Mixed Media Nuno Scarves....

Just a sampling of what I've been working on lately. Renew, recycle, reuse.  These scarve are accented with reclaimed silk fabrics from scarves and clothing and a little bit from my scrap pile.  It's still a nuno, on a base of featherweight chiffon fabric, but I laminated additional silk treasures on top creating a super crinkly effect.  I'm really enjoying this technique and love that I can reclaim the remaining silk from a scarf with a hole, or a blouse with a stain.

2 Hands Market was very nice show!!

I had a great time at the market...I would definately do another show with this group.  The event was well organized and advertised. 

http://www.2handsmarket.com/ 

Esther's finished totebag

Tuesday night at Northridge Knitters...Esther's first felted handbag is finished!!!  The whole group was super proud of her and Esther couldn't wait to show it off to her family and friends. 

Esther is finally done with her tote bag

I'm so proud of her!!!....I'm going to felt the bag for her soon...she's one of those Red Hatters...she wanted to put red straps on it and I said NO WAY!!!...it would ruin all the work she's done.  So up next...one for her Society events. 

Quiet Waters - The Blue Heron Room

I was in a great room with lots of friendly sellers...I had more fun at this show than I've ever had!!  Here are some of my new friends and favorites from the show. 

My booth...#1 right near the parking lot entry door.

Cameron and Kristen of  Quirk and Bach Pottery http://www.quirknbachpottery.com/














My girlfriend Ryki who came to help me out on Sunday..shopping as usual :)

Joe's booth...Crabtown Photography...one of my booth neighbors (we were both in the promo photo shoot)...he taught me a few tricks about my new camera!!!  http://www.annapoliscrabtownphotos.com/















My other booth neighbor Lori of Dalango Creations. Beautiful Fused glass jewelry. We had soo much fun and I hope to have her as a booth neighbor again!!! http://www.dalangocreations.bizhosting.com/














Susan Gist, metalsmith of Ezria Designs.  http://www.ezriadesigns.etsy.com/

Cynthia of SweetWells...beautiful hand painted glass functional items. http://www.sweetwells.com/SweetWells/Home.html

Promo Photo Shoot at Quiet Waters Park

Quiet Waters Art and Music Festival...is just 2 weekends away!!!

http://friendsofquietwaterspark.org/arts_festival/home.html

Elise Miller, Truly Unique By Elise

Donna Brooks, Picture Windows

Joseph Gruver, Crabtown Photography

Trash to Treasure

Ok...I'm playing.  After a season of fiber project you end up with a bunch of little bits of fiber that are not worth organizing.  Throw them in a bag, sort them out by color scheme and turn some trash into treasure.  My trash to treasure fiber batts are always used on my felted soaps. 

http://www.1000markets.com/users/trulyuniquebyelise/collections/12508/products/2359

And finally some virgin carded merino/silk, silk caps, angelina, handdyed cotton schrim...stay tuned :)

The basic display layout...

WHEW...done....I had to figure out what to do with all those darn candle holders Dottie worked on :)...

I kinda like how the new gridwall hat holders make it look like the hats are floating in the other corner.  I also decided to bag the waterfall handbag holders.  They take up way too much room and I think the straight long pegs work nicer in this configuration.

ACCOMPLISHED!!! All packed up and ready.  Now I can FINALLY play with that french silk I got in NYC with my bff Lori!  Patty will be happy I have her remote office desk setup for her upcoming visit :)

If you're thinking about setting up a new studio, I really recommend gridwall.  I started out with 4 walls, 2 corner shelves and some pegs and have been able to expand the system as the need arises.  In my case, I break this down and take it to shows with me, but in the off season it's the greatest system for organizing projects, especially with the ability to EASILY move shelving around whenever your needs change. 

Sometimes things happen for a reason.....

So I'm getting ready to list some new merino/silk scarves.  I bring the scarf to my desk so I can look at it while describing the colors and the textures and look closer and the gold threads are starting to fall out like tinsel...and falling out quite easily.  So...lesson learned....metallic tinseled cotton scrim doesn't work.  But that's ok...I like this scarf even better without the gold tinsel...looks more organic...your thoughts?

before I tore out all the gold tinsel

while pulling out the tinsel (and letting the old Dyson clean up the mess)....I like it much better!!!  An experiment that ended up working out just fine!

This one is for my peep Jessica xo......

READY....

I'm in gettin' ready mode for the upcoming shows.

Photographing...done....YEA!...I hate that the most....but Roger has done the comparisons on new cameras and I think he likes the Sony the best.  He's done the research, I just wanted a new digital camera that did the best with indoor photography and was smaller than the beastie one I have.

Tagging...Very important.  I know I'm not the only one who goes to a show, looks at items and if there's no prices I may be reluctant to ask the seller.  Maybe it's just me...I don't know.  I want my customers to be able to pick up an item and know how much it costs.  We're not selling cars here :)

So here are some of the final little things I've been working on for the show. 

Next up....SET.....setup the display....configure the gridwall and lay out items to see which way it will work the best.  That's kinda fun :)

Felted Flowers

Camera Cases

Kitty Cracknip...oh yes...it's back!!!!

New Felt Scarves.  A play on texture, these scarves are made of hand carded merino/silk with cotton scrim accents, a few holes here and there and handdyed silk edges.