Suddenly busy

Whew! I'm so excited-- my art is going to be sold in a FABULOUS store called Thistle in Palo Alto. Apparently the store owner met my mom last weekend at the Gamble Gardens show, and wanted me to bring in some more pendants, cards, tags, trinkets, etc. I went in yesterday and WOW! They have incredible stuff. Very cottage/shabby chic, kitschy, vintage, and a huge selection. I saw notebooks and candles from Anna Corba, great stationary, pretty aprons, even 5-inch glitter letters, sold individually. I'm so thrilled that they actually like my artwork!

And of course, I've been making stuff. Tags, mostly, while I'm waiting for a new shipment of glass pieces to make pendants out of.

Hooray!

On Thursday night, my mom told me that she had a booth at the Gamble Gardens California Creative event, which would be held Friday and Saturday. She was selling her fantastic California landscape oil paintings, and offered to take some of my glass pendants as well. I had school all weekend, but said "Sure!"

I really didn't expect to sell much, but apparently, I did pretty well! I sold11 of them! This is one of the first times I have tried to sell to the general public, and I am very happily surprised to have done so well. I was completely unprepared, didn't have any business cards, no artist bio, etc. So, I decided to give Mom what was left of my MOO cards and a bunch of my ATC's--hey, at least they have my contact info on the back! According to Mom, people loved the artist trading cards.

So many projects...

I seem to get stuck in my projects...I look at gallery upon gallery of handmade things that I love, and I feel so inspired by them. But then I sit down to make something and...nothing. Even when I look around my workspace and see supplies I can't wait to use, I can't get it together. Or I'll grit my teeth and try to work through it and sometimes it works, other times I just make a big mess and nothing comes out of it. I was looking on Anhata Katkin's website, and found her very helpful page on Creative Resistance and how to work through it. Definately worth a try. I'll let you know how it goes.

I have been making art, though. Yesterday I went to Joann's and bought just a 1/2 yard of these fabrics:
Aren't they pretty? No real idea what I plan to do with them, but they're still cool. :) Other than that, I'm working slooooowly on a flag banner, which is currently unassembled. I'm making on triangle at a time, trying not to worry too much about colors matching and whatnot.

Flickr Faves of the Week

1. Whimsy Birdhouse, 2. Beautiful vintage finds........., 3. I am dreaming of a Shabby chic Christmas..........., 4. Closer view of the "Our Home" book........, 5. Entry into Dariannes baby book........., 6. Acrylic Paint caddy......, 7. My finds this weekend........., 8. Fairy Dress Form assemblage......, 9. basket of vintage goodness..., 10. Share your own spark#98, 11. molto affettuoso, 12. Nature's pink, 13. LOOK CLOSELY necklaces, 14. L- garland mama made me, 15. sea nymph, 16. My mom made this!!, 17. altered photo/painting/collage for a special lil girl!, 18. Front Cover~ Grandma Brag Book I made for my mom today, 19. Untitled, 20. Paperback Book Cover, 21. 3rd month collage, 22. My latest shabby chic commission, 23. Judys Shabby Rose Garden, 24. Ancient, 25. Linda I's deck

Journal Cover for Mom

For once, I actually thought ahead to Mother's Day, and made something early! It's a cover for one of those little Molskine notebooks, which are 3.5" x 5.5", and you can buy them in 3-packs from Barnes and Noble. I'm going to give her a set with the cover. I had so much fun making it--it's the whole "Mom will love it because I made it" thing that I can always fall back on if the final product comes out less than perfect. But I'm pretty proud of this one!

As promised...more ATC's!

Here are three more...and I'm still working on them!

I'm also doing a lot with paint, gesso, matte medium, tissue paper, print, and modeling paste. It's the ongoing Box project for school, which I will post pics of as it comes along.

What I've been up to

I've been doing a lot of work in my Dream Home journal, which basically involves cut-and-pasting pictures from magazines. I try to use lots of different sources so that I can really piece it all together. I try to avoid making everything look uniform, you know? Anyway, I need to take more pictures of it, I've been working on all the pages at a time. It's easier for me to do that rather than to finish one spread completely, then start on the next.
I've also been working on my lexicon and box for school, which is due on Saturday, and a journal cover for my mom for Mother's Day.

Other than that, I've been spending way too much time on Flickr looking at pretty pictures. Here are some of my (many) recent favorites:


1. "Swan", 2. ATC - This Sky, This Night, 3. walk_on_water_ACEO, 4. Valentie ATC's, 5. Soldered Art-front, 6. miss, 7. 'Bella Rose' Vintage Wedding Cuff Bracelet, 8. miracle detail, 9. ArtFest Journal, 10. Untitled, 11. in progess, 12. very merrily collage, 13. 3rd month collage - detail, 14. star booklet (front), 15. altered library card- Dedication to Sojourner Truth, 16. its a vicious cycle, 17. dream, 18. Love Song, 19. honeycomb book detail, 20. Intime221L:R#130, 21. Intime221L:R#002, 22. day 9: "play" collage, 23. Grow, 24. Nesting, 25. Journal page front, 26. Lt. Blue, 27. Pink ATC, 28. ladies art group, 29. little mollie and czerny, 30. A little package going out today...., 31. Envelope for Carries Book, 32. Shabby bench on my back porch, 33. Its all in the details........, 34. OOOH la la Paris!, 35. cover of my altered vintage book....., 36. Love's little instruction book........