THE SHOW IN MIDWAY KENTUCKY

Our show in Midway is doing so well and we’re having a great time. The venue is in a beautiful spot next to Damselfly Gallery. The owners Eric and Mary own the property next to the gallery and have turned it into a wondrous place where they will be hosting more outdoor shows, weddings, parties, etc.

This show has so many wonderful artists and I’m having so much fun getting to hang out with all this talent.

Sales have been very good. Here are a few photos.

My friend Marilyn of Ivytree Designs is a potter and jewelry maker. These are some of her designs.

 

My other friend is Linda Powell a talented visual artist. I collect her mini paintings.

Here’s a look at my table.

The sunset yesterday on my way home was magnificent! My photo doesn’t do it justice.

 

It was a lovely end to a happy day.

Count down

Yes, the  F.E.I Games are coming up soon. Sept. 25 through October 10. I’ve been working hard to to have enough jewelry to sell at the show that I'm  doing in Midway Kentucky during that time. I'll have a booth that I'm sharing with two good friends at Damselfly Gallery.  It's such an exciting venue and I'm really looking forward to it.

Here are a few new pieces that I’ve done.

 

Sorry if some of  the pics are not the best. I was just getting quick ones for my own records. Didn’t spend much time on them.

Here’s hoping my creative muse stays around because I want to offer a lot of variety.                                                                                                            

Going back to Saturday

Here it is Thursday and I’m just now posting about Saturday. Well folks, better late than never.

I had a booth at the Masonic Home Art Faire in Shelbyville on Saturday. It was a beautiful and sunny day albeit extremely HOT. But I did well and sold a good bit of jewelry.

Had a good time sitting next to my Bluegrass Etsy Street Team members. Such talented jewelry artists.

There was Kimberly Ries from Creative Eye Studio. And  Joey and Kelly Graves from Whimsy Beading.

Here are some pictures

 

 

Kimberly

 

Joey and Kelly

 

My hubby

 

Me

Where oh where has my living room gone?

Paige was here on Wednesday and had fun being a clothing designer. She used my mannequin that I display jewelry  with. She’s such a fashionista.

 

She’s my great pal and we always have fun together. We have a lot in common. We both love going to the antique shops in town, having lunch at McKinley’s, also in town. And, Barnes and Noble is another hangout for us. Half-Price books gets our business too.

But just hanging out to be together may be my favorite thing to do. BTW you’ll be seeing more of her since I’ve decided to use her as my model to get photos of my jewelry.

Now, on to the question of where did my living room go?

Tyler and Grandpa have a new toy. Thomas the Train……

Of course, They can’t put it away when they’re done playing because the track would get messed up. We can’t have that after all the trouble they went through to build it.

Hmmmmm, there’s a truck on the track….What should we do?????  

 

I think for these two boys I could get used to a train in my living room.

I’ve been featured !

 

Kim Ries of the Bluegrass Etsy Street Team posted  an article about me on the team blog. I’m so excited!!! This is such a wonderful and generous group of women and I’m pleased to say that I’m a part of this group. Check out the article and while your there click on some ( or all ) of the links there. I promise you’ll see some delightful things.

I made baubles

I took more pictures of some of the baubles that I’ve made. Take a look…..

These are fused Argentium and copper. Very light~~~I try to make all of my earrings lightweight.  No stretched out earlobes here.

Here’s another pair that I really like. These are Argentium Silver with copper bands fused into it. For textural interest I’ve hammered them and added three small holes in each one.

A couple more

Here are a few more of the pieces that I’ve been working on. These little copper and sterling flowers are very light and easy to wear. I thought copper would be nice for the Fall.

 

                                                                                    

This pendant is made of fused Argentium and copper.  I really like the fusing process and really get into the zone when I’m doing it.

I’m hoping to get a few more photos today. It’s a hot one here in Kentucky so I’m sure I’ll be indoors for most of the day.  Hope your all having a great week-end.

I’ve been working---Honest

So, really, even though I haven’t been posting a whole lot, I’ve still been working and producing jewelry. Here are some pictures to prove it.

I’ve got shows coming up in the fall that I’m very excited about. One being in Midway, Kentucky. An adorable little town, where I currently, have jewelry displayed at Damselfly Gallery.

I’ll be posting more about that and other shows that are coming up in September.

So, what do you think of the new stuff? I’ll post more as I get the pictures.

Going to the gallery

I've got a few goodies to take to Damselfly Studio this week.

The pictures are not the best, I didn't have good lighting.

This gives you an idea of what they look like. They're all fused pieces.
I'm rather happy with the way they turned out.~~~~Not the pictures but the
jewelry.

New on Etsy

I've been working away getting new pieces done and getting them posted on my ETSY store. I've got more to photograph and get on there but I did these today.It seems to me that it takes so much time to photograph, edit and post stuff. I take more time doing that than making my jewelry. Maybe when it comes to tech things, I'm just slow.
Then there's having to name my pieces.

I had trouble coming up with names for my kids and the cats that I've had over the years. Now, I have to come up with names for my jewelry.

I'm just not that clever with words. If I was, I'd be a famous novelist or something. Well, at least I'm happy making my jewelry. If you want to see more pictures take a look at my ETSY store.

I'm still here

Hi all. I haven't disappeared. In fact, I've been making a few new pieces, spending time with my grandkids and getting ready to teach my very first workshop.

I'm on the board of Artractions which is the cultural arts commitee for Shelby county. The members have been so encouraging and supportive of me and my jewelry making. They invited me to offer this class at Artists on Main in Shelbyville.

Am I a little nervous about it? You bet I am. I want to give my students my best and I hope I do well for them. I've kept the class small so I can get a feel for it, I'm easily overwhelmed. The date of the class is March 8. I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes.

In the mean time, here are a few new pieces that I've done. You can click on any of these to make them larger.

This one is made of copper and silver. The focal is copper with Argentium silver wire fused to it to make a bezel. Then I mixed up some two part epoxy into which I mixed some paprika for color and poured it into the bezel.
A couple of eyelets put in backwards look like little flowers.
The links of the chain are sterling silver to which were
added copper colored pearls and automotive fuses filled
with tiny little beads.

This is copper with Argentium silver fused to it.

This one is copper with Unikite

Here we have Argentium silver fused to copper. The chain is Sterling silver and copper with automotive fuses.

These earring are fold formed copper with Sterling Silver

fused to it. Then I textured them.