Happy New Year!

It was a super busy end of 2016 for me thankfully!

I had shows and stores and orders coming in to make 2016

my best year so far! It was lovely meeting so many 

wonderful people both in person at shows and on-line.

This week I have started sprucing up my Etsy Shop and getting new ideas

organized. Show schedules need to be decided and new art begun.

February is quickly approaching and I have spruced up my photos for 

a few Valentine's Day themed items.

We still have this little one spending two days a week with us and we

love every single second of it!

My first show of 2017 will be at Dutch's Spirits in Pine Plains, NY

http://www.dutchsspirits.com/

It's a huge barn built on top of a prohibition moonshine bunker

that was operated by Dutch Schultz. Lots of very interesting

history here and on February 11th there will be a pop-up show

featuring the Mid-Hudson Etsy Makers and a few Hudson

Valley food producers.

If you are anywhere near, stop by and say hello.

Bell Jars and Curiosity Boxes and How Much I Love to Use Glass!

I have discovered that I do like to put things either under, in or behind glass. I think that doing so gives it

a sense of being curated as something special, something to stop and take your time and really look at.

In the picture above I put one of the snowmen from my collection under a bell jar as part of my Christmas decorations.

 Next it is being used as a nature arrangement along with Valentines Day decorating. This lovely little Queen of Hearts doll has been purchased.

The twig tree, pine cone, rock, feathers and one of my paper clay birdies all work together beautifully in my humble opinion. I made the fabric hearts many years ago out of old quilt squares.

A grouping of found feathers in a recycled jar.

My little curiosity boxes were looked at and admired by many people, but no one committed to owning one until I covered the recycled cigar box with glass.....

.....and that is just what the missing element was all along.

Continuing with the same idea, my small 3x3 art prints create an instant touch of finished art just about anywhere and would not be the same without the glass bevel covering it.

Lastly, this original wearable artwork done on a wee little piece of vintage ledger paper from 1895. Sandwiched between two pieces of glass it becomes a curated link between the past and present.

Thanks for spending time with me today!

A New Idea

My new Art Bevels!

Working in softer colors and getting back to my favorite watercolors and pen and ink.

These little pieces of art can fit just about anywhere!

They are now listed on ETSY with more to come.