Month: October 2013

Sugar and Salt Scrubs

Sugar and Salt Scrubs

Have you ever tried a sugar or salt scrub on your hands, or dry feet? We discovered these amazing miracles for skin about a dozen years ago while visiting our friends in Las Vegas.  As a typical tourist we were walking through the shopping mall 

Scenes from Textile Art Alliance Fashion Show and Boutique

Scenes from Textile Art Alliance Fashion Show and Boutique

I wrote earlier in the week about this event, and how it is perhaps the most wonderful and encouraging event I do as an artist.  I am ever amazed at the ways people express their creativity in fashion and art that is wearable. I was 

Textile Art Alliance Boutique – A wonderful day!

Textile Art Alliance Boutique – A wonderful day!

Textile Art Alliance is one of the most amazing days of my year as an artist. As a silk dyer I relish the opportunity to show and sell my scarves to an audience of people that understand processes, and value the work and skills involved. 

Venturing into new types of dye

Venturing into new types of dye

I have committed to venturing into new methods and techniques of dying, in conjunction with larger and more elegant fabric. I wrote about that as a challenge to my artistic growth…. and i finally took action by placing a large order for more specialized pieces 

Textile Art Alliance

Textile Art Alliance

Just a reminder that sunday is the Textile Art Alliance Wearable Art Fashion Show and Boutique at Landerhaven. I am pleased to say i will be there with a wide assortment of silk, and wire crochet.. hope to see you. Doors open at 1p to 

Cell phones and technology

Cell phones and technology

Last weekend we encountered our first major cell phone outage… just in time to make credit card sales next to impossible.  At the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival our cell phones became virtual doorstops… the signal provided from towers was being exhausted by the sheer number of 

A funny thing happened to us at Sauerkraut

A funny thing happened to us at Sauerkraut

Sunday of the Sauerkraut Festival was rolling along… but compared to Saturday this was the milder day… sales were sluggish, until a tall blonde woman stepped into the booth.  She identified herself as the owner of an exclusive boutique specializing in high end womens accessories