Sips 'N Strokes... And a Few More Sips...

For a final "ladies night" before Jeremy and I move to Jacksonville, my friend Ashton and I went to one of the coolest hangouts in Birmingham -- Sips 'N Strokes.

What you do is you bring a bottle of wine (or any drink you want), and for $25 they give you a canvas, brushes and paint and an instructor takes you through the steps of painting an original painting. There's a cool new one every night.

Ashton and I decided to do "Funky Tree." 

Here she is applying paint for the background (keyword of the day: FUNKY!):

And here's the finished product (both of us got rave reviews from our instructor):

Here's Ashton's "Funky Tree":

And here's mine:

The coolest thing about the class was that, while everyone was painting the same thing with the same instructions, they all came out differently.

We drank, we chatted, we laughed. The instructor was wonderful, and she really kept us interested. And, in the end, it wasn't hard to create a cool painting. (Seriously, I have no artistic skill, and I think mine came out pretty funky!)

During class, it is mandatory that you paint your name on the walls. Mine is on the right in teal (very small), and Ashton's is on the far left in pink.

We had a great time. What a wonderful way to say farewell (for now)!