Nov 30 2010
At the show over the weekend, a nice lady (with impeccable taste, of course) asked me to paint a little green apple to accompany her pomegranate and orange paintings. (I mean the painting is little – not to be confused with the Roger Miller song!) I was eager to begin, so I went to the [...]
Nov 29 2010
Having just finished another weekend show and sale, I’ve been thinking about the truism “presentation is everything”. During set-up, I was done quickly so I had time to help Ginny Wilson, photographer extraordinaire. She brings so much inventory to shows that it takes 2 vehicles to transport all her support materials and the merchandise. Together, [...]
Nov 28 2010
Janene lives in Three Rivers and makes all this wonderful natural skin care stuff. Ja Nene Natural Body Products – for the whole family Nikki is a Master Weaver who also makes soy candles – and she draws beautifully too! Handweaving by Nikki Marn sold poppy seeds for the Three Rivers Arts Alliance. Arts Alliance [...]
Nov 27 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010 Three Rivers Arts Center 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Here is a look at the building and some of the vendors and merchandise: my space some of Ginny Wilson’s photography (it will make you want to travel!) Homepage Sam McKinney’s Gourd Art (you should see her miniature ornaments!) We pierced women [...]
Nov 24 2010
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for more than I can list but here I go in random order anyway: Living in Three Rivers where there are wild turkeys, quail, and yes, even thankful for bears and deer and raccoons and skunks (but not opossums or wood rats) My good husband My Mom, sisters and their families [...]
Nov 22 2010
Shows take a ton of work: gather the work, package it, price it, load it, unload it, set it up, and THEN sit there for a day hoping people come, hoping they buy, hoping they buy lots of things and mostly big things. It rained hard the day of the Senior League Bazaar. There were [...]
Nov 18 2010
Holiday Arts and Crafts Bazaar Saturday, November 20, 9 AM – 4 PM Three Rivers Memorial Building Free Admission Hot Food Drinks Bake Sale Door Prizes Handmade Gifts 50 booths Auction Rummage Sale
Nov 17 2010
2 comments I hear from people over and over are “I’m out of wall space” and “I’m trying to be careful with money”. Here are my responses to the first: “You can rotate your art” or “Look! Small paintings on little easels look nice on a bookshelf, lamp table or fireplace mantel!” To the second, [...]
Nov 16 2010
It is Show Season – one per weekend through December 11! This is what it looks like to prepare for a show after doing 2 already (or was it one and just feels like 2?) Packaging prints and cards, pricing everything, getting the right mix of merchandise for the crowd (anyone have a crystal ball [...]
Nov 11 2010
Stop laughing – Visalia is a city to me. Remember, I grew up outside of Ivanhoe, lived in Lemon Cove for 11 years and have lived in Three Rivers for 12. When I left for college, Visalia had a mere 35,000 people. Now it has over 100,000 and not one, but two (count ‘em – [...]
