Bicycle season!!!

Created this illustration for the upcoming event Bike In The Park. June 18th Washington Park will be taken over with bicycle lovers. The day will include a ride from the Park to Stumpjack in Two Rivers and back. A vintage swap meet, kids art, bike art, raffles, food and more! The proceeds for this event being put on by my pals George and Jason from the fabulous Broken Spoke bike shop are being given to Melanoma research.

I created this little piece for an art display at Stumpjack in honor of the event and I will also have prints available at the park along with some cute bike themed jewelry and other prints.

Coincidentally the theme over at Illustration Friday also happens to be bicycles this week! So head on over and check out everyone's interpretation of this fabulous subject.

Now hop on your bike and ride.

Fall Art Tour

Don't forget to get out this weekend and do the Fall Art Tour! This tour is going to be a good one. It kicks off with a reception at Petals Plus at 7014 Center Road in the outskirts of Manitowoc. We will have a pumpkin carving contest (weather permitting) live music, refreshments and lots of art chatter. It is sure to be a great time. Any questions visit our blog or give me a call at the store!

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I will be closing early on Friday too so come to Petals Plus...not Persimmons tomorrow after 5:00pm.

Saturday you get to tour my studio! Yeah you get to see my organized chaos with your own two eyes. I am sure it is a sight you will not soon forget. You may even look at me in a totally different light knowing what my favorite space in all the world looks like???? I have a lot of stuff.

Fishy.

I made this new little beauty last week and have it listed in my etsy shop. I thought it would be a good picture to go with the story of our trip to the beach this weekend. We went to Stumpjack for our Sunday morning coffee and decided to stop at the beach in Two Rivers. It was stunning! So clean and soooo many people. We were kind of bummed that we didn't have our suits so we went home to get them and then decided to try the beach in Manitowoc. I wish we wouldn't have gone to Two Rivers first because it kind of kicks Manitowoc beaches butt. Ours had lots of seagull droppings and ciggie butts. Made me sad and want to form a group to clean it up. I actually think I am really going to do it. So if you read this and are interested in helping come in and see me so we can talk about it!

I was on the front page of Etsy!!!!

And I missed it...shucks. It was my shadowbox from the previous post. How exciting. Wish I would have seen it! Oh well.
I have been super busy sorry for the lack of posts. The Great ATC Exchange was so super fun! I went back to Stumpjack on Sunday and a few people added new cards. It is going to be so fun watching the exhibit change everyday! Thanks to all of you who donated cards to get it going. If you live somewhere far away and are interested in doing one in a coffee shop near you just let me know and I will let you know how I did it! I would love to spread the love of ATC's to all. Seeing them up and out is very inspiring and a lot of people who saw them went home and made cards. I even had a few classes of 1, 2, 3, and 6 graders do them from my teacher friends! They were great. A ton more happened this weekend but I will blog about it tomorrow and later in the week. Man having a day off is fun but it sure makes me fall behind! Have a beautiful day!

creepy doll heads.

I am still pretty giddy and creative and it's a good thing because David emailed me tonight asking for 8-10 more pieces for the show. I got that email at 9pm which is only about 30 minutes shy of my normal bedtime. I also had a few sales on etsy!! So instead of going to bed I went down and got my packages ready and made a few more boxes. I got 7 done for the show and it will just have to do.

Here is another kinda creepy one that I love that will be in the show.

So come to Stumpjack tonight....Friday at 7pmish and check it out!

Stuck Behind Glass

So I am almost finished putting together everything for my upcoming show at Stumpjack. The theme is stuck behind glass so I created about 30 little jar fairies, my crazy shadowboxes and I took my pendants to the next level when creating these little beach find necklaces. They have been so fun! It was one of those things I made that made me realize that a simple process like soldering can be taken in a completely different direction. I am really excited to play with it more today!

It is my very first solo show and will be at Stumpjack starting with an opening on Friday March 28th at 7pm and on display until Mayish. I am very excited send a big thanks to my friends David and Kim for giving me this opportunity! So I would love to see you at the opening! My friend Greg Pagel will be playing some groovy backround music and like always there will be wonderful coffee, wine and atmosphere at Stumpjack!

Oh and by the way I am playing hookie tomorrow so......
don't come to Persimmons on Friday!
My husband has a day off and we really need some time together so thanks for understanding!

Funky shoes.

So I dropped off Molly this morning and decided it was a beautiful morning why not drive to Stumpjack for an iced mocha? The lake was stunning today...so so blue. As I got closer I remembered it was Maxwell Street Days in Two Rivers. Not a real big deal to me seeing as I really don't shop at real stores too often. So I sat and talked with David for a bit drank my coffee and a peach smoothie that he whipped up for me on the house. I then decided to just walk up and down the street a ways to see what was out there when I saw these funky shoes at Schroeder's. They were on sale for $30...regular $65 so I thought that was enough of a bargain to buy them. I have a problem with my walking shoes that I owned before these..they gave me major blisters and for those of you who know me you know shoes are not my favorite thing to wear in the first place. I very rarely have them on at all. So these are perfect...lots of openness and super comfy. I stopped back to show David and he sent me for a pair for Kim. We will have to go for a walk together some night with our matching shoes. He thanked me for running to get them with a mocha. Needless to say I am coffeed out right now. But it was nice. Okay now I have to get to work. I have some ladies coming on Monday to get some science themed pendants and I can't let them down. Have a great weekend everyone!

Sputnik on the brain

Busy getting ready for our next Sputnikfest meeting at the Rahr West next Wednesday July 18th. We kind of put the meetings on hold for a month and now it's time to get going on planning and making some fun stuff happen. After talking to some artists at Art Vs Craft in Milwaukee last weekend and making a few contacts with some media people it renewed my excitement for the festival! I can't wait to start the fundraising stuff and just get this thing going! I will for sure keep you updated on what will be happening because you will want to come! By the way it is September 5 & 6 2008...mark your calendars!

Drove all the way (he he) to Two Rivers this morning and the lake was so freakin beautiful today I wanted to play hookie and just sit by the water but I didn't. I did go and get a yummy coffee at Stumpjack and a delish bluberry muffin. I'm thinking that may be a usual Friday thing from now on.

I like Stumpjack.

I just finished this wall in the store. These are all my paintings. I like the punch of color that is the first thing you see when you come into the store. I sell my paintings for $25 to $100 each so they are super affordable just in case you need a fun painting. Again...I will ship.

So Premier Cafe next door is closed for the weekend. They went on vacation. Good for them bad for me. Luckily Glenn is not working today and he was so sweet and went ALL THE WAY to Two Rivers ( I joke because it is only about 5 miles away and people act like it is 32 miles away) to get my blended mocha from Stumpjack. Yummy. It cracks me up that in a recent readers poll in the local paper they only got 2nd for best coffee in Manitowoc County. Starbucks got #1 and Kwik Trip got #3. All in a name. By the way Persimmons was #3 for Art and Craft Store in that poll.

I am going to list some more of my charms on etsy today! I don't even care if I ever sell anything on etsy because I have met so many cool people on there that the networking alone is worth the tiny .20 listing fee I pay!

Cotton candy anyone.

My buddy April just emailed me this picture of Molly giving her little guy some cotton candy at Metrojam last weekend. It was pretty darn cute.

The girls and I had so much fun last night. We had a fantastic dinner at the Element bistro in Two Rivers. Of course the 2 cosmos I had before dinner were pretty darned tasty also. I had a really yummy pecan chicken dish by the suggestion of our very friendly server Brian. I talked with the owner Jason a little and he had some fantastic ideas for Sputnikfest. We are going to have a blast with that kooky festival.

We started our day at the farmers market. Molly and I had a delish eggroll for breakfast and watched the bridge go up for a tugboat. There were strawberries but the line was too long so we passed. I am looking forward to the next few weeks for all kinds of fresh fruits and veggies. We really have a great market here! I am pretty darn lucky to only live a few blocks from it!
Today was another fantastic day at the shop. I met so many people visiting from other places this weekend. Just a few places they came from are Salem WI, Texas, Watertown WI,a few from Chicago, Louisville, and Green Bay. To think I have heard some of the haters say we don't get tourist traffic here! Silly silly sillies.