes Park - the photos of the Rocky Mountains, the elk, and the famous hotel that inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining..."

See you then!

Honeymoon Four was Awesome!

We had a great time on Honeymoon Four and there is so much to share I don't even know where to begin!

The Rocky Mountains were sooooo beautiful!!! We saw lots of Elk, and we even went to a canine halloween costume parade!!!

I had a lot of fun filling up our travel journal with stories and memorabilia as we went along our journey, and Michael helped by adding his thoughts too! I am going to add the photos now, and I will share the whole thing with you soon!

Scrapping The Music's new slideshow is up! Check it out here!

Only two days until the start of Marit and My "Mixed Emotions" art journaling workshop! We are so excited to get started! I also want to mention that even though we are working with our emotions in this workshop, there won't be anything heavy or scary going on! You can share as little or as much as you like! So, if the thought of digging deep into your emotions worries you - NEVER FEAR! You can always use song lyrics or quotes to complete your pages - or even just images! It will be tons of fun and we are ready to go! It's not too late to register! Click here to find out more and/or sign up!

That's all for now, but I will be back regularly with updates - see you again soon!

Sneak Peek of "Mixed Emotions" Art Journaling Workshop...

I've got a little sneak peek of Marit's and My upcoming workshop for you! Check it out...



Class starts October 22. Registration is open now! Click here for more info and/or to register!

We are going to have TONS OF FUN and we so hope you can join us!

My Remains of the Day Journal is Full!

I can hardly believe it but my Remains of the Day Journal is all filled up! Here's how it looks all closed up...

and a few photos of the last pages...







So now, I'm on to the big green ledger journal which will be a whole new adventure! I've already started in it, and I will share some of the pages as soon as they are done.

The slideshow is up at Scrapping the Music and it's a really awesome one! Come on over and check it out!

Neil Young on Farm Aid and family farms

Today is the 25th Farm Aid concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I attended Farm Aid Live in 2005 and it was truly something I will never forget. If I had endless money, I would attend every year. Such a good cause. Thank you to Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews for their continued hard work on this. Check out this little video...



If you can't attend, Farm Aid will be broadcast live on youtube tonight starting at 6pm ET, which is I think 5pm central. Check it out here...FARM AID 25