Our 1st Christmas Cookie Exchange Party!

Tuesday evening we hosted our first ever Christmas Cookie Exchange party! It was such a hit and I believe all of the guest had a great time. Of course I think all of us have no desire to cook any more cookies for awhile...

Hundreds of cookies everywhere!!!

The group minus a few people who had to leave.

Kate test tasting the cookies I made.

-Me-

photography by: Courteney Lauren

The pink gingerbread men that I made!

A Dream Come True....

This was the group!

Me taking a break after all that walking.

This Wednesday I had the opportunity to go to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This was my second time since they have been bringing over art from the Louvre in Paris. I am a huge fan of art but I have a certain love for the Impressionist period. So, it was such a treat that this time the exhibit that was showing was "Inspiring Impressionism". I had the honor of viewing artwork from Degas, Renoir, Cassatt, Cezanne, Pissarro, and Monet, to name a few! As I was walking through I jotted down several quotes and names of paintings that I found fascinating. Here is some of what I wrote down.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the Old Masters. -Degas (1834-1917)

I believe that painting cannot be taught, and that it is not necessary to study with a master. Museums are all the teachers one needs. -Cassatt (1844-1926)