We have ONE Show Left!

We had an 'excellent' show this past week-end...

what I particularly LOVED

was that our business was Steady!

This year we started with the smallest

of spaces...since we weren't sure how we would do.

Fortunately...we were able to

get a little extra space at all of the other

shows...

which gave us room to spread out a bit..

and not feel as 'claustrophobic'.

But, for this show..

we GOT exactly what we paid for...

a 10' x 10' space.

We discovered, we REALLY need a 10' x 15' space

to maximize our display...

so..next year...for MOST of the shows we opt to do...

we'll go with the 10x15...

then...if we end up with a 10x20

(as some of the local shows probably will)

I'm considering using the extra

5x10 space for something completely separate...

We'll see.

I just want us to get acclimated to a 10x15' space,

so we can get our display

EXACTLY how we want it for our future shows.

Our LAST show of this season

is December 5th and 6th!

Thanks to all of our new friends...collectors

and other artisans alike...

who have made my 'return' to "live shows" a most

wonderful experience!

I had quite forgotten how much I LOVE to interact

with people...and I intend to do

MUCH more of it...in 2010!

At The Show....

I'm ALL day at the show...

and

we have to tear down

afterwards..

A long day and late night..

for sure..

Maybe I'll just take the

WHOLE Day off tomorrow!

Jaime took some pictures of our booth...

I'll upload some when I get them

from her.

The "Plan" for This Week-end.

I listed a 'select your own'

Postcard/ Mini-Print Pack

in the Shop.

Just an F.Y.I.

The 'plan' for this week-end...

I am going to 'pull'

my jewelry..

mirrors..

and original paintings

for

(1) day only.

Since it is only a 1 day show...I want

to go ahead and pull

all of the (1) of a kind...

items.

(I know this doesn't apply to the mirrors...but, since

we have to order those in...don't want to end

up selling out at the show...and not be

able to fill any shop orders

until I order more.)

Besides...I have some new items

in the 'works'

that I want to put into the

Shop next week.

Getting ready for the week-end!

Got a one day show this Saturday...

that means...

we'll be spending today doing last minute

finish ups...

Got to do a bunch of varnishing...

and need to pack and get all orders shipped later today.

Wow...this is going to be a

crazy..busy...day!!

A couple of "LOST" paintings.

"Annalea and the Raven"

"Cicely"

I was going through a book today and ran acrossed a couple

of

"Original Small Works of Art"

paintings that I did a while back.

I did them on art paper...so I'm sure I put them there

to flatten them...and got busy with something else.

Anyway...I went ahead and listed them

so they are in the

shop.

Addition====It took me overnight to remember...

I actually did these two pieces

when I decided to get a site on Artfire...

they were intended to be Artfire exclusive...

yikes!!

I'm going to do a couple of digital pieces

and replace them on Etsy...

this is why I've started my 'Making It Work' blog...

I've got so darned much going on

that I'm losing track of what it is I'm actually doing!

Grigio Design

I have been the 'subject'

(or...rather..."my art" has been the subject)

of several blogs

over the past two years.

I've been rather shy about doing

something similar but...

I've decided...

Beginning with

"Grigio Design"...

I want to 'feature' a

'fellow' Etsy Seller

in my blog

every week.

The picture above...

MADE it to Etsy's FRONT page...

it is

'Dragonfly Samurai'

by Grigio Design.

She has created so many very cool

jewelry creations on her

site..

check out her shop

and see for yourself!

I "Heart" Hedgehogs!

As anyone who has seen more than one or

two of my paintings has probably figured out that...

I 'heart' hedgehogs.

These little 'cuties' appear in many of my

'creeper'

paintings...

(which brings me to another matter...

I don't know why I call them

'creepers'....and I really need to think of something

a little less 'creepy' to call them..)

but...anyway...

I have seen this video before...and maybe you have too...

but I thought I'd share

for anyone who also 'hearts' hedgehogs..

and may have missed it..