cards and tools

sometimes i get a bug into me where i have to sit down and zone out for a few hours and make cards. i have never been into scrap booking, but i do love some good scrap booking tools. hole punches, sticky back paper, glitter - i love them all. they are perfect for making one of a kind 4x6 works of art.

my rack is stuffed full of cards for the show this weekend, so if you are in the norcross area, swing by to stock up.

art and supplies

i'm taking another art class at callanwolde fine arts center which starts this thursday. its focus is strictly on colored pencils, so i hope to find out tons of new tips. from the class list, i know the teacher is very serious about technique which makes me ecstatic. my last class was great, but it turned out to basically be open studio time, with very little instruction.


the same thing goes as my last class - i will post everything i do, good or bad :)

flowers and 5 days left

my felt flower ornaments are complete and i have five days to finish everything up before my weekend festival. i am so excited, i can hardly stand it. the bonus is, this time, i got a hotel room right next to the festival site, so i won't be driving back home exhausted. it will be a little mini vacation without really going anywhere. double bonus!

flowers and festivals

this past weekend was the start to fall festivals and it was so much fun. i actually didn't set up as a vendor, but helped my friend joyajewelry out at her booth. the crazy thing was i randomly ran into 2 followers of my blog who actually knew who i was. seriously, it was so exciting!!!

as a blogger, you are constantly putting things out into the universe with little or no feedback. many of my days are spent in my studio making things, so i often live inside of my computer. i was thrilled to find people who are actually reading and more than that, like what i have to say. on that note, i wanted to say thank you very much if you are a follower. and if you're in the atlanta area, come out to see me at the norcross art festival the first weekend of october. who knows, maybe there are more people out there reading than i think :)

chaos and order

this is the chaos that happens when i take product shots for etsy. i have tried shooting in the back yard, in the garage with the doors open, and now i have moved into my front entry hallway. it seems that there is no place where i can get consistent light for an hour at a time, so i have resigned myself to the fact that color correcting will have to be. and if you have been reading this blog for a while now, you know how much that frustrates me.

i would love to pass this job on to someone, but the truth is that the quantity of shots i need are either too expensive to have someone else do it, or i have nothing to barter with. so for the time being, me as photographer = me being my own worst enemy.

luckily i do have some photoshop skills to clean up the horrible images i take which gives me an end result of this...

i am head over heals with this lamp. i think it would look great sitting on top of a big chunky vintage desk. head over to my shop to see more lamps. it feels really good to get my shop stocked. woo hoo!