About my Friends: Lisa Lamoreaux and Jennifer Phillips

"Late Afternoon" by Jennifer Phillips

"Little Tree Charm" by Jennifer Phillips (available at her Etsy Shop)

"Sweet Melody" by Lisa Lamoreaux

"The Shape of Silk" by Lisa Lamoreaux

I said I was going to post weekly on my friends, which totally jinxed me. I should never promise my time like that, it's not like I'm single white female with no kid and all kinds of time just for the taking. I live on a new schedule these days which has been hard for my super organizer self to accept: spontaneous time. When I have a sec time.

So I have a sec and I am devoting it to one of my oldest friends, Lisa Lamoreaux and one of my newest friends and Lisa's studio mate, Jennifer Phillips.

Lisa and I met in Bellingham in 1992ish. She was the manager of an awesome woo-woo store called the Crystal Dolphin, which I applied to work at 3 times before they accepted me into their fold as retail peon. Lisa saved my bacon when my boyfriend at the time and I broke up, who I lived with- and I needed to really, really, not live with anymore (oh, the huge mistakes we make as youngsters. So many mistakes in that package - and yah, I know, all kinds of lessons. blah blah blah) - and Lisa asked if I wanted to move in with her. Joy! Lisa is 5 years older than me and I IDEALIZED her. I felt so honored that she actually WANTED ME TO LIVE WITH HER. (Later I learned she totally had second thoughts. Not personally about me of course, just giving up her personal space. That's what I tell myself anyway).

Anyway, to make a long, long, long story short we have been friends and friends with complications and friends again (and complications, and friends, etc etc) since then. She has been pivotal in my life in many many many ways and is basically family. She is also a talented artist, as you can see by the artwork of hers I posted above (You can purchase these pieces at The Art Study in the University Village).

Jennifer is a NEW friend that I met through Lisa, as a fellow bridesmaid in Lisa's wedding. I don't know her as well, but the brief time I spent with her I knew that we would TOTALLY get each other and if she didn't live in Renton (Renton? really Lisa and Jennifer? RENTON?), we'd be hanging out and stuff. She is also way talented in the art department and I hope to someday have another random, spontaneous sec to get down to their studio and learn art secrets.

Please visit their sites:

http://lisalamoreaux.com

and

http://jenniferphillipsart.blogspot.com/

to learn more about them!