Well, we are in to the Patriotic season. Thanks in part to my parents, I love Red, White & Blue! I really need to get working on items for 4th of July, where has the time gone? I do have a couple of feather trees listed, but need to get some larger ones made. Some other Patriotic items that I have, but have not listed yet, are paper style ornaments and some jewelry. Why am I so behind? It’s not like I can get anything done outside with all of the rain, so what have I been doing? Hmmmm, I have been trying to get caught up on paper work, but that isn’t going very fast. I usually end up working on jewelry, or some other craft. One thing that has been keeping me busy is all of the Belly Dancing Silk Veils that I have been getting orders for. I love dying them and seeing how the colors and patterns transform as they dry, but this is done with a steam iron. I have to put the ironing board right in front of the air conditioner. At least I have air conditioning!!
I hope that everyone’s summer is going well so far. It has been rainy for the last few weeks and now you can add Hot and Humid. Yuck!!! My “plan” is to post update a little more often, but you know the saying about the “best laid plans”….. Keep cool everyone!
Tags: Belly Dance, Feather Tree, hand made, Jewelry, ornaments, Patriotic, silk, summer, veil Posted in Feather Tree
Hello Everyone! It has been a busy month or so for us, I can’t believe I haven’t been able to find time to work in my gardens. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying all the flowers that are in bloom.
My sister, Connie, and I were recently at the National Halloween Convention. Since she and I both have stores on-line, we decided to pack up some of our items and put together a booth at the show. Wow….. we had no clue what we were getting into! Our first suprise was seeing how much stuff we actually have, we couldn’t get it all in the van! After sorting through everything and leaving a lot of items behind, we finally got on the road about six hours later, we got to our hotel around 1:00am. After a few hours of sleep, it was time to head to unload and set up. Wow again! Who know it could take so long to unpack and decorate a small booth? We had feather trees, ornaments, jewelry and some other items. There was a nice selection of both John Wind and Art by Amy, in addition to some of our own designs. I could go on, but I think you get the idea. It was a great experience, and I know we learned a lot about how to make things easier for us for the next time. It was also great to meet everyone from Spookytime Jingles.
For those of you who have not experienced “Art by Amy”, I found this video, Amy talks about her jewelry, that will give you a little insight to the artist and her art. Make sure to check it out!
Tags: Art by Amy, beads, Bracelet, Charms, Connie Porcher, Feather Tree, Halloween, Jewelry, John Wind, National Halloween Convention, Necklace, ornaments Posted in Feather Tree, Halloween, Jewelry, Willow Springs Farm
Well, we are in to the Patriotic season. Thanks in part to my parents, I love Red, White & Blue! I really need to get working on items for 4th of July, where has the time gone? I do have a couple of feather trees listed, but need to get some larger ones made. Some other Patriotic items that I have, but have not listed yet, are paper style ornaments and some jewelry. Why am I so behind? It’s not like I can get anything done outside with all of the rain, so what have I been doing? Hmmmm, I have been trying to get caught up on paper work, but that isn’t going very fast. I usually end up working on jewelry, or some other craft. One thing that has been keeping me busy is all of the Belly Dancing Silk Veils that I have been getting orders for. I love dying them and seeing how the colors and patterns transform as they dry, but this is done with a steam iron. I have to put the ironing board right in front of the air conditioner. At least I have air conditioning!!