UPDATE!

Der Shop has been updated:

 Beginnings

 Guardian

Rose Plume

Full Load

It's been an absolutely crazy month but I am finally at the end of the Spring Art Festival season. For most of the country spring in just beginning but here in Central Florida it's already getting HOT! I cut myself off in June.

I usually take the summer off from the Market and weekend festivals to get ready for the fall season and the holidays...yes, I mean Christmas, insane, eh?

In the past few months I've been finding myself in a bit of a quandary. Since I have a FTG (I call this my "Full Time Gig, the thing that supports my habit".) I've been focused on keeping to smaller local arts and crafts shows, events I can apply to short term. I've been in a couple of situations where I find this is not working for me and I'm struggling, mentally.

I've taken a big leap of faith this past season and I hope it pays off.

I've come across another fabulous jewelry artist, Marty Whipple who has betrothed me with some new displays. We were introduced by the fine folks at FDJ and have spent just a short period of time together but I hope it is the beginning of a long friendship.

I raced to get my new displays together for my last show of the season at Ormond Beach so I can get some photo's...what'cha think?

They are beautifully handmade with so much love and care I could feel it while I was working on them. I could feel them push out good karma!

Now that I have my booth headed in another direction I have jumped into the world of Fine Art Festivals, I'm so nervous. This means applying to shows months in advance (which is like throwing darts blind-folded in my line of work) and being judged by photos, this is nail biting for me.

I've applied to 4 shows and all of them are in the fall; two in the Central Florida area, one on the west coast of Florida and one in the Atlanta area.

Now it's just wait and see!

I hope all my hair does not fall out by the time I hear!

Meanwhile in The Studio I've been trying to crank out new work. Along with getting all this work done there's photographing it, getting to class on Tuesday nights, getting to the Gem Society and now I'm helping organize the First Friday event at Ivanhoe Village!

Here's some new work that has made it through the process:

 Ocean Gold

NUTS!

Watercolors

 

Now I'm going to try to get these pieces in the shop by tomorrow!

Happy Mothers Day!

Running Full Speed

(Well not really running but...

I'm moving pretty quickly.)

The next couple of months are very busy for the Two Bee's.

Along with the usual Sunday Market we've got two shows in Ormond Beach, one in Deland and in Windamere.

I will be participating in First Friday's in Ivanhoe Village and I am officially on the Associate Board of the Maitland Art Center, something I have been trying to fit in for three years now! (My first event is no sooner than tomorrow night! Culture and Cocktails.)

William Holland is on the calendar for mid-September but I am really hoping to get up there at least one time before that.

I've been spending as much time in The Studio as I can and will continue updating as pieces become available...



Morning Skies



Round Robin



Out My Window

 

Secrets



All of these babies

will be in the shop by

tomorrow morning...have a great evening!

Gonna Make this Quick!

Der Shoppe is being updated:



Final Frost



Full Bloom



Full Moon



King Necklace



Lone Pine



Last evening was the first night for some of us at the Ivanhoe's First Friday and the welcome was warm (although it was raining!).

Michael from White Wolf kept us dry with a tent and the offer of drink! Everyone was excited that this event has finally found a home and will remain on Orange Avenue from now on so be sure to mark the First Friday of the month for this event!

(It looks like tomorrow's market might be a rain-out for me, so maybe more studio time???)

Happy weekend everyone!

Already...Really?

Every once and a while I hear someone say it..."It's over", and I try not to get too excited.

I don't believe it.

Anyway, "Winter" in Florida, ha!

Who are we to speak of weather...
...but you know what it seems there are signs of Spring everywhere!

Inside and out everything seems to be bouncing back to life...

Our little lime tree that gave us no fruit last year...

Our Ruby Red Grapefruit tree that has been very tentative for the past TWO years is overloaded with soon to be sweet smelling buds!

 My beloved Ms. Figgy.

We planted her late last year and she bravely hung onto her tiny unripened  figs through the first three frosts!

She's coming back strong!

The temperature jumped right into the high 70's then 80's this past week. Jeff and I took the kayak for a walk down to the lake and braved the winds for a morning out, it was wonderful to have the warm sun on my back again! 

After the lake I was so full of solar energy I began a new round of etching...

Here are my results and am I ever happy with these!!

The first round of earrings went to the the Market this weekend,

 none of them made it home.

This is a good thing!

More to come by the end of the week, promise!

How Big are Your Dreams?

How big do you dream?

Are your wishes and desires big enough to carry around with you always?

Do you keep them someplace special?

Can you see them?

Do you take them out and show your dearest friends or do you keep them in your pocket for only you to know they are there?

How about a special way to carry them?

Big enough to fill your world but small enough to keep in the palm of your hands!

My Amulet:

I think I will carry mine on my second finger on my right hand...soon to be a ring!

Have a great Sunday!



Days Like Today

All I see is fog and rain...

I love days like today...not just that it's Friday...

Partly it's the weather, it's also simply lazy.

Things will get a little crazy later but for now I'm wonderfully slow.

I struggle with wanting to be in the studio or just hanging about puttering.

The boys are so different from each-other,

I get to see a little bit of both in my indecision.

Roger NEEDS to be outside.

No matter the weather. 

He is only still when he falls asleep and he fight this until he can't sit up any longer.

Houdini on the other hand, well...

...he'll take a window seat or blanket, any-where, he knows what to do!

Although my days have been mostly busy with my FTG and seem to be getting busier things have been progressing in The Studio. After the holiday crunch I took some time for me but soon classes were starting up again and TNWJ have begun again. Photos will probably begin this up coming week.

The Market has been good, steady and with Valentines day coming up I thought I'd better get moving.

Calling All Swans

Crystal River

Guardian

Sprouts

Secrets

All items will make it to the Silver Lining shop in just a while.

Until then, enjoy what-ever Mother Nature brings you, since there is nothing we can do about it anyway!