This lovely collection is from Jeannine. She has a project over at her site, to help families of the armed forces. She did a great collage class last week at the gallery. Z was able to sit in on the class and really learned some new techniques and came away with some interesting pieces of [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Art Aceos
Posted in Art, Blogroll, Studio Business, tagged Aceo, Collage, Teaching, USO on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Red Thread Print Show
Posted in Blogroll, Books, Fabric, Studio Business, color, tagged Art show, blogs, brown, fabric printing, green, printmaking on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our local arts group is having the spring show in April based around the theme
“Beyond Reading Books as Art“ this is a multi-venue show that brings in a lot of regional people to town. It is so important for us since we are in a redevelopment area and regular foot traffic is very sporadic.
The Gallery’s [...]
Shop Update Printed fabric
Posted in Fabric, Studio Business, color, design, tagged Armstrong Industry, Etsy, Fabric, linen, studio on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I finally have some new items in my shop. I have not had as much time as needed to keep it updated. After the next few weeks, I am changing my schedule and it should make things a little smoother. I am getting ready for a presentation tomorrow, this is the third one I have [...]
Studio Organization
Posted in Interior Design, Magazines, Style, color, creative life, design, tagged destash, Fabric, shop, Studio design, workroom on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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I am still in working on my new studio. I have so much going on right now, and the boys have been sick ,so I am a little behind.
This photo has such a great look, it inspires me to get back to the layout and making a new place for my creative work. Lately it [...]
Architecture and Design
Posted in Architecture, Art, design, tagged Architecture, design, retro, Richmond, Southern on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On the trip to Richmond we visited some areas we had not seen in a while. It is a very Southern town, but a lot of redevolopment is going on in many areas. We usually see the old colonial homes with the live oaks and crepe myrtles trees.
We found this interesting building off Broad Street.
This [...]
Inspiration
Posted in Books, Fashion, Magazines, Style, design, tagged Fashion, french, inspiration, knitting, magazine, Marie Claire on February 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
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I just received my copy of Marie Claire Idees. It is in French and I can not read much but the visuals are so good it is all you need. When I see things like this photo, I so wish I were a better knitter. I can do a knit and pearl stitch in straight [...]
Weekend Trip
Posted in Art, Fabric, creative life, tagged Anthropologie, travel on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We are going on a little trip tomorrow. Richmond is a couple hours away, and some museum, fabric and book store inspiration is in order at this time. Please take a look at some of the great blogs in the side bar.
A chance to visit Anthropologie as well.
Organization and Storage
Posted in Furniture, Interior Design, Style, Thrifting, creative life, vintage, tagged display, painting, planning, sewing, Studio design, Thrifting, vintage furniture, workroom on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since my last post about organizing my studio, I have made real effort to find/collect together all my materials and supplies that are scattered in several different places. Many things were packed and moved to the working studio from my home studio, and not marked or sorted. I am now going to have separate wet and [...]

