I Did My First Craft Show

Since I had never done a craft show before, we set everything up in our backyard for a sort of a test run. The easels that Ryan built for me work really well and the incredibly cheap canopy that I bought hardly budges even in really strong wind. The only thing that did not get done is the painting of the easels. They are just going to have to do for awhile.

This was the Spring Daze Festival in Thomasville, NC. We used this easel out in front of my booth to try to draw attention. It was photographed for a local newspaper.

This was my booth. The easels worked out really nicely and all of the bright colors drew lots of attention. It rained and I only had a couple of sales but, a lot of compliments. I am going to try a few more before I give up. I am actually doing my next one May 16th. It's the Garibaldifest on Main Street in Belmont, NC.

Collages

This one looks a little weird in the picture, but in person it is so neat. The bug in the center was a broken figurine and he is sitting on top of some roses that were left over from another project. All of the flowers around him are from a pillow that started making when I was a teenager. My mother was trying to teach me needlepoint or crewel I'm not sure which. Either way I was never going to finish the pillow and so I was thrilled to chop it up and use it on this collage. I got my husband to cut the sun out of wood for me and I made the butterflies out of a costume jewelry bracelet that had broken and multi-colored feathers.

This is a figurine that I bought some time ago and she didn't really fit in with the other witches in my collection. I like her much more now that I have given her a few changes, stuck her on a canvas and surrounded her with talisman from the Black Pullet.

I Glued Some More Stuff Together

This is my Chinese restaurant collage I guess. You can't really see it in the picture, but I included a whole bunch of my fortune cookie fortunes on the different colored tiles. My cabinet of random stuff is finally emptying out. What I have been trying to do is use up all of my old art supplies before I am allowed to buy any new ones.

I had a whole bunch of rocks and crystals and stuff leftover from other projects and I went kind of nuts gluing them on this old cabinet door. The dragon or dinosaur is a Krystonia figurine that was broken when I received it and so I was quite happy to find a use for it.

My Attempts with Polymer Clay

This is Priscilla the witch. She prefers to paint in her pastime but she also likes planting pansies next to her pathway. She's on Prozac which explains the dazed look or maybe that's the Percocet she snuck in earlier. She has a Pug named Parker but he's passed out in the parlour right now. She only eats parsnips, pumpkins, parsley, and pasta. Oh, and also peach and pecan pie because she is a southern girl from Pensacola or it could be because of the pot she puffed earlier.









This is Veronica the Victorian witch. She enjoys reading verses on her veranda surrounded by violets. She often violates the instructions on her Vicodin and Valium prescriptions which causes violent vomiting. She has a voracious appetite for venison and vinegar. She is also very fond of Vivaldi's Violin music.











This little dragon was one of my first tries with polymer clay. After I made him I really didn't know what to do with him so he got glued onto this board along with a bunch of rocks and some butterflies. He's just a happy little dragon living on his hillside now.

Magic, Voodoo, and Ouija Boards Oh My!

I've loved going to New Orleans since I was a little girl. I have always found all of the Voodoo stuff fascinating. The painting is done in acrylics and is a woman making a pact with the devil. I also used to be into making Ouija boards. I have always heard that if you want one to actually work it should be real wood, so I made some out of wood and the funny thing is that I have never actually had the nerve to try one out so I still have no clue if any dead people would like to contact me. I guess they will just have to find a more direct way, like taking it off the wall and hurling it at me to get my attention.

I made this for Ryan. The symbol in the middle is for good luck with money and once again I went nuts gluing things together. The coins were left over from trips to Europe and were no longer spendable because of the Euro.

I'm Addicted to Gluing Things Together

This is a picture of me (from a skinny time period a couple of years ago) and behind me is an example of what I tend to do in between projects. Basically, any small item in my house might be at risk. There are things that were picked up on trips or just held onto because they may be useful in some way someday and I glue them on stuff. It's quite enjoyable because not only do I end up with something bright and cheerful and give purpose to overall useless objects, but a lot of times, if I'm on a roll I can get an entire cabinet cleaned out.