Happy New Year!  I hope 2011 is a wonderful year for us all. I am truly grateful for all of my ‘fans’, friends, family, students, supporters, and the wonderful mosaic community for your amazing, incredible support throughout the past year! I’m finally realizing my long-latent dream of being an Artist, and it’s incredible! I continue to learn more and more on a daily basis and love sharing my knowledge with my students and the web-at-large.  The support I’ve received over this past year has been more than I would’ve ever expected; it’s buoyed me during tough times and long nights and inspires me to keep going forward.

In honor of a wonderful 2010 and an even better upcoming 2011, I’m offering a “Happy New Year Sale” in my etsy shop.  Use coupon code HNY11ETSY to get 25% off each item in your order (!) now through 11:59 pm Mountain time tomorrow, 1/1/11. I’ve got most of my current shippable completed pieces loaded into the etsy shop, so there’s lots to choose from; mosaic jewellry, mirrors, wall hangings, etc.

I have lots of big dreams and plans for 2011 including: attending February’s Society of American Mosaic Artists conference to learn more to share with all of you and find more great mosaic suppliers and sources; continuing to offer classes at CO Free University (www.freeu.com) about every 8-12 weeks; offering Garden Mosaics classes at some local garden centers; expanding locations for Denver area classes; holding more private and ‘club’ mosaic classes; and expanding class offerings to include such topics as “Tempered (“crash”) Glass” Mosaics!

PLEASE, if you have ideas, suggestions, or input about these or any other mosaic-related activities in the Denver metro area or for the web, send me an email or contact me via Facebook ! I’d love to hear from you!