Short Show Season

Well...it turned out to be a very
short...'show season'...for us.

After a lot of discussion and all the family issues
we've encountered in recent weeks...
we decided that our 2010 Show Season is over.

It was a disappointment on one hand...
and a relief on the other.

For 10 years...from '93 to '03
my husband and I offered hand painted egg ornaments
during the fall show season.
I even sold a few of them through an internet shop
we used to have and through eBay.

Well...I knew that I had about three dozen eggs that had been
blown...cleaned and painted with a base coat...
hiding in my closet...
so Jaime and I had decided we were going to finish
those and offer them at the November shows.

What we're going to do...instead...
is offer them on our shops
starting the second week of November.

The Show Season is a bit of a Disappointment

Here are a few pic's from the first local show of the Season.

It was such a disappointment that we still have most of the 'stuff' left and listed

in our Shops.

Our sales were more than half as many as last year's show...

the weather was perfect...

there were no extra events going on in town...

and more people have jobs this year than last...

so

I'm not sure what to make of it...

or whether to do the last three shows or not.

Maybe we'll do ONE more and see what happens...

First Show of our Regular Season

This coming Saturday is the

'first' show of our Regular Fall Season.

We're able to take some of our paintings to this

show...

and with all of our other new items..

we're really looking forward to this one.

I've posted our Fall Show schedule for anyone

who is wondering what shows we have coming up.

I Need a New Sewing Machine

I have an old Brother Sewing Machine

that I bought used...

back when we lived in Nashville.

So I know that it is, at the very least,

20 or 25 years old.

(We left Nashville in '92 and I had it for several years

before moving.)

Anyway...I am really LOVING how the

Checkbook Covers are coming out..

but I can't work as fast hand sewing them

as I'd be able to by machine sewing...

but my poor 'Brother' has really seen better days.

The bobbin side thread (I'm sure there's a term for it

that I just don't know)

is all thready and knotted...so I know it's not up

to the task.

I am really...really...wanting to get a 'bunch' of them done up

ahead of time

so that I have them for the fall shows

as well as my Shop.

They have been a big 'hit' for me.

I've sold several of them so far...with requests for more.

So

I want to be able to get enough of them done up

before

listing...so that I have a nice variety for the shows

and the Shop.

I listed them...a couple at a time...to just kind of

'test the waters'

and I'm so flattered at the response they've

gotten.

It's one of those things that just keeps me

wanting to do more...

and keeps me trying to design and create

new pieces...

needless to say..

I'm LOVING it!!