This just in: A Christmas Show!!

Yes....Christmas IS on it's way, ready or not! I'll be READY!! And if you want to be too, come to the Christmas on the Fox show, Nov. 26 & 27, 10-4 each day, at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, IL! I recently signed on to do this ONE Christmas show, so please mark your calendars! I'll have new dolls and new stockings and new hats and new......whatever else! Come see!

Thanks to EVERYONE who bought from me at the Country Living Fair and the Folk Art Fest! I am always overcome with happiness knowing my work makes others happy! I hope to continue to dazzle you! I try hard! It's YOU, my customers, that I keep creating for! If not for you, I'd be lost! So thank you SO SO MUCH!

And as always, friend me on Facebook to see all my new stuff before it hits the shows! : )

Upcoming Shows!

It's that time of year again! Where does the time go? I spent my summer hoping to get a lot more work done than I actually did! With my kids gone off to camp for 6 weeks I was hoping to be a lot more prolific in my creations! But by showtime I will be ready!!

I will be at the Country Living Fair in Columbus, OH, on Sept. 16, 17, 18, under the Earth Angels tent. The CLF is Country Living Magazine come to life. There is so much to see that a person needs 3 days to see it! Consider taking a fall getaway with a girlfriend to Columbus to see this show. You will not be bored or disappointed! There are demonstrations, food, antiques, clothing, and some of the most creative art and folk art in the country. If you come, make sure you stop by the EA tent and say hi to me!

After a bit of contemplation I have decided to be in the Folk Art Festival again this year. This show runs at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, IL, on Sept. 23, 24 25. (Friday evening, Saturday, 10-6, Sunday, 11-4.) And the REAL surprise here is that I have asked my friends (and fellow Earth Angels Artists) Cheryl Kuhn and Letty Worley to share a booth with me! So, brace yourselves for the THREE of us toegther in one booth! Cheryl is the very best assemblage artist I've ever seen, and Letty does master handiwork in her making of bears, dolls, and bear/doll purses, all HAND sewn with the finest wool furs and vintage trims. These ladies are at the very top of their art and are DEFINITELY worth seeing and meeting. So PLEASE come and see us! The FAF is a great way to spend a fall day! The show has been sold to a new promoter who is doing a fantastic job, so I am very optimistic about it this year! However, because the sale went through after building scheduling had taken place, we will be in the previous facility. So, plan on attending! Metting Cheryl and Letty will be a treat in itself!

As always, please friend me on Facebook. You will see me post new work, silly inspirations, and show dates as well. I use Facebook much more than I use this blog, so if you have a FB account please send me a friend request (with a message so I know who you are).

I am not sure if I will be doing any other shows than these two. Please check back here for more information.

Thanks again for all your support and I hope to see you in Sept!

Up and Coming

On May 21, 22 I had a most WONDERFUL time at the Earth Angels' 10th annual Spring Fling in Saratoga Springs, NY. I met a lot of really terrific people, and I think my biggest fan, Theresa, who owns many of my pieces. The weather was lovely, for the most part, as we did have a little rain. But the experiences, and getting to know these wonderful artists even better as women, was a thrill for me. I just love them all so much.

When my somewhat nerdy children went to Interlochen Arts Camp for their musical talents a couple summers each they always returned home saying, "I finally met other kids who are just like me." I was so happy for them to have found a group that accepted their eccentricities as normal, and wondered how that might feel. Now I know. And I want to thank the wonderful EA women and especially Jen O'Connor, without whom I'd ever dare to dream the way I dream now.

Coming up for me......I will be at Country Living Fair under the Earth Angels Toys tent in Columbus, OH on the state fairgrounds, Sept. 16, 17, 18 (as listed above in the ad), and then......SURPRISE......I WILL be at Folk Art Festival in St. Charles, IL on the Kane County Fairgrounds Sept. 23, 24, 25. The show is under new ownership, but we will be in the old facility due to scheduling conflicts. But it will be EXTRA wonderful, and EXTRA worth the trip, because I will be sharing a booth with Letty Worley and Cheryl Kuhn, two very very talented artists from Earth Angels. Letty makes phenomenal bears, dolls, bear purses, and miniatures, while Cheryl is by far the best assemblage artist this world has ever known. And to top it off, they are both lovely ladies and a TON of fun! Letty and I were stranded all night in the Albany, NY airport after the Saratoga show and we became fast and close friends. I am SO looking forward to these shows.........

I will be sending out cards soon announcing dates so be on the lookout in August sometime.

The advertisement above is the one that you will see in magazines coming out this summer!

What's Happening??

It has been a LONG and depressing winter for me. The only good thing about it was I got a lot of inventory made for the Earth Angels HeART of Winter show that was in early March down in Florida. It would have been nice to attend but I had committed to helping my sister in Cleveland care for her kids and my mother while she and her husband went on a warm vacation. But on Feb. 12 my mom died from her longtime COPD illness. It made an already rough winter even more so. So when I went to Cleveland to help out my sister, it was only her kids I had to care for. Reminders of my mom were all around because she lived with my sister. It was a sad time. And the constant snow and rain and cold really didn't help my mood. We saw barely any sun the entire month of April, at a time when I really needed to see the sun.

However, May is here, and with it a little warmth. I've been able to do some things in my yard and remember how my mom loved her flower gardens with every tulip that blooms. So much of her is in me, every day.

Above is the postcard for the Earth Angels Spring Fling in Saratoga Springs, NY, in which I WILL be attending, and I am so excited! It's always great to meet new people who love this funky art we all create, and to see my EA artist friends who I've gotten to know so well over the past few years. So, if you are an East Coaster, come on out to this event which promises a great weekend! Visit the earth Angels website for more details, as I think there are lots of goodies in store!

Pictured below are some new cats and ELEPHANTS (REALLY new!!) that I've been working on and have been sent along to EA for the upcoming show. So excited to try new animals and new embellishments. It is always my hope that my creations make someone smile.

I have a very busy summer planned taking care of things around my home (painting some interior rooms, gardening, taking my son on college visits, working at the candy store more than normal), and keeping Earth Angels stocked, which has become a full time job!! (Thanks to all my wonderful fans......I really appreciate you!). I am not planning on any local shows this fall (maybe one, if I have time to make inventory, and I'll keep you posted if I do it). I WILL be at Country Living Fair under the Earth Angels tent in September. It was so much fun last year. There is SO much to see and do at this Fair, you could easily make a girlfriend weekend out of it! ROADTRIP!!!

Have a great summer and I hope to meet some of you along the way. And as always, special orders are welcome. E-mail me harvestmoon00@gmail.com AND friend me on Facebook! I put up a lot more photos on FB and it's always fun to get to know you, even if it IS virtually!

Tootles!

Stories galore!

A friend of mine, April, asked me to make her these "Bedbugs" as an inside joke with some of our Facebook friends. April and our friend Helen write a blog using dolls I created, Martha and Jane, that live in a fictional world, and live in their world with quirky characters. April does a marvelous job of setting up and taking the photos, writing the story, and sending the whole lot onto Helen who organizes it and gets it on the blog. The bedbugs have made a short appearance in the Martha and Jane blogland, and they sure have created a stir!! Named Bjork, Babs, Bolldoozman, Beakman, Benny, and Bilbo, they're on their way to far off places once they leave the blog. Click on the link and let it take you to the story of Martha and Jane, and how the bedbugs attack a local toy store! www.marthaandjane.blogspot.com

Tootles!

The heART of Winter with Earth Angels Toys

Earth Angels Toys is headed SOUTH this winter to host heART of Winter in Sanford, Florida! Join Jen O'Connor and some of the Earth Angels artists, hosted by the wonderful Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery on March 4 and 5, 2011. It will be a spectacular event with great art to view and purchase! More upcoming EA events are listed on Earth Angels' web site and blog! I'll also be announcing them here. www.earthangelstoys.com

Tootles!

Up and Coming!!!

Hello to all of you! I am sorry I do not keep up with my blog as much as I'd like! In order to end the frustration of visiting my blog and finding nothing "new", please sign up to be a fan, and I believe you will get an e-mail alerting you when I post anything new.
What's coming up? I will be at Christmas on the Fox show at the Kane County Fairgrounds, St. Charles, IL, on November 27, 10-5, and 28, 10-4 (sat and sun, Thanksgiving weekend). Make a day of it and come out, walk around the beautiful new facilities and enjoy the work of juried artists. Get a jump on your holiday shopping by taking the Handmade Pledge. One of a kind items may cost more than a factory manufactured item, but look what you get......the chance to have what NO ONE ELSE DOES! So, come visit me. I have elves, snowmen, ornaments, scarves, mittens, blankets, and I'm still working on new items. ALL one of a kind!

For those of you who do not live in my area, Earth Angels Toys has a line up of fabulous shows coming up, the first of which will be at The Paula Shop in Tustin, CA, on Dec 3 and 4. My work will be available there for sale, as well as many of the other talented EA artists. We are really looking forward to this great venture with The Paula Shop! Listed above on the image of the post card are dates and times for this, and other upcoming EA events.

My work will be available for your viewing (and purchasing if you choose) pleasure at Carthage College's H.F. Johnson Gallery December 1-17 and January 5-22, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Entitled "The Marvelous Toy and Fabulous Thing Show" my dolls will be featured as well as art from other artists with a childlike quality. It would be a great outing with family! I will be there at the artitst's reception on Friday, Dec. 3, from 4:30-7:30. Come say hello!

Now I have to get busy with my sewing machine! Thanks to all my customers! As I always say, without you, I'd just be twiddling my thumbs. : ) Tootles!