Full post for today coming later...I'm off to the Jacklin Center for the Arts...will have something for you from there. Taking these with me...there are six corsages here...
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Living in the Northern Latitudes
Good Evening,
Well more and more beautiful decorations are appearing around my neighborhood. I love it! I only wish it would snow!!! It seems to be a dirty word to locals here, but I see no advantage to living this far north and freezing when I go outside but missing out on the beauty of a white Christmas. I know, I know, I don't have to report to work elsewhere or shuttle my children to and fro all their various activities in the sloppy, slippery wet mess that snow can present, but winter has a beauty all its own and I miss it! Therefore I am finding it hard to get into the spirit of Christmas, so I am happy that at least my neighbors are showing some spirit by putting up sparkly decorations....still I Ho-Hum through my days. One good thing has been the colorful sunsets like this one:
I have completed one project that I have been struggling to finish for a few weeks now. A custom handbag that is going off to California tomorrow. Whew! Finally!! Finished!!!
Tomorrow I hope to finish a few quick items that I can sell on Saturday. Have a great day everyone!
Janet
Well more and more beautiful decorations are appearing around my neighborhood. I love it! I only wish it would snow!!! It seems to be a dirty word to locals here, but I see no advantage to living this far north and freezing when I go outside but missing out on the beauty of a white Christmas. I know, I know, I don't have to report to work elsewhere or shuttle my children to and fro all their various activities in the sloppy, slippery wet mess that snow can present, but winter has a beauty all its own and I miss it! Therefore I am finding it hard to get into the spirit of Christmas, so I am happy that at least my neighbors are showing some spirit by putting up sparkly decorations....still I Ho-Hum through my days. One good thing has been the colorful sunsets like this one:
I have completed one project that I have been struggling to finish for a few weeks now. A custom handbag that is going off to California tomorrow. Whew! Finally!! Finished!!!
Tomorrow I hope to finish a few quick items that I can sell on Saturday. Have a great day everyone!
Janet
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Some Days!
Howdy,
Well some days it just doesn't pay to get up and try...it is nearly 3 am and the rolled leather straps I am making for a custom ordered handbag are giving me fits! Maybe the third time will be the charm?! So tomorrow I try again.
Goodnight all,
Janet
Well some days it just doesn't pay to get up and try...it is nearly 3 am and the rolled leather straps I am making for a custom ordered handbag are giving me fits! Maybe the third time will be the charm?! So tomorrow I try again.
Goodnight all,
Janet
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Going for a Roller Coaster Ride
Hello,
Well if I felt like I'd run a marathon on Friday and Saturday...(thankfully Sunday was truly a day of rest) then Monday was an absolute roller-coaster! Over a month and a half ago we had taken samples of my work to be juried at a couple of local shops - right on the main street in Coeur d' Alene. Both said they liked what they saw...however...we were still tied up with the end of summer Farmers Markets, Blue Flag, getting our website built and everything photographed for it and then the Christmas Market...so it wasn't until Monday that all of this came back around...I had been planning to clean house and decorate for Christmas...but...
A call from Mark led to a quick trip down to the gallery to look over the proposed display space...then back home for a discussion and a quick decision to take all our merchandise, which was still packed from Saturday's Christmas sale, down to Northwest Artists Cooperative Gallery on Sherman Avenue that afternoon. Friday is Art Walk all through downtown and we wanted to be part of it! But we needed lunch so we detoured to Subway for that and then proceeded to unload and set up all of our 'stuff' yet again! We are getting pretty good - and much faster - at doing this now :) Here is a quick look...
For a video tour of the gallery and some of the work done by other artists check out this link.
Northwest Artists Cooperative http://www.northwestartists.net/nw_artist_coop_gallery_001.htm
The sun was shining very brightly today...it was so beautiful...then today's mail brought our first check from Blue Flag Studio! Whoopee! Thank you Kristie and Terri - Love you both! Couldn't have been a better compliment to the sun outside. But I am still on the roller coaster today...what I thought was going to be a slow down this week has just continued to build up steam. Friday is Art Walk from 5-8 pm http://www.artsincda.org/ArtWalk.html and Saturday I will be with a fellow artist down at the Jacklin Center for the Arts in Post Falls from 10-2. Check it out at: http://thejacklincenter.org/
Until then I need to finish a handbag for Sharon in California, felted fingerless gloves for Antigone, earrings for Bonnie, and a scarf for Gail...and maybe more things for myself for Saturday at Jacklin...noooooo problem....guess the cleaning and tree decorating can wait! I hope!!!
Take care all,
Janet
Well if I felt like I'd run a marathon on Friday and Saturday...(thankfully Sunday was truly a day of rest) then Monday was an absolute roller-coaster! Over a month and a half ago we had taken samples of my work to be juried at a couple of local shops - right on the main street in Coeur d' Alene. Both said they liked what they saw...however...we were still tied up with the end of summer Farmers Markets, Blue Flag, getting our website built and everything photographed for it and then the Christmas Market...so it wasn't until Monday that all of this came back around...I had been planning to clean house and decorate for Christmas...but...
A call from Mark led to a quick trip down to the gallery to look over the proposed display space...then back home for a discussion and a quick decision to take all our merchandise, which was still packed from Saturday's Christmas sale, down to Northwest Artists Cooperative Gallery on Sherman Avenue that afternoon. Friday is Art Walk all through downtown and we wanted to be part of it! But we needed lunch so we detoured to Subway for that and then proceeded to unload and set up all of our 'stuff' yet again! We are getting pretty good - and much faster - at doing this now :) Here is a quick look...
For a video tour of the gallery and some of the work done by other artists check out this link.
Northwest Artists Cooperative http://www.northwestartists.net/nw_artist_coop_gallery_001.htm
The sun was shining very brightly today...it was so beautiful...then today's mail brought our first check from Blue Flag Studio! Whoopee! Thank you Kristie and Terri - Love you both! Couldn't have been a better compliment to the sun outside. But I am still on the roller coaster today...what I thought was going to be a slow down this week has just continued to build up steam. Friday is Art Walk from 5-8 pm http://www.artsincda.org/ArtWalk.html and Saturday I will be with a fellow artist down at the Jacklin Center for the Arts in Post Falls from 10-2. Check it out at: http://thejacklincenter.org/
Until then I need to finish a handbag for Sharon in California, felted fingerless gloves for Antigone, earrings for Bonnie, and a scarf for Gail...and maybe more things for myself for Saturday at Jacklin...noooooo problem....guess the cleaning and tree decorating can wait! I hope!!!
Take care all,
Janet
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