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These girls. \u00a0They’re mermaids. \u00a0They’ve taken their sweet time getting their colours and such sorted out in my head so I could come along and pour them out of my head and onto canvas. \u00a0I’ve been fiddling with them the last couple of days. \u00a0Still a ways to go, as you can see! \u00a0They’re (probably) the last of the new designs I’m trying to get out the door to release in September.<\/p>\n

I was down meeting with Jill and Mary last week, doing one of our lucky-girl retreats in Anacortes.<\/p>\n

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We’re very\u00a0fortunate to get to occasionally borrow this amazing space for a couple of days, and all three look forward to these retreats where we have a bit of calm time to figure out what’s happened and what’s coming and what we’d love to get to. \u00a0We lay out our things and laugh and stew and ponder. \u00a0And then we eat yummy things. \u00a0Talk a bit of girl talk. \u00a0My head starts to glow with all of the new ideas that start running through it with the chance to be away, regroup, and focus. \u00a0So far we’ve only been here in fall and winter so my head was swimming in the fresh colours.<\/p>\n

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I came home from our last retreat in February with a list of designs we want to release in September and I’ve been pretty disciplined getting them done, but inevitably as my head swivels back and forth between the list and the calendar I start to chew my lip a little. \u00a0I always have so many more designs I want to do than I can get done. \u00a0But at this retreat we hammered together the new list of designs to aim to release next January. \u00a0It’s yummy.<\/p>\n

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This was my\u00a0first list but it\u00a0got a bit scattered and ambitious. \u00a0I bashed it down into a second list that feels a bit more do-able. \u00a0 As I work on\u00a0the missies up above I can feel my mind starting to wander through the list, picking out colours and patterns, and thinking about which is calling to start on first.<\/p>\n

When I was away I woke up too early one day and doodled this out on my iPad, and then eventually turned over and got back to sleep. \u00a0So far it’s one of those ideas that comes out pretty ready to go. \u00a0Love that. \u00a0Crossing my fingers that it goes onto canvas as easily. \u00a0If so it will be waving hello in January.<\/p>\n

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Hard to think these lovelies weren’t playing in my head before drawing this.<\/p>\n

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I also used the warm cement patio\u00a0outside to finally get a better shot of these three.<\/p>\n

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And on my way back I found our favourite Annie’s but in peace signs instead of the usual plain penne we get in Vancouver! \u00a0Score! \u00a0My youngest was pleased. \u00a0 And I’m feeling that bunny’s groove.<\/p>\n

It was a lovely time away and I’m back refreshed and chomping at the bit to finish up the ladies above and then dig into the new group. \u00a0Fun fun.<\/p>\n

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