We had a great art fair and the weather was absolutely perfect.
For a minute I thought we must be somewhere other than Houston.
NO humidity what so ever.
Brilliant.
AND I met this really neat little old guy and we chatted forever about jewelry making.
Loved him.
Never had such a good conversation about flux and firescale.
Today I feel shattered.
Everything hurts and I even had to get out of bed early because my legs hurt so much that I thought I needed both hips replaced. Like immediately.
Man!
How do all the other people do it?
Am I the only weenie around?
So today, after I had to take Advil (double weenie) I’m off out to the studio to either try my hand at sand casting again, or to finish up my painting.
I’ve cast two things so far. One with the bad sand which I sent back, and one with the good sand which I’m actually thinking is also bad sand because there’s no way the pathetic lump of silver that emerged from the mold could be my fault.
Bit of a let down really.
Not going to give up though.
I’ve also come up with a better way to cut my jump rings so I’ll be writing about that (Gale) as soon as I get back to jewelry making.
Might be a while with the old hips playing up though.
So, $2,500 is going off to Care.
Thanks for all the good wishes and to the weather god.
So I woke up this morning thinking that I’d got it all wrong and the art festival was today after all.
Well, I’d be a bit late that’s for sure.
It all started because, for a month now, I kept telling myself, and everyone else, that the show was going to be on the 27th, but then I got my acceptance letter and it said it was on the 5th of May. Of course, because I just knew they’d messed up, I still worried that it was on the 27th. Yes, I did go to the, maybe they’re trying to squeeze me out by giving me the wrong info, place but, only for a fraction of a small paranoid moment, and then I told all my peeps that the 5th it was.
However, panic set in as I sat here this morning, drinking my tea, thinking about life, the universe and everything, and how much jewelry I have hanging around yet I can’t seem to stop making it, and how on earth will I ever get rid of it all, and will the finale of, The Following, be as good as we expect it to be or just another false alarm, when suddenly I just knew the festival was today and I’d blown one of my only chances to sell some of the darn stuff.
Yes, I only do one festival. Time to re-think that now that I’m a recovering super-chicken.
This, and the bizarro dreams, has led me to believe that I may, perhaps, just a smidgen, most likely have a little, (like this much ), anxiety problem.
Me thinks more tea is in order.
Poster Pop on Etsy
Don’t worry, I checked and it is the 5th.
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I’m drinking my tea right now out of this,
Magpie Pottery
It’s my new favourite. The size is perfect, the rim is the optimal thickness, it has a pleasing shape, and, most importantly, just look at that bird. As we all know, these are exactly the requirements needed for great tasting tea.
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Yesterday I cleaned the studio even more than I did the last time by getting out the little blue shop vac and actually vacuuming the floor. Man it was bad. First I had to vacuum the filter of the vacuum. It was so chocked up with stuff from previous, garage related, vacuuming that it wouldn’t suck up a feather. So I got out the big orange shop vac and vacuumed the insides of the blue one. It was kind of like a dad giving his kid a good once over before sending him out into the real world. I have now decided to keep the little blue one for myself. P can have the big one. I haven’t told him yet as I know he’s very possessive of his ‘toys’.
Then I made this.
with a green t-shirt on!
Now, this may not sound extraordinary to you, but to my close peeps, this is huge, right? And, yesterday it was a dusty red one!
Perhaps this is why I’m having the, (this big ) anxiety stuff going on right now.
Maybe it’s back to black today.
Which leads to ….
For your entertainment.
O.K. so perhaps the whole funeral thing isn’t that entertaining, but it’s still good.
Happy Friday people.
:)
(N.B. So, it’s Saturday. See, anxiety right there ….)
A banner. And it’s really big and in your face and a bit scary.
4′ x 2.5′ scary to be exact.
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It’s for my booth at the art festival.
It going to scream, lookee, here I am, and then I’m going to have to talk to people and try to sell my jewelry to them, and that’s why it’s going to be scary.
I’m not good at that bit.
But, as I grow up, and, as in prezbillyjeff’s words to Stephen Colbert, I’d be a slug not to, I am determined to realize goal #2 in my effort to make another $10,000 for charity. So it has to be done people. The fear stops here (maybe).
It’s not going to be an easy feat considering I am the original super-chicken.
Yes, you might well have been wondering why I named my studio Cold Feet. It’s just a more tasteful way of saying chicken sh#t.
Actually it’s served me well. People remember my name, and, if you’re not super-chicken, that’s a good thing, right?
Next up I think I will make me a super-chicken t-shirt. Then I’ll be the whole package.
I’ll get back to you on that one.
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Dang!
Wouldn’t you know there’s already a super-chicken.
Only I think he has the wrong idea about the whole being a chicken thing.
Oh well. Back to the drawing board.
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Get your own banner – here, you know you want one. And it’s only $20. How’s that for making an art festival possibly the most uncomfortable attention seeking experience you’ll ever have.
Today is brought to you from the sofa after a day of wandering happily, and touching carefully, all the lovely art things at the Woodlands Waterway Art Festival, here in TX.
And, it was a beautiful day. It got a bit hot towards the end of the trek up and down the waterway, but we made it back to the car and into the Cheesecake Factory without too much moaning.
I’m going to try to keep with the acrylics on the first one. The bottom one, because I’ve already started over the acrylics with oil pastel, I’ll finish with the pastels.
If I can follow through (always my problem) with the acrylics I think I will prefer the top painting to the bottom one. The oil pastels seem less spontaneous to me although I love the richness of the colours. (You can’t tell here as the photograph is bad).
I applied to the art festival I do each year. This time I applied to take some paintings as well as my jewelry. I’m just not sure though. I’m always saying that maybe next year I’ll be ready. Ready to display my jewelry in a more professional manner. Ready to sell my jewelry as a proper business. Ready to make a real effort at painting, etc., etc. But next year is always the same as this year. This is why I’ve applied for painting also.
I don’t think my paintings are very good. I’d like to work on them to a point where I feel comfortable trying to sell them but confidence always gets in the way of me even trying (hence the worry wart). This blog has helped me though. I am putting them out there, warts and all (no offense to my wart) and it’s becoming easier to get over myself.
Now, finally, I have sent off some photo’s to the art festival people – even though I have none finished.
(Where’s that darn worry wart when you need him!).
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