The Art Fair

Whew! What a weekend, I remember why I stopped doing art fairs, they are a lot of work. I had a lot of fun even though, I was working hard. Here are the pictures of my booth from the weekend. I think the display turned out all right since I really didn't have a complete plan. Usually, I set things up in my house first to get everything the way I wanted it. I was winging it this weekend.

All in all it was a good sale, so enjoy the pictures....I am going to go unpack the van now...





Have a great day,

Packed Up and Ready to Go

Hey there,

My friends came over yesterday and saved me. I am still amazed at how much jewelry we got made. We got things priced and bagged and boxed and ready to go. I am feeling pretty good about how much I have for the show. You know there are always more things I would like to make, but that will have to wait until next year. I have everything in boxes and ready to be loaded into the van, I am going to do that this afternoon because we have an early departure tomorrow.
Here are all my display items, ready to be packed.
This is all of my stock boxed and ready to go. It's quite a change from back when I made tables. It would take me four hours to pack my truck. I had a little Chevy s10 that I could fit almost 75 tables in. It was like a puzzle to get it to fit. I'm guessing this is going to take me ten montutes to load. I was always envious of the jewelers, now I get to be one of them.

If you're in the Atlanta area please stop by and say hi. It's the Norcross Art Fest. You can find all of the information here.

See ya!

Bringing in The Back-ups

Morning...

Today is pretty much it for getting ready, my Friday is booked with appointments. I have a big fat kiln load of beads just waiting to be made into jewelry. Plus piles all over my studio. I can't believe I will be showing you on Saturday what my studio looks like. You won't believe it. Anyway...there is no possible way for me to do it all by myself. Well, I could do it by myself, but I wouldn't sleep much and I don't give up sleep. I need my 8 hours or I'm grumpy. So I asked a few friends to come over and help string today. They are arriving soon and so I need to start lining up my beads so we can all get started. I am super excited to have some help. I will take lots of pictures today and post them all tomorrow along with my display items too. Make sure you come back!

Have a great day,

Still Getting Ready

This is going to be a super quick post today, because yikes, I have a lot to do still. Yesterday I worked on bags and wallhangings. I finished up 11 bags and got about half way through on my wallhangings. Today the day is going tobe spent in the glaze studio, glazing all the beads I possibly can for jewelry. I will let you know how that goes tomorrow...

Have a great day,
Jennifer

Painting

Hey there! I told you Friday I was painting...and here's the proof. Whew! It was a long day but I got lots finished. Above are my wood plaques for my wall hangings. Below is the fabric I painted for more bags. I love painting with paint, it's instant gratification. I don't have to wait on the kiln to fire.
While I have been working I have been thinking about my display. I will write more on that later but IO decided to paint some signs and pieces to bring the jewelry, bags, and wall hangings together. I found a cool Christmas tree for my ornaments at Hobby Lobby but I had to add some dots to it to make it Jangle-ly.
We had these doors from another project set aside in the garage so I painted them black and I plan to hang hooks on it to display my wall hangings.I still might paint a little sign on it too, but I couldn't decide at the time.
Here are my signs I painted, yes they are painted on a pizza box. I will trim them up later.



Today, I am going to be making beads. I still need to make quite a few for the show. But first, it's Monday so I think I am going to call a Jangles board meeting to get a big fat to-do list compiled for the week. Otis, (my dog), really hates to sit through these meetings, but he's my only employee. :)

Have a good day,






Come see me at the Norcross Art Fair, this weekend....
www.NorcrossArtFest.com

Yesterday was a good day

Good Morning,

I am feeling pretty good today, I got a lot accomplished yesterday. I started out the morning with the cleaning and organizing. I found some beads and some jewelry, but not as much as I was hoping for. I laid out on my work table everything I had and then made a big list of supplies that I needed. I got them ordered and they are on their way, but they won't be here until Wednesday so the end of next week will be saved for assembly. After placing my online orders I went to Hobby Lobby and found a cute tree to hang my ornaments on and got some other essential supplies for my wall hangings and bags. Once I got home I still had some time before the boys got off the bus, so I got some pendants and earring pairs painted and in the kiln. That's a pretty good day, I thought.

Well it turns out teh Grey's anatomy season opener was on last night so after the munchkins went to bed I headed back down to the studio to make jewelry. I could sit on my comfy couch and watch TV while I made jewelry. I got a bunch made because the show was so long! Above is a picture of my work table after I had gathered all of my beads. Below is a picture of my work table after my evening of work.

Heather over at Art Bead Scene had a great post yesterday. It gave us a list of what you should plan to bring to an art fair. It could not have come at a better time for me. Check it out if you are doing any shows soon.

Today the plan is painting and lots of it! I will show you soon.

Happy Weekend,

Jennifer