The Holiday Weekend Is Over

New Set Up - July 3rd

Now It's time for a Holiday.  I'm exhausted, completely exhausted.  I had two art shows this weekend.  The first on was on July 3rd in Columbus, WI and the second on July 4th in Monona, WI.   

It was a lovely weekend, a little bit on the hot side, but at least it didn't rain.  I was warm, very, very warm.  J had to go lay down in the car for a while.

I tried a new set up that I really think I liked.  I had a large opening to be able to walk around the tables to talk to people and make sales.  I also got myself a folding stool so that when I did sit, I wasn't hiding behind all the table.  I worked on a few projects while I was at the shows, so even my down time was productive. 

I de-cluttered my tables and hung up all my overstock on some white pegboard behind the tables.  I liked how it added color to the booth and made it easy to grab items to replace sold items. 

De-cluttered Tables

I sold a wonderful brown and orange beaded necklace to a wonderful woman who had a class reunion that night.  She bought it to go with a new top she had just purchased, and it matched perfectly.  I hope she had wonderful reunion and I'm sure she had the best jewelry there ;)

I also sold a few small cuffs.  So this weekend was a huge success in my book.  I got my name out there and I sold some beadwork to some lovely people.  I only have a couple more shows this summer.  I'll have to step up my game a bit next year and do even more shows.

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On a side note, J's gig at Summerfest went great.  He said they had a nice size crowd and they sounded great.  I wish I could have been there, but alas I had a show.  I'm so happy that he had that wonderful show and I hope there will be many more.

Only 11 Days Until....

My first art show of the season.  I'm so excited.  I'll be at the Sun Prairie Taste of the Arts Fair.  This is the first year I'm doing this show, so it's exciting. 

Then I have my second show the weekend right after that.  Crazy.

I have decided to apply for six shows this year.  That's twice as many as I did last year.  But I think I'm ready for this. 

I finished my new sign over the weekend.  I'm really happy with it.  I have been trying to find really fun stencils and have not been able to, so I just decided to make my own.  It was a little bit of work cutting them all out, but they turned out so well, it was worth it. 

I painted the whole sign on one of my furlough day, it was a perfect project for that day.  Then I dropped my brushes right on the sign.  I got blue paint everywhere.  Of course, why wouldn't I ruin the sign after I spent all that time working on it.  So last weekend I went out and bought some pink and blue dye and a spray bottle.  I sprayed a layer of each color of dye on the sign to hide the spots of blue paint.  And low and behold it worked great.  Now the sign has a fun spatter pattern on it.  I'm so happy with it. 

Now I just need to sew those pesky table cloths. 

What's New?!?

So much chaos; a mess of a bead board.

So I've been busy, busy, busy.  I just seems like I can't wait for spring, but once it rolls around I'm on the go constantly.  But that's okay with me. :-)

I have said before that I'm finishing up getting ready for show season; I still have those pesky table cloths to make.  But I have been feeling extremely creative too, even if it feels like I don't have time to sit and think for long.  So I thought I'd share what's currently on my bead board with everyone.

And here it is.  I know it's a mess right now.  I have a bunch of projects that I'm working on all at once (and the one's you can see aren't even all of them). 

I'm making a few more triangle earrings for my "Go Team" line.  But I'm also make a few new triangles to go with the fantastic copper earwires I just got.  I just love making those little guys.

I'm also finishing up a small bracelet to match a wonderful "jumble" necklace I just finished; you can see both in this picture.  They're a wonderful combination of silver lined gold and red, so rich and luxurious.

I also finished up my summer project for ArtBeads, I just need to get pictures taken.  It's a fun bead embroidered cuff.  I'm also finishing up a smaller bead embroidered cuff that just needs to be stitched to the leather.     

Like I said, I've been busy.  I have less then a month to get ready for my first show, so I better get my butt in gear.  No more pretty beads for a while, and lots more sewing :(