Sneak Peek!

The CountDown Is On!

Local Color Studio Tour is now just nine days away. We are already making plans for set up at the Gallery. So I promised some peeks at what I have been working on for this year's event. We are just days away and what have I been doing??? Experimenting!! Now is not the time to try new things. Now is the time to be pricing and packing what I have been creating this year. But nnoooo...I have to be running from store to store looking for the elusive supply to make it work. I have a huge canvas in the process of being done. It needs to be hung on Sunday. I don't know if it will make it. The idea in my head is really good. The layout on the canvas is a little different. There is no telling what will finally end up on the canvas and if it makes it to the wall.
So enough chatter...

I have been experimenting with adding a check out button and I think I made it work! If you would like to purchase this necklace, it is $40 and that includes shipping, handling, sales tax, and a smile. This button should take you to PayPal to check out. You can leave your shipping address in the comment box. If you are local, I can deliver it to you personally. Hopefully the next buy it now button will have the price and/or description included.

This is part of my upcycled, reclaimed collection. In this lot of treasures, I have this sparkly frog, a bluebird, and a bee. My mother has already claimed one of the bluebirds. I have been wearing one of the bees. I had to put the frog into my stock box before it got snatched up by someone else!

I love to find little treasures and add some different elements to it and make it new again. My treasure collection comes from all over. When I went to NYC, my traveling companion noticed I was picking up stuff from the street. When she realized I love to find stuff and make it into jewelry, the hunt was on! We found trinkets on the street, on the bus, where ever people dropped cool little bits.

Stay tuned to tomorrow for another peek!

 

GlassyAlley

1940 Texas Ave.

Lubbock, Texas

 

November 10 & 11, 2012

Correction!

My name has been corrected on the Local Color Studio Tour website! Mark your calendars so you don't forget to attend!

Today's picture is from fellow artist Nancye Hamlin Briggs, another featured artist for this event.

We will be at

GlassyAlley Studio

located at

1940 Texas Ave.

Lubbock, Texas

 

 

 The event will be

Saturday 10 - 6 pm

and

Sunday noon - 6 pm

November 10 & 11, 2012

 

http://lubbockstudiotour.org/ArtBeller.htm

 

http://lubbockstudiotour.org/StudioGlassy.htm

Local Color Studio Tour

Yeah! The countdown is on for the big event of the fall season...or at least the big event on my schedule! Below is a link to my page on the 16th Annual Local Color Studio Tour website. Sorry my name is misspelled. They are working on getting that changed. I hesitate to put the link here because whenever I look at the page with my work but someone else's name...it just freaks me out a little bit. So I hope you can look past that to see the small peek of what I will have to offer this year at the Lubbock Local Color Studio Tour.

http://lubbockstudiotour.org/ArtBeller.htm

I encourage you to take a look at the other artists. At right is a glass piece by Pauline Mills. She will be my Studio Host and fellow artist on the Tour. I love this piece. She told me she plans on doing a series of each season. Love It!

This is to confirm that I will be at:

 

Grape Day

Llano Estacado Winery

October 27, 2012

10 am to 5 pm

I have created a line of grape themed earrings for the event. Hopefully, I will get some pictures of those loaded soon. This is a super cool event that I have gone to since its beginning. But this will be the first year I am going as a vendor instead of a drinker. There is a small admission charge but you get a commemorative glass to take home with you when you are finished sampling and imbibing. There will food and live music, too. Plus other vendors selling their wares.

So stop by for a glass of wine, a snack, and some good times!

Filling in the Schedule

So I have been looking at the calendar and filling in all the squares with the activities of fall.  Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale is always a must. When I worked retail, it was on my requested day off list. Now that I am my own boss and maker of my own schedule again, Book Sale is in ink. October 26-29, 2012, Lubbock, TX.

I was also able to ink in Grape Day at Llano Estacado Winery. It is another annual event I have always gone to as observer and imbiber. But this year, I will be a vendor. It is confirmed I will have an 8" space to display the wares. I have been working on some grape themed earrings in commemoration of this event. I love this event because if you are not a wine drinker, it is a chance to sample all the different varieties the Winery makes. Then you can decide for yourself what you like and don't like. There will also be some food vendors and live music.

 

Grape Day

Saturday

October 27, 2012

10 am - 5 pm

Llano Estacado Winery

3426 EAST F.M. 1585

LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79404

 

 

I am going to leave you with a sneak peek. The top pic is of hammered brass and carnelian earrings. The bottom is of a copper necklace on leather. This is a rare sighting of my copper work. I hope you feel privileged to see it.

Multiplicity Gallery

Oh, my! I have been very remiss in updating my blog. So sorry, blog readers! But I have been busy on the business end of art once again.

 

Exciting news!

I am now displaying at Multiplicity Gallery in Slaton, Texas. I had a great showing at the Fifth Friday in Slaton event on August 31, 2012. Multiplicity is the new gallery three doors down from the Slaton Bakery on the Square. Carol Koenig is the owner, operator, artist. Thanks Carol for creating an artist friendly gallery space and inviting me to be a part of it.

 

Here is just a teaser.

 

You have to go to the gallery to see the good stuff in person. I completed a necklace, earring, and pin set with dolphins. There are several pairs of embossed brass earrings. And a whole slew of whimsical earrings created with all different materials...paper, metal, stones from my trip to NYC... 

 

Check out the Multiplicity website for events and class information.

http://www.multiplicityarts.com

 

Save the Date

Here is a quick update on my fall event schedule.

I am currently making plans to participate in the Local Color Studio Tour sponsored by the Lubbock Art Alliance. It will be held November 10 and 11, 2012 here in Lubbock, Texas. I will find out on Monday my "studio home" for the Tour.

I have been busy in the studio working on new designs incorporating some new materials. I can't wait for the great unveiling of the Fall Collection. But for the loyal, there will be a couple of opportunities for sneak peeks coming up at the end of August and mid-October. Stay tuned for location and date updates.

Meanwhile, here are a few more pictures of my adventures in the Big Apple. Apparently I was not interested in much other than food, shopping, and souvenirs.

Here is a piece of super awesome cheesecake from Junior's. As you can see, I could not wait to take a picture before I had a bite. Yum!

Of course, we had to stop at the Godiva Chocolate store for a sample... and a purchase.

Couldn't stop to buy the fresh flowers but I could take a picture to remember the moment.

NYC

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to NYC, Niagara Falls, and Toronto. As I have been going through my pictures, I realized I didn't take any iconic shots. The top picture is as close as I could come. Rockefeller Center during the summer.



I was all about the food. This is a shot of the tasty treats from the famous Magnolia Bakery. Yes, it was good enough that we went twice! Yum! Chocolate silk pie, chocolate cupcakes, and cookies!!

And what did I take a picture of while we were in Time Square? Yes, you have it. Street vendors and horses. Now I should have taken a picture of the Walgreen's. It became a favorite spot. We bought souvenirs and band-aides and other tourist supplies. Coming from the land of flat, it was interesting to take time to shop in familiar stores with unfamiliar two and three stories. Good use of the space!