Category: Painting

Painting

How It All Began…Fall into Burches

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You only turn 40 once, right? I had always wanted to try the paint and sip parties that I saw so many of my friends doing, but like anything else, never took the time to look into further. So when it got closer to November , and my impending 40th birthday, I figured it was a good time to start! And who better to spend it with then my closest friends!

So at Lou’s recommendation, I chose to try out Pinot Palette in St Louis Park. Looking through the list of paintings, the birch painting seemed like a relatively simple place to start?!

Jim always told me I needed a hobby. I dont think he ever could have realized what he was getting himself into once I started painting…:)

So off we went! Jess, Kathy, Barb, Rachel, Emily and I headed off to the place that I would realize a hidden joy. At first it was very intimidating. I couldnt paint straight lines. I couldnt get the tree branch thickness right. Crap, this was gonna look like a 5 year old did it. Then I started looking at everyone else’s pictures. CRAP, theirs looks better. Man, look at their trees. WTF am I doing wrong! I wanted to get it right! But slowly, I realized there was no “right”. I started having fun when i stopped worrying about what it looked like and started enjoying what I was doing. 15068449_1030013480477130_3299386148999273474_oBy the end, I had a picture that I was pretty shocked at. It wasnt a Picasso, but it WAS a Solger. And thats all it needed to be!

Best of all, I had FUN. I couldnt wait to do it again. And the folks at Pinots Palette in Saint Louis Park made it SO awesome! Mila and her staff were funny, engaging, and made us all feel like we COULD do it!

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So my 40th birthday to myself was, well, happiness :). I spend so much time with the kids, and working and doing other daily things, its very easy to forget to spend some time on ourselves. This allowed me to do that.

Painting has become an outlet for me to realize somewhere I can find joy. Not only for myself, but for time with the kids, and for providing joy to others. I may never be great, but for me its all it needs to be 🙂