{"id":1737,"date":"2014-09-15T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alleyartstudio.com\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2017-04-27T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T21:36:05","slug":"willamette-valley-open-studio-tour-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=1737","title":{"rendered":"Willamette Valley Open Studio Tour a Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1728 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0115-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0115\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>This past weekend was the <a href=\"http:\/\/wvost.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Willamette Valley Open Studio Tour<\/em><\/a> and it was a wonderful success. I blogged about my preparations for it in a post published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/2014\/09\/07\/willamette-valley-open-studio-tour-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\">last week<\/a>, then this weekend was the event. I was ready.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1726 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0109-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0109\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1720 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0082-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0082\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1725 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0103-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0103\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0094.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1723 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0094-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0094\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1721 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0087-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0087\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1722 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0088-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0088\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1724 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0097-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0097\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1727 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0112-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0112\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Thank heavens my sister came to help both days! (So did my husband, but he was feeling camera shy.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1729 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0121-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0121\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Then the visitors began to arrive. The first through the door were two friends from my <a title=\"Portland Art Collective\" href=\"http:\/\/portlandartcollective.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Art Collective<\/a> group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1730 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0123-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0123\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a>And then it was a steady stream of friends, acquaintances, and new friends. We captured a few in photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1731 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0124-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0124\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1732 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0125-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0125\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1734 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0130-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0130\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1733 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0127-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0127\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1735 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0132-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0132\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1736 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0136-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0136\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0138.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1719 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_0138-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0138\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>A huge hearty thank you to everyone who took the time to stop by, say hello, and buy some art!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was the Willamette Valley Open Studio Tour and it was a wonderful success. I blogged about my preparations for it in a post published last week, then this weekend was the event. I was ready. Thank heavens my sister came to help both days! (So did my husband, but he was feeling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=1737\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Willamette Valley Open Studio Tour a Success<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,33,107,6,103,76,8,38,130,1,135],"tags":[50,127,104,45,136],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alley-art-studio","category-art-shows","category-art-studio","category-art-work","category-artists-in-action","category-curious-elements","category-funky-junkyard-birds","category-oil-and-cold-wax-2","category-painting-studio","category-uncategorized","category-willamette-valley-open-studio-tour","tag-alley-art-studio","tag-art-studio","tag-artists-in-action","tag-dayna-j-collins","tag-willamette-valley-open-studio-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7986,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions\/7986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}