The amount of different work I have this week is staggering. To me, anyway. Drop off for the duo-show at Art on Broadway is a week from today. I also need to make sure I have inventory for the Celebration of Creativity in March, which isn’t that far away. Some inventory will come from Art [...]
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The monkeys are almost out.
When I got home from school in my formative years, my Mom always pasted a sign on the screen door with the “School’s out” rhyme on it. Such a feeling of elation that was, summer JUST beginning, all those weeks ahead of me with no school. Derek’s school ends next week. His very first year [...]
Empty Bench
Ah. I love making art. I even love photographing. Selling, that’s hard. I took down most of my etsy listings a week before the Glass Gallery show, so that I didn’t manage to double sell a one-of-a-kind item. And then I checked the calendar, and realized it was almost time to go to the coast [...]
BAO Item of the week Oct. 1-7
BAO Item of the Week (October 1-7) For this week, we have thirteen (13) of our Bead Art Originals members participating with Items of the Week. You can find details on each of these items and any specials available here. Unless otherwise noted, the specials are valid until midnight on October 7. This is a [...]
Playing with cards
I just finished up one of my projects for Open Studios, which was to donate a playing card. Each artist who wants to participate gets a regular ol’ playing card, and decorates what would be the “back” of it. They all get gathered together, are put in lovely frames, and are sent as thank yous [...]
Encompassed
I have wanted to try making a bezel for awhile. I often find new projects hard just simply because it is so much STUFF to track down. I had to get the bezel wire, and the first one I bought wasn’t the right size, too narrow, so I had to send that back (and of [...]
Knitting with Vikings
I am actually learning how to knit, with yarn. But that is not the knitting I am talking about. I have learned to do a method of creating chain called viking knit, which is hundreds of years old, back to 700 AD. It is an offshoot of chainmaille work, but it is wire that is [...]
