More in Store!

Well, I suppose it's part store part gallery, but so far we are off to a good start. OUr Grand Opening is September 12th. We have New incense, New Soaps and body care products, New Candles, and of course lots of great art, Jewelry, and TIE DYE! See Pics of how the store is coming along! I am encouraged by all the positive comments people have been making when seeing our store for the first time! I am extremely optomistic at this point. David is learning to be a shop guy. It's cute and a little annoying at the same time. I love him, but yes David the Lights do need to be turned on inside the store when we are open! LOL

I'm Opening A Store!

I Love it when a plan comes togeather. This photo is a sneak preview of the store I am opening at 196 Miracle Strip Pkwy Behind Tattoo Zoo, and Next to Fokkers Pizza.

The store needed a lot of work and Dave, the Kids and I have been working hard to get it clean and presentable.

Our 'soft' opening is Friday the 21st. Just in Time for Art Walk. We will be hosting a local artist along with other merchants down town and serving refreshments. Yea!

The store features the art of 3 generations. David's Mom, David, and I, and our children. Its a team effort but Offically the store is mine. I will have my tie dyes, and my fabulous polymer clay jewelry, we will have an assortment of incense, candles and soap, and Of course David's great paintings and furniture. WE are all so excited we can hardly wait. Such good fortune! Just plain ol' Good Karma I guess. We have Piper Gaffrey to thank for getting us motivated. Thanks Piper!

I know Dave and I belong Down Town, and I am excited about all the cool things that are happening there. coincidentally, the store I am renting is the SAME property that housed Mother Earths, my VERY first Job in Fort Walton beach c. 1984! Hows that for poetic justice?

BATIKS!

I am batiking again! These are pillows for my friend Lisa in Venice Fl. I am hand delivering them this weekend. Lisa and I have been friends since the 10th grade. We are family, she is like a sister to me. The godmother of my kids, and she doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
If it werent for Lisa, I wouldnt have gone into nursing. She helped me to see when I was growing up that my problems were small in comarison to what a lot of other people were suffering. Sadly, Lisa has been suffering with cancer. She is fighting a tough battle, but I am certain she will win.

David is Painting!

Check out David's New Paintings! He has used every available canvas I have in the house! Today he is building wood frames that will have his distinctive distressed finish. These Paintings will debut at the Thrird Friday Art Walk in August! I am so excited for him! He is ferverently working on an entire collection and plans to show them at local festivals this fall.

Yea David! He is a man of many talents and I am so happy to be his wife.

My Watercolors

Here are a couple watercolors I recently completed. The first one is called Windward Dream I am not 100% happy with it, but it is a good exercise in helping me find my style as a watercolorist. Albeit a novice watercolorist. The second is called Stepping Stones. And once again show my love for geometric form and bright color. I can't wait to paint more, Water color is like tie dyeing on paper. Funny how one art media can relate to another. I like experimenting and finding those connections in my art.

I find Watercolor supremely satisfying since the results are almost instantanious, not like Tie Dye which takes days to complete. With the water color you can draw it in a morning and by evening have a dry painting to admire.

Hot off the press

Oh my gosh! I am having such fun with my crafts these days, some may wonder if i will ever return to the dye table.....soon I say Soon. So first off check out the two new sexy yarns I just spun up. The blue and green yarn is my Choctawhatchee Bay yarn inspired by the colors of our beautiful bay. The second is a yarn I call 'Mama Mia' I was watching the movie while I spun it up and it totally reminds me of the happy disco colors in the movie. esp the part during the credits. Pierce Brosnan in 70's disco spandex....I was laughing so hard...that one part alone makes the movie worth seeing. I imagined while watching the film that all the actors must have had a GREAT time filming this flick. And man I love Meryl Streep's singing voice. Happy Place! The First Picture above are of some cute bobby pins I have been having fun making. Inspired by my Girlfriend Holly's fun sense of style. She complaied to me that her favorite hair pin broke. That was about two years ago. I promised I would try to make her some. I have never attempted these before but the cute buttons at the store reminded me of Holly, Bright and Cheerful. So she will be getting a suprise in the mail soon. Unless she reads my blog first!

Diva-rrefic Wine Glasses

Check out these Diva-rrefic wine glasses I have been making! These are just for my own use, I needed a way to tie my collection of yard-sale and thrift shop wine glasses togeather. So I have painted up a dozen or so. Here is the latest batch. I used delta perm enamel paints. They are designed for use on Glass and ceramic, you paint them on just like acrylics the brushes rinse clean with water. once the paint dries you cure the glasses in the oven to make the paint adhere permanently. Then it's ok to wash the glasses. I put mine on the top rack in the dish washer. As you can see you don't have to have any real talent to paint these, I chose random wild brush strokes. I do recommend allowing the glass to dry between colors though. Paint the orange, let dry, the pink let cry ext. This keeps you from smearing the paint colors togeather. Wine goblets can be found at the local dollar store they have nice big ones at mine! These make great holiday gifts too. I might decide to teach these as a workshop. Fun stuff!