Houndstooth the Owl

Finished....almost.

I tried to use almost every part of the old coat.

The buttons on the front and back.

The interfacing on the top of the wings and around the face. 

The satin lining under the wings.

Still a bit more tweaking to do but

I am excited for how he looks so far.

I thought that this old coat was a tweed, but a good friend reminded me that it is houndstooth.

So I am calling him:

Houndstooth the Owl

Old Tweed Coat..... New Project

Working all day on a new pattern. What was an old tweed coat

that I purchased at an estate sale has been deconstructed....

 

 

What was a bag of clay, has been molded and baked and painted.....

I can't wait to get to put it all together.

New Items in My ETSY Shop.

Flowers of the Month

is a new series of drawings that I have made into

3x3 Art Bevels and Wearable Art Necklaces.

 

Each month of the year has a flower that represents 

it as well as a birthstone.

I have framed each one under glass.

 

 

  Also each one is made into a pendant.

To see the complete set, please visit my ETSY shop.

 

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

And if you have a minute or two to spare, I have entered 

the Martha Stewart,

American Made contest.

Voting starts in September I believe,

I will keep you posted!

 

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!

 

This Year At the Fair!

 

I have had a whirlwind of a week! Actually The past three weeks have been so busy with preparation for this years Country Living Show in Rhinebeck, NY 

After all the creating (which is the fun part) comes all the packing. Boxes and boxes

stacked and ready.

I think that my booth looked really great this year. 

My husband assembled piping for me to

hold my walls up with. Since these spaces are very generous spaces, he was able

 to adapt to the correct size.

 

We are in the barns up on what they call livestock hill. They are very open

and airy. Filled with sawdust it is a very rustic look.

I met some very lovely people from all over the United States, Canada, England and some visitors from 

Australia! 

Friday and Saturday were beautiful but the heat came in on Sunday

and we all were melting. 

I felt so good to get home and put my feet up :)

Country Living Fair is Next Week!!!!

As always it's down to the wire for me. I have been busy the past few months but the two weeks before this show I am in frantic mode.....

 

 The Bones Sisters are getting primped and

 ready to go!

I am having too much fun with these sweeties.

Busy Day in the Studio

 I spent the afternoon sewing the pieces together for this years batch of 'Bones Sisters'

There are two left over from last year which was the first year that I designed them. 

This year I will have a limited edition of 12.

 I want to have them ready for the Country Living Fair in Rhinebeck, NY in June.

New art is also being created so new prints and some other ideas that are in the works.

And this guy, my sweetie, Rocky is so tired from supervising lawn mowing by Lou

and sewing by Sue. He is having a little nap time....