Artsplosure 2011

Artsplosure is Raleigh's Art Festival held downtown. Here is how the website describes it:

Artsplosure's mission is to produce high quality annual festivals that celebrate excellence in the performing and visual arts; to promote and bring recognition to national, regional, and local artists; and to bring artists and the larger community together to improve the quality of life and cultural environment.

And this year we went to go check it out. The first thing the girls wanted to do was get face painting...just not on their faces. :)

Arm tattoos

Making crafts using feathers, sticks, and yarn.

Showing off her feather necklace and tattoo.

Making butterflies using paint & gigantic coffee filters.

Kyleigh concentrating hard to get hers just right. :)

Abby decorating her butterfly.

Police Officer Kyleigh :)

Abby is enjoying a cool drink on a hot day.

Daddy giving Kyleigh a piggyback ride.

It was a really fun day and we look forward to next year! I think next year we will bring a little more money with us so we can try some more of the food they had...it smelled reeeaaaallllllllly good. :)

All tuckered out.