Sea Glass Festival

The Sea Glass Festival in Santa Cruz was a huge success. We did so much better than we could have imagined! So we signed up for another festival in Southern California at the Thousand Oaks Street Fair. They had a few opening and we had inventory left, so we will be there on Sunday, October 21, 2007. I have to make about 300 notecards this week for the event-no big deal! Except I bought the wrong size notecards and have to go get the right size today. I've been having computer issues at home recently and haven't been able to post. Once I'm back from this next festival, I'll concentrate on the computer issues and update daily!

I'm going to try and host a few more shows at my house before Christmas. Stay tuned for more info on those. I'm also setting up a dedicated studio in one of the downstairs bedrooms. It will be nice to spread out and leave things up that my kitties won't walk across and knock off the table.

When is 11x14 not 11x14?

When you purchase frames at the last minute! I bought some frames for my upcoming shows and they stated they were 11x14 and would fit a standard mat. But they were just about 1/4" short of that. I really didn't think I'd need to bring a ruler with me. I guess when you are working on a shoestring budget you get what you pay for. Can't wait to get to the point where I can pay someone to do my framing or buy exactly what I want from a reputable wholesaler. It's just frustrating to be really into what you're doing and then have something not work that should. The other problem I ran into was that the opening in the some of the frames I purchased were also a little short. You'd think something that is mass produced would be the same size. Nope! But I did get almost everything done I wanted to get done last night. I have more to do for the show in October but I got the bulk of stuff done last night on the photos. I'll be doing some more paintings before the Santa Cruz show.

Sea Glass Jewelry Display

I had this empty frame sitting on the floor on top of my painters canvas and really liked the paint spills behind it. So I cut a piece of the canvas out and painted some of the earring colors with it and here is the outcome. I'll use this for the "Happy Hour Sea Glass" show I'm having at my house in a couple of weeks and then at the Sea Glass Festival in Santa Cruz in October. Can't believe how fast that is coming up. Lots to do to get ready. I guess time flies when you're having fun! :)