Sunday, July 5, 2009

Kutztown Folk Festival

The Funnel Cakes alone makes it worth the trip!This 4th of July Joe & I went to the 60th Annual Kutztown Folk Festival. As always we had a wonderful time. When our kids were young we would go every year, planning a camping trip to the area and going to the festival on multiple days. It is a great family outing, a ton of things for the kids to participate in, lots of history, music, square dancing, petting zoo, horse drawn merry go round, crafts etc. For the Adults there is a wonderful variety of high quality handmade items, with a lot of the artists demonstrating their crafts. Rumor has it that the beer in the Beer Garden is ice cold too and always seems to have a croud! There is a good variety of food and if you’ve never been to an OX Roast, this is the place to go! It’s an annual event I highly recommend! Next years festival dates are July 3 –July 11 2010 Kutztown FestivalGotta love recycled garden art, and for me this was love at first sight! Bill & Margaret Tamburino of "Funcrafters" created this dragonfly and they have several more pieces that I look forward to purchasing in the future. You can email them for future show info; Funcrafters@enter.net
Wherever I go I’m always on the lookout for hand made Christmas ornaments made by local artists, this year I hit the jackpot! I bought quite a few but by far these by the “Tin Tinker” are my absolute favorites! Tin Tinker

Friday, July 3, 2009

HAPPY 4th of JULY!




In honor of the 4th of July I added these American Inspired birdhouses to my etsy shop. Check them out between the BBQ & fireworks! Have a great Holiday!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Going to the Beach is for the birds!

Posted 4 more birdhouses on my etsy. I lived in a beach community for 20 years, I only wish I had lived in a house as fun looking as these!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Just listed in my etsy shop...



Finally, I'm going to make the time to start putting some of my birdhouses up on my etsy shop. Hope you enjoy them!

Friday, June 12, 2009

"F" is for Friday, Frogs, Flowers & Fun!

I have drawn more frogs in the last year than I have in my 30 year work experience! As long as they keep selling though I’m “HOPPY” to keep making them! I’m not a big frog collector but I did buy these pj pants @ Sears since I did the print & they are very comfy!
IT’S ALL ABOUT COLOR! I barely recognized this one when I came upon it because of the color changes. What happens is that a store will have a color palette for their line that they will then re-color bought art / prints into. I actually did this for fall so I was also surprised to see it in a summer line. Forgive the blurry photo, I used my phone to take the shot, you have to be quick since taking photos is frowned upon in most stores. If you get caught you could try telling them that you did the art but no one would ever believe that! Trust Me!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY CALLAN!!!!!

24 years ago today I got the greatest gift I could have ever wished for, a beautiful, Incredibly smart, amazingly talented, all round wonderful daughter…and it wasn’t even my birthday! How lucky am I!Some Photos from"Back in the day!"1.) One day old Callan with Joe (2.) Hey it was the 80’s so no laughing at my glasses! (3.) My 2 favorite “girls” my mom & Callan (4.) Cal’s 1st birthday with Joe & cousin Patrick (5.) Cal’s 6th Birthday.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

LOOK WHAT I DID!

I've been sooooo busy this month I haven't had time to update as you may have noticed. Seeing lots of my art & prints in the stores, here are just a few. Stay tuned...Lots going on that I'll update soon for example; Joe got his tattoo!


Friday, May 8, 2009

These guys ROCK!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!
What do you get the woman who doesn’t really have every thing but doesn’t really need any thing either? Much to the dread of the men in my life (husband & son) the answer is to make her something! I took this photo about 20 years ago in the hall of an old tee shirt factory and I’ve hung on to it because it always makes me chuckle. My idea is to have the family each paint a rock for my garden, what a “rockin” Mother’s day present that will be!

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

CONGRATULATIONS to Gina and Vicky! Thanks for your wonderful comments hope you enjoy the chimes!

Monday, May 4, 2009

HOOORAY I WON!!!
"CHIME" IN IF YOU WANT TO WIN TOO!

Last week I won Helen Dardik’s “lil giveaway” orange you lucky so I thought I would pay my good fortune forward by having a lil giveaway also. Since I don’t have any of my professional art to share I thought I would give away 2 fun chimes I made. Just post a comment, let me know which you prefer the bee hive or the lady bug & I will randomly pick 2 winners Friday morning! Good Luck!