All of this . . .

and this . . .

One thing that’s been taking up a lot of my time, time I really don’t have to spare these days, is packing for my upcoming trip to the 2011 Rio Patchwork Design Show in June.

But this kind of packing does not include a swimsuit. Because I won the Audience Choice Award at last year’s show I will be traveling to Rio to present at this year’s show. And as part of my free trip to South America I became responsible for shipping the art for the CQA portion of the show to New York on the first leg of its journey. That’s sixty-six pieces of art from twenty-two artists. This has involved a lot of emailing, record keeping, and arranging for two enormous crates to be built and packed.

But it’s all done! The crates shipped yesterday leaving me with a lot more physical space in my house and mental space in my head. Bon Voyage!

into crate number one

and crate number two