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Weddings! So fun!

For the Wedding of the Year

  Curated By: Alisuns

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Wedding Fair

I'm told that people are beginning to plan their June weddings. Seems to me it should have begun long before, but during the weeks of January 16 and 23, ArtFire will be supporting an artisan-organized Wedding Fair.

Should you wish to see our custom and hand made wedding items, type "wedding fair" or "bridal fair" in your search box.

AndreaDesigns

Since this talented artist not only features a fellow artisan *every* day but also informs us about the Crazy Train rider of the day, I almost resurrected my crazy train blog to brag about her, but really: this is about her, not just her generous and unstinting work so I put it here. I'll compromize by putting a link over there, if I can remember the password :0

Every single one of the items in AndreaDesigns Studio is elegant, gorgeous, trendy, and eccentric: not the easiest thing to do! Her work is stunning, and this is currently my favorite even though I really do not like pink:

I was featured on her blog at the beginning of April and delayed featuring her work because she was moving house: I seem to have fallen asleep and not noticed that her studio was no longer on vacation.

I know I make jewelry, but I once clothed my children and helped support them with knitting and crochet work. Andrea's type of work is not easy to do, and even less easy to make attractive, but Andrea makes it LOOK easy. Note that in this desciption she almost forgets the cotton lace edging...oh, yeah, there's this too.

Andrea works with natural materials as much as possible, and has hand knitted or crocheted many items, although she does own a knitting machine. She is currently in something called the "Master Knitter's Program" which I first heard about when someone bragged about certification on an item that was gifted to my daughter (not Andrea's, it was too traditional for that :)

Ready for another gorgeous item?

This one combines alpaca wool with acrylic. Beautiful!

Thank you, Andrea, for all your support and inspiration.

New Web Site!

I'm so excited! VaL finished my new web site and has agreed to maintain it for a flat rate. She does great work! I specifically asked her to make it compatible with my ArtFire studios and she did a wonderful job!

Go see it here: www.alisuns.com

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Art Thief!

I guess there is one in every community, but this is someone (again) stealing physical art. This time at an art show. The following is copied from another artisan's blog. Please read and be alert.

Jenny Paterson from “Quilted in Clay” posted this to the PCC delphi message board and asked that we pass it on.

“2 weeks ago while packing up after a show, my case with ALL my finished “Quilted in Clay” beads was stolen out of my trailer. Along with all my findings, crystals and beads I use as accents to make necklaces.

I am estimating that I had upwards of 4500 clay beads in various sizes inside that case! I make beads in in 4 different sizes and shapes, in EACH of the 33 designs I currently have listed on my web site. Plus a number that I don’t have on the website.

These shapes are 3/4″ mobius beads, 5/8″ square, 1/2″ square and 3/8″ square. All finished and drilled.

It was suggested to me to keep an eye on eBay and Etsy for these. Which I plan on doing, but these are huge shops and I can’t monitor them alone, so I am asking for help.

If you all would not mind taking a look at the current designs on my website:

http://www.quiltedinclay.com/products/jewelry/quilted_jewelry1.htm

And if you happen to see something that might be my beads, please let me know.

I am devastated! We are talking hours and hours of work just GONE! Some of these designs, I don’t have any cane left, so I can’t even make any more beads, unless I remake the cane. I am having to call customers and tell them I can’t sell them the items they ordered, and ask them to choose something I have on hand, or give them a refund.

Thank you
Jenny P”

Holiday

My husband and I are spending the holiday with his mother and his brother's family and hope that you are having as good a time as we are! Happy 4th, and see you soon.

Ali